2015 Football All-Stars

JB81

My Picks:

Brendan Kealy - think he will get it but i think Beggan has been best keeper
Philly Mc'Mahon
Johnny Cooper
Shane Enright
Jack Mc'Caffrey
Lee Keegan
Peter Harte
Anthoney Maher
Brian Fenton
Ciaran Kilkenny
Diarmuid Connolly - I wouldn't pick him but I think the panel will
Donnacha Walsh
Aidan O'Shea
Bernard Brogan
Conor Mc'Manus

Case to be made for: David Moran, Cillian & Dermot O'Connor, Mattie Donnelly, Beggan, Cathal McCarron, Paddy Andrews, Darren Mc'Curry, Michael Murphy, Sean Quigley, Frank McGlynn, Cian O'Sullivan

Nidgeweasel

Roman McNamee has had a great year. I'd have McCurry in there too, probably instead of McManus really.

Stoner

I wouldn't have Connelly this year, played well yesterday but that's not enough. I'd have JOD ahead of him , he was decent yesterday.

I'd have James McCarty ahead of Keegan, his performances were better timed I think he's a better defender and he hits harder. Keegan might get it to balance things out. Someone else ahead of of J Cooper would be fairer imo. McCarty gave an example of half back play over the last two games imo.

Mattie does deserve a mention alright.

LaGlisse

Philly Mcmahon shouldnt be considered , he is a disgrace

JB81

LaGlisse wrote: »

Philly Mcmahon shouldnt be considered , he is a disgrace

He may be a disgrace but that didn't stop Ryan McMenamin and Paul Galvin getting All Stars. The All-Star I would pick would be different from the one I think will be picked

shrewdness

Nidgeweasel wrote: »

Roman McNamee has had a great year. I'd have McCurry in there too, probably instead of McManus really.

It's a strange thing to say about someone who went out in the quarters, but McManus is an absolute cert I reckon.

Nidgeweasel

shrewdness wrote: »

It's a strange thing to say about someone who went out in the quarters, but McManus is an absolute cert I reckon.

He'll be in there, no question about it. Monaghan wouldn't have been in an Ulster final or won an Ulster final without him. Just think McCurry deserves an inclusion despite not having the profile McManus has.

shrewdness

Nidgeweasel wrote: »

He'll be in there, no question about it. Monaghan wouldn't have been in an Ulster final or won an Ulster final without him. Just think McCurry deserves an inclusion despite not having the profile McManus has.

I'm not arguing against McCurry either, he's had a very good year, I just think if he's gets in it won't be at McManus's expense. For me Brogan and McManus should be nailed on with the third spot up in the air for a few players.

corny

Brendan Kealy - Default choice really
Shane Enright - Very solid defender. Good game yesterday.
Rory O' Carroll - Obvious
Philly McMahon - In defence and attack made Gooch and AOS look silly. I love players with an edge to them but for his own sake i hope the GAA ban him for his facial.
James McCarthy - Nuts and bolts best halfback in the country this year.
Lee Keegan - Consistently good.
Jack McCaffrey - Obvious
Brian Fenton - Very mobile, wonderful passer, works hard, hits hard and holds his own in the air. Amazing for a lad first year IC.
Mattie Donnelly - Tight. Very tight. Maher and Parsons had their moments. Donnellys performance against Monaghan eclipses them all for me.
Diarmuid O' Connor - Tireless worker. Never gave up against Dublin and had loads of classy touches.
Ciaran Kilkenny - Obvious
Dermot Connolly - Had poor games by his standards against Mayo. Brilliant in the games prior. Yesterday worked hard, got on a lot of ball and set up more than one score.
James O' Donoghue - Works immensely hard to offer an option. Must be a nightmare to mark. Always chips in with important scores.
Bernard Brogan - Obvious
Paddy Andrews - Brilliant for Dublin in the games needed most.

Dublin 9, Kerry 3, Mayo 2, Tyrone 1. Lots of Dubs but they won all four competitions this year and were unarguably a bit ahead of the rest.

Just missing out: Cian O' Sullivan, Frank McGlynn, Donnacha Walsh, Conor McManus, Darren McCurry and Ronan McNabb.

Players who don't deserve it: Paul Flynn, Sean Cavanagh, Peter Harte, Cillian O' Connor and David Moran.

Players who definitely don't deserve it: Aidan O' Shea.

Paulzx

Dermot Connolly doesn't deserve one.

Rory O Carroll, Andrews and Mattie Donnolly deserve to be there. James MCCarthy should also be in the frame

homerjay2005

Connolly doesnt deserve nor he wont get an all star. he was really poor in the big games and only played well against division 3 and 4 teams.

Dublin will get Mcmahon, O Carroll, O Sullivan, Jack, Fenton and Brogan. Kerry will get 4 - Kealy, Enright, Maher/Moran and Walsh.

Blue giant

1. Kealy
2. Enright
3. O'Carroll
4. McMahon
5. Keegan
6. O'Sullivan
7. McCaffrey
8. Fenton
9. Maher
10. D O'Connor
11. Kilkenny
12. Walsh
13. O'Donoghue
14. Brogan
15. McManus

7 Dublin, 5 Kerry, 2 Mayo, 1 Monaghan. Hard to not include any Tyrone players with Donnelly probably the most deserving, also strongly considered Parsons for 9. 13 is also tough to choose with McCurry, Andrews and O'Donoghue all having a good year. McCaffrey should get FOTY with O'Connor getting YFOTY.

CurryFlavoured

I might get stick but I think Andrews has been more important than Bernard. He performed better in the 3 final games which were most important and everything stuck to him yesterday when everyone else seemed to be fumbling it. He's been underrated for years but seems to be getting his praise this year, I'd love to see him get an all star but id say he'll fall short.

I like cornys team though I might put McManus and Cian in, wouldn't have many arguments though.

Fr Tod Umptious

shrewdness wrote: »

It's a strange thing to say about someone who went out in the quarters, but McManus is an absolute cert I reckon.

All Stars are usually made up of the finalists, one or two from each SF loser and one from somewhere else.

McManus gets the somewhere else selection

AudreyHepburn

I'd be with you on all of those choices OP.....although based on Connolly's red card and McMahon's apparent eye gouging on the Gooch it might be better if they didn't get picked.....as players they deserve it but I don't think it would go over well with the rest of the GAA community.

Utopia Parkway

corny wrote: »

Brendan Kealy - Default choice really
Shane Enright - Very solid defender. Good game yesterday.
Rory O' Carroll - Obvious
Philly McMahon - In defence and attack made Gooch and AOS look silly. I love players with an edge to them but for his own sake i hope the GAA ban him for his facial.
James McCarthy - Nuts and bolts best halfback in the country this year.
Lee Keegan - Consistently good.
Jack McCaffrey - Obvious
Brian Fenton - Very mobile, wonderful passer, works hard, hits hard and holds his own in the air. Amazing for a lad first year IC.
Mattie Donnelly - Tight. Very tight. Maher and Parsons had their moments. Donnellys performance against Monaghan eclipses them all for me.
Diarmuid O' Connor - Tireless worker. Never gave up against Dublin and had loads of classy touches.
Ciaran Kilkenny - Obvious
Dermot Connolly - Had poor games by his standards against Mayo. Brilliant in the games prior. Yesterday worked hard, got on a lot of ball and set up more than one score.
James O' Donoghue - Works immensely hard to offer an option. Must be a nightmare to mark. Always chips in with important scores.
Bernard Brogan - Obvious
Paddy Andrews - Brilliant for Dublin in the games needed most.

Dublin 9, Kerry 3, Mayo 2, Tyrone 1. Lots of Dubs but they won all four competitions this year and were unarguably a bit ahead of the rest.

Just missing out: Cian O' Sullivan, Frank McGlynn, Donnacha Walsh, Conor McManus, Darren McCurry and Ronan McNabb.

Players who don't deserve it: Paul Flynn, Sean Cavanagh, Peter Harte, Cillian O' Connor and David Moran.

Players who definitely don't deserve it: Aidan O' Shea.

Can't see Connolly getting one. He had two quiet semi-final displays and was not much of a factor in the final either. Can't see him getting one based on just the Leinster championship.

Figsy32

What I think it should be:

Kealy

Enright
O'Carroll
McMahon

McCarthy
Keegan
McCaffery

Fenton
Donnelly

D O'Connor
Kilkenny
Donnacha Walsh

Brogan
McManus
Andrews

I would like to fit a couple in (Peter Harte, Maher, Quigley) but it's very competitive.

I think Connolly, O'Sullivan and O'Donoghue will make it into the actual list.

Andre 3000

Funny how David Moran and Connolly were favourites for player of the year a while ago yet now they're apparently not good enough for an all star? Madness.

Figsy32

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Funny how David Moran and Connolly were favourites for player of the year a while ago yet now they're apparently not good enough for an all star? Madness.

They both had very quiet semi finals and finals. Makes a lot of sense really. You'd essentially be giving Moran an All-Star for his performance against Cork in the replay.

Andre 3000

Figsy32 wrote: »

They both had very quiet semi finals and finals. Makes a lot of sense really. You'd essentially be giving Moran an All-Star for his performance against Cork in the replay.

Connolly was arguably one of Dublins best players in the final though.

Figsy32

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Connolly was arguably one of Dublins best players in the final though.

I thought he was largely quiet. A couple lovely touches of quality to set up other people but I thought Kerry's Walsh had a bigger impact on the game. Also thought O'Connor was very good in both semi finals so there's no room for Connolly in my team.

All a matter of opinions though and I wouldn't think much of it if Connolly was included.

seligehgit

Kealy
Enright
O Carroll
McMahon
Keegan
O Sullivan
McCaffrey
Fenton
Maher
O Connor
Kilkenny
Walsh
O Donoghue
Brogan
McManus

Paddy Andrews is well deserving of an All Star,honourable mentions to Mattie Donnelly,Darren McCurry,Peter Harte,James McCarthy and Aidan O Shea.It would'nt surprise me at all if Aidan gets an All Star in spite of his many critics.

TheNap

Connolly doesnt deserve one

Kealy

Enright
O'Carroll
McMahon

McCaffrey
O'Sullivan
Harte

Donnelly
Fenton

O'Connor
Kilkenny
Walsh

McManus
Brogan
Andrews

Ceist_Beag

seligehgit wrote: »

Kealy
Enright
O'Carroll
McMahon
Keegan
O Sullivan
McCaffrey
Fenton
Maher
O Connor
Kilkenny
Walsh
O Donoghue
Brogan
McManus

Paddy Andrews is well deserving of an All Star,honourable mentions to Mattie Donnelly,Darren McCurry,Peter Harte,James McCarthy and Aidan O Shea.It would'nt surprise me at all if Aidan gets an All Star in spite of his many critics.

That's close to my selection, only changes I would make would be Mattie Donnelly in place of O'Connor (even though he played MF I think he'll be selected as HF). I also think AOS will get in ahead of JOD. Finally I think McNamee has an outside chance of pipping O'Carroll to the fullback spot, he was outstanding for Tyrone this year.

Full 15.
Kealy
Enright
McNamee
McMahon
Keegan
O Sullivan
McCaffrey
Fenton
Maher
Donnelly
Kilkenny
Walsh
Brogan
O'Shea
McManus

corny

Can anyone enlighten me as to why Peter Hartes name keeps popping up? To my eye he wasn't even the best Tyrone half back.

Stoner

Saw the top 50 players this year in the indo.

for westmeath no Heslin, but Martin made it.
For the Dubs no bastic but lads he did better than Imo on the dublin team were on it like McManamon.
Thought JOD was low on it.

Didn't see McCurry on it either.

castletownman

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=244958

The nominees have been revealed anyway, with Peter Harte surprisingly named as a forward. But with Donnelly included amongst the forwards, he almost certainly is going to get the nod on the half forward line.

Kealy

Enright
O'Carroll
McMahon

Keegan
O'Sullivan
McCaffrey (with McCarthy maybe deserving at 5 but a lack of any other competition at six meaning that COS is a default selection).

Maher
Fenton

Donnelly
Kilkenny
Walsh

McManus
O'Shea
Brogan

Generally picks itself

Kermit.de.frog

Surely the all-England champions should be better represented in this list?

ProudDUB

Yeah, surprised not to see Prince Harry on the list. He really kept Wayne Rooney in his pocket in the All England final. :rolleyes: