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Replying To Saynothing: "I'll explain it surely, 1 skilled kicker usually the number 10 on his back and 14 bullocks." How is the only skilled player the kicker though. you havent explained anything
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Replying To KillingFields: "How is the only skilled player the kicker though. you havent explained anything" I like rugby, but, at pro level, it has gone downhill a bit in the last while. Used to be a contact sport, now it's a collision sport. Even rugby guys are saying that. But look, there is serious skill in all sports. Once, when working in London, at a firm v client cricket day, I was persuaded out of the bar. I had been regaling all my English colleagues about how cricket wasn't much of a sport etc. So out I went to show them what I could do. Turns out "hitting the ball with the bat" was top of the list of things I definitely could not do lol so i had to wind my neck in after that.
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Replying To KillingFields: "How is the only skilled player the kicker though. you havent explained anything" All right then , maybe the number 9 is skilled, if you call waiting for the ball to come back and then throw it to someone. Rest put the ball under their arm and head down and run. Maybe if they had a pouch like a kangaroo they could pop it into it. GAA players have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2010 - 31/08/2021 21:06:39
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I like rugby, but, at pro level, it has gone downhill a bit in the last while. Used to be a contact sport, now it's a collision sport. Even rugby guys are saying that. But look, there is serious skill in all sports. Once, when working in London, at a firm v client cricket day, I was persuaded out of the bar. I had been regaling all my English colleagues about how cricket wasn't much of a sport etc. So out I went to show them what I could do. Turns out "hitting the ball with the bat" was top of the list of things I definitely could not do lol so i had to wind my neck in after that.
essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1024 - 31/08/2021 20:32:56 downhill compared to when? its always been a collision sport compared to a contact sport especially when the tackle involved to dispossess players is as it is.
All right then , maybe the number 9 is skilled, if you call waiting for the ball to come back and then throw it to someone. Rest put the ball under their arm and head down and run. Maybe if they had a pouch like a kangaroo they could pop it into it. GAA players have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 801 - 31/08/2021 21:06:39 gaa players dont at all have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
its a lot more than the 9 who is skilled. its clear you are trolling if you cant honestly answer about the skills in rugby..
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3504 - 31/08/2021 22:30:57
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Replying To essmac: "I like rugby, but, at pro level, it has gone downhill a bit in the last while. Used to be a contact sport, now it's a collision sport. Even rugby guys are saying that. But look, there is serious skill in all sports. Once, when working in London, at a firm v client cricket day, I was persuaded out of the bar. I had been regaling all my English colleagues about how cricket wasn't much of a sport etc. So out I went to show them what I could do. Turns out "hitting the ball with the bat" was top of the list of things I definitely could not do lol so i had to wind my neck in after that." Cricket is actually a lot harder than it looks. Don't like the game and made my comments known to my New Zealand friend and co worker a number of years ago. Did the same as you and wanted to prove my point. Needless to say it's bloody hard and I actually enjoyed it, even if I made a show of myself trying to bat.
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Replying To KillingFields: "I like rugby, but, at pro level, it has gone downhill a bit in the last while. Used to be a contact sport, now it's a collision sport. Even rugby guys are saying that. But look, there is serious skill in all sports. Once, when working in London, at a firm v client cricket day, I was persuaded out of the bar. I had been regaling all my English colleagues about how cricket wasn't much of a sport etc. So out I went to show them what I could do. Turns out "hitting the ball with the bat" was top of the list of things I definitely could not do lol so i had to wind my neck in after that.
essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1024 - 31/08/2021 20:32:56 downhill compared to when? its always been a collision sport compared to a contact sport especially when the tackle involved to dispossess players is as it is.
All right then , maybe the number 9 is skilled, if you call waiting for the ball to come back and then throw it to someone. Rest put the ball under their arm and head down and run. Maybe if they had a pouch like a kangaroo they could pop it into it. GAA players have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 801 - 31/08/2021 21:06:39 gaa players dont at all have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
its a lot more than the 9 who is skilled. its clear you are trolling if you cant honestly answer about the skills in rugby.." Why complicate posts, between you and Africanuk it's a mess. As for your rugby point, I can't answer about the skills when there aren't any,don't care either but what's has rugby got to do with a GAA forum.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2010 - 01/09/2021 11:53:18
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Replying To Saynothing: " Replying To KillingFields: "I like rugby, but, at pro level, it has gone downhill a bit in the last while. Used to be a contact sport, now it's a collision sport. Even rugby guys are saying that. But look, there is serious skill in all sports. Once, when working in London, at a firm v client cricket day, I was persuaded out of the bar. I had been regaling all my English colleagues about how cricket wasn't much of a sport etc. So out I went to show them what I could do. Turns out "hitting the ball with the bat" was top of the list of things I definitely could not do lol so i had to wind my neck in after that.
essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1024 - 31/08/2021 20:32:56 downhill compared to when? its always been a collision sport compared to a contact sport especially when the tackle involved to dispossess players is as it is.
All right then , maybe the number 9 is skilled, if you call waiting for the ball to come back and then throw it to someone. Rest put the ball under their arm and head down and run. Maybe if they had a pouch like a kangaroo they could pop it into it. GAA players have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 801 - 31/08/2021 21:06:39 gaa players dont at all have all round ability head and shoulders above rugby or soccer.
its a lot more than the 9 who is skilled. its clear you are trolling if you cant honestly answer about the skills in rugby.." Why complicate posts, between you and Africanuk it's a mess. As for your rugby point, I can't answer about the skills when there aren't any,don't care either but what's has rugby got to do with a GAA forum."
If all you can say is there isnt skills in rugby then you are rather sad and pathetic and trolling and i feel sorry for someone who is as closed minded as you.
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3504 - 01/09/2021 15:44:14
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Replying To brisbane: "Seems the Anti GAA crowd were losing it over the 40,000 attending the All-Ireland Field. Shame they were so vocal in opposing the number as it will stop any talk of increasing the Football attendance." Are the arts crowd being lumped in with this comment? From everything I've seen they were just crying out for some sort of guidance from government on when they could have any sort of events again. Seeing the crowds at Croke Park exacerbated their frustrations but I know plenty within that community and they've no issue with GAA, just with the government and the usual lack of guidance from them.
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Replying to saynothing.
Posting this here as separate post to avoid adding to the mess as you correctly call it.
I would advise just skipping kf's posts as you can be assured you will not miss anything that adds to any discussion.
Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 943 - 01/09/2021 19:09:53
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To come into a forum and bash other sports, even in jest, is short minded in my own view and its reflective of trends out there in the real world. Im a fan of GAA first and foremost but among the large minority of people in Ireland (north and south) who arent GAA fans, they associate this kind of attitude with hardline GAA fans, and it isnt a good look at all. Its very detrimental to the potential of the GAA.
Every sport has a unique set of skills, particularly when the level starts going up. I played rugby at a high level for club and province, and Gaelic football, but never at the one time. Thats the biggest clash of the two from my experience: they dont correlate well and the carryover is next to minimal despite the sports looking similar enough to an innocent eye. Rugby is based around working the player's explosive strength and sprint capacity. Its a form of anaerobic fitness. Football is more leaning toward endurance and aerobic capacity and the ability of the athlete to last over sustained periods of workload. I can tell you that when I concentrated on rugby specifically I was two stone heavier, next to unstoppable of a gaelic pitch but gave away frees galore and fouled the ball constantly for charging defenders or running in straight lines. When I played rugby with GAA converts they were smashed up on the rugby pitch for trying to use too much footwork ala on the football pitch and running across the pitch etc. Thats the primary issue with the two sports and two sets of fans, for all the similarity of the games, they couldnt be more different. A phenomenol rugby player could be brutal at GAA and vice versa. Theyre competitors to each other.
As for some agenda in the news or on TV, I think thats delusional. In fact this whole thread kinda turns my stomach a bit lads. But thats just my two cents.
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Replying To JoeSoap: "Are the arts crowd being lumped in with this comment? From everything I've seen they were just crying out for some sort of guidance from government on when they could have any sort of events again. Seeing the crowds at Croke Park exacerbated their frustrations but I know plenty within that community and they've no issue with GAA, just with the government and the usual lack of guidance from them." Correct and in fairness and person form the arts who were interviewed by radio stated they were not against the GAA crowds and some were even GAA fans themselves. They just wanted a roadmap and to be given a chance.
Sections in the media themselves were the ones trying to stir the pot. Pat Kenny spent the entire week after the Hurling final moaning and trying to get a reaction form hurts in the arts who in fairness didn't bite.
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Replying To yew_tree: "Correct and in fairness and person form the arts who were interviewed by radio stated they were not against the GAA crowds and some were even GAA fans themselves. They just wanted a roadmap and to be given a chance.
Sections in the media themselves were the ones trying to stir the pot. Pat Kenny spent the entire week after the Hurling final moaning and trying to get a reaction form hurts in the arts who in fairness didn't bite." In fairness moaning and being condescending to people he doesn't agree with is all that Pat Kenny is good for anymore. Moaning to try and get more listeners who love listening to whinging. RTE radio has it's faults but I'd rather listen to it over most of the Newstalk shows. Awful stuff.
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I heard the OTB crew on multiple occasions asking for the new Connacht Dome to be opened up to all sports. The reasoning is because part of the original funding came from the 36million the GAA receive in opening up Croke Park to other sports. They also argue Government funding received means everyone should be allowed use it.
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Replying To brisbane: "I heard the OTB crew on multiple occasions asking for the new Connacht Dome to be opened up to all sports. The reasoning is because part of the original funding came from the 36million the GAA receive in opening up Croke Park to other sports. They also argue Government funding received means everyone should be allowed use it." OTB are only known for complaining about the GAA or giving rugby undue attention.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 738 - 23/01/2022 13:09:29
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Replying To brisbane: "I heard the OTB crew on multiple occasions asking for the new Connacht Dome to be opened up to all sports. The reasoning is because part of the original funding came from the 36million the GAA receive in opening up Croke Park to other sports. They also argue Government funding received means everyone should be allowed use it." It's gas listening to the other sports talking about hosting events when they have one stadium between them :-)
At least the IRFU make an effort, the other crowd are a joke. Two biggest clubs in Dublin have their "stadiums" paid for by the local authority.
Wouldn't let them next nor near a GAA pitch.
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Replying To GreenandRed: "In fairness moaning and being condescending to people he doesn't agree with is all that Pat Kenny is good for anymore. Moaning to try and get more listeners who love listening to whinging. RTE radio has it's faults but I'd rather listen to it over most of the Newstalk shows. Awful stuff." Give me Pat Kenny any day ahead of anything on RTE, at least he tries to stick to the facts unlike your favourite station which leans towards bias reporting on occasion. Obviously you call that moaning! They like to interview fellow employees on too many occasions. They are good at asking questions but interrupt in the middle of a reply asking another question. We the the taxpayer pay RTE's employees wages (some over 400k) and all other costs-not good value for money in my opinion.
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Replying To browncows: "Give me Pat Kenny any day ahead of anything on RTE, at least he tries to stick to the facts unlike your favourite station which leans towards bias reporting on occasion. Obviously you call that moaning! They like to interview fellow employees on too many occasions. They are good at asking questions but interrupt in the middle of a reply asking another question. We the the taxpayer pay RTE's employees wages (some over 400k) and all other costs-not good value for money in my opinion." Holy fook, don't tell me there are people working for RTÉ getting €400,000 a year? And. They looking to raise the price of the TV licence, what. A joke.
KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/01/2022 16:00:56
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Replying To GreenandRed: "In fairness moaning and being condescending to people he doesn't agree with is all that Pat Kenny is good for anymore. Moaning to try and get more listeners who love listening to whinging. RTE radio has it's faults but I'd rather listen to it over most of the Newstalk shows. Awful stuff." Ah here. What about all the lunatics who ring in to Joe Duffy. Hardly a beacon of quality radio
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Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Holy fook, don't tell me there are people working for RTÉ getting €400,000 a year? And. They looking to raise the price of the TV licence, what. A joke." Of course there is. they get it as theyd get same/more if abroad. just google top salaries in rte and you can see what top 10 most paid get
Raising price of tv licence would mean more money for rte to spend on programming not wages...
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3504 - 23/01/2022 21:45:11
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Replying To KillingFields: "Of course there is. they get it as theyd get same/more if abroad. just google top salaries in rte and you can see what top 10 most paid get
Raising price of tv licence would mean more money for rte to spend on programming not wages..." Is this a serious comment? Ray Darcy would get 400 bags off the BBC?
PierreBezuhov (UK) - Posts: 226 - 24/01/2022 09:39:54
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