Player of the Year nominations

yahoo_moe

rte.ie wrote:

Hurler of the Year Nominees
Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny)
Eoin Kelly (Waterford)
Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny)

Young Hurler of the Year Nominees
Cathal Naughton (Cork)
Joe Canning (Galway)
Seamus Callinan (Tipperary)

Footballer of the Year Nominees
Brian Dooher (Tyrone)
Colm Cooper (Kerry)
Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)

Young Footballer Nominees
Ian Ryan (Limerick)
Johnny O'Loughlin (Laois)
Tommy Walsh (Kerry)

I'd like to see Larkin, Callinan, Cavanagh and Walsh win. Think the football awards are (rightly) set in stone already but there's a chance that Brennan or Canning could win in the hurling.

While Brennan was extremely good this year (and at key times too), I feel Larkin was more consistent but it's a close one. As for Young Hurler, hopefully Callinan's U-21 heroics (coupled with his senior performances in being a key part of a Tipp year that was far superior to Galway's) will swing it for him.

Mr. Incognito

Brennan, Canning, Cavanagh and Walsh for me.

kerry4sam

Originally Posted by rte.ie
Hurler of the Year Nominees
Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny)
Eoin Kelly (Waterford)
Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny)

Young Hurler of the Year Nominees
Cathal Naughton (Cork)
Joe Canning (Galway)
Seamus Callinan (Tipperary)

Footballer of the Year Nominees
Brian Dooher (Tyrone)
Colm Cooper (Kerry)
Sean Cavanagh (Tyrone)

Young Footballer Nominees
Ian Ryan (Limerick)
Johnny O'Loughlin (Laois)
Tommy Walsh (Kerry)

Eddie Brennan will edge it on Eoin Larkin i suspect and Joe Canning seems to have the young hurler sown up for me for the HURLERS

but as for the FOOTBALLERS
- while I think that Sean Cavanagh should get it i would have a sneaking suspicion that this year it will go to Brian Dooher for footballer of the year and
- Tommy Walsh would be a certainty here i would imagine for the young footballer of the year

Agus

double post...

Agus

Canning and Walsh will surely get the young player awards. Dooher / Seán Cavanagh and Brennan / Eoin Larkin are not so easy to pick...

Frankie Lee

I'd go Larkin and Callinane in the hurling with Joe to get an all star.

I'd imagine it will be Dooher and Walsh in the football but I wouldn't rate Walsh at all.

yahoo_moe

Surprised some of you don't think that helping Tipp to an unbeaten League victory (beating Waterford and Kilkenny), the Munster championship and an All-Ireland U-21 final is worth Callinan being considered at least a strong candidate.

Not saying he'll definitely win but I certainly don't thing Canning has it "sewn up"... bear in mind too that his Portumna performances don't count.

Daysha

Larkin, Canning, Cavanagh, Walsh

djScarey

Larkin & Canning. Know as much about Gaelic football as a cat does about basketball. Moe, re Callinan, an important cog in the Tipperary wheel alright. But Canning IS the Galway wheel.

homerjay2005

deise59 wrote: »

Larkin, Canning, Cavanagh, Walsh

spot on i would say.

Agus

Frankie Lee wrote: »

I'd imagine it will be Dooher and Walsh in the football but I wouldn't rate Walsh at all.

Why not?

yahoo_moe

djScarey wrote: »

Moe, re Callinan, an important cog in the Tipperary wheel alright. But Canning IS the Galway wheel.

Absolutely... but the Tipp wheel was just far superior this year to the Galway one. But I might just be backlashing against all the hype a bit - there's certainly no doubting Canning's talents.

Daysha

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Absolutely... but the Tipp wheel was just far superior this year to the Galway one.

But we're judging the player, not the team.

aidan24326

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Surprised some of you don't think that helping Tipp to an unbeaten League victory (beating Waterford and Kilkenny), the Munster championship and an All-Ireland U-21 final is worth Callinan being considered at least a strong candidate.

Not saying he'll definitely win but I certainly don't thing Canning has it "sewn up"... bear in mind too that his Portumna performances don't count.

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Absolutely... but the Tipp wheel was just far superior this year to the Galway one. But I might just be backlashing against all the hype a bit - there's certainly no doubting Canning's talents.

Lads Canning will get it because he was the best young hurler in the country this year by a distance. He proved that all the hype was well justified, no-one could have expected that he'd make such an immediate impact. Not his fault if Galway had a disappointing year overall.

And even though his Portumna performances may not be considered they should be. If you're to judge him on everything he did this year he derserves it. Brilliant for Portumna, brilliant for LIT, very good in all 5 games he played for Galway and capped it all off with the performance of the year against Cork.

The other winners will be Cavanagh, Walsh and probably Larkin.

aidan24326

Remember aswell that there was alot of pressure on Canning coming into the team this year, with a huge amount of hype and expectation. Never has the introduction of a young player to the county team been so hyped, and he could easily have fallen flat. For a 19 year old lad to almost beat Cork single-handedly proved conclusively that we're talking about a very special talent of the type that doesn't come along too often. I'm just glad he happens to be from Galway!

yahoo_moe

aidan24326 wrote: »

And even though his Portumna performances may not be considered they should be. If you're to judge him on everything he did this year he derserves it.

But they're not to be considered and we're not judging him on everything he did this year... that's why I'm making the devil's advocate case for Callinan.

deise59 wrote:

But we're judging the player, not the team.

I know and I'm saying that being a smaller part of a better team isn't necessarily worse than being a bigger part of a worse team.

Wucking Fanker

aidan24326 wrote: »

Remember aswell that there was alot of pressure on Canning coming into the team this year, with a huge amount of hype and expectation. Never has the introduction of a young player to the county team been so hyped, and he could easily have fallen flat. For a 19 year old lad to almost beat Cork single-handedly proved conclusively that we're talking about a very special talent of the type that doesn't come along too often. I'm just glad he happens to be from Galway!

I remember a lot of hype about Eoin Kelly (the good version!) when he was about to be introduced- was it 2000 v Galway? Think Tipp were 4 points down at the time. Canning added to the hype himself somewhat by declining to tog out for a couple of years. By jaysis, it was worth the wait though! Some wrists on the lad.

Back on topic, though, I think Larkin has to get HoTY. Young HoTY is between Callinan and Canning. What will count against Canning, though, is that he only really played one game v Cork (what a game, though).

corny

I'd go for Larkin and Canning in the Hurling.

On the strength of his one performance against Cork (for a 19 year old lad) Canning deserves it. 2-12 against a very good side!

Walsh and Dooher in the Football.

Really think Brian Dooher deserves the accolade. Yes Cavanagh scored some crucial and brilliant points but Doohers effort (and great skill no doubt) going forward and in defence must be inspirational to the men he leads. Deserves it.

keane2097

I'd give the football to Dooher, but just barely...