New Posts For Thread: Man of the Match...https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-matchShould be Tommy Walsh but I've a feeling Henry Shefflin will get after his last year...id agree with much of what is being said here.lets enjoy tommys brilliance and remember brians brilliance...99 and 2000 v cork is etched forever in my brain.an elderly cork man said to me after 99 that he never seen anyone remotely as good as him thahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506393687#506393687id agree with much of what is being said here.lets enjoy tommys brilliance and remember brians brilliance...99 and 2000 v cork is etched forever in my brain.an elderly cork man said to me after 99 that he never seen anyone remotely as good as him thaThu, 08 Sep 2011 04:28:26 -0500Whelehan was ridiculously denied an all-star in 94 when he was named player of the year and I would agree generally with all of claimingseven`s points as expressed above.It was also a disadvantage that there was no backdoor until 97, so for example ihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506371245#506371245Whelehan was ridiculously denied an all-star in 94 when he was named player of the year and I would agree generally with all of claimingseven`s points as expressed above.It was also a disadvantage that there was no backdoor until 97, so for example iWed, 07 Sep 2011 14:44:36 -0500The great Matt Connor was before my time and all i ever saw of him was on All Ireland Gold on TG4. My mother was on call the Christmas morning of his accident and travelled in the ambulance with him to Dublin. Very very sad how his career ended.But yhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506362925#506362925The great Matt Connor was before my time and all i ever saw of him was on All Ireland Gold on TG4. My mother was on call the Christmas morning of his accident and travelled in the ambulance with him to Dublin. Very very sad how his career ended.But yWed, 07 Sep 2011 11:37:54 -0500as an Offalyman, you could have made a serious case for Matt Connor as well !!!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506362617#506362617as an Offalyman, you could have made a serious case for Matt Connor as well !!!Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:31:07 -0500OK Jolly fair point but 8 of the 15 on the hurling team were dead when the team was picked.But i can see what your saying, there might be some that would say Whelahan was picked so that there would be an active player on the team just to give it morehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506362353#506362353OK Jolly fair point but 8 of the 15 on the hurling team were dead when the team was picked.But i can see what your saying, there might be some that would say Whelahan was picked so that there would be an active player on the team just to give it moreWed, 07 Sep 2011 11:24:39 -0500claiming - my point is that in any vote of this sort - the present day players tend to get some favouritism. The greatest Irish sports person ever (in 2000) was Sonia O Sullivan. In 2008, it was Podge. If the vote was taken in 1996 it would have beehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506361773#506361773claiming - my point is that in any vote of this sort - the present day players tend to get some favouritism. The greatest Irish sports person ever (in 2000) was Sonia O Sullivan. In 2008, it was Podge. If the vote was taken in 1996 it would have beeWed, 07 Sep 2011 11:12:31 -0500If Kilkenny could afford to put Walsh at the edge of the square, he would absolutely clean up imo, I'm always of the oppinion that the best all rond hurler plays in the half back line as it is where the ball is contested the most. Tommy Walsh would chttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506360989#506360989If Kilkenny could afford to put Walsh at the edge of the square, he would absolutely clean up imo, I'm always of the oppinion that the best all rond hurler plays in the half back line as it is where the ball is contested the most. Tommy Walsh would cWed, 07 Sep 2011 10:55:37 -0500Yes Jolly it was indeed picked by Journalists and past GAA Presidents.But what do you mean by "who seemed intent on picking 1 player in each code, who was going well at the time"?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506360409#506360409Yes Jolly it was indeed picked by Journalists and past GAA Presidents.But what do you mean by "who seemed intent on picking 1 player in each code, who was going well at the time"?Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:41:54 -0500Team of the Millenium was not picked by peers, was picked by journos, who seemed intent on picking 1 player in each code, who was going well at the time. Brian Whelehan was the beneficiary of this in hurling and Martin O'Connell in Football. If simihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506359615#506359615Team of the Millenium was not picked by peers, was picked by journos, who seemed intent on picking 1 player in each code, who was going well at the time. Brian Whelehan was the beneficiary of this in hurling and Martin O'Connell in Football. If simiWed, 07 Sep 2011 10:26:19 -0500kkkatt, Dont forget Brian Whelahan should have had a 5th all star in 1994 in what is still one of the greatest injustices ever in the game. Brian was also two time hurler of the year.Although he played in arguably the greatest ever Offaly hurling teahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28251723/man-of-the-match?post_id=506358433#506358433kkkatt, Dont forget Brian Whelahan should have had a 5th all star in 1994 in what is still one of the greatest injustices ever in the game. Brian was also two time hurler of the year.Although he played in arguably the greatest ever Offaly hurling teaWed, 07 Sep 2011 09:58:57 -0500