Watching the end of the match today got me thinking if teams that find themselves in the situation that Mayo did (2 down in injury time) practice a set routine (similar to the "Hail Mary" in American football). A goal has to be scored (if 2 or 3 points down). It would make sense if they did.
Same as hurling, your free-taker aiming for the roof of the net. Meehan managed it against Cork this year. Any sort of pre-programmed moves are pointless because there's no way you can hope to carry a ball through 12-15 men in the square and get a worthwhile chance.
Carrying it through is not the only option. While it doesn't happen often enough in football to be worth too much thought I agree that teams should have something worked on to try if they deem it necessary. No harm in trying to add a few percent to an already low percent chance.b
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As was said, Meehan did it. McFadden also did it, albeit after being passed the ball from the free, against Mayo. Obviously different circumstances in that it didn't mean anything, but those two in the last couple of months show that it can work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_725348&feature=iv&src_vid=ywcD94gqxQM&v=AcTnzTuFI3Y
So what we need for next year are
1 hail mary strategies
2 the clock
3 a penalty for cynical fouling
Quote from: seafoid on September 23, 2013, 12:21:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_725348&feature=iv&src_vid=ywcD94gqxQM&v=AcTnzTuFI3Y
So what we need for next year are
1 hail mary strategies
2 the clock
3 a penalty for cynical fouling
4) Curses lifted
Anyone have a video link to the Ciaran McDonald goal from a free versus Ballaghaderren in the county final a few years ago. Although it took a bit of a deflection, thought that was the best Hail Mary I've seen.
I remember Geoffrey McGonigle getting one in a championship game v Tyrone around 2001, Derry still lost but it was a great strike.