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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 Link 0 |
Unfortunately, that is very true.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3908 - 04/12/2024 17:19:29 2582377 Link 0 |
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 Link 2 |
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 Link 3 |
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 Link 3 |
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 Link 0 |
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 Link 0 |
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 Link 3 |
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 Link 0 |
RIP Cyril Dunne. Just looking at some of his scoring feats. A real class forward who delivered on the big day. smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 443 - 06/12/2024 08:42:23 2582585 Link 1 |
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 Link 1 |
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 Link 1 |
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 Link 2 |
Jarlaths beaten in championship today by Leitrim schools... Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 06/12/2024 19:32:48 2582668 Link 1 |
Rd.1 (Sat 25th Jan) Galway vs Armagh (Pearse Stadium @ 5:15pm) Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 266 - 06/12/2024 21:21:54 2582677 Link 1 |
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 Link 1 |
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 Link 0 |
Are they out now? Probably taking on the pick of Leitrim anyway.
Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 159 - 07/12/2024 20:00:47 2582731 Link 0 |
Deluded hurling men
Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 07/12/2024 20:31:55 2582733 Link 0 |
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 Link 0 |