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Future of Football: Blueprint for a 3-tier championship

Football / 25 May

'If Mickey Harte has exhibited a particular skill outstandingly over his managerial career it is his ability to recognise the raw materials of character at an early stage.'

Sliding doors moments can reveal character

'Eclipsing Dublin will take a team with the right cocktail of ability, resilience and tactical awareness'

Serious teams must adopt risk and reward strategy

'On an ample diet of possession and still chasing the game early in the final quarter, Mayo constantly took panicked shots from pressurised distances and angles'

O'Shea key man in Mayo revolution, but questions remain

Ó Sé: Stats show that Kerry do have a defensive plan

'Kerry have to find a collective solution to standing their ground.'

Kerry are not doing the dirty work - it will cost them

'Every generation's approach to the game frustrated the generation before because it's always different and never appreciates the values of the game as it 'should' be'

Game as we now know it rewards the brave & adaptable

The Monaghan players will have awoken Sunday morning fully aware that they were found wanting in the face of a scrap

Lack of clarity harming credibility of the mark

Kerry's success against Dubs will be short-lived

"With teams so evenly matched, the smallest edges are deciding factors across 70-plus minutes of high energy football."

Send out the Bat Signal: Glory hinges on secret weapon

Kicking can still be king but refs out of step

Embracing the offensive mark could lead to an evolution

Football / 21 Jan

'Catch and kick football is gone and barring the invention of a new sport, it is not coming back'

Future of football is at risk with experimental rules

GAA / 30 Nov 18

Aidan O'Rourke has surprisingly withdrawn his name from consideration for the Roscommon job a day after he was expected to be appointed

Aidan O'Rourke withdraws from Roscommon running

GAA / 24 Oct 18

O'Rourke in his time as Louth boss

O'Rourke's Roscommon appointment delayed

GAA / 22 Oct 18

'Unfortunately, tactical evolutions in any sport always come with trickle-down consequences due to a lack of fundamental understanding of why a particular approach is taken'

If not Slaughtneil-Magherafelt, what's football to be?

GAA / 12 Sep 18

'Dublin trust each player to bring their maximum work-rate and intensity to the job. Paul Mannion regularly epitomises this as he tracks breaking defenders the length of the field before making interventions that most quality defenders would be proud of'

Gutsy Tyrone couldn't stop Dublin's dynamic trio

GAA / 03 Sep 18

'Crucial to Tyrone's possible success is making Dublin uncomfortable psychologically - and that includes fundamentally interfering with how they want to play when they have the ball'

Tyrone must spit fire and not wait for Dublin mistakes

GAA / 02 Sep 18

The battle for the soul of Gaelic football

GAA / 26 Aug 18

'Master tactician Mickey Harte has another opportunity to find answers that no one expects ahead of the All-Ireland final.'

Three key areas for Tyrone to beat Dublin in final

GAA / 14 Aug 18

Galway's flaws exposed - and there's no quick fix

GAA / 06 Aug 18

'When the moment arrives, the difference maker knows he's the man to execute and everyone else knows it too'

Summer hinges on a rare breed: the 'difference makers'

GAA / 30 Jul 18

'Monaghan beat Kerry up in every way possible on Sunday, except where it matters on the scoreboard'

Kerry have been caught in their own web of naivety

GAA / 23 Jul 18

'What they do though is also now predictable and they will face the same problem that overtly structured teams do eventually'

Mickey Harte remains the master of improvisation

GAA / 16 Jul 18

'The reality of the last eight of the football championship is that the teams with the best players moulded through coherent game plans are those that remain'

Nature Vs Nurture: Super 8s reveal best evolved teams

GAA / 09 Jul 18

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