New Posts For Thread: Is Colm Cooper (The Gooch) the best Gaelic Football forward ever?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-everAccording to Pat Spillane, The Gooch is the best he has ever seen.impossible to measure players across generations...........in their time the likes of Matt Connor and Mike Sheehy were every bit as good Id say......Connor was phenomenal, a scoring machinehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=506645859#506645859impossible to measure players across generations...........in their time the likes of Matt Connor and Mike Sheehy were every bit as good Id say......Connor was phenomenal, a scoring machineTue, 13 Sep 2011 12:10:18 -0500i feel that when u talk about geniuses like gooch,maurice fitz,canavan etc.it boils down to personal preference .my favourite player was canavan and by a long way.GOOCH ISNT finished yet and could maybe rival him in the future.in the last 20 years nohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=506604535#506604535i feel that when u talk about geniuses like gooch,maurice fitz,canavan etc.it boils down to personal preference .my favourite player was canavan and by a long way.GOOCH ISNT finished yet and could maybe rival him in the future.in the last 20 years noMon, 12 Sep 2011 14:42:34 -0500YEShttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505881019#505881019YESSat, 27 Aug 2011 17:01:47 -0500Graham Geraghty was a decent player, but I agree with the man who said Giles was better. Unfortunately Geraghty was also a thug. A thug or just a bit of a messer? He knew where the line was and only once crossed it - verus Kildare in the first replayhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505864695#505864695Graham Geraghty was a decent player, but I agree with the man who said Giles was better. Unfortunately Geraghty was also a thug. A thug or just a bit of a messer? He knew where the line was and only once crossed it - verus Kildare in the first replaySat, 27 Aug 2011 10:08:01 -0500Trevor Giles was the original quarterback - don't think he stayed around intercounty too long either. He was instrumental in Skyrne winning the Meath SFC last year - six years after his intercounty retirement. Retired at 30 which would be young for ahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505864359#505864359Trevor Giles was the original quarterback - don't think he stayed around intercounty too long either. He was instrumental in Skyrne winning the Meath SFC last year - six years after his intercounty retirement. Retired at 30 which would be young for aSat, 27 Aug 2011 09:59:15 -0500Yeah, that is fairhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505825109#505825109Yeah, that is fairFri, 26 Aug 2011 11:55:39 -0500Giles stayed around too long at intercounty imo.Geraghty surely has done the same by coming back this season :)https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505822489#505822489Giles stayed around too long at intercounty imo.Geraghty surely has done the same by coming back this season :)Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:49:05 -0500*covering the ground at that pace.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505817539#505817539*covering the ground at that pace.Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:48:29 -0500I think also, from playing the game, I often played in the full forward line, it used to drive me mad if the ball wasn't delivered early, I may have built up a perception of him in my head which wasn't neccessarily correct.I'm certain I did not thinkhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505817519#505817519I think also, from playing the game, I often played in the full forward line, it used to drive me mad if the ball wasn't delivered early, I may have built up a perception of him in my head which wasn't neccessarily correct.I'm certain I did not thinkFri, 26 Aug 2011 08:47:59 -0500As I said I've always enjoyed him, I'll definitely admit that the power in his stride in the first clip was a lot greater than I remembered, maybe he was the type of player that I would appreciate more now than when he was around, my focus was very Khttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28219141/is-colm-cooper-the-gooch-the-best-gaelic-football-forward-ever?post_id=505817359#505817359As I said I've always enjoyed him, I'll definitely admit that the power in his stride in the first clip was a lot greater than I remembered, maybe he was the type of player that I would appreciate more now than when he was around, my focus was very KFri, 26 Aug 2011 08:44:03 -0500