Why would anybody decide to referee this new game? The poor oulâ referees find it hard enough to police the no two hops in a row rule, never mind the bastard two point rule and the THREE UP (or is it four up or three back or four back?) rule and now theyâll have to police the BACK COURT rule AND theyâll have to count each and every handpass in the game to make sure there are no four in a rows. And the midfield marks and the Paddy Small marks (these seem to have disappeared from the game) and the kickout rule.
Youâd have steam coming out your ears after five minutes.
This constant meddling with the rules of Gaelic football reminds me of a genre of traffic direction signs Dublin Corpo brought in at some nebulous point in the 2000s. The signs were terrible, they were needlessly complex, they were like double Greek, and they were completely confusing to drivers, who need to take in information in a split second. The signs were abolished after a short time.
However the obsession with PERFECTING Gaelic football rules and ruining the whole thing has a clear parallel with the amount of needless clutter we see on Dublin streets. Signs, signs, signs, everywhere, Bollards, bollards, bollards. Dublin is the world capital of bollards. And what it has produced is a jumbled up mess, a visual horror.
WE NEED NEW RULES, MORE RULES, AND THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING.
Was it benny coulter that go a great goal back in the day when he acted like he was going
To hand pass it over the bar but let it drop to his foot for a strike on goal ?
Itâs an awful pity we never got to see Clifford play in the Mick OâDwyer Kerry team. Think of the amount of Jarlygoals he could have got, nearly as many as John Egan Iâd say.
Donât want to derail another thread but the whole fisted point ban. Hereâs a potential scenario below that shows the idiocy of it.
Player is running in from the touchline side bearing down on goal, keeper is coming out to him and the angle is too acute and heâs running too much at pace to have a reasonable chance at scoring. Currently he might have two options at hand.
a) try and fist the point over the bar
b) fist a hanging ball across the goalmouth for a player to punch or palm the ball into the net.
What on earth is the difference of the spectacle with either of those? Currently what seperates that is players decision making and execution levels, knowing what the right option is in the right circumstance and then executing it properly. We want to ban fisted points but donât want to ban palmed goals coming off fisted assists?
Oh so you want to reduce any sort of decision making? A player has no choice in the matter in that respect. You seem to want to remove any choice, decision making and freedom for a player. May as well just play the game with robots.
Would be great reward for the defenders who put the attacker in a position where he had no kickable scoring chance.
I donât know what itâs like in the rest of the country but up here at underage the fisted point is a complete scourge on the game. Young fellas getting roared at from the line if they have a shot on goal saved, usually by a coach who hasnât an ounce of football in him, so the only sensible thing for a kid to do is fist it over the bar. Whatever about at adult level, there should be a complete ban on fisted points at underage to curb the influence of them type coaches.
Iâve often thought the rules of association football are unfair and that any player who cuts in at an acute angle in a situation where the goalkeeper has come out to block the playerâs sight of goal should have the option of picking up the ball and throwing it over the bar.
Although in fairness since the advent of wingers cutting back inside that never happens now anyway.
Isnât it terrifying the coaches whoâve been let at our game the last 30 years? Fellas who couldnt kick a ball themselves being allowed coach a hand passing game.
Its like a hurling coach coaching a kicked goal because he couldnt shorten a hurl himself.
