A timely reminded this is worth one point but a lad with his eyes clothes blasting from forty five yards is worth two points apparently
Eamon Sweeney summed it up best I thought by comparing Clifford coming out of fossa to klarc Kent arriving in Summerville.
That sounds like eamo alright.
Doubt thereâs anyone who would argue with that. 3 POTY awards and youâd argue he could have more.
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Had to change it after he was smoked. It will never be forgotten
His greatness is just normalised at this stage. I mean 3 players of the year in 4 years, unprecedented stuff. Only the likes youâd see with Messi and Ballon Dâors or Michael Jordan at MVP.
Some of the sporting greats wouldnât even come close in terms of dominance at team sport level. David Clifford, along with the new rules, had turned football on a 180 in the last decade or so.
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And of course Mick Fitzsimons retiring of course.
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Heâs made a nation fall back in love with the game of Gaelic football, even Gaelic footballers.
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I think a lot of people turned against him after he needed joe mcquillan to hold his hand throughout an entire match. Changing the rules was clearly a debacle. The player of the year award is actually just an ironic statement. âShur, we might as well give him everythingâ type thing
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They changed the rules to suit David Clifford specifically?! OK chief whatever you say 
Sure, sheeple
Who would you have given player of the year to? And who are all these people who have turned against him??
They actually admitted it
Id have given a retrospective player of the year awardâŠto me
The two POTY awards (2022 & 2023) were garnered under what you refer to as âthe old rulesâ but here we are again (2025) and heâs only gone and done it again. Only an absolute Neanderthal would rail against any of these awards and those who do merely demean themselves.
He might not have won a county senior medal at 15 we canât all be protĂ©gĂ©es.
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This fella would repaint the Mona Lisa.
If you canât accept David Clifford in the greatest Gaelic footballer of all time you might as well pack it in.
You should just count your blessings you are in an era where you get to watch him play.
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A supremely talented player, no doubt. But over protected, a bit of a yap, an occasional thug, fortunate to be from a county with an unfair advantage, and even gavin himself admitted the rule changes were meant to suit him. The dogs and horses arenât a great look for a young fellaâŠalright for a man with a bit of work and success behind him.
If he was from fermanagh there would be a few patronising plaudits, end of.
If he was from anywhere in the north he would have been converted as a wing back told to keep possession so thankfully heâs been in the safe hands of the aristocrats
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Imagine the damage Clifford would do to Derry under the new rules. Brolly would be in the Clonliffe House before halftime
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The aristocrats who shat themselves at the prospect of facing shane mcguigan?