McGeough123 wrote: » Did anyone spot this miss from Eugene Keating from the Cavan game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fwIRn03DhY
sid waddell wrote: » Worst miss ever, and it's not even close.
Moneymaker wrote: » Of all the drivel i've seen in this thread lately this tops the list. Absurd. One of the best high fielders i've seen and his ability to kick long range points is something you don't see much anymore. Granted he had a tendency for a dirty blow here and there. Also, his goal vs Armagh in 2002. Go youtube it.
BNMC wrote: » Daragh O'Sé, Dermot Earley, John Galvin, Seán Cavanagh, Anthony Tohill and Kevin Hughes. All better than Whelan.
keane2097 wrote: » Yeah I wouldn't have Whelan on a level with the top midfielders of the era at all to be honest.
Syferus wrote: » I think Whelan was a mixer, a top level midfielder but not one of the all-time greats. I actually like Whelan a lot more as a pundit than I ever did as a player.
seligehgit wrote: » Yes I think he is quite good as a pundit.
sid waddell wrote: » Whelan was easily as good a player as Darragh O'Se. The difference was he was playing on a much poorer team. O'Se played with probably the most gifted group of players to ever play the game. Kerry's main rivals were Tyrone. They were well beaten by them three times. They were beaten by Meath by 15 points and let the final against Armagh slip in the last 15 minutes from a winning position. I never saw people questioning O'Se's abilities as a result. The other player of real class on that Lyons/Caffrey Dublin team was Alan Brogan. For years people aimed the same cheap shots at Brogan as they are at Whelan here, that he was a flat track bully and wasn't real top class. What was the difference? Age. Whelan was a few years older. Brogan was lucky in that he was still around in 2011 when Dublin had hugely improved as a team and he got to show his class on the biggest stage. Now he's classed as one of the really great forwards of the last decade. Whelan wasn't so lucky. Greatness is as much determined by those around you as by yourself.
Lemlin wrote: » It was a square ball anyway!
seligehgit wrote: » Ciaran Whelan was a very fine midfielder in a Dublin team that should possibly have achieved more considering the number of Leinster titles they won.He was well able to give a dig but I do not think he could compare to the finest midfielder of his generation Dara o Se.
BNMC wrote: » No such thing as square ball from open play anymore. Dreadful miss, he had so much time to tap it in but it looked like he panicked. Even Seanie would've stuck that in.
Slattsy wrote: » Just reading through this thread. I'm astounded with some of the Donegal boys' comments in relation to McHugh. How in the blue hell could any of you think it was intentional. 2 boys went for a ball, full tilt. One came out worse than the other. Cop on lads. As for McGuinness' comments over the weekend. Well I really doubt anyone was surprised by that. He's not really right in the head is he? That fella sees what he wants to see. And i tell you one thing else, he was no shrinking violet when he played. Double standards and all that. Donegal are the most cynical team in the land by a long way.
airneal wrote: » Your talking complete s*+te!! Your probably from Dublin!
Rochey18 wrote: » Mayo or Dublin make your mind up
Moneymaker wrote: » If someone disagrees they're from Dublin. Great logic. The chip on the shoulder some people have for us really baffles me.
padd b1975 wrote: » Dessie Farrell had a worse miss against Kerry in Thurles in 2001.
airneal wrote: » The only lads that slates Donegal are from Dublin. Same old principles, everyone from the west are culchies, and we the dubs are the best thing since sliced bread! Time yee boys gave your own team an honest evaluation in terms of principles on the field!!! Making silly loose comments about management or cynical teams!
