how can I answer something that didnāt happen ?
itās a ridiculous hypothetical scenario that youāve made in your own head to justify a prejudice you think exists.
I donāt think that prejudice exists, so I think the outcome would be the same.
You could have a ref on each line of the field, but until they are rewarded for calling fouls instead of being criticised for it then itās a waste of time. Some of the worst decisions are happening when they are 20 yards from the play, another ref 100 yards away isnāt going to solve them problems.
A few lads a bit sore lashing out
sure what do you want so ? Send out the two freetakers and a goalie and let them have a free taking contest? thereās already upwards of 30/40 frees a game.
Fair play to Benny but it might be better coming from someone who has actually played the game to a high level though.
Fouls to be called consistently. Iād rather a season of shite games decided by freetakers than a sport where lads like Screeney have no business on a hurling field. Iād be fairly confident that if fouls were being called consistently players would be smart enough to change their approach fairly quickly.
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Benny has helpfully provided a video which isnāt showing here.
Yes I saw and he is right but as a keeper lads will no doubt wonder what heād actually know about the game of football
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again youāre basing your argument off a hypothetical. Someone said Screeney has no business on a hurling field so you think the game should be officiated completely differently
Screeney will be a superb senior inter county hurler for Offaly
I really hope you are right, but iv not spoken to anyone who agrees with your assessment assuming that Offaly get back competing at McCarthy level.
do these lads assume heāll not go in the gym and get himself in the condition required to play sports at the highest level?
I reckon heāll be similar in stature to Graeme Mulcahy when he fills out. Graeme has had a nice go at it
Hypothetical situations are off limits now? Snowflake
just ridiculous ones.
If Limerick were good at football and their goalie didnāt foul the forward, I donāt think the referee would have given a free in either
How many years of gym work do you think he needs to be at the level required?
Screeney will be picked up by the oppositions tightest marker, and the full focus of the opponents defensive strategy will be on stopping him, itās how the games best attackers have always been dealt with. Graeme has never had to worry about any of that.
I was at 1 hurling semifinal this year and 1 football semifinal, the difference in refereeing standards was stark. Iād an ape behind me roaring āitās a manās gameā throughout the hurling. Football has got itās house in order, hurling will have to face up to it as well.
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Is Screeney only 17 or 18. He has about 3 or 4 years natural filling out to do and conditioning to put in yet before heāll be physically capabale. But he has the brains and wrists to be effective before then.
Heās a hardy hoor too.
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Ciaran gets it
Screeney will be a brilliant intercounty hurler, I wouldnāt worry about that.
As for the reffing; as long as itās consistent, teams donāt mind. Itās the inconsistency of approach within a game that really frustrates teams.
I do think the GAA should do more to help referees; there are rules in hurling that could be tweaked to make it a lot easier for referees in both codes. I feel like a lot of them come back to steps, though. With everything else, itās quite difficult for refs to count steps and a lot of the tackling issues stem from that too.
Definitely should be a time related rule in relation to possession, rather than steps. Can have possession for no more than than three or four seconds before playing the ball etc.
Thatās due to poor coaching. In no other sport would the volume and frequency of fouling be accepted.
It started about a decade ago in hurling. Where everybody is so manly the ref shouldnāt give any frees.
If the players stopped fouling the ref wouldnāt have to call them.
I really hope you are right, but considering on here some of Gearoid Hegartys quieter performances have been put down to the fact he hasnāt got adequate protection from referees I not sure how you can have such faith in Screeneys future.
Clifford is the most important footballer of the last 50 years because of the impact he is having on young fellas, and he came along when football desperately needed a player like him. Screeney can be the hurling equivalent, but the way the game is currently refereed is a huge risk to him ever having an impact.