Which of the following sporting achievements would mean more to the nation?

Godot. · 17-06-2011 10:33AM #1

Winning another 6 Nations Grand SlamorQualifying for the football European Championships?I'm posting it on here as opposed to the sports section as I daresay the majority are casual/fairweather sports fans.

Dunjohn · 17-06-2011 10:34AM

The football one. The rugby team's good enough but I was raised during the Charlton years damn it.

GavRedKing · 17-06-2011 10:38AM

European championship.

More teams, tougher competition to win and you have to qualify for it.

Those egg chasing lads have it easy.

jimthemental · 17-06-2011 10:38AM

The grand slam, the heart and pride is gone from Irish football in my opinion with all the absenteeism over the last month. Rugby is just a better sport too.

IRISHSPORTSGUY · 17-06-2011 10:39AM

The European Championships, of course. Like it or not (and I love it!) football is the global sport, rugby isn't played or watched on anywhere near the same scale.

Opelfruit · 17-06-2011 10:39AM

Godot. wrote: »

Winning another 6 Nations Grand SlamorQualifying for the football European Championships?I'm posting it on here as opposed to the sports section as I daresay the majority are casual/fairweather sports fans.

Depends on your sporting preferences really! If I had to choose I'd pick the rugby, but only because I prefer that sport over soccer and I hate plastic hammers!

orourkeda · 17-06-2011 10:40AM

jimthemental wrote: »

The grand slam, the heart and pride is gone from Irish football in my opinion with all the absenteeism over the last month. Rugby is just a better sport too.

No it isnt. Its the most most mentally retarded sport ever invemted.

kfallon · 17-06-2011 10:41AM

Qualifying for the Euro's!

Couldn't give a monkey's about the rugby.....Westbrits :pac:

*dons tin hat*

Celly Smunt · 17-06-2011 10:41AM

grand slam,professional football is pants

phasers · 17-06-2011 10:42AM

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

The European Championships, of course. Like it or not (and I love it!) football is the global sport, rugby isn't played or watched on anywhere near the same scale.

Well, the sports guy has spoken. Lock the thread.

IRISHSPORTSGUY · 17-06-2011 10:42AM

jimthemental wrote: »

The grand slam, the heart and pride is gone from Irish football in my opinion with all the absenteeism over the last month. Rugby is just a better sport too.

The world disagrees.

17-06-2011 10:44AM

Ahhh....how about none of them as in reality sport is irrelevant to the actual well being of a nation and its people.

squod · 17-06-2011 10:45AM

Why only two sports ball games OP. How about something we're traditionally good at? Horse racing, boxing etc....

token56 · 17-06-2011 10:47AM

Glad Slam,

maybe getting the quarters in europe would be better but just qualifying I wouldn't rate as highly.

stovelid · 17-06-2011 10:48AM

I would imagine that Liverpool finally winning the Premiership would bring unmitigated joy to the hardcore scousers of Skibbereen, Boyle and Belturbet.

Kojak · 17-06-2011 10:48AM

What about winning the World Gurning Championships?

Surely that would put a smile on eveyone's face...

mailforkev · 17-06-2011 10:52AM

I have no interest at all in the soccer (to the point where I don't generally even know when Ireland are playing) but even I reckon that qualifying for the European Championship would mean more to more people.

I can remember previous WCs and ECs and the buzz it created around the place.

Opelfruit · 17-06-2011 10:53AM

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

The world disagrees.

You mean the Third World disagrees. Soccer is in terminal decline in Europe and other first world countries. The reasons it became popular in the first place no longer applies there. Soccers day is over, the sports of the next century will be tennis, basketball, rugby etc.

Seachmall · 17-06-2011 10:53AM

orourkeda wrote: »

No it isnt. Its the most most mentally retarded sport ever invemted.

I don't follow sport and only watch the odd rugby or soccer game but even I can see there is some amount of technique, tactics and strategy involved in rugby. It's not a game where you can have one solid player and let him support the team, the whole team needs to know exactly what's going on and work together.

With soccer you could have one player doing all the work (which happens a lot imo) but the real beauty comes when they all are perfectly in sync and have a proper plan (as oppose to "pass to [insert over-payed metrosexual here]")

Both games are great when played well.

Guill · 17-06-2011 10:54AM

Thread lacks pool

1) Ruggers

2) Soccer

3) Football

4) Football is for lads that can't play hurling

5) Dungeons and Dragoons

orourkeda · 17-06-2011 10:56AM

Seachmall wrote: »

I don't follow sport and only watch the odd rugby or soccer game but even I can see there is some amount of technique, tactics and strategy involved in rugby. It's not a game where you can have one solid player and let him support the team, the whole team needs to know exactly what's going on and work together.

With soccer you could have one player doing all the work (which happens a lot imo) but the real beauty comes when they all are perfectly in sync and have a proper plan (as oppose to "pass to [insert over-payed metrosexual here]")

Both games are great when played well.

Football is a team sport as is rugby. By its very nature some players will be more influential than others.

mackg · 17-06-2011 10:58AM

I will put it this way, I follow both sports and have lived through some great seasons for Irish rugby Grand Slams, Triple Crowns, Heineken Cups. But I would trade all that for a night comparable to making the quarter finals in Italia 90.

kfallon · 17-06-2011 10:58AM

Opelfruit wrote: »

You mean the Third World disagrees. Soccer is in terminal decline in Europe and other first world countries. The reasons it became popular in the first place no longer applies there. Soccers day is over, the sports of the next century will be tennis, basketball, rugby etc.

Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....pure comedy gold :rolleyes:

Association Football will always be the world's most popular sport because it is the best!

TheZohanS · 17-06-2011 10:59AM

Winning the 6 Nations and Grand Slam of course.

How on earth could that compare to merely qualifying for the Euro's? We're too used to having a great rugby team, that's the problem.

Opelfruit · 17-06-2011 11:01AM

kfallon wrote: »

Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....pure comedy gold :rolleyes:

Association Football will always be the world's most popular sport because it is the best!

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

A dying sport.

Seachmall · 17-06-2011 11:02AM

orourkeda wrote: »

Football is a team sport as is rugby. By its very nature some players will be more influential than others.

It's far more clear in soccer. Rugby is less individual skill and more team effort (that is what is was designed for isn't it? To be all inclusive and be less focused on individual skill).

I'm not criticizing either sport, I was responding to the quoted comment that Rugby is for retards.

kfallon · 17-06-2011 11:02AM

TheZohan wrote: »

Winning the 6 Nations and Grand Slam of course.

How on earth could that compare to merely qualifying for the Euro's? We're too used to having a great rugby team, that's the problem.

Most of us are used to have a relatively poor rugby team....it's only the blow ins from the last 6 or 7 years who are used to success.

Most of them couldn't tell you who Tony Ward, Ralph Keyes, Eric Elwood, Simon Geoghegan or Brendan Mullin are!

kfallon · 17-06-2011 11:03AM

Opelfruit wrote: »

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

A dying sport.

So you're saying Rugby is more popular worldwide and indeed in this country???

biko · 17-06-2011 11:04AM

Poll added

Opelfruit · 17-06-2011 11:05AM

kfallon wrote: »

Most of us are used to have a relatively poor rugby team....it's only the blow ins from the last 6 or 7 years who are used to success.

Most of them couldn't tell you who Tony Ward, Ralph Keyes, Eric Elwood, Simon Geoghegan or Brendan Mullin are!

Irish outside backs of the 90s didnt know who Eric Elwood was!

Kojak · 17-06-2011 11:06AM

Why is this thread limited to Soccer and rugby?

Surely other sports should get a mention, for example the performance of the irish cricket team at the last world cup?

Which of the following sporting achievements would mean more to the nation?

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