Best way to decide drawn games

[From the Bunker]

Some one has to be disappointed. Dragging this out for another week for Amateur players is wrong. If you are good enough to win over 70+ or 90+ minutes then good. If not, you can't have any complaints going out to penalties.

Media sources will say otherwise because they want to sell more papers, podcasts, TV advertising etc.

[Eire90]

10 minutes of 10  v 10

[Look-Up!]

Some one has to be disappointed. Dragging this out for another week for Amateur players is wrong. If you are good enough to win over 70+ or 90+ minutes then good. If not, you can't have any complaints going out to penalties.

Media sources will say otherwise because they want to sell more papers, podcasts, TV advertising etc.

People love a moan, There's no nice way to lose a tight epic and it can swing on many things- referring decisions, bounce of the ball, cheating etc At least the winner has a couple of weeks off to get over knocks and be refreshed for an AI semi. For the loser there's always next year, same as it ever was.

If Armagh or Galway had to face again and then play Derry the week after with fatigued players and maybe minus a couple through injury there'd be some amount of moaning, especially if Derry cruised to victory. Prolong the championship there's be more moaning. Everyone knew what they were getting into.

[lenny]

Least amount of hand passes........

Or a big melee at the end

Your second suggestion was made in jest but made me think the team with the best discipline could be rewarded in the event of a draw after extra time. Every foul could be recorded as a point, every yellow card 3 points, black card 4 points and red cards 6 points. Team with the fewest penalty points goes through. Fourth official could keep tabs on penalty points. Still think penalties are better though.

[lenny]

A replay the first option if there is a free weekend.  Could easily have played Armagh v Galway  again this Saturday.

Rules are clear and the same for all so they couldn't play it again next week
Hypothetically where would it be played next weekend??
And the winners out the following weekend again!
Kicking the ball off the ground was a fundamental skill for years till these frees from the hand came in. Now only goalies know how to kick a ball off the ground.
Penalties have existed in Gaelic football since....?

Penalties to punish fouls not penalty shootout to decide a knock out championship match.

Plenty of provincial grounds could have hosted the replay on Saturday or Sunday.   A week rest so be it however that is on HQ with their congested season and its only going to get worse next year with 4 groups of 4 to find the last 8.

The congested season has been great and penalties are a great way to decide games like yesterday where around 100 minutes have been played. Penalties are a test of nerve and skill. Galway showed great skill and nerve with the quality of their penalties.

In your opinion.

Lol, that's all everyone is giving on here.

[charlieTully]

I like penalties. And Armagh seem to be the GAA equivalent of England at penalties so I like that as well.

Stop will ya. I'm starting to like you ffs.

[Farrandeelin]

Fastest team to milk cows by hand competition? It would save electricity having all 26 panel members milking 52 cows and it would be great tv.

[WT4E]

Go for Ice Hockey Style only include a defender but once the player has rounded the defender he's out of the game and the attacker only has one shot at goal

[Dreadnought]

Least amount of hand passes........

Or a big melee at the end

Your second suggestion was made in jest but made me think the team with the best discipline could be rewarded in the event of a draw after extra time. Every foul could be recorded as a point, every yellow card 3 points, black card 4 points and red cards 6 points. Team with the fewest penalty points goes through. Fourth official could keep tabs on penalty points. Still think penalties are better though.

Very dependant on ref interpretation. we see many games when a ref is harsh on one team and not on another

[LeoMc]

Most scores from play or most 45's?

[seafoid]

Replay the following Wednesday

[Louther]

It's penalties all day if there is no replay.

Some utter nonsense suggested and I hope most of it is in jest.

Like everything in the GAA when something happens everyone that doesn't like it gets a platform and starts shouting. They never shout before the event. Or offer alternatives before or after. They just shout.

[Dreadnought]

It's penalties all day if there is no replay.

Some utter nonsense suggested and I hope most of it is in jest.

Like everything in the GAA when something happens everyone that doesn't like it gets a platform and starts shouting. They never shout before the event. Or offer alternatives before or after. They just shout.

Absolutely. It's the least worst way, and far better than some of the suggestions I've seen.

[blanketattack]

Some of the rhetoric after the penalty shootout is ridiculous e.g.
- Penalties are completely alien to Gaelic footballers
- Penalties are borrowed from soccer

Do people not realise there are penalties already in Gaelic football when the ref blows for a foul within the large parallelogram?

There were penalties in Gaelic Football before there were penalties in soccer.
Also, the idea of penalties in soccer came from Ireland.

[RedHand88]

Some of the rhetoric after the penalty shootout is ridiculous e.g.
- Penalties are completely alien to Gaelic footballers
- Penalties are borrowed from soccer

Do people not realise there are penalties already in Gaelic football when the ref blows for a foul within the large parallelogram?

There were penalties in Gaelic Football before there were penalties in soccer.
Also, the idea of penalties in soccer came from Ireland.

People associate penalties with soccer, and soccer with Englishness. It's anglophobia.