best player to play in the loi?

partyndbs

who do you reckon is the best player to play in loi? this is not based on what theyve done after playing in loi, for example doyle has prob had the best post loi career but he defo wouldn't have been the best ever to play in the league.
people like those old english players that made 1 appearence don't count.

i can't really think, john o'flynn and keith fahey at the end of his loi career are both good shouts

CSF

partyndbs wrote: »

who do you reckon is the best player to play in loi? this is not based on what theyve done after playing in loi, for example doyle has prob had the best post loi career but he defo wouldn't have been the best ever to play in the league.
people like those old english players that made 1 appearence don't count.

i can't really think, john o'flynn and keith fahey at the end of his loi career are both good shouts

Wes Hoolahan.

Johnny Utah

George Best. :cool:

kryogen

Tony Hall ftw

rednik

Has to be Socrates.

partyndbs

Johnny Utah wrote: »

George Best. :cool:

ruined it

Gillington

Tarzan O'Brien

partyndbs

socrates, best thats like saying henry and beckham are best players in mls becoz of their reputation

Gavin "shels"

CSF wrote: »

Wes Hoolahan.

+1 Some man!

OhNoYouDidn't

Other than Roy Keane, Paul McGrath, Liam Brady, Kevin Doyle and Kevin Moran?

In my lifetime, Liam Coyle, Keith Fahey, Paddy McCourt, Joey Ndo, Kevin Hunt Gary Twigg all stand out as pure quality

premierstone

Best player not to have played outside ''Ireland'' would be Liam Coyle IMO

major bill

In my time Kevin hunt and Glen crowe purely for what they brought to the league.....Crowe was the first LOI player since Pat Byrne to be capped by Ireland he would have won more caps were it not for a very bad injury against Pats.


According to many pundits around the Irish game...Jackie jameson was considered to be the greatest player to never leave Ireland.

Btw so im not seen as been biased, Paul osam, ndo, mbabazi were also quality players.

flas

dave savage or richie parsons!

OhNoYouDidn't

rednik wrote: »

Has to be Socrates.

Despite the fact he didn't?

He still hasn't been to Ireland... Urban myth.

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Max Cream.

Eirebear

Des wrote: »

Max Cream.

Definetly the best name!

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Tony Sheridan was the most naturally talented player I ever saw in the league.

osullic

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Despite the fact he didn't?

He still hasn't been to Ireland... Urban myth.

Yeah didn't he quit football and become a doctor or something.

TangyZizzle

Joey Ndo is the best I'v seen in the flesh.

osullic

Liam Coyle or Glen Crowe

OhNoYouDidn't

osullic wrote: »

Yeah didn't he quit football and become a doctor or something.

The 'story' was that he studied in the Royal College of Surgeons, togged out for UCD, after failing a trial at Bohs because he smoked, in both football and bogball and after he qualified became a pro footballer.

Absolute nonsense, he became a doctor after he hung up the boots and has never even been to Ireland.

partyndbs

i think ndo is muck

Corholio

With my City hat on, id say John O'Flynn, when top of his game no better striker in the league.

Paddy McCourt was always a joy to watch, and a big mention to Alan Kirby, one of my favourite players to have played in the league.

OhNoYouDidn't

partyndbs wrote: »

i think ndo is muck

I think your opinion is worse than irrelevant. If you were to say one thing, I would take the polar opposite position and be right.

Paully D

Aside from the obvious one's it would be Ndo for me.

partyndbs

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

I think your opinion is worse than irrelevant. If you were to say one thing, I would take the polar opposite position and be right.

watever hes such a brainless player, hes got skills but hes not that good, constantly loses the ball, misplaces passes, doesnt score that much etc.

dfx-

From my time watching LOI, Ndo, McCourt, Hunt, Geoghegan, Alan O'Neill, doubtful Osam, possibly Scully at Shels, Rutherford, Tony Sheridan, Molloy could've been up there, Coyle, Crowe, Cahill at Cork, Byrne, Coyle, Twigg will..depends on what you want from a player..

As much as I dislike Byrne, Crowe and Coyle, their goalscoring exploits have to be commended

Then there's Pat Byrne, Mick Leech..

OhNoYouDidn't

partyndbs wrote: »

watever hes such a brainless player, hes got skills but hes not that good, constantly loses the ball, misplaces passes, doesnt score that much etc.

The one thing I would not describe Ndo as is a 'brainless player'. On occasion lazy, disinterested, yes. Thats why he never made it at the level he could have. But his vision can be as good as it gets.

He has been to two world cups ffs.

stovelid

osullic wrote: »

Yeah didn't he quit football and become a doctor or something.

Did well in the classical philosophy game after hanging up in his boots.

KaiserGunner

The best players that I have seen in the LOI in person has to be Paddy McCourt and Joey Ndo. Must give a mention to David Forde when he was at Derry City was a quality keeper and the best that I had seen in the LOI.

Kess73

Des Kennedy

GLaDOS

Shout out to Brian Murphy, best keeper I've seen in my short time watching LOI

bohsman

niallo24 wrote: »

Tony Sheridan was the most naturally talented player I ever saw in the league.

Paul Byrne right up there aswell.

Pauleta

Owen Heary for me. George O'Callaghan back when he was only slightly mental was brilliant as well.

applehunter

John O'Flynn was the best I've seen in the league before he did his cruciate.

Liam Coyle was the always the player I loved to see coming to the Cross. A joy to watch.

S.R.F.C.

For me, McCourt, Fahey, Ndo, Hunty and Twigg well on his way there.

rednik

No more Greek philosophers.:D

Harry Kenny and Noel Larkin were two players who stood out for me back in Glenmalure Park. They were part of a great team but got on with their own jobs very well.

dan1895

partyndbs wrote: »

i think ndo is muck

5 minutes or so into his debut for Shels whan he turned the Hajduk Split defence inside out to square for Moore to tap home the winner is enough for me to say your wrong

shanec1928

how has Seamus Coleman not being mentioned yet

partyndbs

he wasnt near 1 of da best players to play in loi, he was there for a couple of yrs

eagle eye

Brendan Bradley and Hilary Carlyle were two very special players. Mick Fairclough who came back and played for Dundalk 5 years after he was told his career was over was another top player in the league. Turlough O'Connor is another one that stands out from way back. Later on then I'd put Paul Doolin down as one of the best I ever seen in the league. Pat Fenlon was another consistently top notch player. Liam Coyle is clearly up there too.

I'm only considering players who spent the majority of their careers in the LOI.

eagle eye

Just talked to my dad about this and for him it would be between Frank O'Neill and Brendan Bradley.

Ebbs

Out of players who have moved recently from the LoI to english clubs we would have a very very good side. In the last few years if we kept the talent we'd look very strong.

Brian Murphy, Coleman, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long, Keith Fahey, Conor Sammon, Liam Miller, Paddy McCourt (Could have chose Ireland), Twigg (believe he can), Noel Hunt, Kevin hunt, Callaghan, Flynn, Richie Byrne etc. Could make a very good squad.

Players like Ndo etc also talented.

Of all time, wow thats hard list... Giles, brady, etc.

My personal favourite being Noel Hunt, absolute legend.

partyndbs

when did liam miller ever play in loi. shane long never played rly in it either. that guy sammon was muck

major bill

forza rovers wrote: »

how has Seamus Coleman not being mentioned yet

As the greatest of all-time??

major bill

partyndbs wrote: »

when did liam miller ever play in loi. shane long never played rly in it either. that guy sammon was muck

he might be mistaking him for colin healy

Ebbs

partyndbs wrote: »

when did liam miller ever play in loi. shane long never played rly in it either. that guy sammon was muck

Was with cork for a while trying to get an English pick up, not sure if he played a competitive match.

He was taken from the cork squad, played for the cork team.

Good enough to be in an EPL squad. Not a bad player at all, especially when he was playing in a poor UCD squad. Hardly "muck".

thegen

Paul McGrath, Jim Beglin, Pat Byrne, Dave Barry, Liam Buckley, Alan Campbell, Jackie Jamieson are all in with a shout.

Sligored

dixie dean

thegen

Sligored wrote: »

dixie dean

Paul Magee????

Sligored

thegen wrote: »

Paul Magee????

William Ralph Dean (22 January 1907 – 1 March 1980), better known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player. Dean originally started his career with Birkenhead based Tranmere Rovers before moving on to professional team Everton, the club he had supported as a child, where he became one of the most prolific goal-scorers in English football history. Dean played the majority of his career at Everton before injuries caught up with him and he moved on to new challenges at Notts County and Ireland's Sligo Rovers. He is best known for his exploits in 1927-28 season which saw Dean score 60 league goals - a record which stands to this day.