As the space around conventional forwards shrank, defenders have thrived
Shane Walsh of Galway in action against Barry McCambridge of Armagh during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final. The art of scoring from full-forward is dying, Walsh was the only forward in the final to score from play. Photo: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile
By any conventional wisdom a team’s full-forward line should contribute the most scores of any line.
Simple logic. They’re closest to the opposition goals, they are positioned there because they are generally the most accurate a team has and the object of a gameplan is to get the ball into their hands as smoothly and as often as possible.
