Gaelic Football - Rules & Regulations discussion/clarification

[Armagh18]

Yeah its much worse this year. Obviously didn't matter in the end but yesterday the Kerry man took a shot a  second after the hooter and ballooned it, imagine that had been a big game with a point in it

[Milltown Row2]

Yeah its much worse this year. Obviously didn't matter in the end but yesterday the Kerry man took a shot a  second after the hooter and ballooned it, imagine that had been a big game with a point in it

That last shot 'after the hooter' actually went over the bar, as the umpire was about to reach for the flag. (killed my overs in both games ffs    )

Teams holding on to the ball has been happening long before the new rules, I know my club were pretty good at doing that to kill the game late on or possibly draw a team in and hit them on the break. so it was happening.

Taking the timing away from the ref was supposed to be the main reason, if bringing it back to the ref to decide there will be complaints about the added on extra time that no one knows where the ref got from.

Teams behind need to challenge the team with the ball, when its in 'their' half they have a man advantage, so pressing that team should be easier?

[Armagh18]

Yeah its much worse this year. Obviously didn't matter in the end but yesterday the Kerry man took a shot a  second after the hooter and ballooned it, imagine that had been a big game with a point in it

That last shot 'after the hooter' actually went over the bar, as the umpire was about to reach for the flag. (killed my overs in both games ffs    )

Teams holding on to the ball has been happening long before the new rules, I know my club were pretty good at doing that to kill the game late on or possibly draw a team in and hit them on the break. so it was happening.

Taking the timing away from the ref was supposed to be the main reason, if bringing it back to the ref to decide there will be complaints about the added on extra time that no one knows where the ref got from.

Teams behind need to challenge the team with the ball, when its in 'their' half they have a man advantage, so pressing that team should be easier?

Maybe have the rule that ball needs to go either wide or a score after the hooter, the time wasting is horrible to watch.

[square_ball]

Kerry get a  free, and Murphy wrestles the  ball out of  Kerry players hands thinking it was a Donegal Free

Genuine misunderstanding maybe , but still , is that not  similar to not handing the ball back... and therefore should be  moved up 50 yards?

That was a David Gough f**k up. He initially signalled a Kerry free, then changed to a Donegal free at which point Murphy wrestled for the ball and then Gough realised his mistake and gave it back to Kerry.

[AustinPowers]

Whelan and Keegan  complaining about the hooter and constant handpassing around the arc last night, with no  emphasis on kicking the ball in or trying for goals.

With clips of Clifford 60 yards from goal. Finding an inch of space to score a  2 pointer. Is this what the game has  come to? The best forward in Ireland 60  yards from goal? Ffs

Glad to hear someone  talk about it. It was nearly deemed  blasphemous  to dare  question these new rules

[AustinPowers]

Kerry get a  free, and Murphy wrestles the  ball out of  Kerry players hands thinking it was a Donegal Free

Genuine misunderstanding maybe , but still , is that not  similar to not handing the ball back... and therefore should be  moved up 50 yards?

That was a David Gough f**k up. He initially signalled a Kerry free, then changed to a Donegal free at which point Murphy wrestled for the ball and then Gough realised his mistake and gave it back to Kerry.

I thought  maybe that's what happened 

you could see teams do that to stop quick frees. Wrestle the ball , oh I thought it was our free... here's the ball back. But no quick free , and  we have a few more seconds  to get men back in position

It would seem unfair to move up 50 yards for a  "misunderstanding", so I'd imagine refs wouldn't