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02nd Oct 2016

A lot of people are pointing to two surprise omissions in the Sunday Game Team of the Year

Hard done by?

Darragh Murphy

No Peter Harte and no Ryan McHugh!

Whenever that time rolls around to select the greatest fifteen footballers of the year, it’s perpetually met with a truckload of ridicule.

There’s always going to be some pissed off fans, unhappy at the fact that their favourite player was left out of the set-up.

And this year is no exception as, on Saturday night, the Sunday Game panel selected their Team of the Year.

Here’s what it looks like.

Unsurprisingly All-Ireland finalists Dublin and Mayo dominate the side but the absence of a number of big names left football fans baying for blood, or at least sending out 140-word complaints to an indifferent Twittersphere.

Peter Harte carried Tyrone to Ulster glory and this score at the very death of the final should have had him in contention for a place alone.

Ryan McHugh’s performances for Donegal had many crying out for his inclusion but, alas, his name was also nowhere to be seen on the teamsheet.

Ryan McHugh 6/8/2016

What do you make of the lads’ selections?

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