Defensive tactics runing the game for 98% of people?

[full moon]

This Kilmacud Pearses game is really poor stuff. 7 scores between both teams in the first half, and TG4 missed the first few scores on and break!  Tough watch for €20 entry fee

[Blowitupref]

This Kilmacud Pearses game is really poor stuff. 7 scores between both teams in the first half, and TG4 missed the first few scores on and break!  Tough watch for €20 entry fee

Some amount of backwards passing by Kilmacud and Pearses dropping back watching them do it.

[SouthDublinBro]

Jim McGuinness has a lot to answer for. Turgid to watch stuff from Pearses. It's like watching Monaghan.

[Blowitupref]

Jim McGuinness has a lot to answer for. Turgid to watch stuff from Pearses. It's like watching Monaghan.

Both sides had similar tactics. Kilmacud especially punished the errors Pearses made. Was defensive football long before Jim McGuinness became a manager.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah it's not his fault.

[Gmac]

Gaa will turn like rugby with set moves decoy runners and crash ball up the middle
Donegal kind of played like that when they won the all Ireland get the ball to the best carrier run as far and hard as you can and recycle when near to goal for a pop at goals

[ck]

After a weekend of defensive football with 15 men behind the ball in most games it's genuinely time to rescue it from ourselves.

[Taylor]

The Derry game on Saturday night was genuinely one of the worst games I have seen in a long long time.

I understand it is a results game but how can anyone can be happy watching that

[ck]

The Derry game on Saturday night was genuinely one of the worst games I have seen in a long long time.

I understand it is a results game but how can anyone can be happy watching that

I'll be controversial and say that based on the current rules then it's the most effective way to play the game.
Rory Gallagher is just doing what he has always done. Flood bodies back and depend on a few talented individuals to pick off scores. I was mystified to note James McCartans interview afterwards where he said he doesn't send his players out to play ultra defensively!.. Well James, they don't listen to you then cos it's the way they played and barely attacked during the entire game returning 0-6 in 70 minutes!

[Taylor]

The Derry game on Saturday night was genuinely one of the worst games I have seen in a long long time.

I understand it is a results game but how can anyone can be happy watching that

I'll be controversial and say that based on the current rules then it's the most effective way to play the game.
Rory Gallagher is just doing what he has always done. Flood bodies back and depend on a few talented individuals to pick off scores. I was mystified to note James McCartans interview afterwards where he said he doesn't send his players out to play ultra defensively!.. Well James, they don't listen to you then cos it's the way they played and barely attacked during the entire game returning 0-6 in 70 minutes!

Would disagree - after Donegal when was the last time a team won the AI playing this way?

[full moon]

There needs to be emphasis on kickpassing and more lenient referees not blowing frees every 10 seconds.

Hand passing wise there may need to be a rule to cut the number of handpasses. A team like Kilcoo rarely kickpass at all.

[Milltown Row2]

There needs to be emphasis on kickpassing and more lenient referees not blowing frees every 10 seconds.

Hand passing wise there may need to be a rule to cut the number of handpasses. A team like Kilcoo rarely kickpass at all.

So counting steps and counting handpasses, 3 attacking players must stay in a forward position!! christ the ref would be in for some beatings after the game

[JoG2]

There needs to be emphasis on kickpassing and more lenient referees not blowing frees every 10 seconds.

Hand passing wise there may need to be a rule to cut the number of handpasses. A team like Kilcoo rarely kickpass at all.

While I'd agree some refs are whistle happy, a fair percentage of tackles these days are akin to a bear hug. What's a ref to do? Was it about the 65th minute of the Derry Down game before a Down player was booked? The bear hug tackling was constant through out the game, as in all games

[full moon]

There needs to be emphasis on kickpassing and more lenient referees not blowing frees every 10 seconds.

Hand passing wise there may need to be a rule to cut the number of handpasses. A team like Kilcoo rarely kickpass at all.

So counting steps and counting handpasses, 3 attacking players must stay in a forward position!! christ the ref would be in for some beatings after the game

Yeah I agree don't think its feasible for referees. What about a rule that you can only bandpass inside your own half ?

Might encourage more kicking passing. Because the mark doesn't seem to have made a difference.

[Dunsilly King]

That is a way to sensible in approach