Do You support your County in the GAA?

IngazZagni · 30-11-2013 01:36PM

bladespin wrote: »

That's fundamentally untrue, in recent years if anything the GAA is actually promoting other sports.

In what way? Obviously the more sports that are out there and the more popular they are, the more it dilutes interest and participation in other games.

My point is that I think it's better that we focus on a sport where there is a good world following so that the teams we develop in Ireland can go and combine a great national team or other professional teams to compete against the rest of Europe and the World.

In the end though it's just sport and I have no problem with hurling or football, it's just not for me.

Jimmymcnulty86 · 30-11-2013 01:37PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

But you, as a football fan, are faaaaaar superior to the rest of us, of course. Not irritating in the slightest, no?

Never said I was a football fan, but from my personal experience playing gaa (from under 9's to afl 2 in dublin at one stage) soccer nd boxing growing up I find gaa supporters the most irratating. Maybe just unlucky with my club nd people I've cum across but I know a lot of people who hate the gaa cause there local clubs treated them like ****e because they weren't in the local gaa clike, while boxing gyms nd soccer clubs in the area were very encouraging

Dirty Dingus McGee · 30-11-2013 01:37PM

The GAA looks after itself and promotes its own sports if this prevents other sports from developing then it is no different than any other sport across the world.I could make similar argument and say that soccer ,rugby ,boxing,cycling etc prevents the GAA from developing.

Saying the GAA prevents other sports from developing is a nonsensical argument although it regularly is trotted out as an excuse for why Ireland has not been successful in soccer,rugby ,athletics etc as if there weren't a wide variety of sports played in those other country's we are competing against.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-11-2013 01:37PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Few things more annoying than the Republican bogball fan who fails to realise the county system is a British invention.

Whats the problem, the GAA never took sides in anything, they accepted people of all political persuasions and faith.

GavRedKing · 30-11-2013 01:40PM

Couldnt give a toss about Cork in GAA really.

I've more then enough friends who do happen to hop on the bandwagon, like last years All Ireland, on the flip side I know a couple who go to every league game up and down the country but I've no interest in it really for various reasons.

The_Kew_Tour · 30-11-2013 01:41PM

Big(ish) GAA fan as well as few other sports.

I think though the day GAA dumped straight knockout was a bad day.

Going to Munster Final(hurling or football) is not the same as it was. People can say it is, but it really is not.

Being from Cork im lucky enough that I dont need to support another team;).

wp_rathead · 30-11-2013 01:41PM

Ah ya id watch Galway if they playing, happy if they win yet not to bothered if they lose

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Whats the problem, the GAA never took sides in anything, they accepted people of all political persuasions and faith.

This sarcasm ya?

80s Child · 30-11-2013 01:41PM

Being a Mayo supporter isn't easy, but I've been to almost every championship/ league game since 2004, apart from the far away league ones and games in New York or London. I also have friends playing for the team so you do like to see them play well on a personal level even though the team doesn't succeed e.g. Rob Hennelly in last year's final.
On a different note, I still play, I coach, I go to a number of other club games and I'm also the Chairman of my club and I've just turned 30. I don't know what it is, I can't explain where the gra comes from? I'm sure people that there are people affiliated with other codes that feel the same sense of belonging or that you almost owe something to the club. Gaa is something that is just kind of built into some areas.
I bought a house just over a year ago in a different town as is suited the better half and myself and this is very much a soccer town, an extremely proud soccer town which has had one of the best junior teams in the country for the last ten years, so I do think the biggest factor is where you are from and for me it'll always be Gaelic, that's just the way it is; I watch soccer (on occasion) and a lot of rugby, but it'll always come back to Gaelic football.
Maigh Eo abu

OdgeXD · 30-11-2013 01:41PM

Not really, ****s up the club season.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-11-2013 01:43PM

wprathead wrote: »

Ah ya id watch Galway if they playing, happy if they win yet not to bothered if they lose

This sarcasm ya?

Sam Maguire was a Protestant.

WesternZulu · 30-11-2013 01:43PM

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

It's archaic. No strategy, no tactics, no nous needed to win. Just be stronger, fitter, be able to give the shliotar a good whack, "mark your man" and you are sorted.

Absolute ignorant BS!!

Tactics are a huge aspect to the games, especially gaelic football where tactics and player positions, and team strategy are probably the most determinant factor in who wins and loses.

BillyMitchel · 30-11-2013 01:47PM

Nah not really. Not football anyway, Iike watching a good hurling game though.

From dub but lived in cork for a bit and they couldn't actually understand that I wasn't a gaa fan. They eventually got me into hurling and I'm proud to say I even know who Christy Ring is.

Dots1982 · 30-11-2013 01:48PM

I do but being from Kildare its largely pointless at this stage since Dublin rule Leinster and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I can see crowd levels eventually diminish and the game suffering if no one can compete with the Dubs.

I follow my club more these days as they are on the rise.

Yellow121 · 30-11-2013 02:04PM

Soccer is so boring they have to sing songs all through the match, otherwise you'd be just sitting there watching a million passes and sometimes no goals. I think it's why hooliganism took off in soccer as well, there was just nothing else to do.

diomed · 30-11-2013 02:10PM

Ni interest in the GAA. They tried to cow the people and ostracise them if they played other sports.

upstairs for coffee · 30-11-2013 02:12PM

WesternZulu wrote: »

Absolute ignorant BS!!

Tactics are a huge aspect to the games, especially gaelic football where tactics and player positions, and team strategy are probably the most determinant factor in who wins and loses.

Bollocks. Fundamentally the game is about whose players are more aggressive, more psyched up etc. It's an emotive, visceral game without thought or logic given to it. Hit your man hard. Wallop the ball or sliotar as hard as you can before trying to break your marker with another hard hit. It's such a rudimental game.

In saying that, the game is probably good for the economy financially so c'est la vie I suppose.

guinnessdrinker · 30-11-2013 02:18PM

What I find interesting is the bandwagon aspect for sure. You meet a lot of people that claim to be die hard GAA supporters but they only go to one or two matches a year when the championship is on. They never go to league games or any other games their county is involved in.

We know the championship produces big crowds each year but what are attendances like for GAA league matches around the country?

anncoates · 30-11-2013 02:19PM

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Bollocks. Fundamentally the game is about whose players are more aggressive, more psyched up etc. It's an emotive, visceral game without thought or logic given to it. Hit your man hard. Wallop the ball or sliotar as hard as you can before trying to break your marker with another hard hit. It's such a rudimental game.

In saying that, the game is probably good for the economy financially so c'est la vie I suppose.

I think that's true of (gaelic) football but not hurling which is a sport I admire even if I despise the organisation.

meoklmrk91 · 30-11-2013 02:20PM

I like hurling, I'm not a big sports fan but when my county is playing I take genuine interest, reading articles watching the matches etc. I'm from Limerick so last year was seriously bitter sweet, Munster Title but then watching that Clare match was heartbreaking. Would love to see them win the All Ireland they have never done it in my lifetime. As for football I don't really like it, don't watch it. Soccer I don't support any English teams, I support Ireland, that's it.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 30-11-2013 02:21PM

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Bollocks. Fundamentally the game is about whose players are more aggressive, more psyched up etc. It's an emotive, visceral game without thought or logic given to it. Hit your man hard. Wallop the ball or sliotar as hard as you can before trying to break your marker with another hard hit. It's such a rudimental game.

In saying that, the game is probably good for the economy financially so c'est la vie I suppose.

Like all sports the most skilful team win matches in football in hurling and tactical awareness can give a team an edge as well.

A large part of Donegal winning the all ireland in 2012 was due to how tactically astute they were the had a brilliant organised defence and attacked with pace an precision.the went from being just inside the top 10 to being the best team in Ireland in the space of 3 years in large part because they changed their tactics.

Grayson · 30-11-2013 02:21PM

Meangadh wrote: »

I've no issue with you using the word boring. But "gaa" is not a sport. Drives me nuts when people talk about "playing GAA". That's like asking do you play FAI or do you play IRFU. The GAA covers a number of sports, and to be honest apart from the scoring system, player numbers and pitch dimensions, there's not a whole lot of similarity between the main two, hurling and football.

And although it's fair enough if you think they're both boring (each to their own) I personally don't know how anyone could have found the All Ireland hurling final this year boring.

I don't like hurling, gaelic football or any other gaelic sport. Can I say I don't like GAA or do I have to go through the whole list each time in case there's a pedantic git?

Dirty Dingus McGee · 30-11-2013 02:24PM

anncoates wrote: »

I think that's true of (gaelic) football but not hurling which is a sport I admire even if I despise the organisation.

Nonsense. Dublin won the all ireland because they had the most skilful players.It takes huge skill to kick point accurately in pressure from distance if it didn't every team would be all ireland challengers but of course only a few team have enough skilful players to be considered goo enough to challenge for the all ireland.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-11-2013 02:25PM

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

What I find interesting is the bandwagon aspect for sure. You meet a lot of people that claim to be die hard GAA supporters but they only go to one or two matches a year when the championship is on. They never go to league games or any other games their county is involved in.

We know the championship produces big crowds each year but what are attendances like for GAA league matches around the country?

We'd put less than 5,000 in Semple Stadium for a league game. When Tipp won the AI in 2010 the place was jammers for the homecoming, the fair weather crew always blow in with success.

anncoates · 30-11-2013 02:26PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Nonsense. Dublin won the all ireland because they had the most skilful players.It takes huge skill to kick point accurately in pressure from distance if it didn't every team would be all ireland challengers but of course only a few team have enough skilful players to be considered goo enough to challenge for the all ireland.

Referee battering skills are always a plus too, to be fair.

canny jock stewart · 30-11-2013 02:29PM

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Bollocks. Fundamentally the game is about whose players are more aggressive, more psyched up etc. It's an emotive, visceral game without thought or logic given to it. Hit your man hard. Wallop the ball or sliotar as hard as you can before trying to break your marker with another hard hit. It's such a rudimental game.

In saying that, the game is probably good for the economy financially so c'est la vie I suppose.

I suppose rugby is much better? the raving you hear about big hits and intensity!supposed international standard players being praised for being ball carriers! well done you manage to run with the ball for 5 yards without dropping it heres a cap FFS

shruikan2553 · 30-11-2013 02:32PM

No interest myself but a part of my family in Galway are really into hurling. They are boggers (not saying GAA fans are boggers, these ones are though) who would question everything you do unless it was playing hurling. "why are you on the computer? why dont you go outside a play hurling?", "why are you doing an assignment? why dont you go outside a play hurling?" several times every hour. At least it is a bit more interesting that football which has to be one of the most boring sports for me.

anncoates · 30-11-2013 02:36PM

Banjo String wrote: »

I do quite passionately, but I have zero interest in premier soccer strangely enough.

Mostly 90mins of lads tapping a ball Backwards and forwards to each other with the occasional goal.

Where is the excitement in that

I suppose It's like a film. You can appreciate a well made, subtle film that builds up gradually but then some people with short attention spans need a flash of tit or an explosion every 5 minutes.

bladespin · 30-11-2013 02:41PM

IngazZagni wrote: »

In what way? Obviously the more sports that are out there and the more popular they are, the more it dilutes interest and participation in other games.

My point is that I think it's better that we focus on a sport where there is a good world following so that the teams we develop in Ireland can go and combine a great national team or other professional teams to compete against the rest of Europe and the World.

In the end though it's just sport and I have no problem with hurling or football, it's just not for me.

Not for me either, I'm into road racing, the GAA does that no harm from what I've ever seen, saying it hinders other sports is just wrong, the local athlecics clubs use GAA facilities, the GAA shared Croke park with rugby and soccer - I don't see how that's hindering them?

Femme_Fatale · 30-11-2013 02:45PM

No, but hurling is such a great, skilled game. I don't understand the appeal of Gaelic football, but just my opinion. My dad is from Kerry and him and my uncle and gran are really into football, but they have never managed to convert me.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

In the 90s nobody followed rugby apart from the d4s and rugger bugger purists, A Munster Leinster interpro in Thomand pre professionalism in the early 90s would be lucky to have 2 men and a dog in attendance, even for a good while after too.

Yeh I don't get the rugby adulation - much of it from people who would not have dreamed of watching, let alone supporting, it five years ago, and would have dismissed them as a bunch of posh ****.

Zebra3 wrote: »

Few things more annoying than the Republican bogball fan who fails to realise the county system is a British invention.

lol

eeeee · 30-11-2013 02:47PM

Well I'm from Longford so never came in contact with GAA in any shape or form!

My cousins play for Roscommon so I seen my first few games through them. I prefer hurling, beautiful game to watch.

I do get full on county-ist and vaguely support anyone but Dublin when they're in a final (and I have lived in Dublin for 11 years now

. I can't control it, it's an instinct!

).

Do You support your County in the GAA?

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