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23rd March 2017
06:17pm GMT

"League Two is more down to earth, more similar to teams I played with at home," he said. “The less money involved in the game, the more down to earth the dressing rooms are.”Regarding training and preparation Feely revealed that there is “very little difference in terms of the fitness levels” of a Gaelic footballer and a soccer player.
“[The GAA] are trying to do something that’s not really feasible with the level of professionalism. I don’t know how GAA players manage it.”The main difference is that of intensity levels in training. “The [soccer] training would be real low intensity when the games are going on, in football the training intensity rarely drops.” Feely laments the fact that, “there’s no real time for recovery in the GAA and that’s why there’s such a high injury rate.” He feels that this is something that the GAA must look at as the player burnout issue is very alive in the GAA today. Feely has been a key man for Kildare in their impressive league campaign to date, where they are flying high at the top of Division 2. He believes his side are on an upward curve under Cian O Neill and are “learning from previous mistakes” and are benefitting from not having too many injuries. All in all, he is happy to be home. You can listen to Feely's entire interview with Colm Parkinson below, from 21 minutes onwards.
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