Antrim vs Tyrone

Boxtyeater wrote:Any team possessed of players of the calibre of the McMahos, the Cavanaghs, Ricey, Jordan, Hub, O'Neill and Mugsy cannot be discounted in any shape or form...and plenty of other good players apart from injured to add on...

A lot of this thread talk was based/argued around last Sunday..the middle of May..a long way to go yet...

Discount Tyrone at your peril.....too many good players..... (Does age matter)??? Check with Jack O'Connor....

Tyrone will be "hard bet"...

True and yet......


A team of Mccartan, Doherty, O'Neill, and the rest would be hard bet but getting a bit old as well.

They looked ripe or the plucking last Sunday. I know they improved in 2008 but a lot has happened since.

Kevin Mc Gourty compared to Glenn Hoddle dont make me laugh[/quote]




Glad you agree with the Brian McGuigan and Neil Lennon bit

Oops, according to Redhandman make that Trevor McGuigan or even Ciaran McGuigan.

Now Giles.....he was special.

and Super Mac, sublime.

Patrique appears lost in the mists of time or on the wrong forum....

Quoting the era of O'Neill, "Tub"McCartan and Doherty intermingled with other "no-marks" smacks of a man unsure of whom to quote...
So for you Pat: From 1960 to the modern day here are the best six IMO..

10. Sean O'Neill (Down).
11. Mattie McDonagh (Galway)
12. Pat Spillane (Kerry)
13. Mike Sheehy (Kerry).
14. Matt Connor (Offaly).
15. Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry)

The runners-up were according to placement...
Cyril Dunne, Tony Hanahoe and Ciaran McDonald.
Colm O'Rourke, Eoin Liston and Peter Casnavan

patrique wrote:Oops, according to Redhandman make that Trevor McGuigan or even Ciaran McGuigan.

Now Giles.....he was special.

and Super Mac, sublime.

sorry i will make myself clear a fully fit mcguigan being brian.

make it even clearer wouldnt even lace shays boots or frank jnr or tommy for that matter too. 4 sons 5 senior county all irelands 2 under 21 county all irelands and 3 minor county all irelands. not bad breeding

redhandman wrote:

patrique wrote:Oops, according to Redhandman make that Trevor McGuigan or even Ciaran McGuigan.

Now Giles.....he was special.

and Super Mac, sublime.

sorry i will make myself clear a fully fit mcguigan being brian.

make it even clearer wouldnt even lace shays boots or frank jnr or tommy for that matter too. 4 sons 5 senior county all irelands 2 under 21 county all irelands and 3 minor county all irelands. not bad breeding

So the entire McGuigan family rate somewhat below Pat Spillane on his own?

If we are to rate people by the baubles they collect.

Boxtyeater wrote:Patrique appears lost in the mists of time or on the wrong forum....

Quoting the era of O'Neill, "Tub"McCartan and Doherty intermingled with other "no-marks" smacks of a man unsure of whom to quote...
So for you Pat: From 1960 to the modern day here are the best six IMO..

10. Sean O'Neill (Down).
11. Mattie McDonagh (Galway)
12. Pat Spillane (Kerry)
13. Mike Sheehy (Kerry).
14. Matt Connor (Offaly).
15. Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry)

The runners-up were according to placement...
Cyril Dunne, Tony Hanahoe and Ciaran McDonald.
Colm O'Rourke, Eoin Liston and Peter Casnavan

You couled spend all day at this. I would have to include Canavan on any side from that era, and Liston.

And I would not have Matty McDonagh.

Pat: You think all of CJ's points were better than O'Neill's opener??

Jonsmith wrote:Pat: You think all of CJ's points were better than O'Neill's opener??

Thank you Jon, it was said to provoke debate.

Certainly his first point, and third were as good.

But O'Neill's was hailed by the media as the greatest point in history.

It was good, but not that good.

Scored better meself, and me better at the hurling.

But if the media said it then it must be true..
The space he was aiming at was less than any of CJ's, threading the needle stuff.. That said CJ was being closed down quicker. It's a matter of opinion at the end of the day I suppose..
Once only I scored a better point than either. Along the sideline outside the '45 straight over the black spot.. Pity it was only the warm up, greater pity that I remained in the dugout for the actual game.

Jonsmith wrote:But if the media said it then it must be true..
The space he was aiming at was less than any of CJ's, threading the needle stuff.. That said CJ was being closed down quicker. It's a matter of opinion at the end of the day I suppose..
Once only I scored a better point than either. Along the sideline outside the '45 straight over the black spot.. Pity it was only the warm up, greater pity that I remained in the dugout for the actual game.

I was right behind the goal for O'Neill's point, the ball was heading straight for me.

The angle was acute, but not that acute.

I mean Gooch scores about 100 a year like that.

O'Neill is still carrying the after affects of those injuries which is a pity. At the Ranch (St Mary's) and in 2005 he was awesome.

And as you talk a good game Jon I always suspected you may not play one.

It was no Gooch v Cork last year your right in that, but first round of the Championship it was a fairly attractive score.. Johnston doesn't like to score unless he's at that kind of an angle..

You're right in that football wasn't something I was naturally talented at, I went much further with the small ball (well, by Cavan standards..) but never had the same grá for it. But I was always a believer that you don't have to be able to fly to know the sky is blue...

all the best managers, Mourinho, Wenger, harte, Boylan and sean Mcguiness were poor enough players.

Obviously Micko is the exception to the rule.

and Mancini of course.

This must be the most posts ever on a single game thread .....

Aye and not a sign of a Donegal v Down thread ......

mullins wrote:

Wake up quick or you will miss the Dubs season

patrique wrote:

mullins wrote:

Wake up quick or you will miss the Dubs season

Think sleeping this year out might be best for me- might save me a few quid Actually Patrique could you wake me up when we win Sam thanks

mullins wrote:

patrique wrote:

mullins wrote:

Wake up quick or you will miss the Dubs season

Think sleeping this year out might be best for me- might save me a few quid Actually Patrique could you wake me up when we win Sam thanks

Cryogenics is a dangerous process be careful..

Jonsmith wrote:

mullins wrote:

patrique wrote:

mullins wrote:

Wake up quick or you will miss the Dubs season

Think sleeping this year out might be best for me- might save me a few quid Actually Patrique could you wake me up when we win Sam thanks

Cryogenics is a dangerous process be careful..

I go there everynight i never knew it was dangerous