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GAA football ,skillful or not?

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  • 21-04-2013 1:18am
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    lost in cork
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    Is football a skillful game ,or as it seems to me just the ability to kick the ball long and have the ability to catch it instead of your opponent?


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    Lenin Skynard
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    Surely by this logic, golf isn't skillful either because you're just hitting a ball really hard with a stick.


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    donvito99
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    Ew.

    Sports? In AH?


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    artanevilla
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    Is football a skillful game ,or as it seems to me just the ability to kick the ball long and have the ability to catch it instead of your opponent?

    And are these not skills?


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    MaroonAndGreen
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    Its very skillful at the high levels of the game, very skillful


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    Chucken
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    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Surely by this logic, golf isn't skillful either because you're just hitting a ball really hard with a stick.


    You're only being silly now.
    What you described is called Hurling ;)


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    efb
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    Something for the savages to do on a sunday after their ritual chanting I suppose


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    belcampprisoner
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    its very skillfull,more skillfull than soccer,i watched a player run past 10 players 7 times in 20 minutes,if the players were full time pros
    it would be better,most work then practice after work,


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    McDermotX
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    It takes skill at the top level like most sports.

    Still sh!te though.


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    lost in cork
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    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Surely by this logic, golf isn't skillful either because you're just hitting a ball really hard with a stick.
    But a small ball with a small clubface into a small hole ,not a big round ball easy to kick between two wide posts


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    Peregrine
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    Is football a skillful game ,or as it seems to me just the ability to kick the ball long and have the ability to catch it instead of your opponent?

    Then bowling is the ability to throw a ball.

    But how come everyone isn't amazing at bowling? Surely everyone can throw a ball.

    Every sport requires a certain set of skills, you'll understand when you play it.

    I don't play gaelic btw


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    artanevilla
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    belcampprisoner wrote: »
    its very skillfull,more skillfull than soccer

    Bit of a sweeping statement to make. Both sports have unique skills, neither is more skillful than the other.


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    Lenin Skynard
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    But a small ball with a small clubface into a small hole ,not a big round ball easy to kick between two wide posts

    Yes but in golf you don't have 15 lads trying to take your head off while you do it. Sounds kind of interesting though. I hope they invent Gaelic golf soon.


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    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,818 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Of course it is
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQBWSi5sbio


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    uch
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    As Alan Shearer said, 'A mixture of Hockey and Second Degree Murder'

    21/25



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    artanevilla
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    But a small ball with a small clubface into a small hole ,not a big round ball easy to kick between two wide posts

    You've not got someone trying to tackle you in golf. Though that might be an idea...


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    WayneMolloy
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    efb wrote: »
    Something for the savages to do on a sunday after their ritual chanting I suppose

    Most popular sports team in the country is the Dublin football team. Are all the fans savages?


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    efb
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    WayneMolloy wrote: »
    Most popular sports team in the country is the Dublin football team. Are all the fans savages?

    yeah


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    artanevilla
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    efb wrote: »
    yeah

    Ah now, not all are. Just a massive percentage.


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    yohan the great
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    uch wrote: »
    As Alan Shearer said, 'A mixture of Hockey and Second Degree Murder'
    He said that about hurling and we aren't talking about hurling


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    B.A._Baracus
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    "Just because something might look easy, doesnt mean it is" - wise words. :)

    Top levels of sport are highly competitive as there is generally big money involved. So alotta skill is required.

    I think if the topic was shifted over to entertainment ... thats when "skills" take a back seat. Many a singer nowadays can't sing for shit live. Even within acting you've got "movies" and then "films" (to quote eddie murphy in Blowfinger :P)


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    Duckworth_Luas
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    artanevilla wrote: »
    Ah now, not all are. Just a massive percentage.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEz5GfZUnBU


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    duinegorm
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    WayneMolloy wrote: »
    Most popular sports team in the country is the Dublin football team. Are all the fans savages?

    Just the ones on the hill chewing the face off themselves and burning flags.


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    ColeTrain
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    But a small ball with a small clubface into a small hole ,not a big round ball easy to kick between two wide posts

    Try to solo to ball up the pitch with a bit of speed, far from an easy thing to do, never mind evading your marker and kicking the ball from distance over the bar. The further you are out the smaller the posts are.

    Plenty of skill to Gaelic football.


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    efb
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    artanevilla wrote: »
    Ah now, not all are. Just a massive percentage.

    99.9?


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    uch
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    yohan the great wrote: »
    He said that about hurling and we aren't talking about hurling

    Fair enough, but you could apply it to modern Football too, spitting and Biting isn't part of football

    21/25



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    ColeTrain
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    efb wrote: »
    99.9?

    Your loss. Brilliant game.


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    Chucken
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    lost in cork wrote: »
    Is football a skillful game ,or as it seems to me just the ability to kick the ball long and have the ability to catch it instead of your opponent?

    After reading this a 2nd time....Depends I suppose?


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    byte
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    byte


    uch wrote: »
    As Alan Shearer said, 'A mixture of Hockey and Second Degree Murder'
    Jason Statham surely?


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    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    byte wrote: »
    Jason Statham surely?


    I Kid you Not !

    21/25



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    Duckworth_Luas
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyj5d-TDbJo


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