More controversy with curious judgment calls

ONCE more with no feeling for the game! The whole drama of any All Star announcement is often more about who is left out rather than who is left in but with yesterday’s announcement of the 2010 football selection (or football laugh-in depending on your opinion) should generate some high stool debate and a certain amount of trick question specials at table quizzes over the next few days and weeks.

Let’s start with the positives. Only a churl would find fault with a full forward line of Colm Cooper, Bernard Brogan and Benny Coulter. Michael Shields was the best full back in the country this year even when severely under the cosh on Brogan in the semi-final.

Despite a below par final, Paudie Kissane is rewarded for a season of wholehearted endeavour that was often the wellspring for therelentless supply of ball into hisforward division and Paddy Keenan’s and Philip Jordan’s selection is areminder to us all that perhaps the provincial titles do matter.