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Itâs not something that regularly gets mentioned by NFL fans for example. At least not that I see.[/quote]
They wear pads and most of them will be retarded shortly.
The padding encorahed them to increase the intensity of hits no? No helmets no head smashes? Itâs a mental game
Not really getting your point here as I did say Dulchies also.
itâs just that the NFL is so much cooler than rugby. You arenât going to have a documentary âStraight Outta Clontarfâ made any time soon. Fagan?
[quote=âtwiceasnice97, post: 733331â]Insecurities how exactly? Football is the biggest sport in this country by a distance. Biggest sport across the world. Canât see rugby overtaking it in 10 lifetimes.
It was a decent bit of skill by Zebo considering the speed he was running at. But the general reaction to it (in my opinion) is OTTâŚ
When you add in all the multitudes of fat accountants trundling about once a week under lights you boost the participation numbers but for actual playing members taking part in real games the gaa is bigger
re the insecurities you canât have missed all the spanners vomiting their disdain for and lack of interest in what was an excellent match. If people have no interest they soul wander along and have no interest.
On the matter of zebos skill you clearly donât understand the significance of it. Rugby players are conditioned by the nature of their sport to go for the ball with their hands. the only time a rugby player ever pots their foot to a ball not under their control is when it is on the ground in front of them. Zebo went against all that conditioning in order not to stop his momentum flicked it up while going forward. The mark of genius is to do things others wouldnât. A soccer goalkeeper comes and catchs a corner under pressure and gets roundly praised for it. Should a topic with such a moment on it be instantly filled with gaelic football fans sneering because no one else can use their hands.[/quote]
It was a decent piece of skill but it wasnât as groundbreaking as youâre suggesting. All he could do was flick it. Now it took excellent execution to do it but it was the execution that was great, not the idea.
And I donât quite follow the last point but the general standard of fielding in gaèlic football is dreadful. Itâs something that should be vastly improved but I doubt itâs coached properly, it seems to be assumed that itâs just an innate skill. And routine catches do generate quite a bit of praise as a result.
Agree with you regards participation numbers and GAA. Soccer is bolstered by casual 5 a side players. But my point was in reference to rugby v soccer. Not GAA.
FSS, Iâm not saying the Zebo move wasnât skilful. I agree it was something different but to reference it as genius - cop to fuck on. The ball got away from him so he instinctively stuck his foot out to control it.
If soccer people started creaming themselves over a goalkeeper catch like rugby folk did over Zebo, then yes Iâd expect Gaelic football fans to comment about over-reaction
The only top sport we are competitive at???Go way Dan and get a grip.
Are you hinting towards football or soccer or whatever its called?
The biggest playing numbers in the country apparently yet we rarely produce individuals who can master anything at all beyond the very basic skills of the sport, like pass it to someone.
If being good at hoofing a soccer ball long distances makes you competive then yes, Ireland are competitive at the game, world beaters even
Iâm not hinting at anythingâŚ
And those comparisons are redundant.
There are about 12 Rugby playing nations in the world, there is no qualifying system for any tournament⌠Their record doesnât exactly say competitive.
Have you forgotton ireland beat the reigning European champions yesterday. Away.
Would you also argue kk are not worthy of admiration as there are only 6 or 7 other teams who take the sport seriously never mind 2 or 3 winners of the tournament they enter every year and they donât have to qualify either. Ridiculous shit.
And jyst because soccer is played by practically every country on the planet does not excuse Irish soccer players from being unable to execute anything beyond the basic skill of hoofing it long distances, but if that makes them competitive thatâs all that matters. Coybig!
Here is the actual quote you mangled CM
But we are not competitive.
Sergio Parisse!!!
Yes we are.
Not as much as we should be.
There are 9 nations in the world that play Rugby to a high level. Yet we have never made it past the last 8 of a Rugby WC, and have failed to even make it that far on occasion.
We rank last in the number of Grand Slams won (yes we are last, Italy donât count), miles behind the top three.
We make up the numbers.
Correct.
The white Italian shirt is fucking smashing
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Caught the last two minutes of that, Keith Wood was welling up with emotion apparently. How many games have Italy won in this comp ever??
Theyâve just smashed France too.
They beat France a couple of years ago. Theyâve beaten Scotland a couple of times over the years. France by far the biggest scalp.
