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Name Your Best 15 Gaa Players Over The Past 40 Years

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Keegan was not fully fit in 2019 and 2020 but still had a good year both years. He also got absolutely roasted by CON one year but if you counter me with a name of any defender I will pick out games where they were roasted. It happens. But over his career and amount of games he played in, especially big ones, Keegan usually came out on top. I think Kilkenny got 4 touches in total in the 2017 final was held scoreless and Keegan scored a goal and assisted a couple of scores. I don't think anyone in the country could have done that to a prime Kilkenny."
Keegan was one of the best players I've ever seen, and generally a man for the big occasion. I was just questioning the nonsense by the previous poster that he had never been outscored by an opponent when playing as a half-back, or never been outplayed.
No matter how good a player, they've all had their bad days. The Connacht Final in 2020 was just one which came to mind, where Shane gave him a lot of trouble.
I'd rate Séamus Moynihan as one of the best to ever do it, but even in his prime he had a fairly chastening day against Meath in 2001. To top it off, at one stage in the match Graham Geraghty sent him flying with a shoulder, which was very rare to see for someone as physically strong and tenacious as Moynihan.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2629 - 03/11/2025 22:49:15    2642900

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Michael Donnellan makes my team all day long also. Had the misfortune of being on the opposing side against Dunmore McHales in a random midweek tournament around 2000. I don't think he was meant to be playing and I think O Mahony was raging when he got wind of it. That man could fly. Absolutely ridiculous speed. If any posters from the West can remember the details of this competition because I can't remember the finer details but I think the winners received a trip to New York.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8631 - 04/11/2025 09:47:59    2642922

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