Hurling or Football For Spectators?

ft9

So if you had to pick, only one that you could watch on TV or attend, which would it be and why?

Hurling for me by a country mile, I just like it a lot more, can find football dull at the best of times tbh.

riffmongous

Football

Definitely hurling, too much of a slow build up to moves in football with all the hand passing that goes on.

danmanw8

Football

A bit like asking do you prefer sunshine or rain

Indie.

Football

A great Hurling match can trump any other sporting spectacle imo (Last years All-Ireland Final)

A ****e or one sided hurling match can be as bad as watching cricket

ft9

Football

I suspect some people may have grown a dislike to Hurling the past few years due to Kilkennys dominance, and were glad to see an end to their reign, although it now looks to me as if Tipp are going to create the same dominance in the coming years.

Skyrim

Football

Hurling for me, i like football when it's played the right way no dour tactics, the last two hurling finals have been brilliant and mentions for waterford v cork games of the noughties.

PARKHEAD67

Football

danmanw8 wrote: »

A bit like asking do you prefer sunshine or rain

Exactly.A bad hurling match is usually much better than a good football match.There can be very good football matches, but theyre getting very rare these days.

PARKHEAD67

Football

ft9 wrote: »

I suspect some people may have grown a dislike to Hurling the past few years due to Kilkennys dominance, and were glad to see an end to their reign, although it now looks to me as if Tipp are going to create the same dominance in the coming years.

Kilkenny might have a thing or two to say about that presumption.Fine, they beat em last year but Kilkenny looked pretty sharp against the Dubs in the Leinster Final. I'd put my money on Kilkenny this year.If they meet Tipp in the AI final itll be like a red rag to a very angry bull.

daniels.ducks

Football

Hurling is far better to watch, but when played right football is better to play.
But because of the poor standard of football around here I only played with a good football team in the school this year (down to two excellent mentors who should train and manage any county side). Overall I enjoy my hurling more.

premierstone

Football

As the saying goes round these parts, ''Football was only invented for lads that could'nt hurl''

DH2K9

A bad football match beats a bad hurling match.

premierstone

Football

DH2K9 wrote: »

A bad football match beats a bad hurling match.

The difference been that the former happens with far more regularity than the latter.

ft9

Football

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Kilkenny might have a thing or two to say about that presumption.Fine, they beat em last year but Kilkenny looked pretty sharp against the Dubs in the Leinster Final. I'd put my money on Kilkenny this year.If they meet Tipp in the AI final itll be like a red rag to a very angry bull.

I hope your right as I'm from Kilkenny, lately I've managed to get over the begrudge Tipp thing and enjoy watching them. My only hope is that their hammering of Waterford was more down to Waterford having a poor game than Tipp destroying them out the gate.

What positive I do take from that game is Waterfords ability to score 19 points out of such a slack performance. If Waterford can score 19 surely Kilkenny can manage a considerably better score.

Even that Munster final though was enjoyable for me as a neutral to watch Tipps performance, if it was football I would turn it off at half time.

daniels.ducks

Football

DH2K9 wrote: »

A bad football match beats a bad hurling match.

Unfortunately happens way too often.

Apologies. I had the reply page open with a few minutes.

PARKHEAD67

Football

DH2K9 wrote: »

A bad football match beats a bad hurling match.

90-95% of the time.

Skyrim

Football

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Kilkenny might have a thing or two to say about that presumption.Fine, they beat em last year but Kilkenny looked pretty sharp against the Dubs in the Leinster Final. I'd put my money on Kilkenny this year.If they meet Tipp in the AI final itll be like a red rag to a very angry bull.

All the pressure is on tipp this year. I really hope they do it again because we haven't done 2 in a row since the 1960s and god knows i want more than just one all ireland per decade.

premierstone

Football

Skyrim wrote: »

All the pressure is on tipp this year. I really hope they do it again because we haven't done 2 in a row since the 1960s and god knows i want more than just one all ireland per decade.

We're only making up the numbers Skyrim, them KK lads are the dogs bolloc*s ( or should that be cats something?) We had our big day in the Pairc already be thankfull for small mercies

Football

How do these threads go off topic so fast

Skyrim

Football

premierstone wrote: »

We're only making up the numbers Skyrim, them KK lads are the dogs bolloc*s ( or should that be cats something?) We had our big day in the Pairc already be thankfull for small mercies

We haven't a prayer!
Anyway just back on topic, i find it hard to remember many entertaining football games, kerry v galway in 08 and kerry v tyron in 08 were pretty good but we've a good list of exciting hurling games, the last two all-irelands, galway v tipp 2010, waterford v limerick 2007, galway v kilkenny 2007 and all the waterford games. Before i forget, waterford v tipp 2008 (painfully) anybody else want to add to that.

Kojak

Football

There can be good and enjoyable football games as well as entertaining hurling matches, but if I had to choose there would be no choice tbh.

Hurling would win every time.

Kojak

Football

Kojak wrote: »

There can be good and enjoyable football games as well as entertaining hurling matches, but if I had to choose there would be no choice tbh.

Hurling would win every time.

There can be, but nobody wants to kick the ball unless its....

Within range
A free
A kickout

I still look forward to the Galway matches, but I find myself unable to sit through a game as a neutral now.

Some Aussie Rules style tackling would do wonders, at least when the ball is hand-passed it's done at speed and intelligently, but with the poor tackle in place it's too easy to piss about passing it up the pitch till your within range.

As an aside, Aussie Rules is defo worth a look for anyone who likes to see the proper skills off football in use, I'd put it beside Hurling for excitement

ArmaniJeanss

Definitely football.
Love the way theres different styles and tactics on display, the spectacle of a modern method short handpass Barcelona style build up can come up against an old-fashioned kicking game, and both can win out depending on the day.
Hurling, to my uneducated eyes, is just a game of knocking it as long and accurately as you can, and the team who does this best tend to win. It can be exciting at times but never as fascinating as a game of football.

ascanbe

I enjoy a great match in either sport, equally. A great match, regardless of sport, possesses the same qualities, though, obvioulsy, if you're more into a particular sport, you may enjoy a great match in that sport more than you would in another sport.
I'm equally fond of football and hurling.

ascanbe

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Exactly.A bad hurling match is usually much better than a good football match.There can be very good football matches, but theyre getting very rare these days.

No it isn't.

PARKHEAD67

Football

premierstone wrote: »

We're only making up the numbers Skyrim, them KK lads are the dogs bolloc*s ( or should that be cats something?) We had our big day in the Pairc already be thankfull for small mercies

I love the sarcasm:D.All Im saying as a neutral(kinda) is KK will tear into tipp like nothing theyve ever seen before(if they meet in the final).It will be epic:cool:.Galway are not to be ruled out .Their forwards are lethal.Its not just the Joe show.

PARKHEAD67

Football

ascanbe wrote: »

No it isn't.

A come on now.:D

PARKHEAD67

Football

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Definitely football.
Love the way theres different styles and tactics on display, the spectacle of a modern method short handpass Barcelona style build up can come up against an old-fashioned kicking game, and both can win out depending on the day.
Hurling, to my uneducated eyes, is just a game of knocking it as long and accurately as you can, and the team who does this best tend to win. It can be exciting at times but never as fascinating as a game of football.

WUM of the year armani.Congrats:D

mulner92

I'd have no fear if both tipp/kk make the final. Tipp know kk will be coming at them with all their might. If both teams make it, they'll tear into each other and ould make for another great final.

PARKHEAD67

Football

Skyrim wrote: »

All the pressure is on tipp this year. I really hope they do it again because we haven't done 2 in a row since the 1960s and god knows i want more than just one all ireland per decade.

I sincerely hope ye dont.:D.As a Clare man.You understand?;)

PARKHEAD67

Football

mulner92 wrote: »

I'd have no fear if both tipp/kk make the final. Tipp know kk will be coming at them with all their might. If both teams make it, they'll tear into each other and ould make for another great final.

Id pay good money for a ticket if KK v Tipp Final.As a neutral.

Skyrim

Football

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

I sincerely hope ye dont.:D.As a Clare man.You understand?;)

Ah now, ye're a bunch of softies, always remember the clare man clapping for Corbett's second goal last september.;) Ah fair enough though, hope ye get that all ireland minor title this year.

mulner92

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Id pay good money for a ticket if KK v Tipp Final.As a neutral.

Judging by new prices, you would be paying good money to see this:( but i totally agree, one win apiece, it would be epic, especially for neutrals. KK on for revenge, tipp want to hold on to their crown. Box office stuff.

harpsman

hurling blah blah blah blah.
even irish people dont like it

grenache

Football

Skyrim wrote: »

We haven't a prayer!
Anyway just back on topic, i find it hard to remember many entertaining football games, kerry v galway in 08 and kerry v tyron in 08 were pretty good but we've a good list of exciting hurling games, the last two all-irelands, galway v tipp 2010, waterford v limerick 2007, galway v kilkenny 2007 and all the waterford games. Before i forget, waterford v tipp 2008 (painfully) anybody else want to add to that.

the Limerick - Tipp trilogy of 07 was highly entertaining.

Fireball07

Football

grenache wrote: »

the Limerick - Tipp trilogy of 07 was highly entertaining.

Yeah definitely.

I also prefer hurling. Football is grand, but there aren't enough really good games in recent years. I thought last year's championship was very exciting though in general.

unknown13

A destruction in Hurling is a proper destruction, where in football a destruction isn't necessarily about how much a team wins by.

Football is my preference, I follow football more and I prefer it. However, a good hurling match is highly entertaining and exciting to watch. No doubt about that. I just prefer football because there is regularly upsets in it unlike hurling.

Diabhal Beag

Football

Hurling is far more high scoring but football is more strategical. Both are great but a great hurling match beats any sport on the planet.

shiibata

Football

Went for hurling, 2 even teams battling it out in hurling is hard to beat plus not as many dodgy calls either as in football

jive

Football

To a person who has never watched gaelic games then definitely hurling. Personally I prefer to play football because hurling in crap weather getting hacked by farmers with a stick ain't my thang. I enjoy watching them both but you can't be a quality game of hurling. I enjoy the tactical element of football whereas I enjoy the intensity of hurling and while I understand it is tactical to an extent, it isn't as tactical as football due to the fact that you can hit the ball a much longer distance which nullifies the carrying/passing aspect somewhat which is what I enjoy most about football.

phkk

Football

Hurling has 115 skills in the game.

Football has 4 - catching, kicking, pulling and dragging!!

Dyr

phkk wrote: »

Hurling has 115 skills in the game.

Football has 4 - catching, kicking, pulling and dragging!!

You forgot diving

ShamoBuc

harpsman wrote: »

hurling blah blah blah blah.
even irish people dont like it

wow......just wow. Such an insightful ( if illogical) post.:rolleyes:

O.A.P

I watch both but I have only played football, I'm from north Galway where its all football so I go to football matches (club ,county) although not as much as I used to.
Hurling is normally a better sport to watch (football is plagued with the over use of the hand pass now) and if its on the telly I'm glued to it or record it and watch it later. I have only been to a handfull of hurling games though.
The poll dont suit me in that if I could only go to one its football (I only have one club) but if I could only see one on the box its hurling.

Mars Bar

Football

O.A.P wrote: »

I watch both but I have only played football, I'm from north Galway where its all football so I go to football matches (club ,county) although not as much as I used to.
Hurling is normally a better sport to watch (football is plagued with the over use of the hand pass now) and if its on the telly I'm glued to it or record it and watch it later. I have only been to a handfull of hurling games though.
The poll dont suit me in that if I could only go to one its football (I only have one club) but if I could only see one on the box its hurling.

I'm from north Galway too and Hurling is growing rapidly thankfully.

Tuam now have young lads representing Galway at underage and the junior team is doing fairly well and Sylane have always had a strong hurling club. I really hope it picks up a lot of momentum in surrounding areas.

I picked hurling coz it's a much more exciting game. Some teams still know how to play it properly (although the inability of picking the ball off the ground on first attempt by a lot of players is getting tiresome) but it's hard to find a gaelic footballer who can kick a ball over the bar without having to drive it a mile into the air for it to be taken with the wind.
The hand passing has become ridiculous in football. I'd love if they scrapped it altogether although that's quite drastic.

You'd have to pay me to watch a football match now but I'll pay to go to a hurling match.

frackingishell

speaking of which gents,

anyone tell me how much the tickets would be to buy for the football at croker today? Neutral here thinking of tipping over.

Thanks

blackbelt

Football

Chose hurling even though I am more into the football.I just think the two codes should be measured and compared at their best but in an overall sense you are more likely to get a competitive exciting game of football than hurling.

A Hungarian lad in work asked me what code would be best to see first.I advised him on football as he'd be more familiar with soccer and a slower movement of play that he could follow.Pick up the pace from soccer to gaelic football and then hurling.

Dyr

Has to be hurling even though I was brought up on heffos army and barney rock. A top class hurling match will always be miles ahead of the best Gaelic match in terms of skill and excitement. Oddly enough, TV doesn't do hurling justice..you really have to be there.

tbh I'd be hard put to watch a full gaelic match, the game has gotten very cynical and boring over the years

c_man

Football for me. Though it is possible to enjoy both!

Bambi wrote: »

Oddly enough, TV doesn't do hurling justice..you really have to be there.

Funny I was just gonna post the opposite. I really think to get a full appreciation of a hurling match, you need the scope and tracking of the tv. Ye're going to burn me at the stake now, aren't ye...

Dyr

c_man wrote: »

Football for me. Though it is possible to enjoy both!



Funny I was just gonna post the opposite. I really think to get a full appreciation of a hurling match, you need the scope and tracking of the tv. Ye're going to burn me at the stake now, aren't ye...

You might just have a better telly than me :pac: