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You post about blanket defences and you use the Tyrone game last Sunday and the Donegal game the week before as references to back up your point. Tyrone scored 22 points and Donegal scored 3-19 and were only in 3rd gear. Worst blanket defences I have ever heard of. The game is just fine the way it is. Teams are beating blanket defences and the game will keep evolving.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 30/05/2017 15:29:31 1992256 Link 2 |
.seen and heard it all before.always hated the blanket defense set up.cant understand how people pay to watch it.no matter how much you love your county people' if you hate seeing your team playing like this boycott it...simple as.. GGdub (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 30/05/2017 19:18:29 1992354 Link 0 |
How about have a rule where a forward can't go back inside his own half of the field unless he is in possession of the ball? Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 30/05/2017 20:45:48 1992388 Link 0 |
I think you're right. Ulster football is losing ground on Dublin, Kerry, Mayo etc and it's crap to watch as well. It's become stop the opposition at all costs at the expense of skill and scoring. I used to REALLY look forward to the Championship but in all honesty I can take or leave it now. The Canavans, O'Neills, McGuigans, McDonnells, McConvilles, Clarke's, Marsdens etc are just a memory now while Croke Park's obsession with Dublin at the expense of others is also a major contribution to the current apathy and disinterest.
Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 30/05/2017 21:07:25 1992395 Link 2 |
That's probably one of you're best posts on here since the last 40 years..fair play Mickey Harte and Jim Mcguinness always said they were not in the business of entertainment..But when they were young lads they fell in love with the game because it was entertaining ! If Mickey Harte was a young lad now looking at Tyrone last Sunday i am sure that young Mickey Harte would end up playing cricket or a manger of a beach volleyball team .. Blanket defence football is cancer ! WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 876 - 30/05/2017 21:39:25 1992410 Link 2 |
I couldn't see this working. Unless you were to also stop the other team's backs from crossing into the opposite half, then you could end up with the team in possession having a 3 or 4 man advantage. There would be ridiculous overlaps created.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2053 - 30/05/2017 22:21:17 1992431 Link 0 |
It was when them lads were playing that the blanket defence came about!
achara (Monaghan) - Posts: 563 - 30/05/2017 22:58:30 1992449 Link 0 |
Do you boycott dublin games so?
achara (Monaghan) - Posts: 563 - 30/05/2017 22:59:18 1992450 Link 0 |
Many down the pub?
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 30/05/2017 23:19:51 1992458 Link 0 |
I'll take it you dont go to dublin games then? The rule book according to spillane etc when it comes to playing blanket defence is exactly the system the dubs have.
gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 30/05/2017 23:37:48 1992462 Link 0 |
It's like trying to stop the tide. Personally, I've no problem with teams playing any which way. It would make football less free flowing. Besides, the Two most attack minded teams are Dublin and Kerry, have won every national title since 2012. As a galway fan, we have much more success when we go for it, and that'll be our best chance of national silverware in the coming years. galwaydublin (Galway) - Posts: 226 - 31/05/2017 06:21:00 1992480 Link 0 |
2012 all ireland winners were Donegal. Kerry and Dublin are not attacking sides and will regularly have 13 outfield players in their own half.
gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 31/05/2017 11:42:51 1992578 Link 0 |
But the media say they're attacking so they must be!
achara (Monaghan) - Posts: 563 - 31/05/2017 12:18:55 1992590 Link 0 |
Its sad when people take against something and then are led by the hand by a media with self interest at heart the old ban this that and the rest comes in. It smacks of Father Ted, ' Down with this sort of thing!!!' ...................'Careful now.' duckula20 (Antrim) - Posts: 175 - 31/05/2017 12:59:03 1992600 Link 0 |
Yeah that's the problem with it, you'd have to stop backs crossing into the opposition half too which would take so much from the game. The problem is being created by having 5 forwards behind the ball. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 31/05/2017 13:04:43 1992602 Link 0 |
I was hesitant to add that you would have to stop backs crossing into the other half too. I think we need an offside rule. HQ wouldn't go for it cos it's too much like soccer, even though other sports have an offside rule too. So there you go, have an offside rule. What would you suggest yourself? Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 31/05/2017 13:06:51 1992603 Link 0 |
Dublin & Kerry are attacking sides. It is not about men behind the ball it is about committing when u attack and they both fully commit when they attach. Donegal won playing very negative stuff but they are the exception. Generally the defensive stuff will make u competitive but not bring u all the way. Some Dublin player suggested 2 points for a score outside the 45. this would encourage teams to push out a bit more leaving a little more space inside. I haven't thought it through but at least it is different. Might work. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1837 - 31/05/2017 13:15:36 1992606 Link 0 |
While I don't agree with your proposal, i would love to watch one game where it was in force. It would be hilarious! There would be a 9000% increase on rugby style diving tackles on the half way line!
HurlingSnob (Dublin) - Posts: 220 - 31/05/2017 13:17:17 1992609 Link 0 |
Lol are you serious? I wouldn't suggest anything, there is nothing wrong with the game. Record league attendances and scoring averages up. Are all the people attending our games going because they don't like what they are watching. The standard of our games has increased rapidly over the last 20 years. The only problem with the game is the growing gap in class between the top 7 or 8 and the rest. Poor teams setting up defensively to keep the score down is a worrying issue. Not the standard overall.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 31/05/2017 13:54:59 1992631 Link 0 |
Its not a straightforward puzzle to solve. You need some sort of offside rule or line where backs or forwards can't operate beyond.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 31/05/2017 14:02:14 1992636 Link 0 |