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Everybody bar football people are anti football as it is deplorable to watch, lads getting all stars without kicking a ball all year, prefer to pull out my teeth than watch it.

Another example

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 21/08/2012 09:33:31    1248998

lads it's not that we are anti-football it's just that we don't care either way about it :) stop bringing hurling into it and concentrate on the pullin' n draggin. I also don't like aussie rules... is that because I love hurling?

the_post (USA) - Posts: 187 - 21/08/2012 09:45:29    1249007

Liamwaklinstown,

I think you are anti gaa from certain previous posts and comments you have made.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 21/08/2012 10:00:39    1249015

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thanks balaghman you just emphasised my point the few elite can play hurling where football which is a far more easy game is played by the the majorioty of the populas

Come back on here saying Hurling is better when a Hurling match can sell out Croke park bar All Ireland Final day. Nt a great as game as you say it is otherwise every game would be sold out. Meant 2 be the top two teams in the country playing Sunday and look at the difference in the scores. The only thing Hurling has over football are scores are easier to come by, due to the lack of tactics and poor defending. The game of hurling has rarely had to evolve unlike football where teams are producing new ways of playing each year. FOOTBALL IS IRELAND'S NUMBER ONE SPORT, GET OVER IT.

ballaghmen (Mayo) - Posts: 318 - 21/08/2012 10:04:49    1249019

Daytona........u think I am anti GAA?
u know me on here a LONG time now man and you think I am anti GAA???????
Seriously.......?????

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8170 - 21/08/2012 10:15:52    1249026

I think you will find that football people look at hurling as being a bigger hindrance than any other sport.

How many times have we read about Armagh, Fermanagh Monaghan etc all having their county hurling teams pulling out of competitions because they cant field teams.

This isn't because of hurling people this is because of the snobbery of their county boards who wont let the game grow or put money or resources into the game.

The only county that this can said about in hurling is Kilkenny and until the GPA came along players that played hurling got nothing, while their football counterparts got mileage, football boots, food, training weekends etc while hurling teams where sent out in the same jerseys for two and three years in a row.

Now this is a stupid thread when you go to counties like Wicklow, Carlow, Westmeath etc and you see where their hurlers year in year out perform much better than their footballers but yet they have to play second fiddle when it comes to resources, training and also their own local championships and I know of at least 3 people who have had jaws broken in football in off the ball incidents so the real question should be why is soccer and rugby given more encouragement to prosper in 24 of the 32 counties by football people.

In my experience these county boards would rather see a lad play soccer or rugby than see him with a hurl in his hand and the treatment of hurling teams at a local and intercounty level is proof of this

teddybyrne (Wexford) - Posts: 27 - 21/08/2012 10:36:45    1249041

Ah no, of course I don't....Just having the craic.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 21/08/2012 10:42:23    1249046

Listen, I am only messing about Hurling. I believe Hurling people look down some what on football. I believe both games are great and both should be promoted more. I would rather children play Hurling any day over Rugby and Soccer. Rugby people mow they are a different story, most Rugby people show little respect for our games. One of Ireland's upcoming Rugby players put this on Twitter bout GAA players https://twitter.com/#!/JjHanrahan/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FTxFEpxUo Copy and paste link if it doesnt work.

ballaghmen (Mayo) - Posts: 318 - 21/08/2012 12:02:06    1249110

Both parties seem insecure here.

Why not just let each to their own, where i come from, we never seen a hurley in our lives, we have no love for it whatsoever , if it became extinct, we wouldn't bat an eyelid.

It only gets messy when non hurling people (ie Dubs) try to mix it .

Each to their own and best of luck to ya.

51longago (Mayo) - Posts: 2981 - 21/08/2012 15:23:53    1249280

I'm involved in both at all levels, but as my Mayo friend says football always has higher attendances, doesn't mean it is better,


Div2, 3 and 4 hurling no crowds - football great
Mc Kenna cup has great crowds tooooooo

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 21/08/2012 16:02:52    1249321

Dont think hurling people are anti football, but a good percentage of people from the big 3 hurling counties definetly look down their noses at football and their is snobbery there , but to be honest some of them are like that with other hurling counties. two different sports and in truth one doesnt have to care about the other, personally i love both but would be more football. it depends what county and where you are at the time when the question is asked , cause it goes both ways.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 21/08/2012 20:34:03    1249556

I find it to be a little like Rugby fans they look down on any sport other then there own. Something iv also noticed is alot of so called hurling county's (wont say what one) who have won nothing for years look down on the county's who are trying to improve. I person i know from one of theses county's laugh at the fact that Kerry even play hurling, this despite the fact they have had alot more success then there county, at B level i know but still

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 21/08/2012 20:44:39    1249568

In summary....

Hurling is more skillful but football is far more prestigous. Getting to an All Ireland 1/4 final is no big deal in hurling but is for the majority of football counties

Hurling counties look down on football, football counties look down on hurling

Traditional hurling counties that are now dual counties look down on football and don't like to see it rising eg Limerick, Wexford (Tipp hurling folk won't be happy if footballers rise continues)

Traditional football county that is now a dual county looks down on hurling - Dublin

Traditional Dual counties ?? I know Cork footballers never got much support. Offaly/Galway/Laois - don't know.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1156 - 21/08/2012 21:51:37    1249618

For the last time..........Hurling is NOT more skillful than football!!

Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8170 - 22/08/2012 08:52:47    1249643

Went to A.I.Club finals this year.

To see BOTH games.

Really enjoyed them.

Hurling was great,and was brilliant to see Liam Watson do his stuff.

But was no doubt that THE game of the day,the main event so to speak,was the Football final.

Hurling is a great game but it is,unfortunately,a minority sport and that is what the "Hurling Snobs" just can't handle.

Muilleann (Tipperary) - Posts: 114 - 22/08/2012 09:35:29    1249659

Yep!!

And Liam, Hurling is indeed more skilful than Football !!

bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 22/08/2012 10:36:33    1249694

For the last time..........Hurling is NOT more skillful than football!!

That is your opinion Liam, but lots disagree, even football followers.

slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6603 - 22/08/2012 11:05:28    1249713

ok lest see how can one game be more skillfull then another if we ask the question how do you compare a skill in 1 sport to a skill in another sport?
take rugby and hurling for instance people will say rugby is a game of limited skill and hurling is the most skillfull game,
if we take the method of passing the ball from the hand in both sports,in hurling the handpass and in rugby the throw across the line or backwards.
both of these skills are neccesary to have in each sport how do you measure which skill is better then the other as technically they are transporting the ball by the hand to a team mate?isnt this the same thing just both sports have differant ways of doing this skill.
all sports have a skill set required to play them and for me it is impossible to compar the skills of one game to another as what one sport doesnt have the other does have this can be used for all sports across the board

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/08/2012 11:24:26    1249732

that tweet from JJ Hanrahan is poor form in fairness. An interesting point is how Brian O'Driscoll was quoted as saying that unless Ireland soaks up some of the big GAA athletes then they will never compete properly at international level. Also the GAA have to host the RWC for them. I have played Rugby, Hurling and Football. Rugby is about social status for many or a way they can differentiate themselves from the general public as better off financially. Hurling is for those with purist ideals, they genuinely love the game and there is a massive respect for fellow participants. They like Rugby rarely berate their own game. G Football is a different kettle of fish. It is more intense and winning is all that matters for the most part. They are also a lot more self critical, frequently criticising the game and trying to find ways of improving it. Its the game that moulds this country when all is said and done bar some of the strong Hurling areas to the South.

sportsfan14 (USA) - Posts: 281 - 22/08/2012 11:24:29    1249734

I am a footballer follower first but can easily see that hurling is more skillful than football. Say if a 12 year old started playing football, he could possibly make it to intercounty football standard down the road but if a 12 year old started hurling he can forget about intercounty.

Also that is why you can see lowly ranked football teams getting competitive. Limerick were ranked in 30's in the mid 90's but introduced a football board in 97 and got serious about football (for a few years anayways) and by 2003 we were beating Cork and putting it up to Kerry. If a hurling county ranked even in the high teens tried to the same in hurling, they would get nowhere near the big teams in that timeframe.

I am not saying hurling is a better sport but there is definitely more skill involved.

county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1156 - 22/08/2012 13:21:22    1249837