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The one thing that Dublin team lacks a bit is high fielders if anything

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HOTY: Sheamy
YHOTY: Kyler

FOTY: Clucko
YFOTY: Sean O’Shea

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“Maybe the Hurler of the Decade”

That’ll drive a few of the usual suspects demented here

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How can you possibly select Tony Kelly? He had to reference the league of the 2016 (he was very good in it apparently) to justify it. What nonsense.

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we opted for Kelly on the grounds that the sport had rarely seen a player like him, while McGrath gets in on the half-forward line where he did nearly all of his hurling. Kelly covered more ground in his false 11 role, hence his midfield berth.

You can read can’t you?

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I can indeed. It’s unjustifiable. Kelly has never hurled well enough for long enough to be in the conversation for team of the decade. If you took the above reasoning and applied it to Tadhg De Burca I could buy it. He wouldn’t be my pick but he has certainly hurled at a high and consistent standard long enough to be in the conversation.

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Some record in fairness.

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You’ve some amount of sand in your knickers when it comes to Kelly. TdeB deserves to be in the conversation but Kelly doesn’t?
It’s all subjective anyway, only a pure simpleton would get excited over it.

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Agree.
The fact that O’Shea wasn’t nominated for FOTY is laughable.

McCaffrey for me.

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Yes, that’s my view. As you mentioned, it’s subjective. I’d have De Burca ahead of Kelly any day of the week. There’s no need to get your knickers in a twist about it.

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You’d have de Burma as a half forward ahead of Kelly?

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Kelly was picked in midfield.

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Don’t go bringing any semblance of logic into this now

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No fear of that with him.

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So you’d pick de Burca ahead of tony Kelly at midfield?

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His point is, if you’re just putting Kelly in a position for the sake of it, why not De Burca. Hurl the ball, not the man

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McEvoy listed the contenders for the position and then gave his reasoning. DeBurca is a straw man in that context. How would DeBurca even be in that conversation, whatever about David Burke?

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I’m asking him to explain. Kelly regularly played at midfield. Did de Burca ever play anywhere bar sweeper or half back?

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You started on about half forward.

If you’re making up positions like this chap is, who compiled the list, what’s the difference