A lot of posters owe me an apology on this topic.
Podge Delaney has been blackguarded for this award for a number of years now.
Time will tell. Joyce looks like he will be Cork’s long term centre back and a right good one. He may have as much impact on the game as those you’ve listed over his career.
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PwC All-Stars Football Nominations 2022
Goalkeepers
Ethan Rafferty (Armagh)
Shane Ryan (Kerry)
Evan Comerford (Dublin)
Defenders
Jason Foley (Kerry)
Tadhg Morley (Kerry)
Brian Ó Beaglaoich (Kerry)
Graham O’Sullivan (Kerry)
Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry)
Gavin White (Kerry)
Liam Silke (Galway)
Seán Kelly (Galway)
John Daly (Galway)
Chrissy McKaigue (Derry)
Conor McCluskey (Derry)
Brendan Rogers (Derry)
James McCarthy (Dublin)
Lee Gannon (Dublin)
Lee Keegan (Mayo)
Jarlath Óg Burns (Armagh)
Seán Powter (Cork)
Cian Sheehan (Limerick)
Midfielders
Paul Conroy (Galway)
Cillian McDaid (Galway)
Conor Glass (Derry)
Gareth McKinless (Derry)
Brian Fenton (Dublin)
Jack Barry (Kerry)
Forwards
David Clifford (Kerry)
Seán O’Shea (Kerry)
Paudie Clifford (Kerry)
Stephen O’Brien (Kerry)
Shane Walsh (Galway)
Damien Comer (Galway)
Robert Finnerty (Galway)
Rian O’Neill (Armagh)
Stefan Campbell (Armagh)
Rory Grugan (Armagh)
Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
Con O’Callaghan (Dublin)
Shane McGuigan (Derry)
Ethan Doherty (Derry)
Ben McCormack (Kildare)
Eoin Cleary (Clare)
Steven Sherlock (Cork)
Jack McCarron (Monaghan)
PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year
David Clifford (Kerry)
Cillian McDaid (Galway)
Shane Walsh (Galway)
PwC GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year
Lee Gannon (Dublin)
Ethan Doherty (Derry)
Jack Glynn (Galway)
The “Mickey Mouse” All Stars are back to a separate night in Croke Park including Tailteann cup. Disappointing
PwC All-Stars Hurling Nominations 2022
Goalkeepers
Éanna Murphy (Galway)
Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
Defenders
Seán Finn (Limerick)
Barry Nash (Limerick)
Mike Casey (Limerick)
Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
Declan Hannon (Limerick)
Mikey Butler (Kilkenny)
Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
Richie Reid (Kilkenny)
Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny)
Paul Flanagan (Clare)
John Conlon (Clare)
Diarmuid Ryan (Clare)
David McInerney (Clare)
Daithí Burke (Galway)
Fintan Burke (Galway)
Pádraic Mannion (Galway)
Ciarán Joyce (Cork)
Damien Reck (Wexford)
Midfielders
David Fitzgerald Clare)
Ryan Taylor (Clare)
Tom Monaghan (Galway)
Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)
William O’Donoghue (Limerick)
Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
Forwards
Gearóid Hegarty (Limerick)
Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
Tom Morrissey (Limerick)
Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
Séamus Flanagan (Limerick)
TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
Eoin Cody (Kilkenny)
Conor Whelan (Galway)
Cathal Mannion (Galway)
Joseph Cooney (Galway)
Tony Kelly (Clare)
Shane O’Donnell (Clare)
Robbie O’Flynn (Cork)
Dessie Hutchinson (Waterford)
Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
Lee Chin (Wexford)
Dónal Burke (Dublin)
Killian Doyle (Westmeath)
PwC GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year Nominees
TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
Barry Nash (Limerick)
PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year Nominees
Ciarán Joyce (Cork)
Mikey Butler (Kilkenny)
Eoin Cody (Kilkenny)
How Hannon hasn’t been nominated for HOTY is beyond me
Byrnes and Nash to split the vote. TJ to win.
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The GAA has the oxygen mask out. The life support is being cranked up.
In the absence of GAA activity, association football has had the way clear to captivate the hearts and minds of all of Ireland since early August (it’s not supposed to do so until the clocks go back* at the end of October).
To try and keep itself in the news, in some small way, the GAA has had:
Managerial Merrygoround Season (Max Power version)
Transfer season
List season
Viciously Assaulting Referees Just To Keep Us In The News Season (though it could be fairly argued that this season is always in progress).
Now we do AWARDS SEASON.
What’s left to do to keep the GAA in the news?
Strike season?
GAA star in court on assault charges season?
GAA star in court on drugs charges season?
Junket to Fenway Park season?
It’s sad this is what it’s come to.
Ireland is Premier League country.
*forward
Wait until the Limericks (copyright @gilgamboa) realise Darragh Fitzgibbon has been nominated in midfield ahead of Darragh O’Donovan.
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Some token Carkie nominated just to make up the numbers for individual awards is of little concern to us at this stage, good to see the weaker counties such as WX and WH being recognised with a little pat on the head all the same.
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Unbelievable omission. We’re more focused on the team rather than the individual though.
I’d say the four time All Ireland medallist is seething this morning.
We’ll keep following the process and see where it takes us.
Great to see some of the lesser lights acknowledged there, there’s some great hurling people in those counties.
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As the great Joe Canning said “even Wexford”
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Joe is always very generous with his time.
Hopefully he’ll be presenting the medals to the boys out in The Manor in December.
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Shur in 2014 a team in the bottom half of Breheny’s definitive ranking of teams nearly won the All Ireland. Standard was shocking back then.
Darragh Fitzgibbon is from Limerick mate
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I mean it is a bit odd; Fitzgibbon had a very poor year by his standards. Luke Meade, when he returned, made a massive impact for Cork.
Also, Wexford seem a little under-represented too.
Dunno what Fitzgibbon did to deserve a nomination. I thought he was pretty poor this year.