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Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:11 pm
by bazza
Anyone know any players they think never made it with serious potential under-age??

I'd have to go with Eoin Marsden.. that lad basically won a minor for tullamore on his own a few years ago even though he was only 16..
Adrian Cahill obviously in the hurlin aswell.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:21 pm
by Oceans 15
bazza wrote:Anyone know any players they think never made it with serious potential under-age??

I'd have to go with Eoin Marsden.. that lad basically won a minor for tullamore on his own a few years ago even though he was only 16..
Adrian Cahill obviously in the hurlin aswell.
I wouldn't agree Marsden won the minor on his own.That was a good well balanced Tullamore team. He played very well in the semi and scored 4 points from play and played well enough in the Final. What won the final was when Tullamore brought on Westman fella and he scored a goal after the Ref allowed him take about 9 steps.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:27 pm
by Lone Shark
Oceans 15 wrote:.... What won the final was when Tullamore brought on Westman fella and he scored a goal after the Ref allowed him take about 9 steps.

....Lone Shark bookmarks thread, waiting for the Tullamore army to engage on yet another front...... Image

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:40 pm
by bazza
yeah i'd agree marsden didn win it on his own.. he was lethal vs rhode in semi though.. great potential.. any of ye have any ideas on lads

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:34 pm
by rocket57
Paul Deehan very good underage what happened

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:26 pm
by gutless08
roy mannion for various reasons.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:31 pm
by Kemo Sabe
Lone Shark wrote:
Oceans 15 wrote:.... What won the final was when Tullamore brought on Westman fella and he scored a goal after the Ref allowed him take about 9 steps.

....Lone Shark bookmarks thread, waiting for the Tullamore army to engage on yet another front...... Image
it was more like 8 steps . blue army blue army blue army :D

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:03 am
by gutless08
declan pilkington=better minor than dj carey.anyone remember that goal v cork?

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:35 pm
by arbarg
Michael "socks" flynn, Paul Dillane, Niall morris, couple of legends at underage that never stepped up to d mark

socks went mad on d sauce, dillane went mad altogether and morris...well were still tryin to figure that one out!!



Allez Les Faithful!!

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:18 am
by True Red
mickey flynn played very well at wing back for Tullamore yesterday against Clara?
Paul Dillane was a good freetaker at underage but that was about it?
Morris played for Ireland in the underage International Rules series but disappeared off the radar after that?

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:57 am
by Oskar
Frank Weir :twisted:

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:10 pm
by Silken Thomas
gutless08 wrote:roy mannion for various reasons.
What happened there?

Likewise as mentioned by True Red Neil Morris (Under-17 internationalrules) and David Lee were quality.
Any Tullamore man to shine some light. :?:

Neil Morris was really meant to be the next big thing.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:49 am
by redser
Football:

Basil Malone, Syllvester Nutterfield (Edenderry og), Neil Morris and Michael Flynn (Tullamore) Shane Cunningham (Shamrocks), Brian Smith (Gracefield), Ivan Melia (Clara)

Hurling:
David Kearney (Ballyskenach), Jimmy Doyle and Mark Guinan (Kilcormac), Adrian Hayes (St Rynaghs), Cillian Farrell (Edenderry), Stephen Delaney (Shamrocks).


Im sure theres loads more i could name if i thought about it. All of the above were excellent players up to minor level and all would have seemed destined to be stars of future county teams.......Never happened.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:44 pm
by gutless08
Silken Thomas wrote:
gutless08 wrote:roy mannion for various reasons.
What happened there?

Likewise as mentioned by True Red Neil Morris (Under-17 internationalrules) and David Lee were quality.
Any Tullamore man to shine some light. :?:

Neil Morris was really meant to be the next big thing.
with roy injuries and indiscipline particularly under cregan, a class act but a real handful.he had the package as a hurler.

Re: Players that never filled their potential

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:26 pm
by trueblueinexile08
dillane had plenty of potential, could kick frees with both feet both off the ground and out of his hands, tullamore had alot of lads who should have played at a higher level, m flynn is still going strong, but could have been a mainstay with offaly for years,