Our All-Star picks - half-backs

And now we move onto the half-back with some more Orchard County representation you'll not be surprised to read...

Dylan McHugh (Galway), Aidan Forker (Armagh), Peadar Mogan (Donegal)

Galway's Dylan McHugh is a certainty for one of the half-back roles after being nominated along with team-mate John Maher and McCambridge for the Footballer of the Year award.

And while he was somewhat subdued in Donegal's hugely disappointing narrow All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Galway, Peadar Mogan's earlier performances surely banked him enough credit to be named in the half-backs.

His all-energy displays were a feature of Donegal's late spring and summer prior to the Galway game with his ability to contribute scores also a boon to Jim McGuinness' side.

Mogan's Donegal team-mate Ryan McHugh and Galway's Liam Silke will also be in the selectors' thoughts but it would seem like an injustice to leave Armagh captain Aidan Forker out of the 15.

Forker's devastation after the Ulster Final was captured as his toddler son tried to console him but he regrouped in typical fashion to lead the Orchard men to the All-Ireland title.

The Maghery club-man stormed upfield to notch two crucial points in the dramatic semi-final comeback win over Kerry and was again on target in the low-scoring decider.

His outside-of-the-left boot strikes over the bar was one of the features of this year's football championship.

Read John's full team selection here