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Published 08:38 1 Nov 2018 GMT
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Throughout Monaghan's fall and rise in the 2018 championship - a rise to as high as they've been in 30 years - Ryan Wylie was the immovable rock in all the madness.
The best attackers in Ireland came into his layer and they were all thwarted.
From Mark Bradley to Ian Burke to James O'Donoghue to Lee Brennan, Wylie had a handle on the best of them at the nerviest of times. He was bullish like all the Wylies, he was turning over ball he had no right to even go for and barging out past the first tackle to set Monaghan on their way again.
That arm of his batting a ball loose is the stuff of nightmares now for many forwards who always seem afraid to turn and face him when they know Ryan Wylie is up their arses.
And the stats back it up as Cahair O'Kane from the Irish News shows.
https://twitter.com/CahairOKane1/status/1057901102715359232
Wylie missed out on his All-Star because Colm Cavanagh was thrown to full back, Howard to midfield and Mannion to half forward and, because of all of that, a Galway man in Ian Burke took the Tribesmen's only slot at corner forward.
Eoghan Ban Gallagher might've fancied a look in too, mind you.

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