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"Next year, there will be five hurling Championship games in July and August, but 19 in football. so hurling will really be under pressure of course some on this site are more interested in dissing rugby rather than hurling janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 03/03/2017 12:02:55 1963126 Link 1 |
Hurling will have to be looked at now in terms of the structures. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13692 - 03/03/2017 12:34:59 1963144 Link 0 |
Will it survive Yes , will it thrive No , will it grow No Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/03/2017 13:08:51 1963153 Link 3 |
Yep thats pretty much it in a nutshell. Might as well call it the GAFA at this stage to be honest. Ive nothing against football, i enjoy football and go to both our hurling and football games but the scant disregard shown for hurling by the suits in GAA is up there with their scant disregard for the players. "Its all bout the money, money, money" tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1304 - 03/03/2017 14:05:28 1963172 Link 0 |
See Dick Clerkins tweet during the week, telling the "arrogant holier than thou Hurling brigade to stop their whinging" !!!! Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 03/03/2017 14:13:26 1963174 Link 1 |
It is one of histories ironies that a game like hurling, which is most associated with our history and culture, often plays second fiddle to a game invented in 1885 by Davin and Cusack. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 03/03/2017 14:15:04 1963177 Link 2 |
Hurling is our national sport - not that mickey mouse football. It is treated disgracefully by the GAA. bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 03/03/2017 14:39:14 1963189 Link 1 |
Hurling's problem isn't football. It is hurling. The game has, at intercounty level, descended into a farce. The skills that made the game great (pulling on the ground and over head, the clash of the ash at the start, blocking) have been replaced with constant rucks, arm-pulling, uncontested puck-out strategies, basketball rate scoring etc). This is of course evolution. Football has evolved tactically too. To me, football is now the better spectacle. I don't like super 8 but would rather watch more football than hurling. I think the current intercounty championship in hurling should have less games. A personal opinion of course. I won't attend or go to any more games anyway. I still love club hurling in Cork (regardless of our standard) and I get my fix there. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 03/03/2017 14:53:11 1963192 Link 0 |
I'm a football man, only ever played it. Have watched next to no hurling live in my life. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 03/03/2017 15:01:51 1963196 Link 3 |
ah comn now bad monkey football is a great game too - no need to give it stick ---
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 03/03/2017 15:09:20 1963203 Link 0 |
What qualifies Hurling over football to be our "national game"? Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 03/03/2017 15:14:18 1963206 Link 1 |
comments like that certainly doesn't help hurling
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/03/2017 16:15:16 1963225 Link 0 |
Our National Game Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/03/2017 16:17:30 1963228 Link 0 |
They could put on 500 football matches a year and I'd still rather watch a Junior B hurling match! Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 03/03/2017 16:26:15 1963234 Link 1 |
Please dont turn this thread into another which is better?...hurling or football. Hurling of course..kidding. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 03/03/2017 16:34:20 1963235 Link 0 |
Zulu the contradictions and hypocrisy in your post are gas Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 03/03/2017 16:54:06 1963241 Link 0 |
Im a GAA person Liam. Not one of the 'hurling people' as you referred to earlier. I come from a dual county that loves both codes. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 693 - 03/03/2017 17:09:44 1963246 Link 2 |
Ah in fairness, I think ZULU was referencing the quote in the article listed by the OP: "If the hurling community wish to look at their championship, we'll be happy to do that". Thats a worrying quote from someone who is supposed to be responsible for the health of both football and hurling. I think people are decrying GAA officials rerring to "hurling people", not encouraging it.
Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 03/03/2017 18:08:40 1963260 Link 0 |
Love football , love hurling , can't stand those that claim the same just before launching a tirade on one of the codes , there are people who have a code inferiority complex , there easy to spot they will tell you how much they like a code before tearing it to pieces , up the real dualers Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/03/2017 18:09:58 1963261 Link 0 |
As a hurling man who has only a casual interest in Gaelic football, I understand your concern and empathise with it. But in the long term (and viewing things from a Galway hurling point of view in particular) I see the positives. Yes hurling will be confined to the shadows for a couple of years and will struggle for air amid all this Gaelic football saturation. But it will force the GAA into making much needed changes to the hurling championship. In order for hurling to retain a space in the limelight it will be necessary to devise a championship structure in which more top class hurling games are played. As far as I can see, the only way of doing that is to separate the provincial championships from the All Ireland championship -- run them as two separate competitions. This will require the development of a Champions League style structure (you could have something like 4 groups of 3 with the top team in each qualifying for the semi final and the bottom teams taking part in a relegation play off.) Something along those lines would be warmly welcomed in Galway and we would be too concerned then regarding our position within Leinster! It is probably inevitable that something along those lines will need to be developed.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1898 - 03/03/2017 18:46:17 1963267 Link 1 |