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Interesting article in the irish times by a player who played in it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/08/04/a-mind-changer-in-the-post-puke-football-era-what-it-was-like-playing-in-the-frcs-sandbox-game/

He is correct about the mindset change required to remove handpassing from our game.

He recommends the back pass limitation but didnt like the 4 point goal.

WOuld be interesting to know what the kick out changes were

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1545 - 06/08/2025 10:23:54    2630242

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "Interesting article in the irish times by a player who played in it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2025/08/04/a-mind-changer-in-the-post-puke-football-era-what-it-was-like-playing-in-the-frcs-sandbox-game/

He is correct about the mindset change required to remove handpassing from our game.

He recommends the back pass limitation but didnt like the 4 point goal.

WOuld be interesting to know what the kick out changes were"
Interesting.

Personally I can understand why there's now the need to re-consider giving 4 points for a goal but now I wonder will anyone be really that bothered taking a nice one point score anymore? Will we lose that?

I hope not but it seems like one point might be too little reward when if inside the arc you might as well try engineer a goal every time as the reward of 4 points is so much greater than one point. Will we see teams not bothering with one point and if the path to working a goal is blocked up will they then re-cycle it back out and look for a two pointer as consolation rather than settle for the one? My fear is it just leads to too much lateral and backward passing in parts of the field where old schoolers like me would be urging players to "take your point" when it's on and don't be messing around with it.

The not allowing passes back over the halfway line seems a good proposal.

I'd love to see a restriction on hand-passes but just one and then a kick pass seems too much as I fear the game could get slower if teams can't try cut through a defence with a nice string of 2-3 short hand passes.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1620 - 06/08/2025 11:24:24    2630254

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Replying To Onion Breath:  "Interesting.

Personally I can understand why there's now the need to re-consider giving 4 points for a goal but now I wonder will anyone be really that bothered taking a nice one point score anymore? Will we lose that?

I hope not but it seems like one point might be too little reward when if inside the arc you might as well try engineer a goal every time as the reward of 4 points is so much greater than one point. Will we see teams not bothering with one point and if the path to working a goal is blocked up will they then re-cycle it back out and look for a two pointer as consolation rather than settle for the one? My fear is it just leads to too much lateral and backward passing in parts of the field where old schoolers like me would be urging players to "take your point" when it's on and don't be messing around with it.

The not allowing passes back over the halfway line seems a good proposal.

I'd love to see a restriction on hand-passes but just one and then a kick pass seems too much as I fear the game could get slower if teams can't try cut through a defence with a nice string of 2-3 short hand passes."
Try a quick kick to a forward in a good position.
A kicked ball travels further faster than any amount of running/passing.
But the risk of losing possession is greater of course.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 42 - 06/08/2025 11:44:33    2630260

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Most of the tedious handpassing is around the arc .Just get rid of the 2 pointers and leave the rest as it is.

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1189 - 06/08/2025 17:28:44    2630303

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