Changes in the GAA - super thread

Thing is the point that is being missed by a lot of people....Gaelic football has evolved...its changing.. possession is king. You can’t score without the ball and your opponent can score if you give it to them... so that is why teams are interested in minding possession and playing short kick outs.. the game is evolving, for the better... its faster, it’s higher scoring, more skillful more entertaining... players are fitter, sharper, more intelligent more tactically astute.

A team would rather possession near their own 45 then throwing it up the middle of the pitch where it can be 50/50... the tactical norms of the game are being re-evaluated... not just by Dublin. Dublin are just pretty good at moving the ball fast, efficiently, and accurately...

You have some redline rule for kick outs you’ll just have teams playing more 6”4 guys at the expense of actual footballers... it would diminish the game.

Strumms wrote: »

Thing is the point that is being missed by a lot of people....Gaelic football has evolved...its changing.. possession is king. You can’t score without the ball and your opponent can score if you give it to them... so that is why teams are interested in minding possession and playing short kick outs.. the game is evolving, for the better... its faster, it’s higher scoring, more skillful more entertaining... players are fitter, sharper, more intelligent more tactically astute.

A team would rather possession near their own 45 then throwing it up the middle of the pitch where it can be 50/50... the tactical norms of the game are being re-evaluated... not just by Dublin. Dublin are just pretty good at moving the ball fast, efficiently, and accurately...

You have some redline rule for kick outs you’ll just have teams playing more 6”4 guys at the expense of actual footballers... it would diminish the game.

How Dublin play is absolutely the right tactic but the passing left and right around the midfield is boring as hell when it gets going. Doesn't matter whether it's kicked or punched it's awful to watch. I never understood people fawning over Barcelona doing the same in soccer great teams if you love just reading the stats in the morning paper but awful dull watching for a full match

The short pass and move when going forward is great to watch and I think is more entertaining than the old hoofing it into a sea of players round the box.

JeffKenna wrote: »

That's for analysing stats after the game. No other team would have real time feed to five people on a laptop during the game.

I don't know about that. I was in Salthill for a league game two years back. Fierce cold and I got in early and into the middle of the stand. A Steward came to me after about 10 mins and asked if I could move two seats further in and they marked off two seats for stats lads for the Galway team.

And different teams work and use different methods. The Mayo fans on here will attest that a backroom member of staff at Arsenal FC works with Mayo GAA when the soccer season finishes.

One change that is needed more then ever is Dublin not competing in Leinster. As has been said before a system where they play in a different province each year would work best. It would spice up those other provincials the year they enter, think Dublin vs Kerry/Cork in Killarney or PUC, Mayo in McHale or Monaghan in Clones. Then every 4 years back to Leinster for a procession.

But at least for the 3 years in between you'll have a competitive province and Leinster teams will have championship silverware to play for so annual progress can be seen and made to assist long term improvements.

Dublin fans would enjoy this system more so it's a win win. Just think how many Dubs would be in favour of Scrapping leinster. They don't give a **** about it anymore. The glory days are gone. Meanwhile now they're more concerned about not getting split up so might welcome this change instead.

That former player from Westmeath was encouraging all leinster counties to boycott. Instead of having to boycott why can't they just play minus dublin who are in no way similar in any metric to a leinster county.

ShyMets wrote: »

So if Dublin don't care about Leinster anymore. Why would they care about winning Ulster, Connaught or Munster.

They'd get more competition? Less of the hammer every team by 20 points on the way to their 50th leinster in a row? Potential match ups away include kerry, Cork, mayo, galway, donegal, Tyrone etc. The Dublin accountants might not like the idea of their travel costs going up! They'll finally understand the pain of the likes of mayo, donegal and kerry.

Can someone explain the outrage over the advantage rule in hurling? It seemed to work well from what I could see overall. Especially the new rule on cynical fouls outside the penalty area leading to penalties. I only watched league Sunday but on more than a few occasions it was obvious to see lads stop themselves from a pull on the jersey or dragging a player down cynically. Seems lots of hurling fans not happy with the new rules but they looked good to me.

So could anyone shed any light on something I might seem to be missing?

thesultan wrote: »

The old one had if a free was committed, the ref had a five second advantage rule where if the advantage didn't occur he could go back to the original free

Can't see what on earth was wrong with same.

Football-

1- there must be at least 4 players from each team in each half of the field, or inside each 65- this would be policed by a linesman for each half.

2- no hand passing outside the 22m line. Maybe change the 22m line to 30m to give a bit more leeway.

3- all kick outs must pass the 45m line.

At the moment most football matches are like a series of backs v forwards drills with very few contests for possession. I find it sterile and boring to watch. These changes would mean more long kicking and contests for possession, and evee wee n a bit more chaos which the game is sorely lacking atm

After the last day I believe after match citing for dangerous and dirty play is something that the GAA need to have the balls to bring in.

Otherwise I hope someone takes them to court and ultimately the cleaners.

Oh and proper sanctions, games missed, not just lip service with numerous appeal avenues.

We always get this shyte about players are only amateur and it would be great pity if they were to miss matches.

Well the players they hurt and sometimes seriously injure are only amateurs as well, and have lives and jobs outside GAA that are affected by their dangerous actions.

GPA going with the 2nd option here, hope it gets through

The Gaelic Players Association looks set to offer its backing to a league-championship football structure ahead of next month's Special Congress.

The GPA is preparing to canvass inter-county footballers to see which championship structure they would prefer as Congress prepares to map out a path forward for the future structure of the Gaelic football season.

Two new formats for football are on the table, including a transformation of the provincial championships into four equally-sized groups of eight counties and a more radical switching of the Allianz League into the summer. This option would incorporate the provincial championships being played off in the spring.

The third option is that the current format remains with some changes.

RTÉ Sport understands that there has already been very strong support from the GPA membership for Proposal B, the league-based championship, which would see the provincial championships retained, as well as a Tailteann Cup competition.

Was hoping for a link to the actual detailed proposal?

Hmm, was hoping for a champions league style format. So that means 10 teams go forward from the NFL to the AI series? And the rest in the Tailteann Cup??