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

Godot.

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.

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Dunjohn

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

GavRedKing

European championship.

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

Those egg chasing lads have it easy.

jimthemental

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

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

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

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

Qualifying for the Euro's!

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

*dons tin hat*

Celly Smunt

grand slam,professional football is pants

phasers

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

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.

[Deleted User]

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

squod

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

token56

Glad Slam,

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

stovelid

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

Kojak

What about winning the World Gurning Championships?

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

mailforkev

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

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

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

Thread lacks pool

1) Ruggers

2) Soccer

3) Football

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

5) Dungeons and Dragoons

orourkeda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poll added

Opelfruit

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

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?