GPA Awards

Fintan O'Toole's team in the Examiner

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/blog/post/2010/11/03/Can-the-GPA-get-it-right-where-the-All-Stars-got-it-wrong.aspx


He has Kelly, Bolton and JD

As far as I know Kelly didn't get one, Bolton did and I haven't heard about Doyle but I assume he got one.

Doyle did... so two again, Bolton and Doyle

Is it not like the all stars where the Hurling team comes out early in the week and the football team not announced until the awards night. I didnt see any football team picked anywhere yet?

doyle and bolton has been named in this GPA team of team for 2010 . Well done lads

1 Brendan McVeigh (Down)
2 Charlie Harrison (Sligo)
3 Michael Shields (Cork)
4 Philly McMahon (Dublin)
5 Kevin McKernan (Down)
6 Emmet Bolton (Kildare)
7 Paudie Kissane (Cork)
8 Paddy Keenan (Louth)
9 John Galvin (Limerick)
10 Daniel Hughes (Down)
11 Martin Clarke (Down)
12 John Doyle (Kildare)
13 Daniel Goulding (Cork)
14 Benny Coulter (Down)
15 Bernard Brogan (Dublin)


Great to see Bolton getting on there, Doyle must have been seen as a cert for this anyways. Pity that Peter Kelly missed out, McMahon had a decent enough year for the Dubs and Harrison played well against Galway and Mayo, but I would have Kelly in there just ahead of either of them.

Could be a case made for Kavanagh to be there too but he was nominated for the number 15 spot with Brogan so would have always been a long shot for that. If he was up against Goulding at 13 then he could have been in with a serious shout though.

Happy that Galvin has been recognised this year, engine of the Limerick team and played out of his skin against Kerry and Cork earlier in the season.

Five Down and three Cork men !!!!

Get ready for whinging down South

IMO it's a fairer team than the All Stars version.

tomcruise wrote:

Five Down and three Cork men !!!!

Get ready for whinging down South

IMO it's a fairer team than the All Stars version.

not a hope in hell is it!!!!

Are the GPA Awards televised tonight? I thought they were last year anyway?

I think there on setanta sports or tg4??

I just saw on the RTE website that they're showing highlights of them Sunday night. Hopefully they're on one of the other channels tonight

Congratulations to Emmett Bolton and the great one on their GPA awards.

Looks like the Blues had their presentation night to the great one a week or two too early.

Best of luck to the blues legend David Burke who is marrying a Lark tomorrow.Should be a great weekend

A lark marring a Blue I think they might need a good boxing ref at this one ha. Did David Burke get the man of the match the year Allenwood won the final think he scored a few points that day? Well done to both Johnny and Emmet on ther GPA awards hopefully more to come in the next few years.

Pity Johnny didn't get Footballer of the Year but I suppose Brogan was bound to get it after playing so well this year.

steviegenius wrote:

A lark marring a Blue I think they might need a good boxing ref at this one ha. Did David Burke get the man of the match the year Allenwood won the final think he scored a few points that day? Well done to both Johnny and Emmet on ther GPA awards hopefully more to come in the next few years.

He did, he only started cos Jason Judge was playing with Na Fianna in the minor final, he was captain. He had been very good for Allenwood in semi-final but it was minor first, so Burkie got in and kicked a few points in the first half, three or four and in a low scoring game, twas the difference

Ye but Mark Hogarty got man of the match that day.Ken Doyle got the club man of the match I think. I was jumping around Heather Park when that was announced.