Pat Spillane Slams the ‘sweeper-keeper, every fool in the Parish knows that… ‘

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The former Kerry football and eight time All-Ireland winner Pat Spillane believes this sweeper-keeper is a load of rubbish and Kerry had their homework done on Monaghan over the weekend and were ready to jump on Rory Beggan

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As quoted by Balls.ie 

“For years I’ve watched the evolution of this outfield, or sweeper keeper,” he said.

“I was always biting my lip because I thought, ‘This is a stupid idea but I can’t say it because I’ll be accused of living in the past.'”

A goalkeeper’s primary job is to stop goals. If he was that good out the field he’d be playing there, not in goals. Once or twice in a game, an unexpected move, a bit of variety – I can see that – but they’re all coming out now. These guys are on ego trips because they’re on a powerful adrenaline push.

“The crowd are baying and yahoo-ing and he’s loving it,” Spillane added. “The bottom line is the goalkeeper is there to stop the shot.”

“A sweeper keeper should not come beyond the halfway line. There’ll be a lot more opponents who took something out of Kerry’s game plan yesterday and they will be targeting these keepers, particularly Rory Beggan.”

 

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