Niall Morgan and Ryan McHugh discussed the new rules for Gaelic football during RTÉ's coverage of Errigal Ciaran's victory over St Eunan's in the Ulster club championship.
Donegal player McHugh says he is a fan of the rules in general, although he has an issue with goalkeepers being allowed to come up the field to support the attack.
The two-time All-Star feels it will see the game become more possession based, especially if teams are trying to protect a lead late on in a game.
"The man beside me mightn't agree with me or mightn't like it but I do think the keeper being allowed to come up to create the extra man is going to make it more possession based," McHugh said.
"If you're two or three points up, the keeper comes up, it's going to be a keep-ball game.
"I think teams could put outfield players in goals, because the kick-outs aren't as important, because it's not short anymore, you kick it long. You get to come up the pitch un-marked, outside the arc, he's free."
In response, Morgan says he stretched the rules in the inter-provincial trials recently, and wouldn't cover as much ground in a game of real consequence.
"I did get drawn into 'oh you've three men covering you,' but whenever you lose the ball, you realise the other team have three men waiting to get it and there's space there," he said.
"The only time I can see the keeper really getting involved is when the other team bank back and cover that two point arc, where the likes of ourselves would say, 'we need to bring Niall up to be that extra man,'" he said.
"I'm glad they did take it away from the back-pass game that it was because even for me, that was becoming boring. Like I was getting 35/40 touches a game without actually doing much on it. Lads were just passing the ball to me for the sake of passing."
Both McHugh and Morgan agreed that short kick-outs should be allowed to counter the tactic of converting outfielders into keepers.
"Going to Ryan's point, that the kick-out might not be as important, that's why I think they need to let it go short again," said Morgan.
"Because if it does become a case of just kicking the ball beyond the 40 metre arc, it is going to be just a case of 'who can kick the ball really far here?'
"Teams are just going to say 'let's bomb it out to the midfield so if they allowed short kick-outs, then it becomes more the keeper is important in getting the short kick-out away, and teams are going to press anyway because they can't give it back to the goalkeeper anyway," added Morgan.
"Three up is a great rule," said McHugh.
"It stretches the game, encourages more kicking. I don't think we'll understand how well they'll work until we get into a competitive environment like the National League."
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