AI Senior Hurling- Liam McCarthy Cup 2018

Cracking game of hurling today.

Powerhouse wrote: »

I made a point about the repugnance of hurling supporters' attitude to other sports generally. The cannot seem to enjoy their sport without talking bolloxology about "the Gods" and all that nonsense. That is insecurity. They could feel superior and shut up about it. That's all I said. With respect I couldn't care less about where your life story fits into things.

It's called hurling snobbery

FrKurtFahrt wrote: »

Sweet Jesus! It's a hurling thread, and after a massive game which was brilliant on a few levels. Physicality, fitness, tension, pride and skill. If hurling people want to wallow in the reflected pleasure of a great occasion, why get bitchy about it?? It was a wonderful occasion, and hurling won.

Actually it is quite the opposite!

It's more to the fact that hurling fans who don't like football use an entertaining game to make a bitchy not so subtle comment about football immediately in the aftermath of the game, some literally just logging on to the thread to make that comment!

As people say, they are two different sports, ffs one has a stick, a helmet and ball a tiny fraction of the size of the other sport's ball!

Each has their merits!

The spectacle of hurling is much more quick paced as the equipment used lends itself to a more gung ho approach. Hence a higher number of scores. People often confuse this fast paced game to better sport, whatever that means to them. People love scores, scores and more scores! A 4-3 thriller between to teams in soccer is confused as a greater more memorable game than a 1-1 draw merely because there were more "scores" . The respective teams' defences rarely enter the equation when reviewing these games, the chat is normally about the goals and attacking nature.

I didn't see anyone discussing the mistakes in both Galway and Clare's midfield and defences at various times today. And all the wides and wasteful punts up the park are not being mentioned by those slagging of football.

Also tight games, where teams are swapping point for point like today are exciting. Some of the final rounds of the 2017 football Championship had similar point swapping theme and some of the qualifiers were thrilling, the Mayo matches during the qualifiers were great viewing. There have been some awful matches for the audience this year in football so this year football has (deservedly) got a bit of critical punditry but metaphorically taking out your hurl after 90 minutes today and using it as a stick to beat football with it is the aspect of bitchiness and petty posting that you should be taking head of.

Twenty two wides by an All Ireland winning team shows that the skill level isn't exactly perfect either. Is that not a facet of the game that should be considered when exclaiming it's merits as the "best sport", that the best players are imperious in their skills at that sport? As was seen in some of Cork's defending and Galways lack of composure to control a game they led by 10 points (?) at one stage!

If I watch a great GAA match, I don't log onto the thread to point out its a better sport than bowls.



As you pointed out, it is a hurling thread so why log on merely to insult a sport you don't associate with after one of the best games in the last few years.