Football vs Hurling

country_gurl

Just wondering any light on why i dislike gaelic but LOVE hurling(seriously its my religion). I'd watch a game of gaelic but i'd get bored after a half an hour. Is everyone like this that if they like gaelic they dont like hurling and vice versa??
Any thoughts?

Mighty_Mouse

First off, Hurling IS Gaelic!!
I can understand where your coming from with the different speeds in the games etc but I'm primarily a football man myself.

IMO there are bad games in every code. I'm sure comparing a junior b club hurling game against say the way Galway played in 1998 would make you prefer football.. Not being patronising but you've probably haven't seen enough good games of football. The dominance of the northern teams the last couple of years isn't helping either.

I would say I prefer Gaelic because I would consider it to be:

- more physical
- more tactical (Clares shock to the world of hurling aside!)
- more open. I get sick of wondering how the same 8 teams will fair every year in hurling

Maybe its what a person is brought up on !

Mighty_Mouse

First off, Hurling IS Gaelic!!
I can understand where your coming from with the different speeds in the games etc but I'm primarily a football man myself.

IMO there are bad games in every code. I'm sure comparing a junior b club hurling game against say the way Galway played in 1998 would make you prefer football.. Not being patronising but you've probably haven't seen enough good games of football. The dominance of the northern teams the last couple of years isn't helping either.

I would say I prefer Gaelic because I would consider it to be:

- more physical
- more tactical (Clares shock to the world of hurling aside!)
- more open. I get sick of wondering how the same 8 teams will fair every year in hurling

Maybe its what a person is brought up on!

Waylander

I have played both codes and spectate on both codes. To play I think I enjoyed hurling more, although I played GAA for longer. Hurling is just that little bit more skillful and challenging when you are playing. Having said that I prefer to watch football. However I do enjoy watching hurling also. Maybe it is like mighty mouse mentioned, the hurling is dominated by the same teams year in year out. I am not surprised at your attitude towards the football, as I think it typifies the attitude in general in Kilkenny towards the football. Maybe you can explain why this is?

Imposter

Like Waylander i've played both. I prefer to play and watch hurling.

Hurling is fast, skillful game whereas football of late is dominated by players who are super fit and physicaaly stronger than ever before. Most players in modern football are out to spoil the oppositions play rather than play attacking football themselves. Unlike hurling which is far more attacking.

Add to that, that most of the countries supposed top footballers shy away from attampting a long kick (>30m) at a point whereas hurlers can pretty much shoot from their own 45 and often do.

country_gurl

I don't really know why football isnt as developed in Kilkenny as hurling... perhaps its the fact we dont have a senior football team, even if they were crap it might bring a bit of interest into Kilkenny... though i dont want hurling 2 suffer! I'm proud of the training and development(as is any county im sure) of young people that goes on kilkenny... I've seen it through my own eyes what they actually do developing the under 8's (usually saying DJ Carey does this so if u wanna be like him train every evening at home etc. hehe funny really). I'm not 2 sure but i think Kilkenny has always been hurling and iv just been pondering these last few months as to why it is so. In my local club football is played but a pretty low standard... i.e. it only brings a scatter of people even at important matches. Its actually Kerry and Donegal men who are in charge of the gaelic team. :rolleyes:
Anyway Kerry doesnt have a hurling team in the championship either. We're basically 2 opposites. Has any old guy got any info as 2 why this is so... its starting 2 bother me! :eek:

P.s. Mods... great new look 2 the site

jrd

Well it all depends on where in this damp island you were born. I think from a line from Galway to north Wexford separates the entire country. South of it and we were all brought up to love hurling, north of it they can't play (Sorry Offaly) . My 5 year old Dublin born daughter was taught some *GAA* this year and yes there was a football and nothing else :eek:

Flukey

At its best I suppose Hurling is number one. The fact that Gaelic Football is more widely played adds a broader interest to it, especially in recent years with so many teams in contention for Sam. Hurling is more of a closed shop. That is its main problem.