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

Not much wrong with Derry v Donegal

football is muck.

Everyone knows it.

left wing, backwards to goalie, to the right wing , handpass, handpass, to the corner, backwards again, To the middle , back to the left , a one two, shoooot! No, handpass backwards to the middle, to the right again, shoot , wide

short kickout

Plenty of clipboard merchants who think the way football is played these days is an entertaining experience.

Hopefully Jim Gavin and his panel can rescue the game from the depts.

Urgent action needed Not an entertaining spectacle.

Derry v Donegal was a great watch.

Cavan v Tyrone was a great watch too.

Maybe Ulster is where the excitement is at?

What are you talking about. Been a great weekend of GAA football. Saw the Derry Donegal game. Was at Mayo v Roscommon. Entertaining match. Cavan Tyrone game yesterday was some entertainment. Galway Sligo game on a knife-edge to the final whistle.

Football is a damn fine sport, and a thrilling watch when both sides simply go for it.

But far too often goes into boring lulls based on keep ball. Yes, possession gives you a better chance of creating space getting a score, which is why teams do it, but it is a boring watch. For every Dublin/Derry league final, there's 5 games that would bore paint as it's drying. Even in some games, you'd have 20 minutes of quality football, 50 minutes of slow fare, but the 20 minutes would mask the poor stuff.

I don't know what you can do to liven it up a bit, but whatever it is, base it around forcing teams to attack more. The more teams go for it in football, the less focus on possession, the more focus on taking on the man and beating him, the better the game of football. It can be an outstanding watch at times when teams simply play a natural attacking game, the likes of the Derry/Dublin league final stands up to and surpasses a lot of great hurling games of recent times.

How you get teams to attack more, I simply don't know (though I reckon a designated forwards approach could work), but the sport is fine in terms of the basics, it just needs a prod into unleashing itself.

maybe force teams to keep 6 men in the opposition half at all times

Down v Armagh has awful so far. 2 pts to 1 with 25 minutes played

The clipboard statisticians have seriously damaged the game… even the commentators mentioned the crowd on their phones .

Come in Jim… the game needs you.

An enjoyable under 20 final today.

Anyone counting the handpassing?!

You obviously have not been watching Donegal this year. If they continue the progress that they have shown so far, they may be the only team to give Dublin/Kerry a challenge. The football they have played and the scores they got are a delight to witness.

Fair enough how would you make football more attractive. Players have never been more skillful or fitter. Football can be a great game - how do you reward progressive teams. If two teams sit back and rely on breaking in numbers on a turnover I think it turns into a pass the parcel spectacle. A few top teams can just about carry it off but division 3 and 4 teams at it!