As bad as it was it was nowhere near as bad as the 125th GAA anniversary tribute Late Late Show a few years back. That show featured Brush Shiels!
[QUOTE=“Colin Montgomerie, post: 1035989, member: 9”]The non-selection of Richie Power was a disgrace*.
There appeared to be a cabal of Mayo players drinking outside The Ferryman at 8.30pm. Possibly snubbing the meal.
*I didn’t have him in my team either.[/QUOTE]
maybe the Mayo folk weren’t happy about the venue bit like the AISFR and decided to stay elsewhere
so outstanding Tipp substituted him with a good skelp of the 2nd half left in the replay!
Which was a ridiculous decision after getting 3 outstanding points in the first half
[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 1035865, member: 1552”]Shane McGrath? Wtf.
He had a decent year but I’d have had Fogarty, Chin, Browne and Jim Bob all ahead of him.
Joanne was horrific at having the bants with the award winners, Lyster the same.[/QUOTE]
Agreed on all that.
Also Aidan Walsh was the best midfielder in the Munster Championship just ahead of James Ryan before his and Cork’s semi final stinker. I would have Walsh and the four you mention ahead of McGrath.
The all Ireland replays in recent years have really squeezed out the counties that don’t make the final. When normality returns regarding drawn all Ireland finals I expect non final counties to start picking up a few more
Replays are certainly a factor in dulling the memories of what happened earlier in the year, particularly when there’s a 3 week time lag between draw and replay. I find it staggering that Austin Gleeson didn’t even get nominated. I’d have had him pushing very strongly for inclusion in the All Star XV.
[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 1036193, member: 377”]Maybe, but that doesn’t explain the complete change of focus on how the All Stars have been selected over the past 15 years. As I’ve said they are now almost exclusively picked in both codes on the basis of 3 games. You have only to look at any selection from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s to see that all performances were monitored. Pat Critchley got Laois only All Star in 1985. Laois only played 2 games in the championship that year. They played 6 this year (the same number as Kilkenny), performed well in almost all those games and didn’t even get a nomination.
Take the full back position as a case in point. Leonard Enright (1983), Eamon Cleary (1989) and Brian Lohan (1996) are all examples of players who won All Stars despite their team falling at the very first hurdle in each of those years at the provincial semi finals. All were outstanding in their brief championship outing, despite the early exit. This year, we have a full back (who unquestionably over the course of his long career has established himself as one of the greatest defenders to ever play the game) but who conceded 5 points from play to his direct opponent in the drawn All Ireland final and 2 goals from play in the replay and who looked shaky at various intervals in other games throughout the year. There were 15 teams competing in this year’s championship. How much focus went into the individual performances of all 15 of those full backs, in selecting first the nominees on the short list and then the full back?[/QUOTE]
Lohan fucking robbed Ger Cushe in 1996.
Ger Cushe was a very underrated full back.
[QUOTE=“kerry1891, post: 1036211, member: 1379”]Agreed on all that.
Also Aidan Walsh was the best midfielder in the Munster Championship just ahead of James Ryan before his and Cork’s semi final stinker. I would have Walsh and the four you mention ahead of McGrath.[/QUOTE]
Yet McGrath hurled the ears off Walsh in the Semi-Final.
He hurled the man into depression. 
Aside from the actual production, Michael Lyster’s trousers were massive. A yard too long and way too baggy. His hair was also ridiculous. It was lego figure style and looked placed onto him. Joanne Cantwell is a very bland broadcaster.
Nice layout there in the Independent
http://www.independent.ie/incoming/article30691173.ece/BINARY/hurling.jpg
Joanne was wearing what appeared to be similar to a black sack. She also could have done with an aul rub of fake tan on the arms.
Hon Kingston bai
GAA GPA All-Stars 2015 Football Nominations
The GAA and GPA, in conjunction with Opel, are pleased to confirm the 45 nominations for the 2015 All-Star football awards.
Recently crowned All-Ireland champions Dublin, who completed a clean sweep of honours in 2015, lead the way with 11 nominations and they are followed by defeated All-Ireland finalists Kerry, who collect eight.
The two beaten All-Ireland semi-finalists, Tyrone and Mayo, come next in the pecking order with seven apiece.
Ulster champions Monaghan secure four nominations while their provincial rivals Donegal receive five.
The remaining nominations go to Fermanagh, Westmeath and Laois, who receive one each bringing to nine the total number of counties who are represented on the 2015 shortlist.
The awards will be presented at the Convention Centre in Dublin on Friday November 6.
The shortlist for the individual player awards have also been confirmed with three Dublin players, Bernard Brogan, Jack McCaffrey and Philip McMahon, in contention for the Player of the Year Award.
Diarmuid O’Connor, Ryan McHugh and Ryan Wylie make up the list of contenders for the Young Player of the Year Award.
These shortlists will be voted on by the GPA membership and the winners will also be announced on the night of the banquet.
2015 GAA GPA All-Star Football Nominations Sponsored by Opel
Goalkeepers
Paul Durcan (Donegal), Brendan Kealy (Kerry), Rory Beggan (Monaghan).
Defenders
Frank McGlynn (Donegal), Ryan McHugh (Donegal), James McCarthy (Dublin), Cian O’Sullivan (Dublin), Rory O’Carroll (Dublin), Jonny Cooper (Dublin), Jack McCaffrey (Dublin), Philip McMahon (Dublin), Shane Enright (Kerry), Jonathan Lyne (Kerry), Keith Higgins (Mayo), Lee Keegan (Mayo), Chris Barrett (Mayo), Vinny Corey (Monaghan), Karl O’Connell (Monaghan), Cathal McCarron (Tyrone), Ronan McNamee (Tyrone), Ronan McNabb (Tyrone).
Midfielders
Neil Gallagher (Donegal), Brian Fenton (Dublin), Anthony Maher (Kerry), David Moran (Kerry), Tom Parsons (Mayo), Colm Cavanagh (Tyrone).
Forwards
Michael Murphy (Donegal), Paddy Andrews (Dublin), Bernard Brogan (Dublin), Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin), Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin), Seán Quigley (Fermanagh), Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry), Paul Geaney (Kerry), James O’Donoghue (Kerry), Donie Kingston (Laois), Cillian O’Connor (Mayo), Diarmuid O’Connor (Mayo), Aidan O’Shea (Mayo), Conor McManus (Monaghan) Peter Harte (Tyrone), Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone), Seán Cavanagh (Tyrone), Kieran Martin (Westmeath)
Player of the Year Nominations
Bernard Brogan (Dublin), Jack McCaffrey (Dublin), Philip McMahon (Dublin).
Young Player of the Year Nominations
Ryan McHugh (Donegal), Diarmuid O’Connor (Mayo), Ryan Wylie (Monaghan).
By the by, the PR love in undergone by Dublin GAA on behalf of and by Philly McMahon this past fortnight has been outrageous. A different level of marketing and PR horseshit.
“he’s a nice lad off the field”
Shame he’s a cunt on it.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
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Its been relentless this past 10 days. You’d have to laugh and admire them for the blatancy of it.
yeah, it would appear they even crossed the palm of Rory from “Rory’s Stories” with silver…
I dont remember anyone giving a fuck about where Tiernan McCann was from.
#sweepsweep
Maybe Tiernan McCann needs to find himself a junkie brother.