I watch a lot of games from the 1996-2010 era and the standard of score taking now is far more consistent tbh. A lot of brilliant games because the ball went to contest so often but on very few occasions were a team above 60% conversion
I know you can say teams are told not to shoot now unless its around the D and a simple score, and that certainly true in the later version of Gavins Dublin and subsequent copycat teams.
But there's many recent high profile examples of exceptional scoretaking that I struggle to remember from earlier years. The Ulster final has been mentioned. Last years semi final between Derry and Kerry had brilliant scores throughout. Has there ever been scoretaking to a higher standard throughout than we saw in the 2022 All ireland final? I can't remember any game that's come close tbh
I know you can say teams are told not to shoot now unless its around the D and a simple score, and that certainly true in the later version of Gavins Dublin and subsequent copycat teams.
But there's many recent high profile examples of exceptional scoretaking that I struggle to remember from earlier years. The Ulster final has been mentioned. Last years semi final between Derry and Kerry had brilliant scores throughout. Has there ever been scoretaking to a higher standard throughout than we saw in the 2022 All ireland final? I can't remember any game that's come close tbh