Brian Lacey calls for inter-county games' duration to be cut to 60 minutes

Last weekend's football action has seen loud calls for six substitutes to be allowed in Gaelic football.

But former All-Star and accredited GAA performance analyst Brian Lacey also feels that the duration of an inter-county game should move from 70 to 60 minutes.

On Saturday night, Donegal boss Jim McGuinness highlighted the rigour placed on players as a result of the new football rules and called for the amount of substitutes to be increased from five to six.

This came as Dublin saw three players forced off by hamstring injuries in Saturday's Allianz League Division 1 contest at Ballybofey, whilst McGuinness also highlighted the plight of Peadar Mogan, one of Donegal’s most agile players, who was struggling at the end of the game but could not be replaced as Donegal already had their five subs on.

His comments found favour from other managers – and also from within the RTÉ Studios with former Dublin star Paul Flynn backing it up on Allianz League Sunday last night.

Flynn pointed out that those managers in charge of Division 1 or 2 teams would also most likely back McGuinness’ call with the strong squad depths that they can call upon.

But former Kildare and Tipperary senior footballer and coach Lacey says that the plight of the weaker counties also needs to be considered as the new rules roll out.

Throughout his career he won two Leinster medals with the Lilywhites, an All-Star in 1998 and a Tommy Murphy Cup medal with Tipperary.

At club level he is a two-time championship medallist with Round Towers and served as coach and analyst with his native and adopted counties for most of the past decade.

Lacey is a big fan of the work the Football Review Committee has undertaken, which include the one versus one throw-in, the solo and