Best Player in the League

**dfx-** · 25/07/2006, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dyl10

Devines' age and experience must also be taken into acount, Devine is 33! where as the rest of his rivals are a good bit younger(Connor 25, Forde 26, Ryan 27, Delaney 26)

Forde is atrocious and as far as I can see is Derry's weakest point by a stretch...(as has been mentioned on here before

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Murphy is the best keeper in the league for some time and I am not being biased.

**nshoop** · 25/07/2006, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by d f x-

Murphy is the best keeper in the league for some time and I am not being biased.

Have to agree,best since al

**Raheny Red** · 25/07/2006, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by el punter

Who's under-rating Martyn?

I think that if this straw poll were taken 3 months ago there'd be a lot less Ndo mentioned and maybe a bit more O'Callaghan?

Indeed, Ndo has finally got back into the starting 11 and he is on fay-aw

**Aaron** · 25/07/2006, 11:13 PM

Forde is atrocious and as far as I can see is Derry's weakest point by a stretch...(as has been mentioned on here before )

Altho Fordey makes a few mistakes he more than makes up for them. Against gothenburg, he made two world class saves and kept us in front. He always comes up trumps in the big games so i wudnt go as far as saying he's atrocious.

**joema** · 26/07/2006, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

He's certainly not the best "by a mile". In fact there's a fairly high stanard of keepers in the league. IMO Barry Ryan is the best (and I've had this opinion since his UCD Days)

IMO he is easilly the best. There are some excellent keepers around - Murphy, Ryan, Quigley, dont really rate Forde but Devine, IMO is definitly the best.
I think he is the best by a mile - Im entitled to my opinion and thats what I think. Also Im not biased

**adamcarr** · 26/07/2006, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by joema

IMO he is easilly the best. There are some excellent keepers around - Murphy, Ryan, Quigley, dont really rate Forde but Devine, IMO is definitly the best.
I think he is the best by a mile - Im entitled to my opinion and thats what I think. Also Im not biased

I have to agree, not being bias but Devine IMO is international standard with only Shay Given ahead of him. His performances against DIF away, Prague away and Limassol away have been breathtaking and without him we would not have won the league or progressed far in Europe over the years.

For me the best player in the league, is Joey Ndo, followed closely by Gamble.

**Sheridan** · 26/07/2006, 1:03 AM

Originally Posted by d f x-

Forde is atrocious and as far as I can see is Derry's weakest point by a stretch...(as has been mentioned on here before

)

Murphy is the best keeper in the league for some time and I am not being biased.

You're not talking about Barry Murphy are you?

**sligoman** · 26/07/2006, 1:40 PM

Darren Mansaram is one of the best strikers at the moment, not been biased

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**Dodge** · 26/07/2006, 1:49 PM

I agree sligoman. best we've faced

**adamcarr** · 26/07/2006, 2:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

I agree sligoman. best we've faced

He comes across as very clumsy, just pushes his way to the ball and is all over the place.

**sligoman** · 26/07/2006, 5:02 PM

Originally Posted by adamcarr

He comes across as very clumsy, just pushes his way to the ball and is all over the place.

Sounds like George O'Callaghan to me

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**Dyl10** · 26/07/2006, 9:05 PM

Originally Posted by d f x-

Forde is atrocious and as far as I can see is Derry's weakest point by a stretch...(as has been mentioned on here before )

Murphy is the best keeper in the league for some time and I am not being biased.

Forde was one of their key players last year

Originally Posted by BohsFans

even Farrelly is better than Fenn, any time!

I take it you didnt see the game tonight then

and im not even a Cork fan! so no bias here

**Dodge** · 26/07/2006, 9:08 PM

Fenn did nothing tonight. Farrelly is a better player

**Dyl10** · 26/07/2006, 11:09 PM

Farrelly was a better player when both were at their best but im afraid times have changed

**The Stars** · 26/07/2006, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by adamcarr

He comes across as very clumsy, just pushes his way to the ball and is all over the place.

the first time i saw him i thought the same but he isnt.
Find of the season,and i think if he continues as he is going he will be on his way back across the water come the end of the season....although he seems to love it in Sligo.

**De Town** · 27/07/2006, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Fenn did nothing tonight. Farrelly is a better player

Agreed. Thought Fenn was ****e tonight.

**joema** · 27/07/2006, 2:37 AM

Originally Posted by De Town

Agreed. Thought Fenn was ****e tonight.

I actually thought Fenn was decent enough tonight- 7/10 IMO. At times his passing was slopy and he miscontroled once or twice but in general I thought he played well. Also you have to take into account the fact that there was no GO'C or Gamble so he had to drop even deeper than usual - IMO he certainly wasnt "****e"

**Dodge** · 27/07/2006, 9:24 AM

I thought he was poor but not poor enough to mention it until Dyl10's post above

**De Town** · 27/07/2006, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by joema

I actually thought Fenn was decent enough tonight- 7/10 IMO. At times his passing was slopy and he miscontroled once or twice but in general I thought he played well. Also you have to take into account the fact that there was no GO'C or Gamble so he had to drop even deeper than usual - IMO he certainly wasnt "****e"

Yeah maybe ****e was too harsh but I honestly think he's gradually got worse. I was at the Cork-Nantes match at Turners X a few years ago and Fenn was brilliant then. Every time I saw him recently he isn't the same player IMO.

**A face** · 27/07/2006, 9:30 PM

Originally Posted by De Town

Yeah maybe ****e was too harsh but I honestly think he's gradually got worse. I was at the Cork-Nantes match at Turners X a few years ago and Fenn was brilliant then. Every time I saw him recently he isn't the same player IMO.

He was unreal in that game alright and i'd love to say he is always that good but he is not BUT he most definitely is not sh*te, he lays off some passes at times which are unreal, he is very strong in holding it up aswell and his vision is probably the best in the City team. Problem the other night was he was missing three players who are normally right beside him and who work well together.