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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "Don't have to go back to recent years, the club finals at the weekend was good games. I totally agree they didn't need to change the scoring system and BTW Basketball has become more boring here with three pointers."
I hear you both.

My thoughts on the 2 pointer would be that the scoring zone is too well defined in football and that by doing this widens it out.

It's not hard for me to envisage this rule not working out well. The middle area of the field in front of the goal posts is going to be very valuable now, are we going to end up with a blanket placed vertically rather than horizontally.

I also strongly agree that the game was nowhere near as bad as people made out and if anything was getting better rather than worse.

I think the irony is that some of the rule changes are very regressive. Dictating where kick outs have to go, limiting the innovation of the goalkeeper role. This is a little sad to me, I think we are aiming to hard back to a game that was pretty unrefined at times.

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4332 - 04/12/2024 09:19:34    2582292

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Replying To Whammo86:  "I hear you both.

My thoughts on the 2 pointer would be that the scoring zone is too well defined in football and that by doing this widens it out.

It's not hard for me to envisage this rule not working out well. The middle area of the field in front of the goal posts is going to be very valuable now, are we going to end up with a blanket placed vertically rather than horizontally.

I also strongly agree that the game was nowhere near as bad as people made out and if anything was getting better rather than worse.

I think the irony is that some of the rule changes are very regressive. Dictating where kick outs have to go, limiting the innovation of the goalkeeper role. This is a little sad to me, I think we are aiming to hard back to a game that was pretty unrefined at times."
Well as regards the state of the game I was on the same page as yourself, sure there were bad games as there always were
I have no doubt there will still be poor games going forward whether because of negative tactics or weaker teams getting hammered.
The fact that the game was becoming more and more tactical in recent years had some fans hankering back to the days of catch and kick with 50/50 battles in every area of the field. The game will never be brought back to that by rule changes, tactics will evolve and successful teams will not be risking loss of possession.
I'm looking forward to seeing how these changes impact the game and also to seeing how coaches "deal" with the changes.
The two pointer will be interesting, will there be more attempts at long range points or maybe less if coaches can devise systems to put defensive pressure on long range kickers without exposing themselves to goal chances. My prediction for what it's worth is there will be less 2 pointers than expected, more short range points and less goals.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 803 - 04/12/2024 10:38:30    2582298

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Get a quill and send off a good quality letter of complaint to HQ!"
Strangely enough if you wrote someone an actual letter now it might get noticed.

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3047 - 04/12/2024 11:26:40    2582306

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "I can't abide giving say Rory Beggan 2 points for a 40.5m free straight in front of goal with the wind while giving say Conor McManus only 1 point from a magnificent kick from play out near the corner flag with 2 backs on top of him."
Very good point (excuse pun). Why does the 40m arc stop at the 20m line? I have seen no explanation. It would obviously show up narrow pitches - like Thurles - but this does not seem to be a good enough reason.

Aibrean (Kerry) - Posts: 306 - 04/12/2024 20:12:30    2582399

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