Why wont die hard GAA fans admit football these days is muck?

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No. 37 handpasses in a row my friend.

If anyone thinks that this and the tackle don’t need to be reformed , well what can I say.

As for pineing for anything f from the past…… nah mate.

Something watchable will do this poster.

Galway Tyrone….. done by Galway I think around the 19th min first half… score I think 4 pts each.

There was a free to Gwy in the middle of it…short kick to a teammate and off again

I've been hearing about forwards not being able to shoot my entire life, that they do nothing but fitness at training and must never do shooting drills, its no exaggeration to say that I have been hearing and reading that literally since I was able to pick up a newspaper back in the day.

But back then it was players missing shots, today it is players never shooting at all.

I have to say, I find it very strange to see players get into what I always thought were very attractive shooting positions, 20/30 yards out, with the nearest defender over 10 feet away and they don't even entertain a shot. Just turn yet again and recycle the ball back to midfield.

There is nothing new about scoring zones but by god they take it to extremes these days if a lad free 30 yards out can't have a go at the posts.

Diarmuid Connolly used to shoot from range, what I am talking about I wouldn't describe as being from range at all.

Having a go from the 45 or from wide on the left is one thing, but I'm seeing players central not far from the D not even looking at the posts.

Its bizarre, the point of recycling used to be to hold the ball until you created separation in the scoring zone. Now they have that separation and still don't shoot.

One highlight in a seventy plus game isn’t a good watch.

It’s not entertainment, and you know it.

Rest of the game was to put it mildly- turgid.

Interesting point here . Would a shot clock be worth introducing once the ball enters the opponents half . ? Worth a trial at least . Say 120 seconds once the first pass passes the half way line .

-) probably eould speed up the game

-) probably would make it an ultra defensive game .

-) team like mayo would thrive as basically for them it’s 100 miles an hour once they get it past half way .

What about the tactical nous the naunce of control, getting the better over a team who are better on paper? Hurling have the opposite problem too many scores.

At least football teams can show some tactical intelligence, to get victory against teams that are slightly better than them.

The shot clock is an old chestnut on this thread. The post I copied and pasted below is from Page 1. Imagine being a GAA footballer reading this stuff. Or a referee. They would think that people are out to make their lives a nightmare.

"Bring in a half pitch rule like basketballs half court rule, once you bring the ball over the half it can’t go back over or you forfeit possession.

Must keep a minimum of 3 players in your own and the the opposition half at all times.

Bring in a shot clock if needs must. Bring in a half way line clock if needs be.

Plenty of ways to counter 15 man possession passing and full team defending in your own half without reinventing the wheel."

How would it be done at club level?

Almost every Galway supporter would disagree with you. 90% of us are bored to tears and couldn't care less whether they win or lose at the moment. Its septic stuff to watch and its not just Galway. Even watching the All Ireland champions is a snoozefest.

The structure of the competitions doesn't help any team experiment however, as there's no margin for losses. Once you lose 2 games in either competition you're either done for or in serious trouble.

At least we used to be able to fall back on the club game to get some entertainment but all the little copy and paste merchant coaches have brought the IC sh1te there too. This years club championships had some of the worst games of sport I've ever had the displeasure of watching. One particular game went down to the wire but people had lost interest and for the final 15 mins 80% of people were on their phones or had left.

Read the last line my friend.... tells you everything

My friend , its people like you who can't see the wood from the trees.

I wouldn't waste my time engaging with you.