Bryan Sheehan says teams are now training 'athletes, not footballers'Michael BoltonFormer Kerry footballer Bryan Sheehan has backed rumoured changes to scoring in football. Sheehan agreed with this idea, as he says it will encourage teams not to defend as deep, and will lead to players shooting from distance. At the moment, if I am being honest, we are training athletes to play football, rather than footballers to play football. "If you look at inter-county football, how many footballers can kick the ball over the bar from 35, 40 yards. "Teams are now beginning to score goals against Kerry, and the year they won the All-Ireland, teams weren't scoring goals against Kerry.

Source: Irish Independent June 01, 2024 14:02 UTC