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just wondering if anyone has any simple ideas to fix football ,nothing too complicated that couldn't be policed .my one is that any more than two opponents 'tackling a player it should be a free to the player with the ball in hand.eg if a forward has the ball and there's three or four players forcing an over carry that should be a free into the forward. I think this would do the following : make defensive teams play with a sweeper at very worst ,it will give forwards the freedom to play ,and encourage man on man marking again ,no teams will want to give handy frees away so it would be again an advantage of kicking the ball into a forward who can catch it, and not be worried about thirteen players hanging around him like an ice cream van in a housing estate. thoughts ?? bisto kid (Cavan) - Posts: 492 - 30/03/2015 20:38:22 1708655 Link 0 |
bisto kid, I think that would be impossible to referee that situation. How would you decide when a player is actually a tackler, or just in the vicinity of the ball-carrier? Too open to the variable interpretations of the referee. My solution would be to go 13 a side. That would open up the space for speedy forwards, and make it more difficult to organise an effective "blanket". football first (None) - Posts: 1259 - 31/03/2015 08:37:40 1708708 Link 0 |
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 31/03/2015 09:42:00 1708723 Link 0 |
i think current rules around multiple tacklers is sufficient if implemented correctly. dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 31/03/2015 09:46:21 1708729 Link 0 |
Give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team - that would cure pretty much everything. TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 31/03/2015 09:53:18 1708733 Link 0 |
Referees doing their job properly solves everything. Running into 4-5 tacklers....how many of them arengoing for the ball? JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 31/03/2015 10:05:45 1708741 Link 0 |
The tackle in football has always been an issue, its hard to define as opposed to say rugby or aussie rules. benefit of the doubt to attackers would see players playing for frees where they know that running into a couple of defenders will give their team an easy free. dont want the game stop starting too much either. HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts: 249 - 31/03/2015 11:20:15 1708773 Link 0 |
Bring in the Mark to encourage kickpassing and catching skills spy_in_the_sky (Antrim) - Posts: 273 - 31/03/2015 11:39:47 1708781 Link 0 |
the untried and trusted. . .clock! Absolute no brainer! cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5029 - 31/03/2015 11:50:30 1708790 Link 0 |
Inconsistent refereeing and general officiating is the great problem.The shocking thing is that there doesn't appear to be any better than the current crop of referees ie the likes of Joe McQuillan and Marty Duffy. BIG SACKS (Tyrone) - Posts: 1681 - 31/03/2015 11:59:58 1708797 Link 0 |
Limit the handpass, not enough kick passes in the game nowadays. its called 'foot'ball for a reason ShortGrass_1 (Kildare) - Posts: 223 - 31/03/2015 12:12:14 1708803 Link 0 |
ShortGrass_1 How would that be policed by the ref? if a player kicks the ball far down the field, by the time the ref catches up, there could have been plenty of hand-passes without him(the ref) being able to keep count. PK57 (Louth) - Posts: 1656 - 31/03/2015 12:17:40 1708806 Link 0 |
ShortGrass_1 Dessie13 (Dublin) - Posts: 70 - 31/03/2015 12:23:18 1708811 Link 0 |
PK57 Dessie13 (Dublin) - Posts: 70 - 31/03/2015 12:25:29 1708815 Link 0 |
Limiting the hand-pass is a viable solution . However reducing the number of players to 13 a side is not a option I believe . Poolbeg (USA) - Posts: 24 - 31/03/2015 12:37:06 1708833 Link 0 |
The problems in Gaelic football are largely coaching problems imo. Obviously the tackle needs to be clearly defined once and for all but from U-8 through to senior there's an onus on coaches to put the emphasis on the execution of ball skills at speed. Look at the way hurling has gone- if anything there is more cynical fouling in the game but because there is such a massive emphasis on practicing the skills of the game rather than on defensive systems, kickout strategies and ball retention it's a better game to watch. roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 31/03/2015 12:51:01 1708844 Link 0 |
well the first thing is the handpass rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 31/03/2015 13:08:05 1708853 Link 0 |
minimum of 4 forwards must be in the opponents half at all times aka no more then 2 forwards could go back to swarm the defence. Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 31/03/2015 13:13:00 1708858 Link 0 |
Limiting the handpass is by far the worst suggestion!!! How can it help the attacking team to limit the handpass? it will only help the defensive team. It will make it easier for defenders to crowd out attackers with no option but to release the ball to the defenders. Farney (Monaghan) - Posts: 801 - 31/03/2015 13:13:47 1708861 Link 0 |
How about taking the power amd control of media away from old codgers who refuse to stop basking in the old days of catch and hoof aimlessly down field. Things are been blown out of perspective here. Yes some games are very negative. However most are not! We have just seen the rugby snobs win a six nations without a semblance of attacking play apart from when they beat scots and italy. Thats akin to dublin vs carlow and wicklow. Sure lets ban teams defending. How else can the dubs with their 2 million people get a chance to hammer longford or leitrim with their 30000. sceptical (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 31/03/2015 13:17:10 1708866 Link 0 |