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There has been a nagging question about what would happen if a team settled on overloading close to goal and making space outside on the majority of their attacks. Three underdogs went for such an approach: Cork, Louth and Monaghan. It paid off.
JOY UNMATCHED: Tommy Walsh of Cork celebrates. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
When the Football Review Committee sledgehammered the sluice gates, the pent-up river of the new game burst in a torrent: more scores, more phases, more speed, more events. Rush forward, don’t look back.
Naturally, after the initial surge, there would be a period of examination and adjustment.
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