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Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back.
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back." Congrats on Limericks win today Forever. Superb performance and also scored the highest total ever in an all ireland final. On all stars it would be hard to argue if 15 Limerick players got it but in reality the all stars are supposed to be judged on league and championship so a quiet final should deter selectors from choosing a player so for me Horgan probably deserves an all star. Limerick have been outstanding through league and championship.
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back." Sorry, I mean No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Tony Kelly.
foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 1926 - 22/08/2021 19:51:01
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back." I think Cathal Malone and Tony Kelly will be very close to All Stars this year, both had outstanding years and carried Clare throughout the year. So often the all stars are given to the finalists and who gets the furthest in the championship but either of those two shouldn't lose out because when they exited the championship. My Team would be.
1 Eoin Murphy
2 Seán Finn
3 Dan Morrissey
4 Conor Prunty
5 Diarmuid Byrnes
6 Mark Coleman
7 Kyle Hayes
8 William O'Donoghue
9 Cathal Malone
10 Gearoid Hegarty
11 Cian Lynch
12 Tom Morrissey
13 Seamus Harnedy
14 Seamus Flanagan
15 Peter Casey
CartaDubh (Clare) - Posts: 51 - 22/08/2021 19:56:52
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back." Hand on heart, fella is there any one of those Limerick lads don't dererve an all star before someone else, never mind looking at other teams for the sake of it
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Replying To CartaDubh: "I think Cathal Malone and Tony Kelly will be very close to All Stars this year, both had outstanding years and carried Clare throughout the year. So often the all stars are given to the finalists and who gets the furthest in the championship but either of those two shouldn't lose out because when they exited the championship. My Team would be.
1 Eoin Murphy
2 Seán Finn
3 Dan Morrissey
4 Conor Prunty
5 Diarmuid Byrnes
6 Mark Coleman
7 Kyle Hayes
8 William O'Donoghue
9 Cathal Malone
10 Gearoid Hegarty
11 Cian Lynch
12 Tom Morrissey
13 Seamus Harnedy
14 Seamus Flanagan
15 Peter Casey" Hard to pick but even though Barron missed games still one of the best mid fielders every time he played and was never really out played.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2665 - 22/08/2021 22:16:26
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Replying To foreveryoung: "Not that I really rate them, but I've bit of time of me hands, so here goes the TOTY and All-Star team. Just a bit of fun really, so don't take it too personally if I leave out your main man.
Goalkeeper: Patrick Collins- while I wouldn't trade Nicky Quaid for any keeper, Cork has to be given an award. Collins is their best contender. He'd a great year on saves; not so great on puck-outs. Eoin Murphy was also class this year, as always, but Collins gets the nod.
No. 2: Sean Finn- no argument
No 3: Dan Morrissey- very little argument
No. 4: Conor Prunty- Hard on Declan Nash, but like Quaid, we can't have all Limerick players. Prunty is top class.
No. 5: Declan Byrnes- Calum Lyons is in with a big shout. Tim O'Mahony was until the final.
No. 6: John Conlon- He'd some might displays for Clare. Declan Hannon, what a player, what a captain, but he left it a little too late this year (mighty final display, though). Mark Coleman is a fabulous hurler, but is not a center-back
No. 7: Kyle Hayes- no arguments, runner-up in HOTY
No. 8: William O'Donoghue- in hard luck last year not to get one, a six-cylinder engine for Limerick
No. 9: Darren O'Donovan- burned every opponent he met all year, does so much unseen work.
No. 10: Jason Forde/Kieran Bennett/ Jason Forde: And I'm opting for Jason Forde. All these players had great years, but Forde kept Tipp in games and never gave up the fight. Again, Hegarty loses out, even though he had a fine year; just not on the same level as last year.
No. 11: Cian Lynch: HOTY: a shout-out to Seamus Harnedy, who died with his boots on.
No 12: Tom Morrissey: Close to HOTY again this year again, comes in 3rd position
No 13: Aaron Gillane: Stepped up to the mark when questioned, and finished off teams in style
No 14: Seamus Flanagan: no argument; a big shout-out to Pat Horgan, great soldier with Cork, but his displays from play this year were nowhere near those of Flanagan. Horgan was quite quiet from play actually.
No. 15: Peter Casey: Class and wrist-work personified, but let's not forget his tremendous work-rate; hooking, blocking, and covering back."
I hadn't much argument with the Sunday game team of year but I had only a few different. I had Quaid in goals - which for me is a no brainier. Prunty was brilliant but Dan despite only playing 2.5 games has to be in for me.
Hannon had a great game today but taking today out of it I felt he wasn't as good this year and I'm a huge fan of his.
I had Barron in but in hindsight the limerick game killed his chances and Kelly deserves to be in there. I had Aussie in instead of O'Connor.
I knew he wouldn't get in but an honourable mention to Jason Forde who I think had the highest scoring average from play this year and his performances in teh league was also exceptional. His free taking continues to grow to new levels also.
It has been an interesting year but to be honest If limerick got 13 all stars I wouldn't disagree to strongly. Could well be the case that hegarty and Donovan maybe the only ones to miss out.
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 22/08/2021 23:55:33
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Seamus Harnedy definitely deserves an all star, consistently very good all year. Hegarty had a great final, first half particularly, but harnedy deserves it ahead of him over the year.
Jack O'Connor is a tricky one, he won the game for Cork against both Clare and Kilkenny with his goals. But had a quiet final. Its difficult to weigh up who is ahead between gillane and casey, but i think o'connor deserves to be in ahead of one of them. I think i would go with gillane and o'connor in the 2 corners.
Hannon is also a difficult one, he had been pretty solid if unspectacular in Limerick's first 3 games. Then had a great final, but i think Padraic walsh had a more consistent level of high performance across his games. Being excellent against cork, dublin and also pretty good against wexford. The final performance of hannon will obviously be heavily weighted, but on the overall balance of it I think walsh deserves number 6.
hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/08/2021 09:04:42
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My team would be;
1. Murphy
2. Finn
3. Prunty
4. Morrissey
5. Byrnes
6. Walsh
7. Hayes
8. O'Donoghue
9. Kelly
10. Harnedy
11. Lynch
12. Morrissey
13. Gillane
14. Flanagan
15. O'Connor
I think the minimum standard for an all star in this championship format is 2 top class performances. Each of the players I have picked here have had 2 or more excellent games.
Hence why im leaving out hegarty, hannon and horgan as each in my opinion only had one top class game. Jame barron very unlucky here I think, had 2 excellent games but i think kelly and o'connor did slightly more on balance. Coleman edged out by walsh as well
hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/08/2021 09:19:33
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Any team without Byrnes, Casey and Nash has to be a team picked by someone who didn't watch much hurling this year.
Also the original poster has got multiple names wrong from his own county team.
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 23/08/2021 10:44:27
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I'm probably going to be controversial when I say this..I'd have Nicky in my team no way do I want anyone else..not sure on prunty think if have Dan..Barry was outstanding but I'd go for o donohue..half back line is very tough because I feel callum Lyons and Coleman would have to be picked..I wouldn't have o Connor before Horgan even though I thought Horgan didn't give great leadership yesterday..another who I think will be a possible all star is Stephen Bennett..now I'd love to see all 15 making all star selection but that won't happen..
CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2226 - 23/08/2021 12:37:56
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Eoin Murphy was a hawk eye decision away from costing Kilkenny a Leinster title
StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1737 - 23/08/2021 15:31:37
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Replying To hurlingexpert: "Seamus Harnedy definitely deserves an all star, consistently very good all year. Hegarty had a great final, first half particularly, but harnedy deserves it ahead of him over the year.
Jack O'Connor is a tricky one, he won the game for Cork against both Clare and Kilkenny with his goals. But had a quiet final. Its difficult to weigh up who is ahead between gillane and casey, but i think o'connor deserves to be in ahead of one of them. I think i would go with gillane and o'connor in the 2 corners.
Hannon is also a difficult one, he had been pretty solid if unspectacular in Limerick's first 3 games. Then had a great final, but i think Padraic walsh had a more consistent level of high performance across his games. Being excellent against cork, dublin and also pretty good against wexford. The final performance of hannon will obviously be heavily weighted, but on the overall balance of it I think walsh deserves number 6." The quality of the opposition matters hugely in discerning how good player/s performed in the context of indicating player/s abilities and quality of performance!
ONdeDITCH (Limerick) - Posts: 873 - 23/08/2021 17:37:37
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This annual pointless circus rolls into town.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4898 - 23/08/2021 18:21:15
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Replying To StoreysTash: "Eoin Murphy was a hawk eye decision away from costing Kilkenny a Leinster title" My point exactly. That was really a horrendous error and it has been brushed over. If I had a choice of keeper to take for Tipp I'd take Murphy but he hasn't been at his best overall and it's Quaid all day long for me. Murphy is there because they feel Kk need to have one representative and it's harder to fit anyone else in.
As I said I'd have no issue with 13 linerick men. While I think both Donovan and hegarty are obviously critical for limerick and were good this year, I'd have those as the two who miss out.
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 23/08/2021 19:40:12
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Replying To ONdeDITCH: "The quality of the opposition matters hugely in discerning how good player/s performed in the context of indicating player/s abilities and quality of performance!" Agreed, but I have not considered performances against Laois, Antrim etc. Obviously Dublin were under strength for the leinster final, but they are in the top 9 teams. With in my opinion a considerable gap from ninth to tenth. Which is where i made the cut off.
hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/08/2021 20:28:55
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Replying To arock: "This annual pointless circus rolls into town." This daily pointless comment rolls into town.
If you're not interested in the topic, then why click into the forum to comment on it. Just keep the negativity to yourself and get on with your day.
hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/08/2021 20:30:51
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Replying To StoreysTash: "Eoin Murphy was a hawk eye decision away from costing Kilkenny a Leinster title" No point in saying it here. You should let Cody know. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGhQ-Jebi9Q
MiAmigaVERONICA (Clare) - Posts: 302 - 23/08/2021 21:00:46
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I would retrospectively change my mind on the goalkeeper, having watched the game back his puckouts are unbelievable. Plus murphy's puckouts are pretty much route one. And although i believe murphy is the better shot stopper - by a distance, i think puckouts are a more important part of today's game.
hurlingexpert (Clare) - Posts: 1941 - 23/08/2021 21:39:39
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Replying To CTGAA10: "I'm probably going to be controversial when I say this..I'd have Nicky in my team no way do I want anyone else..not sure on prunty think if have Dan..Barry was outstanding but I'd go for o donohue..half back line is very tough because I feel callum Lyons and Coleman would have to be picked..I wouldn't have o Connor before Horgan even though I thought Horgan didn't give great leadership yesterday..another who I think will be a possible all star is Stephen Bennett..now I'd love to see all 15 making all star selection but that won't happen.." Couldn't see how Coleman could be picked. He was skinned by Cian Lynch in 2 matches
Shocs07 (Limerick) - Posts: 372 - 24/08/2021 22:35:27
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