2 years, mate. 2018 and 2019.
And 2020 still to come. Weāll fucking walk it.
Fennelly, and Lyng just shades it over Jerry OāConnor
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+1
Maher shades if for me over Lyng. Fennelly is a given. Tommy Dunne was a Rolls Royce of a hurler but a lot of his hurling (bar 01) was during a bleak enough time for Tipp.
Lots of excellent hurlers in this list. Would rate them all
Fennelly and Cha for me . I really loved watching Cha . A wizard
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Cop on lads, 2 best hurling Midfielders of the time period without question are Mick Fennelly & David Burke.
+1. Two all time greats. Iām sure Tom Dempsey would agree with me too.
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Iāll get shot for saying it, but I think heās overrated.
Heās a good player but the midfield options on this bar Mick Fennelly are probably the weakest of all. A lot of lads who had 1 or 2 excellent years and then more consistently good lads like Lyng and Burke without particularly standing out
Vital cog in their successes.
So was the bus driver.
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He always stood up when others around him wilted. A very unGalway like trait.
Took him a while to settle though, i remember him getting sent off against offaly back in the day playing wing forward, he floated around the forwards before making Midfield, two goals in the 2012 replay iirc
A great player, but not consistent enough to be the best midfielder of the last 20 years.
Fennelly is nailed-on here but I think you could make a strong case for a number of others.
Burke probably Galwayās most consistent player over the past 10 years, Kenny & OāConnor were both excellent on a great Cork team, Brendan Maher is just an unreal hurler but didnāt play as many years at midfield as you would like, with McGrath/Woodlock a partnership for a long time. More recently, Barron & Lynch in particular have been excellent over the past 4 or 5 season. Rice, Lyng, Cha all very good too.
I definitely donāt think any of those are blatant choices.
Iād shoot you for saying that. A super player.
He scored a fantastic Peter Duggan esque point in 2012 against Kilkenny playing wing forward. Not sure if it was the Leinster Final or All Ireland
He has 4 All Stars! Think his form has dipped alright in the last year but he has a mountain of hurling done. Great player for a long time though overall. And always saved his best performances for the biggest games.
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agreed
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Am I banned from voting? On other polls for corner backs and wing backs one of my votes registered and the second didnāt. Am I misunderstanding the voting system or am I being disenfranchised because Iām a nordie?
My choices which I canāt register are B Maher & M Fennelly