I was looking through his list there of â20 so called classicsâ and shur the most of them may as well not have been played for all who saw them or even knew they were on.
I was opposed to the solo&go when it was first suggested and still am, it encourages more carrying of the ball and handpassing, and reduces kicking. I think the best teams are using it less already as well, a free kick passed 50 yards up the field is a better option than soloing into more trouble.
I was also against the hooter and still am, there is no place for that type of cold science in sport - it was introduced to deal with time-wasting when teams got a black card but there were hardly any black cards this championship as the punishment of being a player down is so great. Getting rid of the hooter may see the black card become an option for teams again, though I doubt it.
The game is incomparable now to what it was 12 months ago. There are still a good few dinosaurs knocking about in coaching teams as shown in Sundays final, but the talented players are thriving. Roll on the club championships.
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The solo and go isnt something Iâd die on, and the hooter was something that was never needed. It took out that beautitfully unique GAA concept of one last play, or playing for the draw, at the behest of the referee. Not sure who felt that needed to go, possible the same daws who thought we needed the timekeeping taken out of the referees hands. Either way, the hooter has to go.
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I was at U-13 encounter there earlier. Enlighten me on the kickout ruling. Our chapeen was well able to boot it 30/40 yds but they were getting cleaned out in midfield and nobody was showing around the fringes to direct a quick punt to.
Can the goalie dunt it a foot or two, pick it up and tear on himself or is this a piseĂłg.
You can in adult but youâll be tackled when you get outside the D iirc - donât quote me on that.
Sounds like your coach needs to create a means to find space for a kick out. Or else find a few big fellas.
Chaps at that age canât get it much further than the arc.
It can be very easy to get penned in.
Kick out strategy at u14 like.
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Pull in the full back line - push out the corner backs wide - push out the half back line. Create space.
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Bit silly to play the same arc at u-14 are they allowed kick off their hands? The penalty arc would nearly do at 14s.
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In where?
It has to kicked over the arc. Why would the forward follow?
The goals are on the 13yd line.
If they donât follow you kick it to the corner back whoâs out on the wing. Theyâll follow him the next time. Then youâve your space.
You donât use the big arc at U13 for kick outs
Thereâs adults I wouldnât trust to clear the big arc nevermind some poor lad u14
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Dunno about U14, but itâs in at U15 anyway. I think the referees look kindly on it
Yeah can kick it along the ground but canât pick it up, so itâs more or less soccer for the keeper when he does it
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Not in u14.
Locally in Limerick the practice has been that you can kick out of the hands at U13. The big arc is irrelevant and there are no marks or 2-pointers as itâs a 27 metre arc.
Itâs pretty much allowed at U14 level below Division 1 also, though the mark and 2-pointer are in play on the full pitch.
I was talking about the hand at 13.
Itâs tee at 15 but again the referees look kindly on it re the arc
Interesting thing I found when seeing this earlier in the year at u14/u15 level. If the goalie has a weak kick out, have your attacker a yard inside the arc. Attackers can touch inside the arc, defenders canât.
If you pen a team in you can have a game effectively ended in 5 mins.
Refereeing was quite a la carte on this back in March/April. Applying some of the new rules but not them all. And never the same ones applied from one game to the next. Like a random number generator on the rules. It was tremendous fun.
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Give Jim Gavin a break from football and send him over to sort out hurling discipline. Make it consistent with football.