Enhanced Rules

[Armagh18]

Personally, I don't want to watch a match of ball being aimlessly hoofed up the pitch. GAA Gold has shown it up for the shite it was.

Was of its time and was agricultural alright. Was talk that the game was evolving 2011 or so to last year... evolving into what.. chess? Was the worst era I can recall and that includes the 1970s. Was one club game, a player who plays county, doing keepsy-upsys on the half way line and no opponent near him... was probably the moment that the need for rule change was sealed.

Paudie Clifford done similar the other day..

[AustinPowers]

Personally, I don't want to watch a match of ball being aimlessly hoofed up the pitch. GAA Gold has shown it up for the shite it was.

Was of its time and was agricultural alright. Was talk that the game was evolving 2011 or so to last year... evolving into what.. chess? Was the worst era I can recall and that includes the 1970s. Was one club game, a player who plays county, doing keepsy-upsys on the half way line and no opponent near him... was probably the moment that the need for rule change was sealed.

We still have that.

https://youtu.be/DrEqmQ6_OAA?feature=shared

Was that passage  of play  (or the 2 minutes of similar before the HT hooter) any different to some of  the play we seen in the 2024 final ?

[Truthsayer]

Personally, I don't want to watch a match of ball being aimlessly hoofed up the pitch. GAA Gold has shown it up for the shite it was.

Was of its time and was agricultural alright. Was talk that the game was evolving 2011 or so to last year... evolving into what.. chess? Was the worst era I can recall and that includes the 1970s. Was one club game, a player who plays county, doing keepsy-upsys on the half way line and no opponent near him... was probably the moment that the need for rule change was sealed.

We still have that.

https://youtu.be/DrEqmQ6_OAA?feature=shared

Was that passage  of play  (or the 2 minutes of similar before the HT hooter) any different to some of  the play we seen in the 2024 final ?

Some of?... most of!

[Armagh18]

Personally, I don't want to watch a match of ball being aimlessly hoofed up the pitch. GAA Gold has shown it up for the shite it was.

Was of its time and was agricultural alright. Was talk that the game was evolving 2011 or so to last year... evolving into what.. chess? Was the worst era I can recall and that includes the 1970s. Was one club game, a player who plays county, doing keepsy-upsys on the half way line and no opponent near him... was probably the moment that the need for rule change was sealed.

We still have that.

https://youtu.be/DrEqmQ6_OAA?feature=shared

Was that passage  of play  (or the 2 minutes of similar before the HT hooter) any different to some of  the play we seen in the 2024 final ?

Some of?... most of!

Must watch 2024 back, I seem to remember some brilliant play, McKays goal and the move for Niall Grimleys point plus both the O'Neills had scores that day every bit as good as what we saw at the weekend.

Joes block, Crealeys turnover on the cusack side late on, huge dramatic moments we didn't see anything like on Sunday.

[The Trap]

I think some people on here believe the media narrative that this is all brilliant while there are other people who can look beyond that and see that it is not.

I also think those people set up this poll thinking their position would be validated given the 100% support of the media and cannot believe that there are people who have minds of their own.

[Truthsayer]

I think some people on here believe the media narrative that this is all brilliant while there are other people who can look beyond that and see that it is not.

I also think those people set up this poll thinking their position would be validated given the 100% support of the media and cannot believe that there are people who have minds of their own.

    oh! to have your insight and see beyond the 'media' whatever that's supposed to be. There's me thinking the game has been saved but I just read it in the.. ? 🤷

[David McKeown]

Im obviously bias but the 2024 final was infinitely superior to the 20025 final.  I think the 2024 final suffers from exaggeration as to how bad it was.  The 2025 final on the other hand is benefitted by a need to portray the current game as vastly superior to the old one.

[Truthsayer]

Im obviously bias but the 2024 final was infinitely superior to the 20025 final.  I think the 2024 final suffers from exaggeration as to how bad it was.  The 2025 final on the other hand is benefitted by a need to portray the current game as vastly superior to the old one.

I actually nodded off last year in the first half watching it on TV.. true. It was typical of where county and club football was at.
I don't think the final this year was good at all due to an abject Donegal performance. The game should be judged on the entire year not comparing two games. But if people think it was better before the changes so be it.. I don't... repeation doesn't strengthen argument..  so that'll do me.

[Milltown Row2]

Personally, I don't want to watch a match of ball being aimlessly hoofed up the pitch. GAA Gold has shown it up for the shite it was.

Was of its time and was agricultural alright. Was talk that the game was evolving 2011 or so to last year... evolving into what.. chess? Was the worst era I can recall and that includes the 1970s. Was one club game, a player who plays county, doing keepsy-upsys on the half way line and no opponent near him... was probably the moment that the need for rule change was sealed.

Paudie Clifford done similar the other day..

Was allowed to do that?

[Rossfan]

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I also think those people set up this poll thinking their position would be validated given the 100% support of the media and cannot believe that there are people who have minds of their own.

I set up this poll for GAAboarders to vote.
Full Stop.

[Armagh18]

Im obviously bias but the 2024 final was infinitely superior to the 20025 final.  I think the 2024 final suffers from exaggeration as to how bad it was.  The 2025 final on the other hand is benefitted by a need to portray the current game as vastly superior to the old one.

I actually nodded off last year in the first half watching it on TV.. true. It was typical of where county and club football was at.
I don't think the final this year was good at all due to an abject Donegal performance. The game should be judged on the entire year not comparing two games. But if people think it was better before the changes so be it.. I don't... repeation doesn't strengthen argument..  so that'll do me.

The semis and quarters were all shite as well... not to say that was all on the rules, but people proclaiming that the rules have saved the game and that this was the best championship in years are lying or deluded.

[Milltown Row2]

I think some people on here believe the media narrative that this is all brilliant while there are other people who can look beyond that and see that it is not.

I also think those people set up this poll thinking their position would be validated given the 100% support of the media and cannot believe that there are people who have minds of their own.

One person set it up and people have voted.. most people have said they are happy for change.. only 6% want to go back to the 80's

[David McKeown]

Im obviously bias but the 2024 final was infinitely superior to the 20025 final.  I think the 2024 final suffers from exaggeration as to how bad it was.  The 2025 final on the other hand is benefitted by a need to portray the current game as vastly superior to the old one.

I actually nodded off last year in the first half watching it on TV.. true. It was typical of where county and club football was at.
I don't think the final this year was good at all due to an abject Donegal performance. The game should be judged on the entire year not comparing two games. But if people think it was better before the changes so be it.. I don't... repeation doesn't strengthen argument..  so that'll do me.

Nor do anecdotal stories. Both this year and last had cracking games. Both had terrible games. For me this year had far more good games. For others the opposite is true. My issue is the fait accompli that is presented that this year was better than last year is simply not true.

[JoG2]

Im obviously bias but the 2024 final was infinitely superior to the 20025 final.  I think the 2024 final suffers from exaggeration as to how bad it was.  The 2025 final on the other hand is benefitted by a need to portray the current game as vastly superior to the old one.

We were in France, the onsite bar manager gave us the run of their massive TV for 3 hrs using GAAGo. There was about 150 Irish folk in that Sunday afternoon, all excited, it was such a woeful spectacle, brutal

Edit: if it was us who won it, I'd be absolutely delighted, regardless

[Rossfan]

I think some people on here believe the media narrative that this is all brilliant while there are other people who can look beyond that and see that it is not.

I also think those people set up this poll thinking their position would be validated given the 100% support of the media and cannot believe that there are people who have minds of their own.

One person set it up and people have voted.. most people have said they are happy for change.. only 6% want to go back to the 80's

Currently 90.8% for change