Benny Coulter is not a fan of modern day gaelic football.

The Mayobridge star retired from inter-county football this week after 15 years in the Mourne County jersey and, in a wide-ranging interview in today's The Irish Daily Star, he says the game is more about fitness nowadays than individual skill and flair.

"There are games you got to at club level where two teams are playing defensive systems and it is ridiculous at times," Coulter said.

"I was even reading stuff the other day, colleges games where they were playing two sweepers.

"When we were playing for St Mark's (Warrenpoint) in '96 or '97 you just went out and played football, and the better man won, but, now, even at minor level it's down to tactics and crap like that.

"There is too much time spent in the gym and crap like that, or in front of tvs watching stuff.

"Maybe the likes of 'Skinner' (Eoin) Bradley he'd be a player I'd pay in to watch because he is that unpredictable.

"He is the type of feel that just plays off the cuff and does his own thing.

"With a lot of county footballers it's more to do with how fit you are, stuff like that - it sickens me too at times."

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