Kerry look set to lead All Star count

IN a way, this is an exercise in futility.

The selection of the best 15 footballers in the country from the 2011 season is done with a major caveat. With the biggest game of the season taking place in 48 hours, this side is guaranteed not to be the one feted in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Friday October 21.

A stellar individual display in Croke Park on Sunday will catapult members of the Kerry and Dublin teams into the reckoning and some of the players below will be squeezed out in the process. But right now, we think these are the players in pole position.