‘Death’ jibe for football premature

Just over two weeks have passed since Dublin played Derry in the now infamous ‘death of football’ league game in Croke Park. Yesterday they returned to headquarters against another northern opposition, Monaghan, who they happened to have beaten by 10 points a week ago in Clones.

There was a substantial reaction to that Derry clash a fortnight ago which generated much debate about the future of Gaelic Football and how there was a need to look at rule changes and other drastic solutions.

Thankfully, over the last week or so the knee-jerk reaction stage has passed and there is a realisation that one horrific match doesn’t paint a fair picture of our whole game.