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The_post the football final was poor but the Kerry Mayo games were the 2 excellent games, i think it matters what you are brought up with, for example i was at the Kilkenny/ Limerick semi last year but i would have said the majority of football games last year were more entertaining for me then that match. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 31/01/2015 20:32:47 1688490 Link 0 |
I personally prefer hurling, by a long way. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 31/01/2015 20:49:37 1688506 Link 0 |
The_post the football final was poor but the Kerry Mayo games were the 2 excellent games, i think it matters what you are brought up with, for example i was at the Kilkenny/ Limerick semi last year but i would have said the majority of football games last year were more entertaining for me then that match. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 31/01/2015 21:14:12 1688517 Link 0 |
I played both games. I support both games at club and county level. I coach both games. I love both games. They are two games we should be very proud of in this country. I know I am. Plasticman (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 01/02/2015 10:35:41 1688589 Link 0 |
I enjoyed playing football but rarely watch it unless a club game, or if Dublin are playing. Raised on the Dubs teams of 70s and still highly emotionally engaged. To the extent that I could not bring myself to watch AI final last year, but also knew that I was unlikely to be missing much of a spectacle. To be honest am looking forward to Super Bowl tonight more than I would any conceivable AI football final if Dublin were not in it, or unless it featured a county that had not won it before or for a long time. And that would be for the novelty. hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 01/02/2015 10:51:31 1688597 Link 0 |
31/01/2015 18:32:55 an tseabhac (Kerry) - Posts: 441 - 01/02/2015 10:57:24 1688601 Link 0 |
It is a lot easier for kids to pick up football than it is to pick up hurling. doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 01/02/2015 11:31:40 1688611 Link 0 |
Fair enough if your background is football and it's your love, it's not a bad sport.. But you can't say it's better to watch that hurling. Obviously you'd want to watch your own County at the sport it does better in but I'm sure people who have seen neither sports would find hurling a better spectacle! It's end to end high intensity high scoring. No defensive systems and blanket defensive and half forward lines deeper than half back line with constant lateral hand passing and I could go on.. Limerick play clare in munster quarter final and it's gonna be a Hugh occasion and a cracking game. Can you say That for a football provincial football quarter final? As pat Spillane once said watching Donegal v Dublin.. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! blackspot91 (Limerick) - Posts: 1055 - 01/02/2015 12:44:21 1688630 Link 0 |
Cavan Slasher, keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 01/02/2015 16:50:42 1688726 Link 0 |
Good post 11jm11. woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 03/02/2015 09:58:13 1689497 Link 0 |
I wouldn't be a fan of hurling. I've tried to get into it a fair few times, but have only ever seen one game that I enjoyed - Kilkenny - Tipp AI final a few years back. I find there is a serious amount of hoofing going on. Just 50-50 balls lumped long, back and over, back and over. Plus I think the tackling is at times just two lads smashing into each other. The ball is so small, the guy in possession just holds it in one hand back behind him and the opponent cant get near it. It makes a lot of tackling redundant as you cant really get a hand to the ball at any time in the collision. Another pet hate of mine is when the ball is on the ground and guys just pull on it. Id turn over when I see a lot of that going on. TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 03/02/2015 12:02:51 1689553 Link 0 |
only hurling matches I have been to have been part of double headers with football matches. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 03/02/2015 12:05:53 1689556 Link 0 |
blackspot91 TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 03/02/2015 12:17:15 1689564 Link 0 |
I would personally drive 10miles to watch a junior b hurling match between two clubs that neither are wven my own. I think it stems from having a deep appreciation for the game, as in watching a corner forward bursting onto a low ball at full pace controlling it first time,rounding his man and rattling it over the bar, i appreciate how difficult and how many hours it took to be able to do this! Colinog (UK) - Posts: 39 - 03/02/2015 12:23:36 1689568 Link 0 |
the uninhibited "hoofing" is the best part of it master (for me, a lot of people wont agree), no slowing down and boring teutonic calculations. It can look awful when it goes straight to an unmarked opponent though. flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 03/02/2015 12:38:54 1689574 Link 0 |
Bit disappointing to hear so many posters slandering either game.Personally i love both just about equally(hurling if i had to choose).2 great games that make the Summer months so enjoyable.I played both games growing up.Ive been to Croke Park to watch a multitude of both games.How posters can dislike either so much is beyond me. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 03/02/2015 12:47:17 1689582 Link 0 |
the problem is you cant see the ball, maybe it needs to be made a bit bigger cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 03/02/2015 12:48:51 1689585 Link 0 |
keeper7 Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 03/02/2015 14:27:24 1689652 Link 0 |
Where is the skill in that though flack? If that is all you want to see then head for your nearest driving range and sit there watching them, you will be in for a treat... I dismiss your point about this simply being because I am from a football area. I have made a deliberate effort to watch the game and get into it. I just don't find it entertaining. TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 03/02/2015 15:02:49 1689667 Link 0 |
I would be the other way around. I saw my first football match last year. I didn't mind it at all. I'd go to any hurling match if I had the time. But, its sad that there is this apathy. And, there's no sense say one is more skillful than the other. Its just a different type of skill. I couldn't score a penalty in football, in fact, I'd surprise myself just to kick it between the posts. But, I could land a puck out on top of my wing forward. I liked playing hurling more so I worked at it more. If I had liked football more, and worked at it, then maybe I could have made the jr. b team. kilflynn (Kerry) - Posts: 66 - 03/02/2015 15:30:46 1689690 Link 0 |