League of Ireland Previews 2017

**nigel-harps1954** · 19/02/2017, 11:31 AM

Haven't seen a huge amount towards previews as of yet.

Highland Radio preview ahead of the year along with Felix Healy and Kevin McHugh. Largely focuses on Harps and Derry naturally, but does talk about the league in general too.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCf-0N8H4tY
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-LYvqGS0Y

**oriel** · 19/02/2017, 11:52 AM

The excellent 8 page pull out is back in the Irish Sun from this Wednesday, that's the weekly publication. They usually have a separate pre season magazine, I think the Irish Star and possibly the Irish Mail does one also.

**ToberonaTornado** · 20/02/2017, 6:26 PM

Owen Cowzer of The Sun preview on LMFM yesterday is a good listen : https://soundcloud.com/lmfmradio/sun...ivision-season

**patrickccfc** · 20/02/2017, 7:40 PM

I think a Soccer Republic season preview show would be a great idea. Unlikely to ever happen I know..

**gspain01** · 21/02/2017, 8:34 AM

Anybody know when the preview magazines are in the various newspapers.

**oriel** · 21/02/2017, 8:57 AM

The one in the Irish Mail is out tomorrow. Also, not a magazine, but the Irish Sun weekly 8 page supplement returns tomorrow. I would assume the Irish Mirror will restart theirs on Friday. Both of these supplements are excellent, actually it's the only time I generally buy both papers.

**sulywaterfordfc** · 22/02/2017, 12:56 AM

Seen on twitter the mirror will have a 16 page preview and then the weekly 8 page pull out on Fridays. Personally prefer the mirror then again I only read that and the star. Wouldn't wipe me arse with the sun

**White Horse** · 22/02/2017, 8:28 AM

Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc

Wouldn't wipe me arse with the sun

The Irish Sun is very good and the O'Riordan and Crowzer know a lot about Irish football.
.

**oriel** · 22/02/2017, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc

Seen on twitter the mirror will have a 16 page preview and then the weekly 8 page pull out on Fridays. Personally prefer the mirror then again I only read that and the star. Wouldn't wipe me arse with the sun

If this is another link to Liverpool, its getting tiresome, the Irish Sun covers LOI football to a very good standard. I also agree 100% with WH that O'Riordan and Cowzer who write for the Irish edition are very good journalists and the supplement today was excellent.

**Philosophizer** · 22/02/2017, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

WH that O'Riordan and Cowzer who write for the Irish edition are very good journalists and the supplement today was excellent.

It's deffo the best paper in Ireland for LOI coverage imo

**Mr A** · 22/02/2017, 1:09 PM

RTE preview: Part 1 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/...eague-preview/ Part 2 http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/...-team-preview/

**sbgawa** · 22/02/2017, 3:03 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

If this is another link to Liverpool, its getting tiresome, the Irish Sun covers LOI football to a very good standard. I also agree 100% with WH that O'Riordan and Cowzer who write for the Irish edition are very good journalists and the supplement today was excellent.

completely agree, they put an effort in and deserve support

**gspain01** · 22/02/2017, 3:15 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

The one in the Irish Mail is out tomorrow. Also, not a magazine, but the Irish Sun weekly 8 page supplement returns tomorrow. I would assume the Irish Mirror will restart theirs on Friday. Both of these supplements are excellent, actually it's the only time I generally buy both papers.

Nothing in the mail in Dublin 16 today.

Anybody see any supplements yet?

**nigel-harps1954** · 22/02/2017, 3:17 PM

I only ever really buy newspapers any more for their League of Ireland coverage. The Sun and the Mirror are far and away the best in terms of coverage of the league, but the Irish Daily Mail usually do a good pullout at the start of the season. Haven't bought todays papers yet, but last years Mail was a glossy magazine type and it was very good.

**ArFella** · 22/02/2017, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by gspain01

Nothing in the mail in Dublin 16 today.

Anybody see any supplements yet?

Yeah, 30 page glossy magazine in my Irish Daily Mail bought today, in Louth, pretty decent stuff, enough to get you even more excited for Friday!

**sulywaterfordfc** · 23/02/2017, 1:34 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

The Irish Sun is very good and the O'Riordan and Crowzer know a lot about Irish football.
.

Originally Posted by oriel

If this is another link to Liverpool, its getting tiresome, the Irish Sun covers LOI football to a very good standard. I also agree 100% with WH that O'Riordan and Cowzer who write for the Irish edition are very good journalists and the supplement today was excellent.

Numerous reasons. It's a horrible paper aside from football.

**Philosophizer** · 23/02/2017, 9:23 AM

Originally Posted by sulywaterfordfc

Numerous reasons. It's a horrible paper aside from football.

Everybody agrees that the way they covered Hillsborough was deplorable, but there's no need to bring that up here.

The guys who write the LOI content for the Irish Sun have nothing whatsoever to do with the old coverage of Hillsborough. There one of only 2 papers in Ireland who actually cover LOI really well and many ppl on here enjoy their LOI coverage.

**El-Pietro** · 23/02/2017, 10:05 AM

I gave up on the sun about 10 years ago based on their coverage of a news-story here in Cork. Despicable.

**Philosophizer** · 23/02/2017, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

I gave up on the sun about 10 years ago based on their coverage of a news-story here in Cork. Despicable.

Did you really expect to get balanced, quality reporting on national/world issues from a redtop??

I like the Sun and the Star for the LOI coverage, but i wouldn't even consider reading anything outside of their sports section.

**sbgawa** · 23/02/2017, 10:25 AM

Ditto with Philosophizer,
if you are reading a red top expecting news you should save yourself the trouble and buy the Beano.
The Sun news coverage is strictly the print version of Clickbait online
LOI coverage excellent ! worth the €1 on Wednesday.