All Time Top Ten Irish Sportspeople

[El Guapo]

The Bauld Mick Foley published his all time Top 10 Irish Sports people

https://archive.ph/XFKMg

1. Rory
2. KT
3. Paul O'Donovan
4. Dr Pat
5. George Best
6. Ronnie Delaney
7. Roy
8. BOD
9. Christy Ring
10. Sonia

Its not a bad list. I would nitpick a few but will hold fire for now.

So what say the SFI.

And before we start. These things are inherently subjective but if anyone posts things like

"Troy Parrrot, End Of" or "Sean Og because 2005 was wonderful and I watched it with my granny and then she died"

can fuck off.

Feel free to nominate anyone Troy or Sean Og included but you have to justify why and who they bump off Foleys list.

Strength of competition matters here. This will make it more difficult for GAA players. Plenty of people regard the winning of Sam or Liam the pinacle of world sport. I am here to tell you they are not. We are talking world level here. Again nominate away but the achievements need to exceed those those on Foley's list.

 

[Podsy]

Sean Kelly should be very high on that list.
World Number 1 for seven years, 1 Grand Tour and 9 monuments.

 

[El Guapo]

Sean Kelly should be very high on that list.
World Number 1 for seven years, 1 Grand Tour and 9 monuments.

Kelly was one of mine too.

5 Green Jerseys at the tour in some of the hardest competition we've ever seen..

PEDs or no he's 100% on my list.

 

[The Dagda]

Sean Kelly should be very high on that list.
World Number 1 for seven years, 1 Grand Tour and 9 monuments.

Roche is one of only three men in history (along with Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar) to win the "Triple Crown" of cycling in a single season: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Road Race Championship.

 

[El Guapo]

Roche is one of only three men in history (along with Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar) to win the "Triple Crown" of cycling in a single season: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Road Race Championship.

My knock on Roche would be that he was more or less done after 87, he limped on till 92 or whatever but Kelly was way more consistent over a longer period.

Kelly for me I'd have him ahead of Roche and Plenty on Foley's list

 

[nelly sham]

I'm going to say it and you can all direct your anger to someone who cares.

I'd drop Christy Ring from that. I wouldn't have any GAA player on it.

 

[The Dagda]

My knock on Roche would be that he was more or less done after 87, he limped on till 92 or whatever but Kelly was way more consistent over a longer period.

Kelly for me I'd have him ahead of Roche and Plenty on Foley's list

True, but that achievement PED influenced or not was outstanding. Only two others one of them the GOAT have achieved it.

 

[Podsy]

If GAA players are eligible for Foley's list, why is there only one on it, and why is that GAA player who won the ultimate prize in his sport eight times behind a rugby player who never won the ultimate prize in his?

 

[foitek]

Padraig Harrington should also be included.

 

[El Guapo]

Padraig Harrington should also be included.

On what basis (3 Majors I know) and ahead of whom