Surprised nobody has mentioned the possible abuse of the Mark when made by a forward on or within the 20m line
If the player who makes the mark is deemed injured by the referee he (the ref) selects the nearest player to where the mark happened to take it. Ref would want eyes in the back of his head to know who was where when the Mark was made.
Also if some lump with no football in him at the edge of the square makes the catch whatâs to stop him going down with a mysterious injury to let the nippy corner forward beside him, who also happens to be the regular free taker, taking it.
Sin bin is badly needed but the rest of them have gaping holes.
Need at least two refs to implement these. Why not give what are currently linesman a third of the field, ie inside each 40, why have an official just basically to decide who touched a ball last before going out. They can do it equally as well from the other angle.
The biggest gripe, time-wasting with a continuous clock ignored yet again.
The handpass, sinbin and mark are all well worth a look. Not sure the kick out one has been thought through properly. On tje positive side the principle of getting teams to continuously reset should make blanket defences more difficult to implement. However the space between both 45s is roughly 50m by 80m. Thatâs an awful lot of space for 4 players. Cluxton will keep playing till he is 50 if this is implemented.
But that goal or Red Barryâs goal would probably not be scored in 2018 because there would be 13 defenders in and around the D blocking the way. The game has evolved into a boring spectacle. These sort of innovations deserve a proper chance.
The blanket defence is around for longer than eight years. 2011 was the first year of proper outcry following the introduction of the McGuinness-led Donegal tactics.
True, but there were also a share of really high quality entertaining games up until this year. Dublin, Mayo and Kerry between them have played a fair few classics against each other between 2011 and 2017. This year was beyond septic though. Some rule changes are needed. Whether these are the correct ones remain to be seen but they are worth a go.