Club Championships 2025

[thewobbler]

Is right.

It felt like Glenullin's management watched a video of Scotstown beating Kilcoo and decided "this is the way" without factoring in wind direction, a kickout plan, or having any form of a plan B.

[Blowitupref]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

[In hiding]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

This is simple,
An Gaeltacht were in front.
Glenullin were behind and should have been pro active in trying to get the ball back.

Instead they sat back inside their 45m line and hoped that An Gaeltacht would be stupid and carry the ball into trouble.

This is 100% the fault of the team who are behind. They must step up and try to win the ball back.

The alternative is to let your opponents run the clock down which is madness

[Armagh18]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

This is simple,
An Gaeltacht were in front.
Glenullin were behind and should have been pro active in trying to get the ball back.

Instead they sat back inside their 45m line and hoped that An Gaeltacht would be stupid and carry the ball into trouble.

This is 100% the fault of the team who are behind. They must step up and try to win the ball back.

The alternative is to let your opponents run the clock down which is madness

100% agree. Common sense would tell you that if you're leading, the opponent can't score without the ball so you should avoid giving it to them as much as possible.

[Hand of God]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

This is simple,
An Gaeltacht were in front.
Glenullin were behind and should have been pro active in trying to get the ball back.

Instead they sat back inside their 45m line and hoped that An Gaeltacht would be stupid and carry the ball into trouble.

This is 100% the fault of the team who are behind. They must step up and try to win the ball back.

The alternative is to let your opponents run the clock down which is madness

100% agree. Common sense would tell you that if you're leading, the opponent can't score without the ball so you should avoid giving it to them as much as possible.

But we're after completely tearing up the rules because it was damaging the spectacle. The new spectacle isn't much better either so if that's the rational we probably need to have a good rethink of it.

Teams retaining possession is incredibly boring so what are we going to do about it? People said mass defences were boring and the rules were changed.

It hasn't actually achieved much bar the 2 point rule which doubles a score if it was taken an inch outside the line a 1 point score is taken.

[Blowitupref]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

This is simple,
An Gaeltacht were in front.
Glenullin were behind and should have been pro active in trying to get the ball back.

Instead they sat back inside their 45m line and hoped that An Gaeltacht would be stupid and carry the ball into trouble.

This is 100% the fault of the team who are behind. They must step up and try to win the ball back.

The alternative is to let your opponents run the clock down which is madness

Easier said than done to be pro active in trying to get the ball back when teams are coached to a inch of their lives to sit back and wait to pounce on a mistake or wayward kick pass.

I don't blame Gaeltacht for playing the way they did but their tactics along with Glenullin not engaging made it a truly shocking watch and after watching both previously that game had the potential to be a classic final.

[In hiding]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

This is simple,
An Gaeltacht were in front.
Glenullin were behind and should have been pro active in trying to get the ball back.

Instead they sat back inside their 45m line and hoped that An Gaeltacht would be stupid and carry the ball into trouble.

This is 100% the fault of the team who are behind. They must step up and try to win the ball back.

The alternative is to let your opponents run the clock down which is madness

100% agree. Common sense would tell you that if you're leading, the opponent can't score without the ball so you should avoid giving it to them as much as possible.

But we're after completely tearing up the rules because it was damaging the spectacle. The new spectacle isn't much better either so if that's the rational we probably need to have a good rethink of it.

Teams retaining possession is incredibly boring so what are we going to do about it? People said mass defences were boring and the rules were changed.

It hasn't actually achieved much bar the 2 point rule which doubles a score if it was taken an inch outside the line a 1 point score is taken.

It's a mindset. Glenullin were playing like they were afraid to push out and leave space in behind.

The only way to stop teams from keeping 'easy' possession is to step up and tackle.

Especially if you are behind.

If Glenullin had of been more aggressive without the ball, it would have been a much better spectacle for spectators.

An Gaeltacht just reacted to what was unfolding in front of them.

[JoG2]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

I think you've that arse about face.. Gaeltach played what was front of them.

Not a hope will restricting the handpass come back into football, it was an unmitigated disaster

And, it was 1 game. Plenty of cracking games in jnr int and snr

[Blowitupref]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

I think you've that arse about face.. Gaeltach played what was front of them.

Not a hope will restricting the handpass come back into football, it was an unmitigated disaster

And, it was 1 game. Plenty of cracking games in jnr int and snr

We'll see especially if more use those tactics against a team in front of them.

They (the FRC) have already looked at restrictions on hand passing in their recent sandbox games and as I've said already they have adjusted the hooter system.

[Hand of God]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

I think you've that arse about face.. Gaeltach played what was front of them.

Not a hope will restricting the handpass come back into football, it was an unmitigated disaster

And, it was 1 game. Plenty of cracking games in jnr int and snr

There were plenty of great games before the GAA to a sledgehammer to the rules.

The game is far too easy for forwards nowadays. The ability to double mark defenders is gone, teams can play for freed and bank on long range kickers, a forward now can get a point on the basis of passing the ball.

The ability to see the likes of Clifford at his best is now gone as the rules play so much to the advantage of a big forward who can catch and kick superbly - that's it.

I can remember an Ulster final about 10 years ago where Conor McManus put in it the great individual displays as he had Donegal men hanging out of him and was hitting points from everywhere in an intense claustrophobic atmosphere. The new rules lead to dead rubbers, games over at half time.

We have the greatest player the game has seen in Clifford and we went and changed the rules to make it even easier for him rather than let him unlock the problems and show his genius.

I was skeptical of the new rules when the came in, I think the 2 point rule is madness, the advanced mark rule was already a disaster before they brought these other measures in. Keepers now the highest scoring players for sides is a reflection of the new rules.

[JoG2]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

I think you've that arse about face.. Gaeltach played what was front of them.

Not a hope will restricting the handpass come back into football, it was an unmitigated disaster

And, it was 1 game. Plenty of cracking games in jnr int and snr

There were plenty of great games before the GAA to a sledgehammer to the rules.

The game is far too easy for forwards nowadays. The ability to double mark defenders is gone, teams can play for freed and bank on long range kickers, a forward now can get a point on the basis of passing the ball.

The ability to see the likes of Clifford at his best is now gone as the rules play so much to the advantage of a big forward who can catch and kick superbly - that's it.

I can remember an Ulster final about 10 years ago where Conor McManus put in it the great individual displays as he had Donegal men hanging out of him and was hitting points from everywhere in an intense claustrophobic atmosphere. The new rules lead to dead rubbers, games over at half time.

We have the greatest player the game has seen in Clifford and we went and changed the rules to make it even easier for him rather than let him unlock the problems and show his genius.

I was skeptical of the new rules when the came in, I think the 2 point rule is madness, the advanced mark rule was already a disaster before they brought these other measures in. Keepers now the highest scoring players for sides is a reflection of the new rules.

The games best forwards should not be back inside their own 45 killing themselves along with 13 other team mates.

I'm not a fan of the 2 pointer or the kickouts.
3 up, tap and go and no pass back to the keeper is the 3 I'd keep.. These are the rules that has opened the game up

[seafoid]

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Thug Ó Cinnéide súntas don tacaíocht a fuair an chumann ó dhiaspóra an chumainn ar fuaid na cruinne agus ó dhaoine is cumainn eile sna pobail Gaeltachta eile ar fuaid na tíre. Tar éis dóibh an cluiche leath cheannais a bhuachaint i bPáirc Uí Chaoimh seachtain roimhe sin, dúirt sé agus a chomhghleacaithe ar an bhfoireann bainistíochta go raibh gá le cúig nó sé mhíle Euro chun íoc as na costaisí a bheadh orthu i mBaile Átha Cliath. 

Laistigh d'uair a chloig bhí €5,000 bailithe ag an bhfeachtas, bhí €91,000 ann an maidin roimh an chluiche agus beidh níos mó aris roimh i bhfad.

"Bhláthaigh sé agus d'fhás sé agus ní stad sé agus is dóigh liom go dtug sé ana-mhisneach dos na lads chomh maith go dtuigeadar, agus ní h-é an airgead é, ach thuigeadar go raibh oiread daoine taobh thiar dóibh agus go raibh an saghas móiminteam san ann agus go raibh an ghaoth ina seolta agus iad ag dul go Baile Átha Cliath.

"Abair daoine ó thar lear, daoine ná féadfadh a bheith age baile don gcluiche ag tabhairt cúig chéad dollar anso agus trí chéad dollar agus rudaí mar sin abair, thug sé oiread misnigh duit agus sinn ag iarraidh rud éigean a chuir i gcrich."

In éineacht leis an airgead a tháinig i dtreo an chumainn, tháinig teachtaireachtaí tacaíochta ó gach phobal Gaeltachta in Éirinn.

"Tá a fhios againn ar fad go bhfuil diaspóra mór ag an nGaeltacht agus bhí tacaíocht iontach againn ó t ó Ghaoth Dobhair anuas go Cléire agus téacsanna agus tacaíochtaí agus rudaí mar sin a ghabháil ar feadh na seachtaine.

[Captain Obvious]

Glenullin  werent really playing Gaelic football yesterday.They should install dartboards in their clubrooms and try that as a sport instead. Kerry  teams generally do play football so they do tend to win matches. 

And you think what An Ghaeltacht did yesterday was playing football? Certainly not the envision of the FRC fronted by our saviour Jim Gavin.

Must have been a record for the amount of hand passing in a 60th minute All-Ireland final from a winning team however they chose that way to win than entertain and won't care one bit now.

The tactics was a clear response to them playing more football in the semi final against Kildare opposition and nearly getting beat, plus would have known about the scoring power Glenullin had coming into that final and the best way to stop that was to retain possession with long boring passages of play.

Sure why would they not keep possession? They're in Croker for one reason and thats to get the win by any means necessary.

Agreed.
Gaeltacht would have been naive fools to kick the ball in to players who were double and triple marked.
Instead Glenullin were the ones who looked like fools, behind in the game from early on and then just sticking to their rigid defensive system, giving Gaeltacht easy possession and only breaking free of the shackles at the end when it was too late.

A win for Glenullin would have seen many copycat defensive systems, so thankfully they lost.

Most teams are programmed to sit back and not engage and after watching
Gaeltacht tactics on Sunday that proved successful you'll see many more copycats of long sustained periods of possession play.  FRC has already adjusted the hooter for the year ahead to prevent the boring passages of play with teams playing down the clock if the copycats happen I'll expect the FRC will look at restrictions on hand passes or a shot clock introduced.

I think you've that arse about face.. Gaeltach played what was front of them.

Not a hope will restricting the handpass come back into football, it was an unmitigated disaster

And, it was 1 game. Plenty of cracking games in jnr int and snr

There were plenty of great games before the GAA to a sledgehammer to the rules.

The game is far too easy for forwards nowadays. The ability to double mark defenders is gone, teams can play for freed and bank on long range kickers, a forward now can get a point on the basis of passing the ball.

The ability to see the likes of Clifford at his best is now gone as the rules play so much to the advantage of a big forward who can catch and kick superbly - that's it.

I can remember an Ulster final about 10 years ago where Conor McManus put in it the great individual displays as he had Donegal men hanging out of him and was hitting points from everywhere in an intense claustrophobic atmosphere. The new rules lead to dead rubbers, games over at half time.

We have the greatest player the game has seen in Clifford and we went and changed the rules to make it even easier for him rather than let him unlock the problems and show his genius.

I was skeptical of the new rules when the came in, I think the 2 point rule is madness, the advanced mark rule was already a disaster before they brought these other measures in. Keepers now the highest scoring players for sides is a reflection of the new rules.

Good point but will be lost or ignored by so many including those who brought in the loads of new rules in a short space of time.

[Rossfan]

 

[Milltown Row2]

Think we are hyperboling one game here. Usually happens when a televised game is shit, allows the naysayers a chance to talk..

Pushing up is a tactic teams need to work on, closing the space and setting traps.

The keeper is the 'free man' without possession as those with the ball cannot play it to their own keeper, would pressing up with the keeper help, is it too dangerous to allow him to be that one pressing?