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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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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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