exiled
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Post by exiled on Nov 6, 2022 23:31:50 GMT
Homer I did nt say he was one of the all time greats. I said I admired him as a player and I liked his style. I think the same of Marty Clarke (Down). However I do think if he was with another county he would be more highly thought of but that my personal opinion. Some people do have him as an all time great!! Mayo slagged him for years and it was only when he retired, it started. A player who got better the less he played. Give me a Declan Brown any day of the week After living here for 30yrs I can definitely state that Mcdonald wasn't derided as you say. I think this is your personal opinion. In fact I know a lot of Kerry fans who rate him highly.I remember how I've been slagged so much by my Tyrone friends for our inability to beat them. The thing is it takes a team to win not just 1 man.
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Post by homerj on Nov 7, 2022 15:42:22 GMT
Some people do have him as an all time great!! Mayo slagged him for years and it was only when he retired, it started. A player who got better the less he played. Give me a Declan Brown any day of the week After living here for 30yrs I can definitely state that Mcdonald wasn't derided as you say. I think this is your personal opinion. In fact I know a lot of Kerry fans who rate him highly.I remember how I've been slagged so much by my Tyrone friends for our inability to beat them. The thing is it takes a team to win not just 1 man. 97 until 2005, Mcdonald was not rated by most in Mayo and was not treated well by many of those. as mentioned by another poster, he actually packed it in for a while, because of said issues. he became a "hero" over one kick of a ball essentially and what happened prior to that, was forgotten quickly. all about opinions but i never looked at him and said "wow, what a player". same for most of that Mayo team around that time, they never ever turned up against Kerry and thats how they are judged.
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Jo90
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Post by Jo90 on Nov 10, 2022 23:54:12 GMT
Another anomaly was in 1997, when Glen Ryan and Trevor Giles both won All-Stars even though, essentially their only involvement of note in that year's Championship was the Kildare-Meath trilogy in which they were marking each other for the 3 games. If one player came out in the ascendancy in that battle over the 3 games, than the loser wouldn't deserve an All-Star while if it was a 50:50 battle than surely getting 50:50 isn't enough for either to reach the elite status of All-Star? Or maybe I'm just bitter because the net result was Liam O'Flaherty didn't win a deserved All-Star that year! Kildale and Meath got 5 between them, Brolly got one too for Derry. Wouldn't happen now, especially when neither of them 3 even won a provincial title! We won the league that year also and Fla and Darragh were both deserving of All Stars for sure. Similarly Dublin won 3 in 1991 despite getting knocked out in the 1st round in Leinster.
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