I find that most counties seem to have a localised version of how to play the game e.g. Kildare club football would have a lot of short passing and Meath would rely on a more direct game ? I always thought that Galway, Kerry and Down played an attractive brand whereas Dublin and Cork's play was more laboured.
What do you think is your own county's style ?

Lillywhite (Kildare) - Posts: 14 - 28/08/2010 09:40:24    758387

We traditionally play winning style!!!!

5inrowCat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 49 - 28/08/2010 11:22:58    758440

We play attacking all-action football that is almost impossible to beat when at highest level.

sky_high (Tyrone) - Posts: 58 - 28/08/2010 12:11:44    758474

Sky High I hope you're talking about your clubs style of play cos you're certainly not talkin bout the county team.

sammaguire09 (Kildare) - Posts: 101 - 28/08/2010 13:27:13    758533

with a swagger

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 28/08/2010 13:42:55    758542

Hoof it in on top of the FF line and see what happens.

Coylers Elbow (Meath) - Posts: 1075 - 28/08/2010 13:48:03    758546

I'm bad at dates, so I can't remember when the Cork's fluctuating styles (hurling and football) started, although I can remember how.
In the football, oddly enough, it started sometime in the seventies with Dublin defeating Kerry heavily in an all-Ireland with a hand passing style of football that maximized possession. Kerry manager, Mick O'Dwyer , came back the following year to beat Dublin, literarily, at their own game and introduced the "basketball" style football. You could palm the ball into the net in those days. They won several All-Irelands with this, until Billy Morgan, now Cork manager, decided that if you couldn't beat them, you'd have to join them. Cork did beat Kerry eventually and won a couple of All-Irelands themselves. Nemo Ranger's style of play ( the slow build up) has heavily influenced Cork football ever since, even though Conor Coonihan has lately begun to introduce more kick-passing.

The first time I remember a team doing a lot of running with the ball in hurling was Galway in the days when Joe Cooney was such a brilliant forward for them. I think Cyril Farrell was manager at the time. Cork negated this style in most of their meetings by tight marking and long ball into the forwards themselves.
The Galway running game consisted in players running from the back line or midfield and advancing until they drew out one of the oppositions backs, when they then passed the ball inside.

Cork's version of the running game (developed by Bernie O'Connor for Newtownshandrum) is very different. In this style, the man in possession always has another player running alongside him to take a pass, until they eventually get close enough to the posts to score. It's a style that requires high levels of fitness. At the moment with the Cork team, it has degenerated into passing for the sake of passing, particularly in the back line, although they sometimes mix it with the long low in to an outrunning forward. Only rarely is the ground stroke used to get the ball quickly into the full-forward line now, although I remember it being used a lot in the sixties.

Midleton (Cork) - Posts: 644 - 28/08/2010 14:23:30    758583

bad.monkey
County: USA
Posts: 2363

758542 with a swagger

I thought you were a Dub bad.monkey ?

artisan (Down) - Posts: 1794 - 28/08/2010 14:29:39    758594

We play a fiercely defensive system, sticking rigidly to a man for man marking plan, absorbing wave after wave of opposition attack, until it breaks down and we hammer them on the counter attack.

Scruffy2Donut (Cavan) - Posts: 1112 - 28/08/2010 14:35:14    758597

The Down way!

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 28/08/2010 14:35:30    758599

Midleton
County: Cork
Posts: 17

In terms of Kildare it seems the short handpasing game goes way back to the 20's when the flourbags played a game reliant on the hand pass and carrying the ball (it is noted that the solo and the handpass were first used by the Clane club and they would have heavily influenced Kildare GAA for nearly a century) When O'Dwyer came to Kildare he retained rather than introduced this method of play. In other reports from the 20's and 30's it was evident that Kerry preffered a more direct approach to football and man to man battles. Each generation seem to have a county that creates a new pattern of play to gain success - Dublin of the 50's and 70's Down of the 60's Kerr of the 70's, Meath of the 90's and Tyrone of the 00's.

Lillywhite (Kildare) - Posts: 14 - 28/08/2010 14:38:38    758603

5inarow We'll see on the 5th

tipptothetop (Tipperary) - Posts: 531 - 28/08/2010 14:45:06    758608

sammaguire09
County: Kildare
Posts: 93

758533
Sky High I hope you're talking about your clubs style of play cos you're certainly not talkin bout the county team.

sammaguire09, your response to Sky High's post is a little on the petulant side. Would you not agree that Tyrone's style is full of action where each player has a duty both to attack and defend? This style of play has revolutionised Gaelic Football and brought great success to the county. By and large the rest of the counties have tried to emulate the fitness levels and passing movements.

Is copying not the best form of flattery?

caughtredhanded (Tyrone) - Posts: 602 - 28/08/2010 14:49:22    758612

Losing, with a touch of hope thrown in every so often. Its served us well for years now....

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 28/08/2010 14:57:06    758618

All out attck. We're like the Barcelona of the GAA.

throw_it_over (Galway) - Posts: 769 - 28/08/2010 15:07:29    758629

Honest to goodness, pure good football !

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 28/08/2010 16:51:51    758673

Naive.

Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 28/08/2010 18:42:11    758720

Timber. And plenty of it.

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 28/08/2010 20:06:17    758774

better get this one in before some smart ass does...

going on strike

pidge (Cork) - Posts: 543 - 28/08/2010 20:15:01    758779

sammaguire09
County: Kildare
Posts: 93

758533 Sky High I hope you're talking about your clubs style of play cos you're certainly not talkin bout the county team


Tyrone play a great brand of football and in 05 they proved with all those extra games .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 28/08/2010 20:33:07    758791