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[Gaelic football's biggest rival for crowds is hurling.]

Does anyone who watches a lot of Aussie Rules know if they employ anything like the blanket defence that is so popular now in GF. If not, what is it about AR that makes a blanket defence ineffective ?

I live in Australia and watch a fair bit. Scoring rates are far down on what they used to be and some games turn into a terrible rolling maul where scores are at a premium and 15 men are back for both sides.

The difference is that they don't use the odd bad game to destroy their sport's image because they don't have a couple of loudmouth pundits determined to make a name for themselves.

Gaelic football is the only sport I know of that is subject to this. There are boring games in soccer, rugby and AFL but people can write them off for what they are - the odd boring game.

In Australia they know they're in a battle with other codes and leap at every opportunity for self-promotion. To me Gaelic football is an infinitely superior watch to any of the three sports I've mentioned and yet everyone is talking about it like it's on its death bed.

The reality is that there are more classic games every summer now than any time I can remember with the possible exceptions of the mid-2000s. Watch Dublin-Donegal or Kerry-Mayo last year or Kerry-Dublin 2013. Then tell me which games from 1980-1995 you thought were better. What do people want from football? Every game to be 2-20 each?

Good post.

Gaelic football's biggest rival for crowds is hurling.
So negative comment doesn't really drive crowds to another sport.
Rugby is not a competitor for the majority of counties and neither is soccer.
Would I be right in saying that the AFL has much more control over media issues than the GAA?
Eg pundits, managers, players

There is very little insightful punditry in the GAA that does an indepth analysis of games. English soccer also has the same problem.
If you read papers in Italy, Spain or the USA the sports writers will really breakdown games and teams and explain what coaches and players were doing.
The same with tb shows. But they don't tend to cast judgement on the tactics usef

Clearly you are not from Ulster, Connacht or North Leinster. Hurling the biggest rival for crowds to Football. That made me laugh!

Most GAA people don't go near rugby or soccer games

Does anyone who watches a lot of Aussie Rules know if they employ anything like the blanket defence that is so popular now in GF. If not, what is it about AR that makes a blanket defence ineffective ?

I live in Australia and watch a fair bit. Scoring rates are far down on what they used to be and some games turn into a terrible rolling maul where scores are at a premium and 15 men are back for both sides.

The difference is that they don't use the odd bad game to destroy their sport's image because they don't have a couple of loudmouth pundits determined to make a name for themselves.

Gaelic football is the only sport I know of that is subject to this. There are boring games in soccer, rugby and AFL but people can write them off for what they are - the odd boring game.

In Australia they know they're in a battle with other codes and leap at every opportunity for self-promotion. To me Gaelic football is an infinitely superior watch to any of the three sports I've mentioned and yet everyone is talking about it like it's on its death bed.

The reality is that there are more classic games every summer now than any time I can remember with the possible exceptions of the mid-2000s. Watch Dublin-Donegal or Kerry-Mayo last year or Kerry-Dublin 2013. Then tell me which games from 1980-1995 you thought were better. What do people want from football? Every game to be 2-20 each?

Good post.

Gaelic football's biggest rival for crowds is hurling.
So negative comment doesn't really drive crowds to another sport.
Rugby is not a competitor for the majority of counties and neither is soccer.
Would I be right in saying that the AFL has much more control over media issues than the GAA?
Eg pundits, managers, players

There is very little insightful punditry in the GAA that does an indepth analysis of games. English soccer also has the same problem.
If you read papers in Italy, Spain or the USA the sports writers will really breakdown games and teams and explain what coaches and players were doing.
The same with tb shows. But they don't tend to cast judgement on the tactics usef

I'm not from Roscommon.

Taking shots from unsuitable positions will generally result in wides.

Lots of possession and passing back and forwards across the field doesn't mean you were the best team.

Plus relying on drawing soft frees from an easily fooled referee.

Different teams play to their strengths, clearly the CBS had a gameplan and nearly pulled it off

a manager who puts in place these sort of codes of conduct shows his own mindset.
Narrow minded
Controlling

Always had plenty of other all stars around him to share the load and get the ball to him.

Great hurler though.

Is the pitch in Salthill in really poor condition, or did I imagine that on the RTE program two weeks ago?

people were sneering at Kevin McStay giving his opinion on the Sunday Game and he went out and won a club AI as manager.

They need to work a bit harder at it though. The celtic tiger softened their approach.  Too wealthy, too refined,  meath as a county went from grim to gorgeous overnight and the football suffered. I agree that we need meath as much to keep the dubs honest. We might have the odd reservation in Tyrone about their renaissance but it's only because of the auld arthritis setting in from the savagery we experienced.  But we can't be selfish.. Mon the royals

Too much education is a bad thing

Won a county U21 Title last year
Played club and county football at the highest level
Would probably know more than all the keyboard warriors here put together.

Stats from the game

Key thing is for me how bad Slaughtneil's shooting was - I knew it was poor on the day but hadn't realised it was so bad.

Also the fact that Slaughtneil didn't take 1 short kickout poses a big question as regards their tactics, especially in that period when Corofin had the momentum.

https://dontfoul.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/corofin-v-slaughtneil-2015-club-championship-final/

Slaughtneil don't 'do' short kickouts
and so Corofin had them sussed. They broke everything.

Tyrone are the best example

two U21 winning teams, 2000 and 2001 were the launchpad for their success at senior in the mid 2000s

that was not a peno

if Slaughtneil had kicked the ball in more, they might have had a chance

players are allowed take so many steps

There must be a sniper in the stands.
Lundy went down with a head wound