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

It’s my opinion dude, and I stand by it.

Changes need to be made that could eliminate the bore fest a lot of games are.

You need to wise up my friend, ,the game itself is not shïte, but the way some teams play it is.

There were disgraceful scenes in Croke Park today, no doubt about that , but the game itself was played

in a way which was very entertaining.

Teams doesn’t have to be in the top tier to play like that, I dispute that assertion straight away.

It is clear that the OP of this thread and some of the contributors do not enjoy watching football. It is a chore for them rather than a source of joy. Jarlath seems happy enough with what we have at present. The "enhancements" can't include a limit to the number of handpasses, because this has been rejected by the players.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0405/1441928-gavin-targets-2025-for-trialing-of-rule-enhancements/

"But as for the potential for them to recommend wide-reaching changes to the way football is played, Burns said it was also possible to leave the game largely intact.

"The committee might decide to make no change at all because even the defensive game at times, with the goalkeeper going forward, can be very enjoyable to watch because you're waiting for a break and when it breaks the goalkeeper's up and you can see everybody scampering back," he said.

"That can be enjoyable. We're after witnessing maybe two or three of the best games we've seen in a long time, particularly the Division 1 league final.

"So there are a lot of very valid arguments out there to do nothing to the game, but most of the correspondence I've had since I became president have been specifically on the rules of Gaelic football."

He proposed having a shot clock. It is fine having those facilities at intercounty matches and senior football games where there is a large amount of personnel involved to spread the chores around to. But what about every junior B game and underage games where volunteer numbers are very low, and sometimes it can be a struggle to get someone to do linesman or umpires. If they bring in changes, they need to be practical in terms of the GAA community in its entirety - not just a focus on intercounty and RTE viewing numbers.

Fitzmaurice was part of that discussion. I think it was him who mentioned that all stakeholders are entitled to participate in a Survey. Everyone in the world can be a stakeholder. There is a link to the Survey here.

https://www.gaa.ie/article/football-review-committee-proposals-to-be-trialled-in-2025-league-and-championship

No need for clipboards these days.

https://pro.statsports.com/gaa/

The lads on the radio today were talking about having Sleep Coaches in GAA, like they do in some professional sports. S & C has reached such a high level, that the recovery time is now being regulated as much as the training time.

Wait for Brendan on a Bender to come back with the repetitive drunken rant about all the handpasses.

3 enjoyable games yesterday.

Watchable game in roscommon

Epic game in ulster today.

Not bad going.

Supposed to be four steps before kicking or bouncing the ball… seven or eight when he caught the ball and five or six subsequently

Zero interest just this year. On a thread you started over 12 months ago.

And zero interest but you were watching Mayo Roscommon yesterday😁

Hopefully Ja and the lads will take the game out of the hands of the clipboard crowd and rescue it.

Time is running out I fear, it’s staring people in the face but they won’t admit it.

Correct and right, excellent post with a very good synopsis of what's not entertaining about a lot of football .

I would have faith in Jim Gavin and the new President to have the vision to see that Gaelic football is in need

of a boost and take the steps to remedy a game, which, left to fester and languish in the swamps of

turgidity will surely descend into non events in the future.

The signs are all there…… they need to wrest the control of the game from the clipboard merchants and make it

a spectacle worth watching and attending.

They need to bring in a shot clock or a rule like Ice Hockey once the ball crosses the 65 and or 45 it can't be brought back out over it by the attacking team.

Teams have to be forced to actually shoot.

Gonna be lost in the GaaGo controversy and the Limerick Cork excitement but one of the first few years in a while that the 4 Provincial football finals were entertaining in their own right.

Been a good championship so far.

A clueless, cliched narrative.

Jim Gavin and a group are having a look at football with a view to improving it as a game.

I'm hoping they come up with some innovations which liven up the game.

Th most obvious start they can make to improving football is to get rid of the 3 from 4 out of the group stage and the league SF's.

There's virtually no jeopardy in the group phase until the last game, and even at that most of them games need only a draw for the 3 from 4 to progress. Limit it to two from each group, and the suddenly the tension and desire to go out and win goes up massive from the off as one bad result and you're staring down the barrel. A very obvious move.

Remove the league SF's. We don't need them.

That's two rounds of games removed throughout the year, so two weeks freed up in the calendar as well.

I would also have the 1st round of the provincials played after round 5 of the league, the provincial QF's after round 6, have round 7 of the league and then the League Finals, then the Provincial SF's and finals the two weeks after the league finals so some teams aren't waiting as long as others for their opening game in the Championship/Tailteann Cup.

And FFS, rename the Tailteann Cup the All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championship (because that's what it is) and give the winners guaranteed entry into the following seasons senior championship. A small difference, but ending the season as All-Ireland Intermediate Champions is an easier sell then Tailteann Cup winners, if it's good enough for the clubs, then it's good enough for the counties..

Sorry, got completely confused with previous years. You are of course correct, thanks for the correction.

Magnificent idea. At least worth a try.

On the arc things, it's an interesting idea. Have the tip of the arc half way at 35m and do a semi circle from the middle of the goal. So if the arc is in play, also bring in something like the drag down rule from hurling, a deliberate pull down in this area is a penalty instead of a black card, with a deliberate pull down in the penalty area is a penalty and a black card, to encourage teams to go for goal more.

most players these days are supremely fit but have very little if any traditional Gaelic football skills - many of them seem to be only to handpass and never kick the football