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One of the greats, I said when Michael Murphy retired that there was only a couple of players around the country I'd put on a level with him in terms of individual impact and Lee Keegan was one of those players. A brilliant footballer and just seems like a sound fella off the pitch even if sometimes I wanted to throttle him on it! all the best in retirement from inter county Lee

CCFabu (Donegal) - Posts: 97 - 11/01/2023 14:28:49    2452054

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Replying To LarryOBrother:  "You just summed up the farcical state that modern gaelic football is in with your quote " The problem with intercounty today is there's only room for a very small number of out and out scoring forwards."
Ludicrous, something has to change"
I'd agree, but that's the nature of the game. Any team going out with 4 or 5 forwards whose primary role is to stay up and kick scores will get absolutely blown away. If only every team would promise to do that. :)
Kerry themselves only play with 2 inside forwards. Killian Spillane and Tony Brosnan are generally competing with Geaney for one spot in any game against good opposition.
I think most people would like to see a game where more scoring forwards are playing and get to stay further up the pitch without as much tracking back. It's just not practical though.
Many decades ago standard formations for soccer teams had 4 or 5 forwards and fewer defenders. This eventually evolved to the inverse of that and many teams play with only a single striker now.
It evolved that way because it generally proved to be a more effective way of winning.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2047 - 11/01/2023 15:55:55    2452080

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looking forward to seeing lee on the late late later

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2845 - 20/01/2023 19:20:41    2453266

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Replying To Stmunnsriver:  "looking forward to seeing lee on the late late later"
How was that? I just couldn't watch myself :-)

There seems to have been a good energy between himself and Connolly. Both speak highly of one another which is how it ought to be when the battle is done.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2584 - 21/01/2023 11:14:29    2453290

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Replying To Stmunnsriver:  "looking forward to seeing lee on the late late later"
Very honest interview - similar to Roy's on Tommy Tiernan. Modest in their own football abilities - let's move on attitude.. Can't believe teachers are still getting away with the lazy practice of calling pupils stupid..what a cop out..

AnCrúiscínLán (Galway) - Posts: 87 - 21/01/2023 11:39:40    2453292

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Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 21/01/2023 15:52:45    2453315

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer."
Of all players it def was nt Keegan s fault that Mayo did nt win Sam. He always gave 100% and was well able to keep a player of Diarmuid Connolly s calibre very quietand that is high praise.

CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3678 - 21/01/2023 16:11:36    2453319

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer."
Too nice on the pitch? You clearly did not watch him closely over the years if you seriously believe that.

galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1242 - 21/01/2023 16:37:53    2453322

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer."
I doubt that opinion is widely shared among his opponents! You don't have to be a thug to be not "too nice."

Mayo were beaten by better teams. Not because they were too nice, or were bullied. A tough bunch.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2584 - 21/01/2023 17:13:10    2453328

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer."
u clearly never saw him play to say that

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2845 - 21/01/2023 17:18:09    2453329

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Replying To Stmunnsriver:  "u clearly never saw him play to say that"
Seen him plenty of times. Great footballer but should have won at least 2 All Irelands. Mayo were in great positions in a few of those finals but just weren't streetwise and cynical enough to get over the line. They just didn't have a nasty enough streak which Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone did.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 21/01/2023 18:16:54    2453339

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen him plenty of times. Great footballer but should have won at least 2 All Irelands. Mayo were in great positions in a few of those finals but just weren't streetwise and cynical enough to get over the line. They just didn't have a nasty enough streak which Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone did."
I can only talk about the Mayo Dublin finals, in these games Mayo never had a "late" lead that they could defend cynically. In the dying minutes of these games it was the Dubs that had the slender lead and held on.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 685 - 22/01/2023 09:41:21    2453365

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen the Late Late interview. Comes across as a pretty decent guy but therein maybe lies the problem. Possibly too nice and not nasty enough on the pitch to get over line. Superb footballer."
Ulsterman from away up in Antrim,,,

Tomsmith here.
You describe Lee Keegan as being to nice.
Well that a bit rick coming from an Ulster supporter after what we saw recently .
I feel that footballers like Keegan should be protected and that the nice side of football should .

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3861 - 22/01/2023 10:37:13    2453372

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen him plenty of times. Great footballer but should have won at least 2 All Irelands. Mayo were in great positions in a few of those finals but just weren't streetwise and cynical enough to get over the line. They just didn't have a nasty enough streak which Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone did."
Not referring to Keegan personally, but you would need to talk to some of the Dublin lads who played in those games about what went on in the closing stages of those games, 2013 in particular. The idea that Mayo were "too nice" would amuse them, i think it is fair to say.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2584 - 22/01/2023 11:50:02    2453376

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Tirchonaill1 still at it.....

At least you're very consistant with the tripe you come out with.

nicko94 (Mayo) - Posts: 68 - 22/01/2023 11:54:35    2453378

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Replying To tomsmith:  "Ulsterman from away up in Antrim,,,

Tomsmith here.
You describe Lee Keegan as being to nice.
Well that a bit rick coming from an Ulster supporter after what we saw recently .
I feel that footballers like Keegan should be protected and that the nice side of football should ."
Tom, Tom, Tom, what are you rambling on about. Keegan was more than capable of looking after himself and his opponents as well. Nothing wrong with it but a Saint he wasn't.

Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2017 - 22/01/2023 12:19:04    2453383

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Replying To Ulsterman:  "Seen him plenty of times. Great footballer but should have won at least 2 All Irelands. Mayo were in great positions in a few of those finals but just weren't streetwise and cynical enough to get over the line. They just didn't have a nasty enough streak which Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone did."
Mayo just hadn't got what it took to win and God knows they had enough chances, I can't remember now which year it was, so many lost finals they all blur together but Mayo might have been 3 or 4 points up might have been around the 60 min mark and Keegan is through just in the scoring zone and he drops his kick short into the keepers hands, you just kind of knew then that they were going to lose again, when he couldn't seal the deal and kill the game and he was their main driving force really then you could see the confidence start to seep out of them.
Late Late interview and now we can look forward to enjoying his dulcid tones on the Sunday Game, subtitles available I hope. Imagine what we'd have had to endure on Rte if they had ever actually won the thing? Thank God for small mercies.

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2757 - 22/01/2023 12:55:12    2453389

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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Not referring to Keegan personally, but you would need to talk to some of the Dublin lads who played in those games about what went on in the closing stages of those games, 2013 in particular. The idea that Mayo were "too nice" would amuse them, i think it is fair to say."
I wouldn't be talking to the Dublin lads about what went on in the closing stages of those finals, rather neutral spectators (I include myself in this) who were in the crowd and close to the action and what those Dublin lads did to get over the line was criminal... Pull back, let go, a dig in, another pull back, none of it near the ball as this is where camera was. All just enough to keep Mayo at bay. Kilmacud at it in the semifinal 2 wks ago.. Pic in paper of a blatant Jersey pullback and not even a free yet they play the poor mouth about free count. You make your own luck in this game and your reputation usually precedes.

Inatfullforward (Longford) - Posts: 93 - 22/01/2023 13:31:45    2453393

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Replying To Tirchonaill1:  "Mayo just hadn't got what it took to win and God knows they had enough chances, I can't remember now which year it was, so many lost finals they all blur together but Mayo might have been 3 or 4 points up might have been around the 60 min mark and Keegan is through just in the scoring zone and he drops his kick short into the keepers hands, you just kind of knew then that they were going to lose again, when he couldn't seal the deal and kill the game and he was their main driving force really then you could see the confidence start to seep out of them.
Late Late interview and now we can look forward to enjoying his dulcid tones on the Sunday Game, subtitles available I hope. Imagine what we'd have had to endure on Rte if they had ever actually won the thing? Thank God for small mercies."
Is this the same Lee Keegan the rest of us know??

Inatfullforward (Longford) - Posts: 93 - 22/01/2023 13:53:43    2453395

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Replying To Inatfullforward:  "I wouldn't be talking to the Dublin lads about what went on in the closing stages of those finals, rather neutral spectators (I include myself in this) who were in the crowd and close to the action and what those Dublin lads did to get over the line was criminal... Pull back, let go, a dig in, another pull back, none of it near the ball as this is where camera was. All just enough to keep Mayo at bay. Kilmacud at it in the semifinal 2 wks ago.. Pic in paper of a blatant Jersey pullback and not even a free yet they play the poor mouth about free count. You make your own luck in this game and your reputation usually precedes."
The Dubs did make their own luck. They knew how to close out big games. Neither us or their teams in those games were full of shrinking violets. The scoreboard is what counts and we weren't good enough on the day to win All Irelands against them or other opponents over 11 finals. Can't move forward until we know what went wrong, why it went wrong and how we can improve it to the level of being winners and not gallant contenders.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7363 - 22/01/2023 14:50:08    2453401

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