Best 15 Never to Win an All-Ireland

Only thing I'd change is I'd keep it to players who no longer play county. The couple of Mayo lads are still active, McManus still playing. Just a pet peeve of mine. They haven't "never won it". They just havent won it yet. Anyway, best of luck with it.

Mattie Forde was ridiculously good, he'd be somewhere in my team anyway.

Nice team. If ya were to move the still active players out then ya have likes of Declan Browne, Michael Meehan or Dermot Earley to call upon in the forwards.

David Clarke for GK?

Chris Barrett or moreso Keith Higgins into the defence.

Barry Owens mightn’t be far off.

My lifetime:

David Clarke

Sean Marty Lockhart, Barry Owens, Keith Higgins

Kevin Cassidy, Glen Ryan, John Keane

Ciaran Whelan, John Galvin

Declan Browne, Ciaran McDonald, Johnny Doyle

Paddy Bradley, Michael Meehan, Mattie Forde.

I'd just nominate the 1985 monaghan team , 84 league champions, centenary Cup finalists, lost the 85 sf to kerry after a replay. The best team I've seen not to make it over the line. I might be bias though :)

Going back a bit but rossies Dermot Early would be acknowledged as one of the greats of the game. I think it was the 85 connaught final in the Hyde that he was carried shoulder high off the pitch by some of the mayo team.

Willie Joe Padden.