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https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/colm-parkinson-carlow-galway-155050"Ultra defensive tactics will have some short term success but they’re regressive and one dimensional. They depend almost entirely on the opposing team pushing up and forcing the play, giving them the turnovers they require. As Dublin showed last year, when embarrassing Tyrone, if you’re patient and don’t bring the ball into contact, these defensive tactics look very ordinary. As we have seen, when they came up against tactically astute teams and managers that mirror their system, they struggle.
"Jim McGuinness brought this system into the word of Gaelic football in 2011. He had the element of surprise for almost four years, beating teams on the counter attack. He won the All-Ireland in 2012 beating Kerry, Cork and Mayo, crowding the defense, turning the ball over and hitting them all on the break. His tactics were copied by many counties and surprisingly still are."
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