Cork Footballers

[Dday]

Expressing an interest and being good enough on merit are different things. I’m not sure anyone else would have been fast tracked to a senior hurling panel like that but more luck to him.

Never said he was good enough or not.

Just explaining the reason why he has been looked at by hurlers.

 

[Cork99]

Any chance Keane could play both football and hurling seems to want to do both
Are those days officially over for dual players?

 

[JPMal123]

Talk of Clifford in the same context is crazy, Clifford is a generational talent

Spot on. Being honest, Keane never impressed me hugely any time I saw him play football, huge man and decent athlete obviously but has a bit of improving to do before he could make any serious impact as an inter county footballer.

 

[an liathroid beag]

Any chance Keane could play both football and hurling seems to want to do both
Are those days officially over for dual players?

With the present demands on intercounty players the Dual intercounty player is a thing of the past!

 

[bluesball]

A few years ago i attended a minor match between cork and kerry,all the talk before the game was about D Clifford and M Keane and if im not mistaken clifford got 2-8 that night and Keane got a goal and a few points. While Clifford is the 2nd best forward around today Keane had and still has the ability to be one of the best midfielders around imho.

 

[cooldude]

A few years ago i attended a minor match between cork and kerry,all the talk before the game was about D Clifford and M Keane and if im not mistaken clifford got 2-8 that night and Keane got a goal and a few points. While Clifford is the 2nd best forward around today Keane had and still has the ability to be one of the best midfielders around imho.

Who is the No 1 in your opinion?

 

[lance uppercut]

Any chance Keane could play both football and hurling seems to want to do both
Are those days officially over for dual players?

I assume he won't be enrolled in any college course until Sept, if he's idle this year he could try it. I'd urge him to pick one and learn from the mistakes of Aidan Walsh.

 

[JPMal123]

A few years ago i attended a minor match between cork and kerry,all the talk before the game was about D Clifford and M Keane and if im not mistaken clifford got 2-8 that night and Keane got a goal and a few points. While Clifford is the 2nd best forward around today Keane had and still has the ability to be one of the best midfielders around imho.

I was at that game, you’re right in that Clifford got 2-8, but Keane got a point and while he wasn’t bad, he certainly did look like a guy who would go onto great things.

When you’re talking about the best midfielders around you’re talking about someone like Brian Fenton. Keane isn’t even remotely in that ball park and won’t ever be. He’d do very well to get to Ian Maguires level, never mind the likes of Fenton or Clifford.

 

[CORK1990]

Mark Keane is a young man that at 18 yrs of age had the balls to try Aussie Rules stayed there 3 years played 5 AFL matches most players take yrs to make there debuts out there..
He has now come back to help his Club a small club to do great things maybe an All-Ireland in Croke Park..
He is in my opinion a great prospect for Cork Hurling and football i think hes better at football from what we saw him play at underage ....how can we compare him with the Cliffords and Fentons of this world when hes only starting out in his intercounty career lets give him a chance see where it takes him hes only 21
I for one think hes a huge plus for Cork GAA ...

 

[JPMal123]

Mark Keane is a young man that at 18 yrs of age had the balls to try Aussie Rules stayed there 3 years played 5 AFL matches most players take yrs to make there debuts out there..
He has now come back to help his Club a small club to do great things maybe an All-Ireland in Croke Park..
He is in my opinion a great prospect for Cork Hurling and football i think hes better at football from what we saw him play at underage ....how can we compare him with the Cliffords and Fentons of this world when hes only starting out in his intercounty career lets give him a chance see where it takes him hes only 21
I for one think hes a huge plus for Cork GAA ...

I agree…you can’t compare him to the likes of Fenton and Clifford, he hasn’t done anything to warrant it. That was my point, while Keane was a very good underage player (like any guy who the AFL recruit), he was never a generational talent like Clifford. Comparisons and talk about “deals” is laughable.

Fenton is in the best 2/3 midfielders of all time, it would be fantastic if Keane can get near that level, I don’t see it, but here’s hoping.