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Replying To Belclare7:  "Only show in town...
Apart from St Thomas , club hurling in Galway is very poor..
Confined to a few clubs in south Galway..
Football is king , all the North, city and Connemara.."
Club hurling is poor no quality hurlers have come through in last 5 years. The best hurlers in Galway have been on panel since 2015 and before.

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1300 - 04/12/2024 14:58:03    2582365

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Replying To jm25:  "Club hurling is poor no quality hurlers have come through in last 5 years. The best hurlers in Galway have been on panel since 2015 and before."
Unfortunately, that is very true.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3908 - 04/12/2024 17:19:29    2582377

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "Most of that is hurling. The only real show in town. Senior club football has been a really low standard for the past few years."
It wasn't broken down Into codes. You would imagine the footballers the bringing in the money to pay off the hurling debts. Hopefully the hurling debts will be paid off next year. It was very unfair how the debt was pushed onto the footballers who had things in order

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 04/12/2024 18:02:28    2582388

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Replying To Belclare7:  "Only show in town...
Apart from St Thomas , club hurling in Galway is very poor..
Confined to a few clubs in south Galway..
Football is king , all the North, city and Connemara.."
You obviously don't realise that no matter how poor galway hurling is it has massive support the country final and semifinals attracted close on 20000 people many of them neutral you'd be lucky to get that many attendees at the entire galway senior football club championship because football in galway is boring rubbish

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 249 - 04/12/2024 19:05:39    2582393

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Replying To minor77:  "You obviously don't realise that no matter how poor galway hurling is it has massive support the country final and semifinals attracted close on 20000 people many of them neutral you'd be lucky to get that many attendees at the entire galway senior football club championship because football in galway is boring rubbish"
Clearly you didn't actually watch any of it because there were some very good games in it.
Howya now hurling snob - the worst kind of snob going

galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1289 - 05/12/2024 08:33:01    2582419

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Replying To minor77:  "You obviously don't realise that no matter how poor galway hurling is it has massive support the country final and semifinals attracted close on 20000 people many of them neutral you'd be lucky to get that many attendees at the entire galway senior football club championship because football in galway is boring rubbish"
Club hurling nationwide has always attracted neutrals from other counties in a way that football doesn't. You'd have people from all over Ireland going down watching Kilkenny county finals. That's the way it has always been as far as I can remember

galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1289 - 05/12/2024 08:35:27    2582420

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Replying To Kew:  "It wasn't broken down Into codes. You would imagine the footballers the bringing in the money to pay off the hurling debts. Hopefully the hurling debts will be paid off next year. It was very unfair how the debt was pushed onto the footballers who had things in order"
I haven't seen this year's numbers yet, but I did see last year's. Streaming and gate receipt revenue from club hurling was significantly higher than from football. That has been the case for many years. I'd assume the same will be true of 2024.
The senior hurling club championship draws bigger crowds on average than the football equivalent. Likewise for those watching online.
It has very little to do with which is better however. As a county we are the most successful in both codes in terms of All-Ireland senior club titles since the turn of the century. It's fair to say we have strong club championships in both football and hurling.
Geography is a part of it however. With senior hurling mainly played across a particular part of the county, there are far more local rivalries involved.
Fewer in football given the bigger spread of the county with senior club teams.
As for the debt, it was due to be cleared by 2026 according to last year's statement. I'm not sure if anything has changed since.

WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2210 - 05/12/2024 11:40:13    2582454

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Replying To galwayman2:  "Clearly you didn't actually watch any of it because there were some very good games in it.
Howya now hurling snob - the worst kind of snob going"
Hurling snob or not the truth hurts football is boring some good games? prime example saltill 8 points down to corofin still with 15 behind the ball going over and back

minor77 (Galway) - Posts: 249 - 05/12/2024 18:17:54    2582535

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Replying To minor77:  "Hurling snob or not the truth hurts football is boring some good games? prime example saltill 8 points down to corofin still with 15 behind the ball going over and back"
The Hurling club championship does pull a much bigger crowd than the football. I do attend both championships on a regular occasion and I have to say the entertainment value of both this year was the best in a long time. While the quality might have been poor it was entertaining. I don't agree in pulling out one or two poor football games however because there is plenty of poor club hurling games. It's a great game when it's played in top class surfaces and great conditions like the majority of the Intercounty games but club hurling is a different story.

Green&Gold2013 (Galway) - Posts: 20 - 06/12/2024 07:38:47    2582581

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RIP Cyril Dunne. Just looking at some of his scoring feats. A real class forward who delivered on the big day.
0-09 in the 64 final against Kerry makes him one of our greatest ever.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 06/12/2024 08:42:23    2582585

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Replying To smallfrank:  "RIP Cyril Dunne. Just looking at some of his scoring feats. A real class forward who delivered on the big day.
0-09 in the 64 final against Kerry makes him one of our greatest ever."
If we had him last July, we'd likely have won it with the freetaking competence.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3908 - 06/12/2024 10:42:54    2582602

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Replying To Green&Gold2013:  "The Hurling club championship does pull a much bigger crowd than the football. I do attend both championships on a regular occasion and I have to say the entertainment value of both this year was the best in a long time. While the quality might have been poor it was entertaining. I don't agree in pulling out one or two poor football games however because there is plenty of poor club hurling games. It's a great game when it's played in top class surfaces and great conditions like the majority of the Intercounty games but club hurling is a different story."
If the hurling board had got their **** together there wouldn't have been the debacle that was Mountain South which every GAA club in the county has to pay a levy for. Even clubs that don't know one end of a hurl from another. Now the hurlers are coming to Loughgreorge, which the football board had the foresight to invest in at the right time. Twas the "hurling people" that forced one of our own out of the county management position when he looked for more funds to coach his team. The same board that opened the cheque book (not their cheque book, but maybe revenue will have something to say about that) to allow a fortune be taken back to Ballyhale. (Galway must have had the most expensive goalkeeping coach last year). Galway hurling loves to get the auld celebrity bainisteoir in from time to time as a quick fix to success in Babs, Loughnane and Henry. Not very successful might I add.
Still, hoping to see success coming in both codes soon.

not2bad (Galway) - Posts: 113 - 06/12/2024 15:33:04    2582645

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Replying To not2bad:  "If the hurling board had got their **** together there wouldn't have been the debacle that was Mountain South which every GAA club in the county has to pay a levy for. Even clubs that don't know one end of a hurl from another. Now the hurlers are coming to Loughgreorge, which the football board had the foresight to invest in at the right time. Twas the "hurling people" that forced one of our own out of the county management position when he looked for more funds to coach his team. The same board that opened the cheque book (not their cheque book, but maybe revenue will have something to say about that) to allow a fortune be taken back to Ballyhale. (Galway must have had the most expensive goalkeeping coach last year). Galway hurling loves to get the auld celebrity bainisteoir in from time to time as a quick fix to success in Babs, Loughnane and Henry. Not very successful might I add.
Still, hoping to see success coming in both codes soon."
Absolutely hit the nail on the head..
Some Hurling people ruined this county ..
Mountain South!

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 06/12/2024 16:46:04    2582656

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Jarlaths beaten in championship today by Leitrim schools...
Probably not a surprise,as tradition counts for nothing anymore...

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 06/12/2024 19:32:48    2582668

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Rd.1 (Sat 25th Jan) Galway vs Armagh (Pearse Stadium @ 5:15pm)
Rd.2 (Sun 2nd Feb) Mayo vs Galway (MacHale Park @ 3:45pm)
Rd.3 (Sat 15th Feb) Derry vs Galway (Celtic Park @ 5pm)
Rd.4 (Sun 23rd Feb) Galway vs Donegal (Pearse Stadium @ 3:45pm)
Rd.5 (Sun 2nd Mar) Galway vs Tyrone (Tuam Stadium @ 1:45pm)
Rd.6 (Sat 15th Mar) Dublin vs Galway (Croke Park @ 7:30pm)
Rd.7 (Sun 23rd Mar) Galway vs Kerry (Pearse Stadium @ 3:45pm)


With a stronger panel than 2024 and probably less injuries for the league plus no Connacht championship game until the middle of April there is a opportunity to push on and try to win a first Div 1 title since 1981.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 266 - 06/12/2024 21:21:54    2582677

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Replying To Belclare7:  "Only show in town...
Apart from St Thomas , club hurling in Galway is very poor..
Confined to a few clubs in south Galway..
Football is king , all the North, city and Connemara.."
Yeah, the east of the county doesn't exist. Funny your comments considering the attendances in both. Streaming, attendances, general interest - hurling is king.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 237 - 07/12/2024 12:51:11    2582710

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Replying To Kew:  "It wasn't broken down Into codes. You would imagine the footballers the bringing in the money to pay off the hurling debts. Hopefully the hurling debts will be paid off next year. It was very unfair how the debt was pushed onto the footballers who had things in order"
If it was broken into two codes long-term, football will be screwed. Getting a 50/50 split on county teams and gate receipts are majority down to hurling.

TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 237 - 07/12/2024 13:02:45    2582712

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Replying To Belclare7:  "Jarlaths beaten in championship today by Leitrim schools...
Probably not a surprise,as tradition counts for nothing anymore..."
Are they out now? Probably taking on the pick of Leitrim anyway.

Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 159 - 07/12/2024 20:00:47    2582731

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "If it was broken into two codes long-term, football will be screwed. Getting a 50/50 split on county teams and gate receipts are majority down to hurling."
Deluded hurling men

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 07/12/2024 20:31:55    2582733

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Replying To Triffic:  "Are they out now? Probably taking on the pick of Leitrim anyway."
Still have to play Claregalway in the last group game . If they win that they should get through

Sean-15 (Galway) - Posts: 5 - 08/12/2024 00:15:51    2582745

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