I maybe from Galway but that was one of the most low energy starts to a podcast in a long time. Armagh won a cracking All Ireland final. Only the 2nd title in their history and thats as excited as you can get for an intro
Armagh scored all there points from play. Didnt get any frees. Some of the scores from distance from both trams were great. Murnin and turbitt were very quiet and still we got the scores. I was surprised murnin was kept on. Snyway great team effort bit of luck but we deserved it we have had none last couple of years
Regarding possible rule changes I have two suggestions. I think the goal should be to make these changes policable and not too restrictive to the players. The first one is fairly simple and has probably been suggested somewhere before as it seems fairly obvious. Once a player enters the opponents half , they should not be allowed kick the ball back to a teammate in the other half. A hand pass is fine because again we don't want to be too restrictive to the players but the kicking over and back was probably the worst thing about the spectacle yesterday and it needs to go! I think it's a policable rule change and might even incentivise defenders to push up and pressurize when they know opponents can't kick the ball backwards in their own half. The second suggestion is more radical. I think we can all see that teams putting 15 men behind the ball is making for a terrible spectacle - we would prefer teams to not be allowed do that. It's a tactic that makes the inside forwards who used to be our marquay, box offices players marginal figures in the game and borderline redundant! However, having a rule where we only allow a certain amount of players inside their own half in general play is pretty much unpolicable so I think the only time to do it is at kick outs. We make sure that there are six backs and six forwards inside the 45 metre line for every kick out and we then allow for the goalie or designated kicker to kick from the 30 metre line with a rule that the kick has to go past the half way line. The kick goes into the half forward line and if the forwards win it they have an incentive to be urgent in attack before the blanket defence gets back and if the defence wins it they also have an incentive to move the ball forward as quickly as possible. This will leave more space for one and one battles and for marquay forwards to do their stuff. We could even be more radical and let the designated kicker take it from the 45 metre line making it even harder for the blanket defence to come back. It's not perfect by any means but it will be a good chance for these innovative coaches to be more creative with their tactics while also making the game a more entertaining attacking spectacle. It could change the game but still be policable. This rule about getting two points for a long range score and 4 for a goal will make things worse! Two points for a long range score gives you even less incentive to find the inside box office forwards and four for a goal will only force teams to be more defensive because they will be even more petrified of giving away goals. I still enjoy watching Gaelic football and even enjoyed yesterday's final more than most but these long, boring spells of over and back kicking in front of a 15 men defence have to be addressed and I'm wondering what ye lads think of my suggestions here?
I hate that saying "they should have won the match". If they should have they would have. Doesnt matter if they missed tons of shots, you have to put them over to win.
