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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Apr 30, 2015 9:16:14 GMT
I have always been a fan of Scanlon but lets not lose the run of ourselves here- he was never even Kerry's number 1 midfielder not to mind the no 1 in the country. He was Kerry's No.1 midfielder in 2009 and was the best midfielder in the country that year with 3 superb performances on the trot v Dublin, Meath and Cork in Croker. Put simply-no he wasn't. He was Kerry's water carrier- the second man, the guy who did the simple things to provide the platform for the better midfielder to be a bit more of a maverick.
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Post by Jigz84 on Apr 30, 2015 10:41:59 GMT
He was Kerry's No.1 midfielder in 2009 and was the best midfielder in the country that year with 3 superb performances on the trot v Dublin, Meath and Cork in Croker. Put simply-no he wasn't. He was Kerry's water carrier- the second man, the guy who did the simple things to provide the platform for the better midfielder to be a bit more of a maverick. That's your opinion but I think he was the main man in 2009 and was better than Darragh in that particular year. We'll agree to disagree.
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Post by kerryexile on Apr 30, 2015 13:31:48 GMT
He was Kerry's No.1 midfielder in 2009 and was the best midfielder in the country that year with 3 superb performances on the trot v Dublin, Meath and Cork in Croker. Put simply-no he wasn't. He was Kerry's water carrier- the second man, the guy who did the simple things to provide the platform for the better midfielder to be a bit more of a maverick.OUCH………!!! Clearly giving Scanlon due praise hits a raw nerve somewhere. People often deal with their own prejudices by making some people more (and in this case less) equal than others. I recall that at the time Liam Hayes wrote something similar.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Apr 30, 2015 14:57:36 GMT
Put simply-no he wasn't. He was Kerry's water carrier- the second man, the guy who did the simple things to provide the platform for the better midfielder to be a bit more of a maverick.OUCH………!!! Clearly giving Scanlon due praise hits a raw nerve somewhere. People often deal with their own prejudices by making some people more (and in this case less) equal than others. I recall that at the time Liam Hayes wrote something similar. I'm not prejudiced against Scanlon- I thought he was a great servant to Kerry and a vital cog in a period of dominance but neither am I delusional enough to claim that he was something that he clearly wasn't.
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Post by Mickmack on Apr 30, 2015 18:26:40 GMT
I'd say Seamus of this parish is sorry that he drew the valid comparison between a young Aiden Walsh with talent coming out his ears but with some rough edges and Seamus Scanlons impeccable performance in the 2009 final. Scanlon had more rough edges that most but they were coached out of him. That's the only point at issue here. Aiden Walsh in a Kerry jersey would have had those imperfections coached out of him too.
Paidi told Paul Galvin in 2004 not to attempt to kick pass as that part of his game needed work.
It always amazes me how certain Kerry players get tons of abuse. Bryan Sheehan gets it too.
I imagine that if Michael Darragh McAuley was in a Kerry jersey he would not be rated by some because he cant run properly and he cant kick the feckin ball straight. But he is colossus for Dublin.
On the question of the 2009 final, Darragh was very honest about his own performance and contribution. He came up with an absolute beaut of a quote to explain it "He said that he spent a lot of time trying to get under the skin of the game".
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Post by peanuts on Apr 30, 2015 19:15:40 GMT
Put simply-no he wasn't. He was Kerry's water carrier- the second man, the guy who did the simple things to provide the platform for the better midfielder to be a bit more of a maverick. That's your opinion but I think he was the main man in 2009 and was better than Darragh in that particular year. We'll agree to disagree. Agree wholeheartedly with you jig84
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Post by Mickmack on May 3, 2015 18:19:10 GMT
JOE BROLLY
Bruce Lee, the legendary kung fu master, used to spar blindfolded. The purpose was to give him a deeper understanding of space and time. Watching some of those taped sessions it is hard to believe that his eyes are covered. He fights like a man with eyes in the back of his head.
Kenny Dalglish was once asked to define great players. He said they were the ones who always had time and space. Watching the league finals last weekend it was easy to pick them out. For Offaly, Niall McNamee. Always in the right place. Always making the right decision. For Armagh, Jamie Clarke. For the Dubs, Diarmuid Connolly. While Kevin McManamon is ramstamming towards goal with his head down, Connolly surveys the pitch like a great quarterback. I believe it is something that can be taught.
As a student in Trinity, I took to going out onto the pitch early in the morning, blindfolding myself and kicking points. First from a few yards in front of the goals. Then 10 metres. Then 20. Then slowly towards the sideline. In the end, I became almost impossible to block down and was rarely caught in possession.
Peter Canavan was a master of time and space. He rarely sprinted in a straight line towards goal. One minute he appeared tied up by defenders. The next he would sprint at right angles to the left or right, completely catching them off guard. As he weaved, his head was always up. So, he could shoot, or he could suddenly fist a pass over the top to a colleague making a late run.
I was privileged to play with him for Ulster. One of his plays sticks out. We were in a battle against Munster. Seamus Moynihan was on Peter. He sprinted onto a ball on the right-hand side of the 21. I had run straight through the middle for the handpass. Canavan didn't give it, instead he lined himself up to shoot with his left foot. Only he didn't do that either. When he was satisfied that he had drawn the defenders, he gave me a reverse handpass over the top. I was completely free and popped it in the net. I like to think that as a boy, Canavan played blindfolded in the training games.
McNamee, Connolly, Colm Cooper and the like possess all the sleights of hand and small deceptions that mark out the best players. Soloing with the right before delivering the pass with the left. Wheeling round into the open space. Looking one way while passing the other. Switching the play suddenly from one wing to the other. What is it that strikes you when you watch them? Well, the first thing is that they always have their heads up, constantly clocking what is happening around them. As a result they don't get blocked. They don't run down cul-de-sacs.
When Maurice Fitzgerald came on to break Armagh's hearts in that famous 2000 All-Ireland semi-final, he soloed in from the right touchline. When he started he was running towards a forest of orange jerseys. But because he had his head up and was scanning his options as he soloed, the defenders didn't know whether to come to him and risk the pass over the top, or back off. He ran almost at right angles across them, so each defender left him to the next. He toe-tapped with his right, drawing them in. When he saw the Armagh goalkeeper Benny Tierney looking to his right, he swiftly drilled the ball into his left corner. With his left foot. Armagh were finally broken. The tightest defence in the country hadn't laid a finger on him.
This time and space that Dalglish talked about comes from watchfulness. How often have you seen Galway's Pádraic Joyce or Tyrone's Brian McGuigan roving left, then right, heads up all the time like a meerkat scanning for predators, then opening the defence at just the right time?
It is something I preach week in week out. I taped a documentary once on the legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. I still have it, and regularly show it to teams I am coaching. Roger the Dodger, as he was known, demonstrates, with impossible beauty, the most important quality required in team sport. He watches. A hand comes to trip him up by the left ankle, he lifts his left foot and pushes the opponent's forehead back with his left hand, before stepping daintily over him and delivering the touchdown pass. He fakes to the left as the defensive end charges him, then pirouettes to the right before running in for the score. Sometimes he passes two yards. Sometimes 50.
Staubach was greater than the others because he never looked down. He won 17 games for the Cowboys with comebacks in the final two minutes. There is a series called America's Team. If you ever get a chance, watch the episode on Roger and his 1972 Dallas Cowboys. One of his team-mates says: "If you freeze-frame the defensive team rushing Roger, you think to yourself, 'he's going to get clobbered here, there's no escape.' Then you press play and he twists and turns, fakes a pass, back-pedals unexpectedly and hey presto, he's free and its another touchdown for us."
Players, even modestly gifted ones, can vastly improve their game by practising watchfulness. Learn to toe-tap without looking at the ball. Learn to change direction when you take possession. Learn to kick-pass without looking down. These are habits. The superior players on any team, at any level, are the ones who keep their heads up, who change direction, who use the space all around them. But 98 per cent of footballers, including county players, play with their heads down. Cork are a good example. They rush and handpass, rush and handpass, kick the predictable pass when it's too late anyway and generally end up getting nowhere. Derry are the same. It is apparent that most modern players have become institutionalised by endless drills inside small squares of cones.
Against Mayo at one point in our recent league meeting, Derry's Seán Leo McGoldrick got a ball around midfield, soloed out to the left touchline and back in, then handpassed it to Enda Lynn, who promptly soloed towards the other touchline and back in. Enda ended up where Seán Leo had started.
Most players watch the ball when they solo-run. They regularly kick the ball into the block. They can see the simple pass but not the one that will open the defence. The reason this happens is because they are not looking. I do drills with underage teams where they must keep their heads up at all times. In the training games, it is a free against if they don't. Driving a car illustrates how amazingly complex our brains are. We watch ahead at all times. We scan our options, discern speeds of other vehicles, finely judge distances, slow down and speed up almost automatically. How often have you been driving a distance when you suddenly realise you have been on auto-pilot for 15 minutes, thinking about something completely different? We don't look down at our feet or at the gears when we change them. We watch, constantly scanning our options.
Watchfulness should be the basis for coaching our games. As Roger the Dodger will tell you, you can only pick the right option if you see it. Time for coaches everywhere to cancel the cones and order blindfolds.
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Post by falveyb2k on May 3, 2015 21:33:08 GMT
I started laughing when I read the bit about him wearing a blindfold, he's 1)lying about it which seems the more obvious explanation(our Joe is prone to exaggeration!!!!) or 2) stupid enough to actually have tried it and not realized it would be handy to see where the ball has ended up!!!!
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Post by kerrygold on May 9, 2015 9:17:37 GMT
GAA to discuss implementation of blood testing Association will meet with Irish Sports Council to discuss the introduction of tests
Seán Moran
Sat, May 9, 2015, 01:00
The GAA will meet the Irish Sports Council later this month to discuss the implementation of blood testing within Gaelic games next year, which was announced during the week. Among the issues to be resolved by the association’s Medical, Scientific and Welfare Committee (MSWC) and the ISC will be whether blood tests are carried out in competition as well as out of competition, which largely means after matches or before training. Chairman of the MSWC Ger Ryan says the GAA is comfortable with the demands of the anti-doping regime. “We will discuss with them how the introduction of blood testing will work and the various protocols as well as when blood samples will be taken.” Two tests It is likely however that both in-competition and out-of-competition tests will be conducted although according to Dr Una May, the ISC director of anti-doping, details haven’t been finalised. “We haven’t drilled down to that level yet but there’s no reason why there wouldn’t be [both blood and urine testing after matches]. They are two different tests used to analyse for different substances, which mightn’t be easily detected by blood or urine tests on their own.” She also said this wasn’t a case of the GAA playing catch-up in this regard but that the tests were being expanded through different sports. Athletics and cycling were first to introduce blood tests but that the procedures were also being “filtered down to other sports”. Drug testing in Gaelic games was introduced in 2002 after agreement the previous year. A Freedom of Information request by The Irish Times some years ago revealed that signing up to the ISC anti-doping code was the principal condition on which the Fianna Fáil government of the time pledged €75 million to the redevelopment of Croke Park. It is also now a requirement for receiving funds from the ISC that sports associations subscribe to the anti-doping code. Although the Gaelic Players Association has signed up to the introduction of blood testing, the organisation intends to conduct a consultation process with its members in the weeks ahead, according to chief executive Dessie Farrell. “I think you’ll find that players have at this stage become used to the culture of testing and that this will be seen as just an extension of that. So far no one’s been on to us about it but we’ll be taking soundings before deciding on how best to communicate and educate about the details.” He also said players would be less inconvenienced by blood tests than having to provide urine samples, which can be hard to do when players are dehydrated after a match. It is likely that on occasion players may be asked to provide both. Blood testing is not a gruelling process as just between 2mls and 5mls is required. Thirteen years ago this month the first elite GAA players were tested. Brian Flannery of Waterford and his team-mate Paul Flynn were randomly selected for testing after the championship win over Cork in Thurles, along with Cork players Ben O’Connor and Fergal Ryan. The Cork players attended without incident, but the Waterford players decided not to co-operate because they felt hey had been inadequately briefed on the testing. “We were very reluctant participants,” says Flannery now. Amateur players “Our attitude at the time was that we were very much amateur players. I worked in the bank . . . I wasn’t being paid to play hurling in Semple Stadium. We were taken aback. We were accosted out on the pitch afterwards. Someone literally caught me by the arm and that didn’t go down too well. “We didn’t know enough about or what was on the prohibited list so we were very reluctant. The testers were refused entry to the dressing room and it was only later that evening in our hotel – and there was obviously a lot of phone calls from Croke Park – that we were made aware we had to do it and if we didn’t take the test we were in danger of being suspended.” He says that looking back he still has reservations about the whole testing regime.
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Post by kerrygold on May 9, 2015 9:19:00 GMT
We continue to move away from the innocence of what playing Gaelic football should be about. The way the game is evolving on and off the pitch mirrors this.
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Post by falveyb2k on May 9, 2015 23:18:01 GMT
Tomorrow morning will see the drug testing take centre stage, there is monumental news in the offing
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Post by Mickmack on May 10, 2015 11:20:04 GMT
Shock as Monaghan footballer in failed drugs test
The player, who is from Co Monaghan, is believed to have tested positive for a steroid during a recent test and is currently under investigation by the Irish Sports Council's Anti-Doping unit.
The player, understood to be in his 20s, is not currently a member of the Monaghan senior inter-county panel but has been on the fringes of the squad. The Sunday Independent understands the Gaelic Players' Association is now providing advice and counselling to the player.
The news of the failed test comes as the GAA and the Irish Sports Council are preparing to introduce blood testing of Gaelic footballers and hurlers for the first time. Currently, there is just urine testing of players in place, both in competition and out of competition.
But it is expected that blood testing of players will commence next year, although the exact details of how it will be applied have yet to be ironed out.
The GPA said last week that it supports the anti-doping programme but a spokesperson added that intensive education will be required prior to the change in the testing regime, and not just for players, but also for team managements, backroom staff, medical and support personnel.
A spokesperson for the GAA yesterday declined to comment on the failed test, but it's understood the Association has not yet been formally notified of any adverse findings. A spokesperson for the Irish Sports Council also declined to comment.
As the matter remains under investigation by the Anti-Doping unit, the GAA and the Irish Sports Council will not become involved until, according to a source, "due process" has been completed.
The GAA have been drug-testing senior inter-county players as part of an agreement with the Irish Sports Council since 2001. Last year, 89 drug tests were undertaken in the GAA - 44 in competition and 45 out of competition.
Since testing of GAA players began, there has been just one adverse finding, when Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony tested positive for Salbutamol, a banned substance after the 2008 All-Ireland final defeat to Tyrone.
Salbutamol is commonly found in inhalers and O'Mahony, a lifelong asthma sufferer, was subsequently granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) and did not face any sanction.
It is not known what explanation, if any, has been offered by the player at the centre of the latest incident.
The sports council published its 2014 Anti-Doping Review last week at an event in Dublin during which GAA players were described as being in the "low-risk" category.
In total, 1,054 tests including 279 blood tests were conducted last year, with three adverse findings
Sunday Indo Sport
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Post by glengael on May 10, 2015 14:20:25 GMT
Sad to note the passing of Michael Burns of Castlehaven and Cork who died during the week. There are 3 gone from that panel now. RIP.
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Post by kerrygold on May 12, 2015 8:23:31 GMT
'Awful price to pay for accidental positive' Top GAA doctor calls for relaxation of anti-doping rules to prevent innocent players being stigmatised
Colm Keys PUBLISHED 12/05/2015
The consequences of a positive drugs test are far too severe for an amateur Gaelic footballer or hurler, a leading doctor in the sport has argued.
Tadhg Crowley, respected team doctor to the Kilkenny hurlers, doesn't believe there is deliberate doping in Gaelic games and says a positive test is more likely to be "accidental." Dr Crowley's views contrast with those of paralympian Mark Rohan, who claimed yesterday that Gaelic games is no different to any sport when it comes to doping. The comments come as the GAA deals with its first case of a positive test since the anti-doping programme was introduced to inter-county games in 2002. A Monaghan footballer, who was part of their inter-county squad earlier this year, failed a positive urine test in February and has already appeared before the GAA's anti-doping hearings committee. That hearing has been adjourned until next month to allow for further analysis. Governing Dr Crowley feels the rules governing anti-doping could be relaxed to ensure less testing and subsequently avoid the damage to lives that can be associated with the stigma of failing a test. "I think it would be more common that they would be taking medication that, unknown to themselves, they might be contravening the regulations," he said. "Since it has come in only one player tested positive and was subsequently cleared. That in itself, with the amount of tests that are being carried out, shows that the sport is fairly clean I think if someone is going to test positive it is going to be an accidental issue." Rohan however was unequivocal in his belief that a culture of dope-taking in the GAA does exist. The former Westmeath underage footballer, who was part of Pat Flanagan's backroom team in the county in 2013, said no exception can be made for the GAA. "I strongly believe there are dopers in the GAA. The GAA is no different to any professional sport and is not exempt from cheats," he exclusively revealed on independent.ie. "You see big companies investing in county sponsorship and that puts added pressure on players. "It just takes one high-profile guy to get injured and say 'okay I need to get something back over the winter, I need to build up something here'. "A lot of the top counties have access to absolutely everything and the best of facilities and personnel but sometimes sports science only goes so far and the temptation for further gains is there." Crowley disputes this, however, and believes the motives for an amateur player, by comparison to a professional, are not strong enough to take risks. "The GAA is applying criteria that they apply for professional sports people that gain an awful lot of professional wealth out of it," he said. "They are applying those criteria to an amateur situation and I believe there are downfalls to this: one, the person has a job outside of the sport that I think could be put at risk; and secondly they are playing an amateur sport which is based hugely on the parish and club and the home and henceforth will forever be known as drug cheats. "I think that is awful price to pay for something that I believe would be accidental,. "On the international stage when you are talking about performance enhancing substances, that's not accidental. But I don't see it as being prevalent in GAA." Dr Crowley believes younger players, new to a squad, are much more at risk, because they are not used to the culture of strict monitoring of what they consume. "The players have common sense enough to realise that there is a line that they don't need to cross but the problem is that the line can get blurred and there are medications out there that they could be on that could be banned. "In a lot of panels players come and go, there is a lot of fluidity there. They are brought in for training sessions where they might be tested but they might not have spoken to any medical personnel about medications. "It's fine when you are dealing with guys who are 28 or 29 and they realise that but in a lot of cases, coming from minor or U-21 level just playing the game they always played since they were five. All of a sudden there are a lot of rules on exercise and diet." Dr Crowley feels the GAA really need to look at the impact a positive test can have on the life of a player. "The education is there but it is all about context and perspective. It doesn't become an issue until it happens to you. It's not part of their normal every-day existence. They have a life completely outside their sport even though they are training to a very professional level. "For a professional athlete, drug testing is part of their life, this is their full-time job basically. Very different circumstances. On top of that the penalties have more severe consequences. In international sports you have bigger countries, America or Russia, so vast. "The ethos if the GAA is slightly different: the consequences of a positive test is disastrous for a guy. The stress on someone's personal life must be overwhelming." Irish Independent
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Post by kerrygold on May 12, 2015 11:55:51 GMT
Jarlath Burns: Joe Brolly proposal is 'very interesting'
By Micil Glennon | Updated: Tuesday, 12 May 2015
A proposal to limit the number of players between the 45s for a kick-out has been described as “very interesting” by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Playing Rules, Jarlath Burns. RTÉ GAA analyst Joe Brolly has suggested that only four players may stand between the two 45 metre lines for a goalkeepers’ kick-out. All others must stay out of that zone and would not be allowed to play the ball until it is played by one of the four nominal midfielders, the 1993 All-Ireland winner said. The idea is to counter the scourge of the blanket defence, which has been a prominent feature of modern-day football. Speaking to RTÉ Sport on Monday, Brolly explained: “Players are sick of blanket defences. I was down watching Dungiven and Coleraine [in a Derry club game]. “It was 0-09 to 1-6 and it’d be very typical, 10 minutes to go and it was a draw. I was chatting to the referee afterwards and he said ‘that’s typical, Joe’. Teams are happy not to lose rather than to go out and win. This is sweeping underage level as well.” The Derry man added that the rule would need to be tested before implementation but that was not an obstacle. "Everybody’s saying ‘Jesus Christ Almighty’, I just can’t stomach any more of this" “A bit of trialling is obviously essential,” he said. “There is no downside to this. People say that a keeper can’t kick a ball that far. Anyone can kick a ball [32 metres]. “You are not going to get a voluntary return to Gaelic football so it’s time to make a rule. And this rule is the least artificial. “If you could get, for example DCU, where they’ve a bit of time on their hands and UUJ, the universities, you could get it trialled out, get a real look at it, get the stop-clock on, get an inter-county ref there. This is something that’s urgently required. “Everybody loves Gaelic football but everybody’s saying ‘Jesus Christ Almighty', I just can’t stomach any more of this'. “It makes the blanket defence virtually impossible to set up from the kick-out. The playing rules are no longer fit for purpose. “The beauty of this is that it promotes high catching and it promotes the primacy of skills.” Reacting to the proposal, Burns, chairman of the committee tasked with improving the game as a spectacle, told RTÉ Sport that Brolly’s comments were “certainly very interesting and we’ll take them on board.”
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Post by Annascaultilidie on May 12, 2015 12:09:36 GMT
Leave the games how they are. It is pretty clear that the blanket is a losing proposition and the IC results over the last few years back this up.
Club may well be another story... but I guess not.
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Post by Jigz84 on May 12, 2015 15:10:58 GMT
They can't even keep the hurlers behind the 45 at the start of each half, won't work.
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Post by southward on May 12, 2015 20:38:41 GMT
The obvious snag here is the scenario of the hurricane wind.
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Post by Mickmack on May 13, 2015 7:45:23 GMT
Jarlath Burns: Joe Brolly proposal is 'very interesting' By Micil Glennon | Updated: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 A proposal to limit the number of players between the 45s for a kick-out has been described as “very interesting” by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Playing Rules, Jarlath Burns. RTÉ GAA analyst Joe Brolly has suggested that only four players may stand between the two 45 metre lines for a goalkeepers’ kick-out.
All others must stay out of that zone and would not be allowed to play the ball until it is played by one of the four nominal midfielders, the 1993 All-Ireland winner said. The idea is to counter the scourge of the blanket defence, which has been a prominent feature of modern-day football. Speaking to RTÉ Sport on Monday, Brolly explained: “Players are sick of blanket defences. I was down watching Dungiven and Coleraine [in a Derry club game]. “It was 0-09 to 1-6 and it’d be very typical, 10 minutes to go and it was a draw. I was chatting to the referee afterwards and he said ‘that’s typical, Joe’. Teams are happy not to lose rather than to go out and win. This is sweeping underage level as well.” The Derry man added that the rule would need to be tested before implementation but that was not an obstacle. "Everybody’s saying ‘Jesus Christ Almighty’, I just can’t stomach any more of this" “A bit of trialling is obviously essential,” he said. “There is no downside to this. People say that a keeper can’t kick a ball that far. Anyone can kick a ball [32 metres]. “You are not going to get a voluntary return to Gaelic football so it’s time to make a rule. And this rule is the least artificial. “If you could get, for example DCU, where they’ve a bit of time on their hands and UUJ, the universities, you could get it trialled out, get a real look at it, get the stop-clock on, get an inter-county ref there. This is something that’s urgently required. “Everybody loves Gaelic football but everybody’s saying ‘Jesus Christ Almighty', I just can’t stomach any more of this'. “It makes the blanket defence virtually impossible to set up from the kick-out. The playing rules are no longer fit for purpose. “The beauty of this is that it promotes high catching and it promotes the primacy of skills.” Reacting to the proposal, Burns, chairman of the committee tasked with improving the game as a spectacle, told RTÉ Sport that Brolly’s comments were “certainly very interesting and we’ll take them on board.” bejasus but Joe must have spent the past week rooting through the archive treads on this site. That suggestion was made and debated here about five years ago
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Post by Jo90 on May 13, 2015 9:01:57 GMT
Not really. Lots of people are taking that severance package. Some are going travelling, some going back to college, some looking to go straight into another job and some taking time off before their next step. Donaghy the only one making it to a newspaper article though.
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Post by Ballyfireside on May 13, 2015 10:35:52 GMT
I think Brolly's idea will only sell papers.
Any change must make it easier for referees, if only because single decisions at the moment can too often determine who wins. Changes must be practical across all age groups, bearing in mind many officials won't be professionally trained themselves, and are often from one of the competing parishes.
We also need to look at what works in other sports and learn from them. Consistency is paramount and it increases confidence and which players are entitled to given the commitment they give. You'd wonder if there is any such resource available say in industry, say operations research, that might throw up a solution. The problem is that it might lead to worse issues and uncertainty is what is to be avoided.
I also believe an element of the criticism of last year's AI final may have had to do with Kerry winning again. Some people don't enjoy games when there is so much at stake and I'd be a bit like that. I found watching it after a pure joy, ah maybe helped by the fact we won is such spectacular style, and that I am also one of a few who live in Donegal.
In that vein I can tell you that revenge for last years is on the cards and I'd expect a 5+ point margin v Tyrone on Sunday. I hope our Minors come through tonight and as I have stated previous, we really need to get them in tune with the system as others have already done, e.g. Donegal. My fear is that we have so much class that we might be vulnerable to tactics and last years AI MFC final was a close call; I thought we were classier but it was still down to the wire.
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Post by givehimaball on May 15, 2015 14:37:40 GMT
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Post by givehimaball on May 15, 2015 14:47:04 GMT
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on May 15, 2015 15:53:12 GMT
Good read- jeez Brian Moran was some loss aswell so thankfully David has got back on the horse. I really though that Brian would be a star for Kerry but injuries, etc done for him
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Post by Ballyfireside on May 15, 2015 16:18:50 GMT
Are these only available if you subscribe to The Irish Times, yip can register for 10 articles weekly?
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Post by kerrygold on May 21, 2015 20:16:57 GMT
Is Mike still playing basketball?
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Post by ballynamona on May 23, 2015 14:35:31 GMT
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/kelly-tables-football-revamp-202684.htmlSomeone drew my attention to this proposal. I think there is a lot of merit in it. It's more realistic than a lot of suggestions - turkeys don't vote for Christmas, so we cannot expect an open draw Championship any time soon. The only way I would deviate from Sean Kelly's proposal is that I would say the Provincial Championships should all be run on a straight knock-out, with no round robin stages. They would need to be run off reasonably quickly so that teams knocked out early were not waiting too long for their next game. Admittedly, using round robins in the Provincial championships would help to ensure shorter waits for counties, but there is too much disparity in standards of teams in the provinces. The top 16 could be split into 4 groups of 4, with the Provincial Champions being seeded and getting to play 2 out of their 3 group games at home. That would ensure there was something to play for in the Provincial final. The top 2 in each group could then go into the quarters.
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