Hurling puts football in the shade

[Syferus]

Plenty of D1 games were better in football.

[From the Bunker]

Plenty of D1 games were better in football.

How dare thee sayeth that the Big Ball game could be better somwtime than any small ball game!

[didlyi]

Plenty of D1 games were better in football.

Plenty of good D1 hurling games too and some better too no doubt but this was Championship stuff. Surely this is the time of year for the good games.

[Hardy]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

[omagh_gael]

Hurling enjoys a significant advantage in the quality stakes as the top teams play eachother much more regularly and earlier in the season. In football we haven't had an all division one scale and, in fact, there has only been two division 1 v division 2 games  (Tyrone v Derry and Monaghan v Fermanagh). Both these division two teams were also relegated. This weekend has Galway v Mayo and Monaghan v Cavan. Not saying these will be classics but the quality/competitiveness surely will rise.

With the regression of the cats there now is genuinely half a dozen teams that could win the AI in hurling. It really is shaping up to be a great championship for that code.

[From the Bunker]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

Because its a minority sport that has little or no catchment in North Leinster, Connacht and Ulster. It survives off Munster really. Winning an AI is like winning a Provincial title in the amount of people that really appreciate it. It's a great game and has been terribly promoted on the ground by the GAA in the areas named. Headquarters were too interested in the Dublin Cashcow to care about that!

[Syferus]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

Because its a minority sport that has little or no catchment in North Leinster, Connacht and Ulster. It survives off Munster really. Winning an AI is like winning a Provincial title in the amount of people that really appreciate it. It's a great game and has been terribly promoted on the ground by the GAA in the areas named. Headquarters were too interested in the Dublin Cashcow to care about that!

Football has always been the number one sport in the country so of course every other sport is crying out for attention and nipping at its heels.

Easy to get tight games in May in a sport where only six counties even take it seriously.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

The matches in Croke Park yesterday were better than most football games. Certainly better than the Tipp v Cork game.  Pity the GAA don't do more to promote the occasion

[dclane]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

Going by the comments on here I'd say it's the football boys that are insecure.

[Rossfan]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

Going by the comments on here I'd say it's the football boys that are insecure.

What have we to be insecure about?

[OgraAnDun]

Why are hurling people so insecure?

Going by the comments on here I'd say it's the football boys that are insecure.

What have we to be insecure about?

Many of the games are sh*te to watch.

[twohands!!!]

Hurling enjoys a significant advantage in the quality stakes as the top teams play eachother much more regularly and earlier in the season. In football we haven't had an all division one scale and, in fact, there has only been two division 1 v division 2 games  (Tyrone v Derry and Monaghan v Fermanagh). Both these division two teams were also relegated. This weekend has Galway v Mayo and Monaghan v Cavan. Not saying these will be classics but the quality/competitiveness surely will rise.

With the regression of the cats there now is genuinely half a dozen teams that could win the AI in hurling. It really is shaping up to be a great championship for that code.

Yeah if the hurling championship had the Division 3 and Division 4 teams playing games against the Division 1 and Division 2 teams you would be hearing a lot less about the quality of hurling.

[johnneycool]

Hurling enjoys a significant advantage in the quality stakes as the top teams play eachother much more regularly and earlier in the season. In football we haven't had an all division one scale and, in fact, there has only been two division 1 v division 2 games  (Tyrone v Derry and Monaghan v Fermanagh). Both these division two teams were also relegated. This weekend has Galway v Mayo and Monaghan v Cavan. Not saying these will be classics but the quality/competitiveness surely will rise.

With the regression of the cats there now is genuinely half a dozen teams that could win the AI in hurling. It really is shaping up to be a great championship for that code.

Yeah if the hurling championship had the Division 3 and Division 4 teams playing games against the Division 1 and Division 2 teams you would be hearing a lot less about the quality of hurling.

Not sure what your point is, is it that football realistically needs to cop on and divide up into two or three separate championship grades like hurling or that hurling is masking its issues with these graded championships?

IMO there's a bit of truth in both.

[laoislad]

👍
Great game compared to that muck yesterday.

[BennyHarp]

👍
Great game compared to that muck yesterday.

Such a pity Galway weren't playing a Division 3 team. It'd have been class entertainment!