MAYO STAR TREVOR Mortimer reckons the game has lost some of its physicality.
The forward is quoted in today’s Irish Sun (print edition) as acknowledging players are indeed much stronger and fitter than when he first began in intercounty career 12 seasons ago.
But the Shrule-Glencorrib man says Gaelic football has lost a lot of its edge.
“It’s good and bad,” said Mortimer, “It’s good in so far as the levels of fitness and intensity have risen dramatically. It’s basically professional level.
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“Then on the other side of it, fellas are in the gym every bloody day of the week. But on the field you can’t lay a hand on anybody or it’s a yellow card.”
Do you agree?
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Read more from Gordon Manning’s interview with the player in today’s print edition of the Irish Sun
Poll: has Gaelic football gone soft?
MAYO STAR TREVOR Mortimer reckons the game has lost some of its physicality.
The forward is quoted in today’s Irish Sun (print edition) as acknowledging players are indeed much stronger and fitter than when he first began in intercounty career 12 seasons ago.
But the Shrule-Glencorrib man says Gaelic football has lost a lot of its edge.
“It’s good and bad,” said Mortimer, “It’s good in so far as the levels of fitness and intensity have risen dramatically. It’s basically professional level.
“Then on the other side of it, fellas are in the gym every bloody day of the week. But on the field you can’t lay a hand on anybody or it’s a yellow card.”
Do you agree?
Poll Results:
Read more from Gordon Manning’s interview with the player in today’s print edition of the Irish Sun
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