I like Aussie Rules, but I’m not in love with it. It can be a frustrating sport to watch I agree. Again, I started watching it in the eighties when RTE started showing it. I guess the linkage to Gaelic Football and the Irish player connection has kept my interest going.
As for soccer (or “football” as I call it here to annoy rugby league heads like @Chucks_Nwoko), really mate? You don’t think football, when played well isn’t a cerebral sport? Some of the best games I’ve watched were 0-0 draws, real games of chess. Ireland V Egypt 1990 of course being the highlight.
That’s two goes at me now you one-eyed freak. Behave.
You’ll spend the weekend now in a paranoid funk waiting for the third, it’ll be a doozy.
It’s not for me bro. it lacks impetus, both teams at times deciding early to play negatively and settle for a draw for example. The infamous Ireland v Croatia match coming to mind (where one team did) and theres far too much wasted ball with wasted effort, lapses of concentration etc Plus its dictated by a clock which gives the easy out of settling for a draw. I’m impressed by your appreciationof baseball, and would urge you to give gridiron another chance. chess on grass.
I agree football has more than it’s fair share of cynicism, but I still love watching it and playing it especially. I’m heavily, through my son, involved in underage football here at a representative level and seeing 14 year old kids who I reckon could well be professionals in 5-6 years time. A lot of that cynicism is being taken out of them now and they’re being encouraged to play football, albeit within a fairly rigorous tactical framework. I think it is still a sport where individual brilliance can make a massive difference.
Part of the problem we Irish have with playing it is the traditional influence of English football, where any intelligence went out the door. I’ve always argued we should be looking to the continent for the future of our football, much as we should do with our politics.
He is well able to give it out, not so good at taking it.
It’s a yellow belly thing.
This thread has the potential for greatness, if the simpletons can stay out of it. We might be able to tease out the forum expert on NFL, @Bandage, to explain the intricacies of the game to the misguided opening poster
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Australian football (soccer) is shit mate, their international team a truly awful version of the worst of the EPL. Would Australia beat Ireland, not a hope. Australians are only good at sports involving brawn pal, running into things.
Soccer (football) isn’t a cerebral sport, it’s an instinctive sport. There’s only so much a manager can do, as PSG supporters discovered yesterday.
Christ.
Australia beat Ireland 3-0the last time out. The best game in the last WC was Australia v Nethetlands who barely beat them. It would be an interesting match now, nothing to separate them. There’s lots of young talent coming out of here now. But i’ll defer to your superior knowledge of the australian football landscape ( mate do you think Blacktown can win NPL this year?).
As for aussies only playing sport where they bash into people, cricket isnt a cintact sport.
very true, the anti intellectual approach at all levels of the game permeates over from england. contrast that to iceland who through not even one generation of good coaching and investment produce a panel that seems far better setter up than ireland.
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The best game in the last World Cup was the final. The Dutch had no interest in the last World Cup, they are like the French, they switch from interested to non interested quickly.
Cricket isn’t remotely related to a sport. It’s a three day piss up for people who can afford a three pissup. What’s difficult about it? The blocking the ball with the bat? Catching a ball in front of your face? Running up and down like a moron?
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It’s five days. It’s played by billions of people the world over. But I guess a sophisticated, open minded, contemporary worldview from an American right wing nutjob is a bit much to ask.
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Your lot fairly took it from the Yellowbellies a couple of weeks ago.
the American football thing is the same as the Munster rugby bandwagon back in the day, if you actually read the thread, the comments are hilarious, sure it gave us the infamous @bandage clamping with the “mcjockstrap” incident in which a spoofing @bandage got unmerciful clamped, its full of muldoons coming out with comments like “yeah, that offensive type guy made a huge gain there, go eagles, who hooo” its full of “I’m an expert I am, I shovelled shit in Boston on J1 for a summer” types
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thats actually a tremendous post , I’d say you were a savage Chigaco Bears man
The one and only reason these lads like the ‘gridiron’ is because it’s on Sunday nights when there is fuck all else live sport on. It’s grand to be able to pull on their Pats jersey and jammy bottoms and ate bars of chocolate and put off the weekend ending for the 7 hours it takes to play a game.
Waffling away then amongst themselves in the football jargon moria like they are experts.
But as I said. Each to their own. If it keeps the bad thoughts away on a Sunday night sure isn’t it doing the trick.
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they don’t even know the rules ffs they just make it up as they go along 
A meaningless league game pal. Come back to me when Wexford win a meaningful championship game.
Cricket is played by billions of people worldwide?
What evidence do you have for that outrageous and borderline lunatic assertion?
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