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[Derryman forever]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

[tonto1888]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

I can only watch soccer when Celtic are playing. And even then it can be tough

[snoopdog]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Totally agree. It's been a very poor tournament. A poor gaa match was better than most of the Euros.
Those guys are paid millions to play the ball backwards.

[Rossfan]

What's the feeling for numbers now?

not sure tbh.
would say circa 50k for saturday might be the limit
60k sunday as teams have  a bigger supporter base

Haven't talked to anyone yet that isn't planning on going!

Down will take a decent crowd as well.

Kerry only travel to finals, not sure about Laois.
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55 and 67.

[ClubScene13]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Made the same comparison in the pub last night to the GAA complaints. Fist half was diabolical. Our game has maybe gone down a bit in watchability but it's still x10 times the sport, fact.

[thewobbler]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Made the same comparison in the pub last night to the GAA complaints. Fist half was diabolical. Our game has maybe gone down a bit in watchability but it's still x10 times the sport, fact.

It's really not.

And using "fact" doesn't change it.

Adult Gaelic football is absolute dung that occasionally comes alive in the last 10 mins when some players get tired and others throw off the shackles.

You're pretending to yourself if you find it more entertaining than soccer. Which is largely dung too by the way.

[ClubScene13]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Made the same comparison in the pub last night to the GAA complaints. Fist half was diabolical. Our game has maybe gone down a bit in watchability but it's still x10 times the sport, fact.

It's really not.

And using "fact" doesn't change it.

Adult Gaelic football is absolute dung that occasionally comes alive in the last 10 mins when some players get tired and others throw off the shackles.

You're pretending to yourself if you find it more entertaining than soccer. Which is largely dung too by the way.

I am aye good man. Ye watch much of the Euros? England made the final having played multiple halfs of football without a shot on target. Garbage, fact.

[thewobbler]

Maybe not pretending to yourself, so much as now conditioned to believe that a game with an exciting 10 minute period is a good game.

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The inner beauty of soccer is that it's so easy to understand yet bloody difficult in which to score. It means every goal is celebrated as such, but more importantly is why countries of 2m people can contain - and occasionally even beat - countries of 100m people. 

Gaelic football is a completely different sport. It was meant to be a battle of physicality - including no small amount of chance - along with skill and endeavour.

But that's not what it is these days. It's a bastardised, boring **** of a game that throws up enjoyable moments when tired players make mistakes.

It's not entertaining. It's a nonsense.

[Armagh18]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Made the same comparison in the pub last night to the GAA complaints. Fist half was diabolical. Our game has maybe gone down a bit in watchability but it's still x10 times the sport, fact.

It's really not.

And using "fact" doesn't change it.

Adult Gaelic football is absolute dung that occasionally comes alive in the last 10 mins when some players get tired and others throw off the shackles.

You're pretending to yourself if you find it more entertaining than soccer. Which is largely dung too by the way.

Are you serious.

[DuffleKing]

Maybe not pretending to yourself, so much as now conditioned to believe that a game with an exciting 10 minute period is a good game.

—-

The inner beauty of soccer is that it's so easy to understand yet bloody difficult in which to score. It means every goal is celebrated as such, but more importantly is why countries of 2m people can contain - and occasionally even beat - countries of 100m people. 

Gaelic football is a completely different sport. It was meant to be a battle of physicality - including no small amount of chance - along with skill and endeavour.

But that's not what it is these days. It's a bastardised, boring **** of a game that throws up enjoyable moments when tired players make mistakes.

It's not entertaining. It's a nonsense.

The Down game on Sunday was for sure. The Armagh game... not so much

[thewobbler]

I forced myself to watch the first half of the soccer.
If anybody complaining about the standard of GAA is a soccer supporter, their opinion is not guided by a desire for entertainment I can see.

Made the same comparison in the pub last night to the GAA complaints. Fist half was diabolical. Our game has maybe gone down a bit in watchability but it's still x10 times the sport, fact.

It's really not.

And using "fact" doesn't change it.

Adult Gaelic football is absolute dung that occasionally comes alive in the last 10 mins when some players get tired and others throw off the shackles.

You're pretending to yourself if you find it more entertaining than soccer. Which is largely dung too by the way.

Are you serious.

Yep.

But the pattern continues.

For a couple of seasons there,  Derry ones were quite happy that the game was in a healthy place.

Same as Dublin ones for the decade previous.

And Donegal ones in the early noughties.

When the team you follow excels at a shite sport, it makes it easier to forget it's boring and shite.

[thewobbler]

Maybe not pretending to yourself, so much as now conditioned to believe that a game with an exciting 10 minute period is a good game.

—-

The inner beauty of soccer is that it's so easy to understand yet bloody difficult in which to score. It means every goal is celebrated as such, but more importantly is why countries of 2m people can contain - and occasionally even beat - countries of 100m people. 

Gaelic football is a completely different sport. It was meant to be a battle of physicality - including no small amount of chance - along with skill and endeavour.

But that's not what it is these days. It's a bastardised, boring **** of a game that throws up enjoyable moments when tired players make mistakes.

It's not entertaining. It's a nonsense.

The Down game on Sunday was for sure. The Armagh game... not so much

The first half of the Armagh game was utter tripe.

Granted it developed into an entertaining game.

But that first half was ultra safe dung with barely a tackle made.

[DuffleKing]

What field sport gives you constant entertainment (which is in the eye of the beholder) for the duration of the contest?

[bennydorano]

Soccer is awful, doubly awful if you attempt to watch it after first watching any sort of GAA game, it is so pedestrian. Give me bad GAA any day, I'd even watch women's GAA before soccer these days.

[Derryman forever]

Every game must be a classic or its not worth watching.
Simples.