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A very good poster in general.
Just as an aside to how professional things have gotten in football over the last decade in terms of fitness and conditioning
Galvin and Noelie in their early 20's circa 2005
Galvin and Noelie in their 30s, 2013
bookend: First to Podsy, superb tribute.
Second to Noelie, superb player, warrior, servant to Cork. You would need to blind not to see the utter pride he had in wearing the Cork jersey. Nobody can say he never gave it his all.
Coming on the heels of T.O'Se, Gaelic Football has lost 2 great men. Ok, nobody would claim Noelie was as good as TOS but there's no shame in that, very few were, are or will be.
But Noelie was ours, flaws and all (and he had them) he never let anyone down and was instrumental in Cork winning Sam in '10.
Biggest tribute I can pay him is that without him we probably would not have won it.
Best of luck Noelie and thanks for everything.
Hossesass: Great post Podsy, apart from one very important aspect of Nollaig's talent which you omitted.
I remember you in the South Mall on that fine Monday night in September 2010 as you sang along with Nollaig.
He was the best singer on the back of a lorry since Larry Cunningham.
He could play football too.
KingdomCome35: I remember being on the pitch in Croke Park after the All Ireland final in 2007. I noticed Noel O'Leary and another Cork player (can't remember who) standing side by side watching the trophy presentation.Smiling good naturedly at all the exhuberant Kerry supporters around them. I offered my hand to Noel and said hard luck and he looked me straight into my eye, shook my hand warmly and said" have a great night tonight". I was taken with the quiet dignity and class of the man following such a harrowing defeat.
He has long been a sort of bete noire to a section of Kerry supporters but to me he was a pure warrior, a fella who would give of his all for his cause, and walk away with pride and dignity intact afterwards, whatever way the chips fell.
The world of Gaelic Football will miss Noel O'Leary.
carrig kid: Typical over-vehement response to the mildest criticism of a fan's favourite on here. Timing has nothing to do with, just because a guy has announced his retirement doesn't mean we can't evaluate his strengths and weaknesses.
Like I said, it was always a pleasure to see a guy with such determination and relentless commitment but let's face facts he could be a liability at times, not the worst culprit of the head down mentality but an offender nonetheless. It's hilarious to listen to some of the heartfelt tear-jerking eulogies on here from the same guys who were slating him only a few months ago and saying his time was up, hilarious if nothing else.
Corkdouble10: Carrig Kid
As Noel O Leary retires after 14 years of giving everything for his county and US, day in day out training like a professional for not a penny but the pride of his county you could have wrote a more dignified comment than you did. He's one of the main reasons we won the all-Ireland in 2010 and any man with any bit of class which is fairly transparent your lacking would thank the man for everything he's done for Cork instead of bashing his weaknesses.
Ah Noelee saw the black cards coming and wisely headed for the hills!
carrig kid: I'll always be one the first to thank NOL for his contribution, like I said there's a lot to admire about the guy. But just because a guy is retiring doesn't mean we can't discuss his ability as a player objectively, I don't think anything I said was overly-harsh and certainly nothing that hasn't been said by plenty of others on here in the past.
KDCK: Shut up you muppet, the lad has won 3 All Irelands and 5 Munsters, the disrespect you have shown here knows no end.
carrig kid: Hard to argue with a man who makes such a persuasive and eloquent point, you keep the blinkers on kid, wave your flag and refuse to even entertain any kind of objective discussion on a footballer
KDCK: I was only telling the truth, funny how you didn't address the points raised?
carrig kid: And what were they exactly??
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