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RTÉ and Sky Sports disagree on man-of-the-match award but who gets your vote?

Who was the stand-out player in Kerry’s win over Tyrone?

KERRY WERE FORCED to dig deep to book their place in the All-Ireland football final as they edged past Tyrone at Croke Park earlier.

The Kingdom survived an almighty test before prevailing on a scoreline of 0-18 to 1-11 victory at HQ.

Although played in miserable conditions, it was a largely entertaining clash as both sides exchanged blows from start to finish.

There were a number of stand-out performances on either side and the RTÉ and Sky Sports panels chose different players for their respective man-of-the-match awards.

Although Tomas Ó Sé described him as the ‘most underrated footballer in the country’, Donnchadh Walsh was overlooked by The Sunday Game pundits as they opted for his team-mate Johnny Buckley.

However, the Sky panel of Jim McGuinness and Peter Canavan decided that Walsh deserved the accolade for his performance.

Who got it right and who would you have chosen for the man-of-the-match from the first All-Ireland football semi-final of 2015? Let us know in the comments below.


Poll Results:

Johnny Buckley (Kerry) (2668)
 Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry) (2182)
Other (614)
Mark Bradley (Tyrone) (405)

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    Mute petergovan38
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    Jul 9th 2017, 9:51 AM

    Best player ever, off his nut the whole time and still dragged a team to a world cup and helped napoli to league titles. Absolute genius

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    Jul 9th 2017, 10:11 AM

    The Greatest

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    Jul 9th 2017, 9:55 AM

    Should be a movie, what a legend.

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    Mute Thomas O' Donnell
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    Jul 9th 2017, 1:19 PM

    @Dave O’Hanlon: True, surprised that there hasn’t been. Plenty of material to work with anyway!

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    Jul 9th 2017, 10:34 AM

    Wel done Eoin fantastic article, great to hear about the other side of things

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    Jul 9th 2017, 2:21 PM

    @Johnny Bravo: Really?? I knew you were only a young lad.. Anyone with any real interest of football knows all about his woes.Been too well documented over the years. More importantly people remember his absolute genius on the pitch. Personally found the article a very monotonous regurgitated piece of jounalism.

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    Jul 9th 2017, 9:58 AM

    Terrible article really about maradonna. We all know his issues off the pitch. God knows there is countless books. Not enough about problems his feet caused in the article. Also won a european title with napoli. An unbelievable achievment orchestrated by his talent. Or not a mention of tje brutality he sufffered by getting kicked to pieces for his entire stay in Spain yet still made them look ridiculous. No, very bad excerpt. After all we’re talking about the greatest footballer to ever live. Total genius. Bad form!

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    Jul 9th 2017, 11:16 AM

    The GOAT.

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    Jul 9th 2017, 2:48 PM

    As far as i know he won 2 leagues with Napoli and a European cup, possibly the UEFA cup. He was a mad genius as are most of those who aspire to greatness. He continues to be a bit touched even as we speak. Where did it all go wrong?

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