Quote from: Farrandeelin on March 09, 2012, 08:58:06 PMQuote from: johnneycool on March 09, 2012, 01:50:36 PMQuote from: mannix on March 09, 2012, 12:46:40 PM
Hurling is developing very fast at underage level in mayo, and the county team never go out and not try their best even if they are not sucessful. They try a lot harder than thekilkenny footballers and thats the reason people are annoyed at Kilkenny.
I think you need to differentiate between how players treat the weaker sport in a county to the way a county board treats that sport.
AFAIK Kilkenny as a county hasn't got a football only area whereas a lot of football dominated counties would have a pocket of hurling clubs, like Tyrone, Mayo, Armagh, Down etc who keep the game going sometimes inspite of their county boards actions.
Kilkenny county board by their actions look to only pay lip service to football, but that can be said on the flip side for a good few other counties.
Doesn't make it right though.
Armagh county board have been putting a lot of resources into hurling and they're reaping a reward, their U-21's, minors etc are probably better than Down and Derry at the minute with Middletown getting to an AI intermediate final only last month.
Mayo hasn't got a hurling area per sé either johnney. True underage hurling is available in some places, and the towns have a nice underage hurling structure, i.e Westport, Ballina and Castlebar, but it's not confined to one particular area.
Not true, honestly. Toreen and Ballyhaunis are hurling strongholds and it's taken root relatively locally in Carracastle too.