Works great at Junior C level in Laois where finding players is first and foremost in all our thoughts. Not sure it helps the quality of football mind you but there may be other factors at play there.
Bad for bigger clubs though as even harder to give everyone a game
So now teams attacking are terrified to pass the 65 and pass sideways forever waiting for the perfect pass knowing the defending team has dropped everyone back and will use the 65 as a sideline. 15 aside basketball. Except it’s much harder to score
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No one will be playing or watching GAA in 10 years.
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But but but can’t they just kick it?
I have little sympathy for teams who waste their own time by allowing their opponents to have possession of the ball for long stretches.
Push the fuck up and mark up, it’s not rocket science.
Keep ball is a symptom of not going one on one. It punishes mass defence. Proposed rule changes like no back court once you pass the 65, or a shot clock, these will reward mass defence.
The attacking mark, even though it’s shit, at least has a rationale behind it in that it gives mass defences something extra to think about and it’s a way of punishing negativity if used correctly.
In the AFL there’s a thing called the 6-6-6 rule. Far from being a tool of the devil, it’s a way of creating one on one contests in traditional set positions. When a goal is scored in AFL, the game restarted with a centre bounce, ie. the equivalent of the GAA referee throwing in the ball at the start of a half.
At these centre bounces, each team must have six players inside their own 50 metre line, six players inside the opposition 50 metre line and six players between the two 50 metre lines.
You could try a 6-2-6 rule at kickouts after a score, or even after all kickouts, ie. six players must be inside your own 45, six inside the opposition 45 and two between the 45s. It would eliminate quick kickouts, and you’d have to have a game clock like in rugby, but it would force teams to adopt traditional set positions at restarts. It may not work, but it’s as reasonable as any other mooted rule changes I read about. You could even experiment with re-starting games after a score with a centre throw up.
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2024 Sam Maguire Cup draw
Group 1: Connacht winner, Ulster loser, Derry, Westmeath
Group 2: Leinster winner, Conacht loser, Roscommon, Cavan
Group 3: Ulster winner, Munster loser, Tyrone, Cork
Group 4: Munster winner, Leinster loser, Monaghan, Meath
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You’d have to think PJ losing on Sunday might actually benefit us more than ending up in Group 1.
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No doubt about it.
Crazy situation, defeated finalists should be seeded four.
That’s of course if the league position doesn’t grant any higher.
Dublin v Roscommon at Croke Park AGAIN!
Yes, fucking yes!
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Top two seeds at a neutral venue?
Roscommon are third seeds. Round 1 is Seed 1 at home to Seed 3. It’ll be Dublin v Roscommon at Croke Park in Round 1 on Saturday May 25th @6pm live on GoGo.
This maintains the 100% record of this fixture occurring in round robins after 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Round 3 will be Dublin v Galway or Mayo at a neutral venue, which will hopefully be Croke Park, not Tullamore. Tullamore won’t fit the 9k crowd that will attend.
Nice handy draw for Kerry. Wont have to get out of 2nd gear.
Donegal’s reward for winning Ulster will be an immediate rematch with Tyrone.
Great chance for Louth to slay the Meath bogey at their home venue, Navan (Parnell Park more likely for this one).
Cavan v Dublin at Breffni Park will be hyped up and turn into a turkey shoot.
No backwards handpasses in your own 65 would help. Kicking is more risky.
The fix is in. Probably best to let joe ref all dublin and kerrys matches, just to be sure like
All the experts telling us Derry not winning Ulster would make no difference to their AI prospects - group 3 looks a fair bit handier than group 1 there.
Seems crazy that teams are rewarded for winning munster or leinster