Hurling puts football in the shade

[Sidney]

So much hurling is just hit and hope, like the long ball game in soccer. Hammer it down the field and hope your teammate can win it going up against a bunch of other players.  It's hard to see the sliotar too, like the puck in ice hockey.

A Donegal man's take on hurling

A little less of the sneering at Donegal hurling if you don't mind.

We got promoted to Div 2 last year and now take our place as a genuine dual county which confers on us the right to contribute knowledgeably to all posts regarding hurling

Whoah....steady on there. You have to be officially admitted to the clique first before you can do that. Only we members of the hurling firmament can decide if that honour can be bestowed upon you. I saw a couple of lads with Derry jerseys on Sunday evening outside a well known hurling pub in Dublin. They had obviously made the mistake of thinking that they were part of the hurling firmament and that their views would be welcomed or taken seriously. They were mistaken and slunk off when their views were dismissed by the true hurling men gathered there. We in Dublin have ourselves only been admitted to the clique very recently and would still be considered relatively junior members, although if you have a grandfather from Tipperary and your mother is from Limerick, and can talk for 20 minutes about the 1987 Munster final draw and replay, as is the case with myself, more senior membership can be conferred upon you.

[Zulu]

a well known hurling pub in Dublin

A hurling pub in Dublin??? Such a thing is about as genuine as an Irish pub in Bangkok!

[Sidney]

a well known hurling pub in Dublin

A hurling pub in Dublin??? Such a thing is about as genuine as an Irish pub in Bangkok!

The plethora of All-Ireland winners and other assembled hurling intelligentsia who frequent it would disagree. A serious hurling pub for serious hurling discussion between serious hurling men.

[johnneycool]

a well known hurling pub in Dublin

A hurling pub in Dublin??? Such a thing is about as genuine as an Irish pub in Bangkok!

The plethora of All-Ireland winners and other assembled hurling intelligentsia who frequent it would disagree. A serious hurling pub for serious hurling discussion between serious hurling men.

That's a bit serious for my liking.

[pullhard]

Watched the first half, no intensity in the game, men able to take their steps untroubled. Expected more from the big ball game.  #intheshade

No real comparison with hurling

[macdanger2]

Watched the first half, no intensity in the game, men able to take their steps untroubled. Expected more from the big ball game.  #intheshade

No real comparison with hurling

You're dead right, hard to see football prospering at all. Do you think they'll even have enough teams entering next year to run the competition at all??

[pullhard]

Watched the first half, no intensity in the game, men able to take their steps untroubled. Expected more from the big ball game.  #intheshade

No real comparison with hurling

You're dead right, hard to see football prospering at all. Do you think they'll even have enough teams entering next year to run the competition at all??

hopefully not, easier just to replace with rugby league

[laoislad]

It's great that we have another All Ireland Hurling final to look forward to next weekend.
The match today was dung.

[Hardy]

Watched the first half, no intensity in the game, men able to take their steps untroubled. Expected more from the big ball game.  #intheshade

No real comparison with hurling

So why are hurling people obsessed with making the comparison?

[pullhard]

[Hardy]

Oh right. Good point.

[macdanger2]

He has you there hardy tbf

[Old yeller]

Watched the first half, no intensity in the game, men able to take their steps untroubled. Expected more from the big ball game.  #intheshade

No real comparison with hurling

So why are hurling people obsessed with making the comparison?

If the football championship was made up of the best 8 teams in the country( think A.I Quarter Finals on) it would be unreal aswel, not a mismatch in sight. But dont worry, clean, manly hurling, with its revolutionary tactics ( Hit the F**kin thing)  and lack of cynicism will save the day!!!
Get over it

[didlyi]

I wish they had ' Hit the F**kin thing' today. Would have made for a much better spectacle and the tactics I saw today amount to one word..puke

[Old yeller]

I wish they had ' Hit the F**kin thing' today. Would have made for a much better spectacle and the tactics I saw today amount to one word..puke

If you dont like football, stop watching it. But stop trying to compare the two, totally different sports. Hurling may well be the fastest field sport in the world, Formula 1 is the fastest tarmac sport in the world, doesnt make it the best.