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Having seen them play twice, surely a couple of your minors should be on the Team of the Year!! Great prospects!

Mayonmylifetime (Mayo) - Posts: 12 - 06/08/2026 18:01:11    2688876

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Replying To Mayonmylifetime:  "Having seen them play twice, surely a couple of your minors should be on the Team of the Year!! Great prospects!"
We only got one last year for reaching the 4 so were never going to get a couple with a last 8 exit based on how the judges appears to just focus on the All-Ireland final and semi-finals for their selection.

Saying all that such awards is meant to "honour the best individual performers from the entire season" so Enda Browne can consider himself unlucky to miss out.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4454 - 06/08/2026 20:27:05    2688889

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Replying To Mayonmylifetime:  "Having seen them play twice, surely a couple of your minors should be on the Team of the Year!! Great prospects!"
Whoever picked that team probably only watched the semi finals and final.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 825 - 06/08/2026 20:29:19    2688890

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Replying To The_analyser:  "We only got one last year for reaching the 4 so were never going to get a couple with a last 8 exit based on how the judges appears to just focus on the All-Ireland final and semi-finals for their selection.

Saying all that such awards is meant to "honour the best individual performers from the entire season" so Enda Browne can consider himself unlucky to miss out."
Enda Browne was outstanding in the Connacht Championship and was the stand out player in Connacht. He certainly should have made the minor team if the year. Given the modern game he definitely is senior material before too long, but should not rushed.

Will the same selection criteria apply to the All Star TEAM OF THE YEAR? Surely Diarmuid Murtagh should have a great chance having had a great national league campaign and was also one of the top scores in the championship; including 1-10 against Mayo in Castlebar and 0-7 against Galway in the Connacht final.
His score/shot percentage was top class all year.

Do the selectors only view the matches in July?
We will see what happens.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 945 - 07/08/2026 11:52:04    2688950

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "Enda Browne was outstanding in the Connacht Championship and was the stand out player in Connacht. He certainly should have made the minor team if the year. Given the modern game he definitely is senior material before too long, but should not rushed.

Will the same selection criteria apply to the All Star TEAM OF THE YEAR? Surely Diarmuid Murtagh should have a great chance having had a great national league campaign and was also one of the top scores in the championship; including 1-10 against Mayo in Castlebar and 0-7 against Galway in the Connacht final.
His score/shot percentage was top class all year.

Do the selectors only view the matches in July?
We will see what happens."
Of course they oly go by July!!
AI winners 7
AI runners up 4
Losing semi finalists 3
Westmeath 1.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 825 - 07/08/2026 12:24:32    2688956

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "Enda Browne was outstanding in the Connacht Championship and was the stand out player in Connacht. He certainly should have made the minor team if the year. Given the modern game he definitely is senior material before too long, but should not rushed.

Will the same selection criteria apply to the All Star TEAM OF THE YEAR? Surely Diarmuid Murtagh should have a great chance having had a great national league campaign and was also one of the top scores in the championship; including 1-10 against Mayo in Castlebar and 0-7 against Galway in the Connacht final.
His score/shot percentage was top class all year.

Do the selectors only view the matches in July?
We will see what happens."
Enda Browne was a huge loss v Derry. Diarmuid Murtagh was excellent but I don't think Roscommon got far enough in the championship for him to make the All star team. That's how it works fair or unfair.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2780 - 07/08/2026 12:48:06    2688961

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Replying To endgame:  "Enda Browne was a huge loss v Derry. Diarmuid Murtagh was excellent but I don't think Roscommon got far enough in the championship for him to make the All star team. That's how it works fair or unfair."
He would have needed to shoot the lights out against Monaghan , won the game and again in the next game to be considered. Really a quarter final is necessary.

Ros2013 (Roscommon) - Posts: 680 - 07/08/2026 14:28:37    2688978

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Replying To endgame:  "Enda Browne was a huge loss v Derry. Diarmuid Murtagh was excellent but I don't think Roscommon got far enough in the championship for him to make the All star team. That's how it works fair or unfair."
Enda Browne played v Derry, was subbed off late on, really shouldn't have played as had injury and sat out training sessions in the build up to that All-Ireland Quarter-final.

General view is you need to reach All-Ireland Quarter-final at least to win All Star but that wasn't the case for Enda Smith when he won his or Sam Mulroy last year with Louth.

Diarmuid should certainly be in conversation given his consistent performances in Division 1 and again against Division 1 opposition in Connacht. The season highlight scoring 1-10 against the All-Ireland champions to be surely wont be ignored once the panel of journalists publish their nominations

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4454 - 07/08/2026 14:51:12    2688985

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Replying To The_analyser:  "Enda Browne played v Derry, was subbed off late on, really shouldn't have played as had injury and sat out training sessions in the build up to that All-Ireland Quarter-final.

General view is you need to reach All-Ireland Quarter-final at least to win All Star but that wasn't the case for Enda Smith when he won his or Sam Mulroy last year with Louth.

Diarmuid should certainly be in conversation given his consistent performances in Division 1 and again against Division 1 opposition in Connacht. The season highlight scoring 1-10 against the All-Ireland champions to be surely wont be ignored once the panel of journalists publish their nominations"
League, Provincial and at least first 2 Rounds of AI will be ignored I suspect.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 825 - 07/08/2026 15:45:41    2688994

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Replying To Seanfan:  "League, Provincial and at least first 2 Rounds of AI will be ignored I suspect."
Shouldn't be in regards to nominations.

The six forwards selected it probably will be as I would expect 5 of the 6 awards to go to Kerry,Mayo forwards. Last one to a Dub as journalists always give at least one to Dublin when they reach the last four at least.

If that does happen then Dublin's poor form in Division 1 and Leinster championship, plus All-Ireland series defeat to Louth will be ignored.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4454 - 07/08/2026 16:04:34    2688998

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