Michael Murphy - Young Player of the year??

jimbo32123

hi guys and gals,

just wondering does anyone thuink young Murphy has a chance in this??

35 or 36 points in this years championship, brilliant performance against cork, galway and Derry!! only turned 20 today!!

who are the other contenders??

Diabhal Beag

He should be. A great player for the future. He is consistent and will help Donegal to an Ulster title soon.


If not him Aidan O'Se if he starts performing

Green&Red

Mayo's Aiden O'Shea will be in with a shout if we keep going

RocketRonnie

Chris O'Connor Meath

eigrod

Colm O' Neill, Cork.

Vinnie K

Mike McCarthy, Kerry.



:P

rossie1977

jimbo32123 wrote: »

hi guys and gals,

just wondering does anyone thuink young Murphy has a chance in this??

35 or 36 points in this years championship, brilliant performance against cork, galway and Derry!! only turned 20 today!!

who are the other contenders??

another 20 year old donnie shine from roscommon had 25 points in the championship, he hadn't as good a championship as murphy in fairness but he did score 9 of roscommons 11 points in the win over wexford, its not easy for a young player to play well in a team that hit rock bottom with its worst championship loss ever against mayo in castlebar but shine proved one of the few bright sparks in an otherwise forgettable campaign

kevmy

Am I the only one who thinks Murphy only had a good and not a fantastic season?

While he played well in most games he got the majority of his points from frees (I know he won a fair few for himself) and had a tendency to drift out of games when the going got tough eg. after ~20 mins of the Galway game.

A great talent and a fine season for a young player but I'm not 100% sold on the greatest young player in 20 yrs argument

chubba1984

Kevmy, I think you picked up the argument wrong, Nobody said he was the best young player in 20 years. The point is he is probably the best young player this year as he is only 20 years old.

It's between Aidan O'Shea and himself for the award I'd imagine depending on how Mayo get on.

Erin Go Brath

Michael Murphy is a superb talent and has had an excellent season. Definitely in with a big shout of young player of the year.

K-9

kevmy wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks Murphy only had a good and not a fantastic season?

While he played well in most games he got the majority of his points from frees (I know he won a fair few for himself) and had a tendency to drift out of games when the going got tough eg. after ~20 mins of the Galway game.

A great talent and a fine season for a young player but I'm not 100% sold on the greatest young player in 20 yrs argument

He came back into it in the last 15/20 minutes as he drifted further out.

rossie1977

kevmy wrote: »

A great talent and a fine season for a young player but I'm not 100% sold on the greatest young player in 20 yrs argument

greatest young player in 20yrs lol, nah, padraig joyce was what 21 when he lifted his first all-ireland in 1998 and gave a MOTM display in the final, colm cooper won an all-star at 19

kevmy

chubba1984 wrote: »

Kevmy, I think you picked up the argument wrong, Nobody said he was the best young player in 20 years. The point is he is probably the best young player this year as he is only 20 years old.

It's between Aidan O'Shea and himself for the award I'd imagine depending on how Mayo get on.

Brolly came out with that sh1te after the Derry game. I agree both Joyce and Gooch were better. Still for the of Donegal a lot will rest on his shoulder over the next few years.

premierstone

kevmy wrote: »

Brolly came out with that sh1te after the Derry game. I agree both Joyce and Gooch were better. Still for the of Donegal a lot will rest on his shoulder over the next few years.

Its a pointless arguement in fairness very different players all three and the game has changed an awfull lot in that time between Joyce and Murphy, one thing that would add credance to Brollys statement though is that both Joyce and Cooper came into far better teams than what Murphy did.

alrudd

Aidan O' Shea will get it if he has a stormer against the Royals which i expect him too.