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What did people think of this? Or think of the concept in general? The Scots love it and send their best players.. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 23/11/2015 08:43:01 1809121 Link 0 |
I can't see it ever being a big event for the GAA because the 2 teams are almost playing different sports. Maybe if there was a compromise stick but that would probably mean neither side could show off their skills. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 23/11/2015 09:35:13 1809132 Link 0 |
Great to see players striking off the hurl you don't see enough of it in the modern game and yet you would imagine it would be more widespread given how defensive the game has become. I don't think this compromise works, but that said I love the ground stick work of shinty - lovely swing almost golf-like. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 23/11/2015 10:02:15 1809148 Link 0 |
It really showed up the modern game's lack of first time striking and the lack of ground hurling. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 23/11/2015 10:16:20 1809157 Link 0 |
bennybunny rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 23/11/2015 11:08:17 1809177 Link 0 |
I though it was rubbish, there is little or no hurling in the game, Ireland were better off using hockey or polo players, the only similarities between the 2 games is players wearing football boots, play on grass, that's it, we use hurleys they use polo sticks, we pick the ball up, they don't, it is as compromise as Gaelic footballers playing soccer or rugby or American football and using all their rules instead of a mixture of both, don't get me started on the rubbish that was played in Boston yesterday, scrap both games and concentrate on our own game and promote the railway cup with the 4 provinces, we are not promoting our game abroad with complete changes of our rules in favour of others riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 23/11/2015 12:39:47 1809219 Link 0 |
Didn't think much of the Ireland v Scotland game to be honest and even less of the Fenway match. Neither would entice me to attend.Just doesn't have that spark that you get from our own game and don't see it as anything but a warm up for the bigger ball game. Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 23/11/2015 12:51:40 1809222 Link 0 |
I am not from a hurling background, but the simple fact must be what the more efficient and effective way of playing hurling is, ground hurling or the more modern brand of it. With ground hurling, the percentages of losing possession are massively increased. That would be reason enough to deviate from it. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 23/11/2015 13:33:56 1809237 Link 0 |
Donegalman MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 23/11/2015 14:24:32 1809257 Link 0 |
i think the 2 games are too far apart to have a compromise game. The irish don't play enough ground hurling and the hurley is much shorter than the shinty stick. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 23/11/2015 14:37:44 1809261 Link 0 |
Decent first half but the second half never got going until the few scores at the end. I thought our midfield & half forwards should've been moving the ball into the full forward line using fast ground/first-time hurling. This rarely happened & slowed down our attacks which was to Scotland's advantage. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 23/11/2015 18:13:24 1809332 Link 0 |
Personally I can't see the point of it, there are more differences than similarities, the scots can bring over who they like yet we can only use three top tier players. The scots can turn on a six pence and drive the ball over the bar off the ground effortlessly while the Irish guys have to raise the ball and shoot off the stick. Apart from giving weaker county players a run out in Croker it's a farcical game. Can't understand why the GAA persevere with it, at least in the compromise rules it's the same rules and set up for both teams. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 23/11/2015 18:55:37 1809345 Link 0 |