The double-fist pump from Brolly!
Bradley won fuck all titles in his career. So he must be a fraud, right? 
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Bradley always delivered for Derry.
Mythi never delivered for Argentina.
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Cheers. I was out of the country for that match and couldnât find anywhere to watch it. I phoned one of the players the next day, he said Moran told them before the game that Murphy was coming back from injury and wouldnât be fit for the second half. Murphy was playing a blinder and was having no problems - Moran took him off anyway because that was the plan. Ffs.
Bradley and muldoon were some pair, I was at the semifinal against Galway (2001?), all their markers had to do was stand with their arms around them, umpires and ref ignored it. Eventually one of the umpires held up a flat for five minutes before taking it down again - typical Croke Park cowards who couldnât take their medicine from a northern team.
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Would Bradley be regarded as Derryâs greatest forward? The AI winning 93 side did not have any real top drawer forward, Gormley probably being the pick of them.
Teams are judged by titles not players. George best never even played at a world cup ffs. He mustnât have been as good as Mehdi Torabi
Maybe. Mcnicholl was probably better but went to Australia, got injuries, bulked up etc. He was unplayable at times at club level. The qualifiers would have been kind to those players.
McNicholl was a bit like Ger Cavlan for Tyrone, had all the ability youâd want and when you saw it in action it would astonish you but it they never showed it on a consistent basis.
You might want to tell that to @Cicero_Dandi - heâs the one advancing the argument that says Bradley was a fraud, not me.
Personally I think Bradley was a smashing player who was a joy to watch and right up there as one of the very best in Ireland at his peak, and despite never even winning a Ulster title, would rank as considerably better than any of the Derry forwards who won an All-Ireland in 1993.
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Iâm quite able to speak for myself.
Messi never turns up at World Cups or Copa Americas, itâs not that he doesnât win them but youâd expect a guy labelled as one of the all time greats playing in a team of top class players to make a much better fist of it.
I think Brolly had as much. Either of them were superior to that overprotected watery cratur from kerry.
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Dermot McNicholl was a phenomenal talent . Captained Derry to win a minor all Ireland in 1983 and was the main driving force in leading them to the 1987 Ulster final , he played the semi final v Meath after a fitness test but was clearly not fit and went off early enough .
He was never the same after a bad run of injuries and was a bit part player in Derryâs glory years .
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Been an awful few days for him.
That handpass. Broke my fucking heart that day. Iâd swear there was only seconds to go, despite what Jimmy said in the commentary.
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Ye ran us very close a few times back then. Was it the bit of success in the football that set the hurling back after that or different factors?