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but hurling is like badminton and I know which I rather. Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 17/12/2019 09:30:57 2255283 Link 9 |
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I am from a dual county and play both hurling and football. If you asked me if I could only ever watch one sport again it would be hurling. If you asked me if I could play one sport and one sport only again, it would be hurling. Football would be behind basketball and soccer for me also. Please don't kid yourself its in any way a better spectacle because it isn't even close.
Miami305 (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 17/12/2019 10:45:05 2255299 Link 1 |
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I was at an U 12 girls football match back in the summer. It was fast moving, relatively skillful considering the age group and entertaining. Chatting with other dad's there we all agreed that it was more entertaining than 90% of the inter county football matches any of us had watched that year. sad reality is football has become an awful game to watch.. skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1062 - 17/12/2019 11:18:51 2255313 Link 0 |
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Pretty much nailed it, the day we don't have forums where we can respectfully talk about our opinions will be a bad, bad day. Mind you, I much prefer hurling to badminton.
Sweetspot (Kildare) - Posts: 323 - 17/12/2019 11:31:37 2255314 Link 0 |
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That's you I prefer football. Why's it always a competition? They're different games, they're both great. I don't understand why hurling people always have to try to put down football. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 11:36:55 2255316 Link 10 |
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The mark should encourage kicking into the full forward line. What happens then, more often then not the play will stop for a free kick so the game will slow down even more. I agree the players today are very skillful the problem is the way the game is played these skills are not used. Football is in serious trouble we had the greatest team of all time for the last 5 years, how many games over those last five years would you watch again? Only a handful what a shame. gatha (Kilkenny) - Posts: 318 - 17/12/2019 11:58:57 2255321 Link 0 |
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You mean 'hurling is like badminton'kinda put down? Don't think GAA people who prefer hurling have an issue with football.. it's usually the other way round.. Problem is football at inter county level has become an ugly enough sport to watch.. I say that as someone who has played and enjoyed both. skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1062 - 17/12/2019 12:43:49 2255328 Link 0 |
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My point was more so that we shouldn't make daft comparisons between ours and other sports when they're not at all the same.
Sweetspot (Kildare) - Posts: 323 - 17/12/2019 13:04:50 2255332 Link 0 |
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The Cork guy was the first to start the guff.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 13:10:54 2255336 Link 8 |
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There are those that dismiss the catch and kick style of football. I'd wish it was still around Stooker (Leitrim) - Posts: 63 - 17/12/2019 13:58:18 2255346 Link 2 |
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Football is more fun to play than it was when I first started playing. You're more involved in the game. There's more decisions to make. Defending is not just about sticking tight to your man anymore, it's about knowing when to go, knowing when to stick, knowing when to pass him on, knowing when to push up and let someone else out to press. It's better coordinated and more team orientated. The quality of training and coaching is through the roof also. The conditioning work gets done alright and if I were playing still I'd be back at it already. Come March, say all we'd be doing is football. It'd be intense stuff but it's hard and enjoyable. Every so often there'd be a bit of sprint work after the warm up but you're talking 10 minutes top. I absolutely loved playing and training up until I couldn't commit fully anymore. Are there bad games. Yes of course. Is it as bad as the television pundits make out at times. Not even close. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 14:51:14 2255356 Link 8 |
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Looks like basketball with the no-contact rule suspended. festinog (Galway) - Posts: 3097 - 17/12/2019 16:12:33 2255374 Link 0 |
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Le Bron is some point taker from 45 yards out on his left foot alright.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 16:22:39 2255377 Link 8 |
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Dean Rock with his jump shot from outside the paint.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 16:34:31 2255378 Link 8 |
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It doesn't help that some of the biggest games have been the worst in terms of defensive tactics. Watching Kerry stand off and let Dublin have the ball at the end of the AI final was an absolutely shocking end to what was a fine game and a half before that. With defensive tactics like that any team more than 3 points up has no incentive to attack and can just tiki-taka around the midfield
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 17/12/2019 16:53:17 2255380 Link 0 |
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I think they were just out on their feet. It's hard work to win possession back in football at times, particularly in Croker. That's where hurling is better, there's more contests for the ball, the scoring zone is larger in hurling so containing tactics are much less effective. I don't mind though in football that scores have to be well worked. I like to see quality attackers pick their way through an organised defense. One of the worst games I've been to recently was Tyrone v Roscommon in the 2018 super 8s. Roscommon played a more traditional defensive approach in the second half of that game and didn't lay a glove on Tyrone. So I think those wanting to cure the game of the blanket should be careful what they wish for. The keep ball tactic is really horrible to watch but I think teams will be working on ways to win the ball higher up the pitch going forward. For anyone to beat Dublin in the future, they'll need to be able to regain possession when they're behind. The opening 15 minutes of that All Ireland final wasn't good viewing though either. Dublin were very comfortable with dealing with Kerry's direct ball in and opened up a good lead on them. It's only when Kerry became more measured that the game became a contest. The balls in weren't even bad quality, Dublin were just able to spoil and have men ready for the second ball. I can see that being the approach to this new mark rule and that we're not going to get treated to wonderful attacking marks. It's going to be the safety first, pop into the forwards chest. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 17/12/2019 17:43:27 2255393 Link 8 |
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I don't think anybody really knows what the forward mark will bring. A lot of folks assume it will lead to increased blanket defences but if you can accurately kick it into a player it doesn't have to be immediately in front of the goal that can be defended easily. Say for example a inside player is 35 meters out and a bit to the right or left and he takes a mark you'd expect him to knock it over so target him and don't go hear the blanket. And if the defending team play a blanket defensive game the attacking team will have loads of time to pick out the pass. This will potentially lead to the defensive team having to put more pressure on the kicker and will lead to more man on man play. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 692 - 17/12/2019 22:30:16 2255424 Link 1 |
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Those are some good points. I hope it plays out that way.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4213 - 18/12/2019 17:59:30 2255514 Link 7 |
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Reports in the Irish News overnight that Cathal McShane is moving to Aus to play for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL. He will be joining up with Dub5 underage star James Madden over there. Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3727 - 02/01/2020 10:14:07 2256805 Link 0 |