Win World Cup or Win All Ireland

[gilberto_eire]

My first reaction to this was....... Galway winning an All-Ireland.

However with a bit of taught it seems that the ''winning the WC'' option is at an unfair advantage.

Really thinking about it, it would be the WC, but it's hard to picture considering we barely even qualify for the damned thing in the first place, while i remember vividly Galways wins in 1998 and 2001 and the buzz around town after the games.

I think a fairer example for the football one would be ''Qualify for the WC'', that's something we can associate with. We have about as much chance of qualifying as one of the big countries have off winning it, need to put things into perspective

It's like all the lads from Sligo and Louth are picking the WC, because they'll never experience their county winning an AI(because there's no tradition) so all options to them are fantasy picks, while in my position(firm follower of Galway GAA-both codes, Galway Utd, Ireland-home games.... ''fair weather '' Rugby fan i suppose) i can associate with one of the options, so my natural tendency was to pick that.

I'd say there will be more of a buzz around this WC if we make it, with the recession(as opposed to no recession), serious amount on the dole now and with the free time to head to the pub for the day.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Think I've said this before, but soccer, hurling/Gaelic football and rugby can all be great sports.


But on an Irish soccer site, people would want Ireland to qualify for the Football WC.

We'll never win it, but it does massive good for the country, hopefully resulting in some small national pride with the BIG no matter where they come from, FFS. If they're good enough for FIFA and qualify for an Irish passport (& can play), they're ours!

Whether the likes of Murfinator like it or not. Have you missed out on the concept of The Diaspora?
And most of the people he named either aren't good enough or had injury-affected careers so are of limited use anyway!

[BohsPartisan]

I'd take Bohs beating Derry and Rovers over all of the others put together!

[Mr Maroon]

I'd take Galway United winning the League over either of them but definitely WC in this case.

[NeilMcD]

It's my support for justice that supersedes everything.

No, I don't think I'm being unduly sensitive, I just don't feel the abuse was warranted. No doubt he meant to go in hard with all the pent-up energy from ten years in Oz. But I find it a bit of a stretch to suggest he deliberately went for yer man's head. Especially when the margins are so small between catching him with a great rousing shoulder and in the head. I'd settle for "reckless" - not thug.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/champion...kennellyt.html

I think you should take a look at this.

[shakermaker1982]

just about to post the same thing Neil.

Might shift a few extra copies of his book....