Which Cup game should be live?

[pineapple stu]

Random pointless poll time. Following on from the debate on the other thread, which Cup game should be live?

Bray v Pat's
Cork v Kilkenny
Dundalk v UCD
Harps v Derry
Limerick v Douglas Hall
Longford v Fanad
Malahide v Bohs
Waterford v Sligo

Can someone set up an aul poll? Cheers!

[Tis-smeee]

Waterford Sligo obviously

[Sam_Heggy]

Harps - Derry.

[Saint MacDara]

There's only 1 Dublin team playing at home,so it has to be...
Malahide v Bohs:D

[pineapple stu]

Bray are at home too.

I'd go Harps v Derry though.

[MeathDrog]

Harps V derry

[pineapple stu]

The public wants what the public gets...

[Tis-smeee]

Going underground?

[jebus]

Malahide it is then

[Saint MacDara]

His heart was in the right place,we should have more polls on the site.
Or even more Poles perhaps!

[eelmonster]

Harps v Derry

[sligoman]

Either of these two would be best:

Limerick 37 v Douglas Hall
Longford v Fanad

[DmanDmythDledge]

Harps vs Derry.

[harry crumb]

Harps Derry is the obvious stand out tie.

[TheBoss]

I would say Finn Harps v Derry aswell.

[MariborKev]

The live game should be Harps v Derry

1) TG4 aims to reach out to the native Irish speakers and yet it ignores the game which features a side with an Irish speaking area?

2) If I was a broadcaster or sponsor I would want to associated with a game which has a big atmosphere and a big crowd. This game will be the best attended of the weekend, as well as the one with the largest outside interest.

There are less than 100 tickets left for Derry fans and we'd expect this to sell out early tomorrow morning, with plenty of people yet to get their tickets. In fact Harps don't appear to be sending any more, so there will be Derry fans disappointed.

A packed ground portrays the domestic product and by extension the sponsors and TV companies well. It is much easier to fill a few seconds by zooming in on the Derry or Harps fans going mental than it will be to pan across the vast empty expanses of the RSC.

Derry and Harps fans will be going all out for this one as both sets of fans raise their game for this one. Look at the last few games between the two sides
- Derry get a man sent off, miss two penalties and score right at the death
- Felix gets sent off early, McHugh scores a cracker, City win 3-2 in the Brandy
- "That game", the relegation playoff where McHugh equalises with the last kick of normal time, Liam Coyle scores the winner on his last ever appearance, Harps get two men sent off and City stay up.

That is just the most recent encounters!

4) As much as hate to stay it, there is a chance of an upset here. Harps flying in the First Division(fair play to them) and City treading water in the Premier.

If City lose the season is effectively over and there is huge pressure on Derry for this game. Harps want promotion and the Cup would be a bonus.

5) As well as the North West derby aspect(which demands a thread of its own) there is the ex-player aspect. Higgsy, Derry assistant last year and jettisoned by Fenlon is in charge of Harps. Add in the fact that more than half the Harps side have played for Derry in the recent past adds spice to it.

It is a shame that the rest of Ireland will miss out on sampling the unique atmosphere of a North West derby.

[dcfcsteve]

No neeed for a poll, as it has to be Harps-Derry.

I strongly suspect that whoever picks the games for TG4 simply doesn't know or understand EL football. If you didn't, you'd pick an all-Premier game - which is what they've done. If you did know the game, you'd pick Harps v Derry - as it's the tie of the round, will be the best attended, and probably the best spectacle overall.

[The Lilywhites]

Hardly rocket science...Harps v Derry.

[Burny89]

ahhh **** Maribor, snapping i can't be at, you've summed up the occasion well and the anticipation is rising. Hopefully AAD can get CMA going for us as the national broadcast have let the game down again

[Sunny Jim]

Has to be Harps v Derry. It'll surely have the best atmosphere of all the ties.

[sligored]

waterford v sligo. showing finn park would be a bad advertisement for the standard of grounds in the eircom league.

[bellavistaman]

Either of these two would be best:

Limerick 37 v Douglas Hall
Longford v Fanad

Would love to watch Limerick Douglas Hall, anybody know what odds Douglas are.
Waterford game of bit of interest to me with Dave Warren, Brosnan, Holden, breen, all ex rams players play there.

[CJTheGull]

[QUOTE=pineapple stu;747101]Bray are at home too.

Are you the Professor of Geography at UCD? Always thought Bray was in County Wicklow but sure what would I know I only went to Trinity. :p

[Schumi]

Can someone set up an aul poll? Cheers!You could have.

[Dodge]

Anything but Harps Derry for me.

[Jerry The Saint]

Waterford - Sligo should be shown as this is the game that has been advertised. Showing a different game would be silly and lead to widespread confusion.



The live game should be Harps v Derry

1) TG4 aims to reach out to the native Irish speakers and yet it ignores the game which features a side with an Irish speaking area?



Waterford has a Gaeltacht (http://www.deise.ie/)!:)

The vast majority of people who care about who wins the Harps-Derry game will be at the ground - why do fans of the two teams care about it being on TV if they won't be watching on TG4:confused:

[kev mcq]

waterford v sligo. showing finn park would be a bad advertisement for the standard of grounds in the eircom league.

Yeah and the RSC is the equivalent of the San Siro:rolleyes:

[Dodge]

Yeah and the RSC is the equivalent of the San Siro:rolleyes:

waterford's main stand actually looks OK on TV

[lofty9]

The Sheep vs Greyhounds all the way ;)

[OneRedArmy]

Anything but Harps Derry for me.I agree, I'm going to the match so I'd like something else to watch when I come back.:D

[CJTheGull]

In fairness at least a game is being covered a few years ago there was only the semi's and final on the box. In fairness Finn Park is a bit of a tiolet although I suppose the RSC is hardly The Carlisle!

[sligoman]

anybody know what odds Douglas are. 6-1 with PP

[Ceirtlis]

Finn Harps Vs Derry

[The Lilywhites]

waterford's main stand actually looks OK on TV

Will they not be videoing it from the main stand? so we get to see a running track?

[Dodge]

Will they not be videoing it from the main stand? so we get to see a running track?

Last time there was a live game it was opposit the main stand. Think they set up a little gantry for them

[Olander]

Harps v Derry

[Saint MacDara]

What's the odds for a boring 0 - 0 for the Harps Derry game?

[dcfcsteve]

Waterford - Sligo should be shown as this is the game that has been advertised. Showing a different game would be silly and lead to widespread confusion.

The point being made is that they made the wrong choice to begin with.


The vast majority of people who care about who wins the Harps-Derry game will be at the ground - why do fans of the two teams care about it being on TV if they won't be watching on TG4:confused:

Is that not true of every game though ? :confused: You could argue that the closeness of Ballybofey to Derry suggests that most of those who want to go will go - but our ticket allocation is sold out, so we will have disappointed fans. Meanwhile - any Sligo fan who is interested sufficiently in this game to go to it will doubtless ahve no problems getting a ticket. In fact - the total attendance for the Waterford-Sligo game may struggle to top the number of away fans City are bringing to Finn Park alone (2,000+).

So on a head-to-head analysis, I'd say there'd be a more interested TV audience for Harps-Derry than Waterford-Sligo. Not to mention bigger crowd, better atmosphere etc etc.

[dcfcsteve]

What's the odds for a boring 0 - 0 for the Harps Derry game?

Ask a bookie.... :D

As with any game of football, a 0-0 draw is possible. I can't see it happening myself though....

Would be great to get them back to Brandywell for a gate-busting replay though !

[sligoman]

All yer whinging here isn't going to change things. Close the thread:D.

[Jerry The Saint]

The point being made is that they made the wrong choice to begin with.



All yer whinging here isn't going to change things. Close the thread:D.

FACT :D:D

[EireBadBoy]

What's the odds for a boring 0 - 0 for the Harps Derry game?

What odds on the TV game being the same?

[sligoman]

What odds on the TV game being the same?13-2 with Paddy Power;).

[EireBadBoy]

13-2 with Paddy Power;).

You're as good - no matter what the rest of them say about ye.

[sligoman]

You're as good - no matter what the rest of them say about ye.:confused:

[harpstilidie]

Got to be harps-derry! Packed house with loads of fans singing their hearts out, the colour, and for it just being the game that it is!

[DmanDmythDledge]

I think it might be worth pointing out that the Harps vs Derry game may not have been shown because it is on Saturday, not Friday.

[garyderry]

I think it might be worth pointing out that the Harps vs Derry game may not have been shown because it is on Saturday, not Friday.

It was only moved to Saturday night after it was announced it wouldnt be shown live, and Finn Harps stated this when moving it to saturday.

So no its not worth pointing out :confused:

[corkharps]

After watching a nearly empty, DULL RSC tonight, can there be any question?
Finn Park might be a kip, but Jebus it'll be rockin' tomorrow night!:confused:

[carrickharp]

After watching a nearly empty, DULL RSC tonight, can there be any question?
Finn Park might be a kip, but Jebus it'll be rockin' tomorrow night!:confused:

And that's a fact!!