The term "Puke football"

seafoid · March 15, 2015, 08:47:18 AM

Quote from: ONeill on March 14, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
If teams focused heavily on attack, would we complain?

ye might in throne but in Galway it would be very popular

BennyHarp · March 15, 2015, 09:03:52 AM

I enjoy watching a team with a good defensive system in place and seeing how another team tries to work it out. Easy scores don't always make for exciting matches.

seafoid · March 15, 2015, 06:28:38 PM

None of the 20 greatest GAA moments focused on blankets .

From the Bunker · March 15, 2015, 06:58:25 PM

Quote from: BennyHarp on March 15, 2015, 09:03:52 AM
I enjoy watching a team with a good defensive system in place and seeing how another team tries to work it out. Easy scores don't always make for exciting matches.

Yeah, that's all well and good when you have the Dublin Donegal AI semi final scenario. The problem is when both teams go out with the same defensive system and you have the Donegal Monaghan game a few weeks ago. Muck! The type of games you watch on Teletext!

redzone · March 15, 2015, 10:06:08 PM

Would the simple answer to better football not be to go 13 a side

JoG2 · March 15, 2015, 10:30:29 PM

Quote from: redzone on March 15, 2015, 10:06:08 PM
Would the simple answer to better football not be to go 13 a side

Spare a thought for all the club forwards in Tyrone. At the minute they are all vying to 2 spots on the county team. Reduce football to 13 aside and they could become truely extinct!

redzone · March 16, 2015, 08:11:06 PM

Quote from: JoG2 on March 15, 2015, 10:30:29 PM
Quote from: redzone on March 15, 2015, 10:06:08 PM
Would the simple answer to better football not be to go 13 a side

Spare a thought for all the club forwards in Tyrone. At the minute they are all vying to 2 spots on the county team. Reduce football to 13 aside and they could become truely extinct!
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Id say ure joking numb nuts. You would def have more space to kick the ball into. It would help reserve football as well as a majority of teams struggle as the season goes on to fulfil fixtures. reserve football in tyrone is already 13 aside in div 2/3 if the teams are struggling for numbers.

BennyHarp · March 16, 2015, 08:30:03 PM

13 a side would kill some reserve players!

seafoid · March 17, 2015, 09:26:08 AM

This thing about strangling space is not natural either to gaelic football or rugby. It might win matches but it's a sign of dysfunction rather than an inevitable development in the progress of the sport.

larryin89 · March 20, 2015, 12:49:08 PM

Quote from: seafoid on March 17, 2015, 09:26:08 AM
This thing about strangling space is not natural either to gaelic football or rugby. It might win matches but it's a sign of dysfunction rather than an inevitable development in the progress of the sport.

Again I agree with you . I'd also add there is something not right with those coaching the game now, I'd go as far to say some of them are not really football people as such. My young lad plays under 9 this year and the amount of shite that goes on beggars belief, every defensive move is complemented and encouraged with the forward play just an added bonus . It was only a few weeks ago I discovered that you get three point for a point and one point for a goal, I had a right barney with a mentor who screamed at my fella to put it over the bar from three yards out in front of goal , no way would I advise him to point it , what a stupid fooking habit to get into.

Zulu · March 20, 2015, 01:01:57 PM

I agree with you about pointing from 2 yards out and while we have blitzes where it's more for a point than a goal we usually put a semi circle of cones around the goal (about 20m out) and within this semi circle a goal is worth more than a point.

rrhf · March 20, 2015, 05:12:16 PM

Agreed totally. Mikey Sheepy, brogan or mulligan didn't learn that way.

BennyHarp · March 20, 2015, 09:03:44 PM

Maybe the coaches were specifically working on point taking in that session. Often kids just want to score goals so a session practicing kicking the ball over the bar is hardly the end of the world.

larryin89 · March 20, 2015, 09:22:58 PM

Quote from: BennyHarp on March 20, 2015, 09:03:44 PM
Maybe the coaches were specifically working on point taking in that session. Often kids just want to score goals so a session practicing kicking the ball over the bar is hardly the end of the world.

Nope, it's a rule .

ardtole · March 20, 2015, 10:21:20 PM

I think the 3 pts for a point, and a point for a goal rule is for the very young teams where most of them cant kick it over the bar. Probably for u 10s the stage were the rule should be reversed.Suppose it depends on the size of ball and goalposts too.