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And as for all the begrudery..........
AFAICS its only one guy. and he's a seriel begrudger
Jerry The Saint
21/12/2007, 1:04 PM
I know that there are a lot of FAI haters on here but they must be given credit on this. I reckon they put a good deal of pressure on RTÉ for this as I'm unsure if it's in RTÉ's benefit, at least not in the short term. Something along the lines of blocking the coverage of home internationals with an Eircom League package must have been decided on. So congratulations for the FAI on this one.
Oh yeah, definitely credit where its due. Like most people, I could never understand why the FAI never used its massive bargaining chip - the senior internationals which everyone is falling over themselves to show - to force broadcasters to promote the league. Glad to see that they've finally realised the league is something they should be trying to promote.
Remains to be seen how these plans would be affected by a breakaway league.
MariborKev
21/12/2007, 1:05 PM
I know that there are a lot of FAI haters on here but they must be given credit on this. I reckon they put a good deal of pressure on RTÉ for this as I'm unsure if it's in RTÉ's benefit, at least not in the short term. Something along the lines of blocking the coverage of home internationals with an Eircom League package must have been decided on. So congratulations for the FAI on this one.
To be fair, they tried to do this with the Sky deal previously, only to be shafted by the Government.
don ramo
21/12/2007, 1:14 PM
To be fair, they tried to do this with the Sky deal previously, only to be shafted by the Government.
could you imagine jamie redknapp commentating on teh LOI :D
id say sunday is the best bet until the EPL finnishes as setanta now have monday night football, and when the EPL finnishes move it into monday,
good work to the FAI, good deal, and were in just in time:D
Juanace
21/12/2007, 1:14 PM
With a game a week they should really try and play the televised game when other teams are not playing, its fairly all over the place at the moment.
This is crucial. Most EL Fans would watch a game when not attending there own.
dublinwanderer
21/12/2007, 1:15 PM
great news for loi, lets hope they put a lot of marketing and effort into it
Réiteoir
21/12/2007, 1:23 PM
Let's all point and laugh at the lightweight!! :)
ah jebus me old mate - purely minerals this lunchtime as I was out with the MD (after handing in my resignation this morning) - so had to be on best behaviour. :D
Real fun starts at 5pm when I get out of here - two functions to go to tonight - both with free bar.
I'm genuinely pleased about the extra lot of games promised and the highlights as I'll be abroad for the foreseeable future
mypost
21/12/2007, 1:24 PM
lets hope they put a lot of marketing and effort into it
7.40: Build up (consisting of the theme music, who's playing, who's in studio, and the team sheets).
7.45: ko
8.35: The Barry & Collins show
8.50: restart
9.40: whistle
9.41: "We wish you a very goodnight".
GuisaSaigon
21/12/2007, 1:29 PM
Could this mean the return of the Jim (I'd rather cover rugby) Sherwin and Ryle Nugent tag team?:eek:
Schumi
21/12/2007, 1:35 PM
The highlights programme is great news, as Dodge says RTE do a good job on football when they bother showing it so we shouldn't have any more people standing up and blocking the camera when a goal goes in. Hopefully it'll be at a decent time, Sunday or Monday evening would be best. There's no point in having it any later in the week.
can't see RTE wanting to break up their successful comedy night. Just start with Shels and it'll fit in nicely. ;)
I could see this on Monday night as RTE don't have much on RTE 2 then. Sunday evening may also be an option but might mean surrounded by GAA.
A face
21/12/2007, 1:49 PM
Oh yeah, definitely credit where its due. Like most people, I could never understand why the FAI never used its massive bargaining chip - the senior internationals which everyone is falling over themselves to show - to force broadcasters to promote the league. Glad to see that they've finally realised the league is something they should be trying to promote.
Thats it exactly, its not like the league is going to be all bad for them. In fact it could turn out to be the best thing they ever did. Going back 10-15 years i'd agree the league was a bit of a basket case but its a different story now.
RTE are NOT doing us a favour here, promoting is something which is completely in their remit. That is essentially what they are there for and allowed operate the way they do.
Its only great news because we haven't had it before.
A face
21/12/2007, 1:50 PM
Could this mean the return of the Jim (I'd rather cover rugby) Sherwin and Ryle Nugent tag team?:eek:
Yeah, this is an important point. It could really depend on who is doing it.
Sheridan
21/12/2007, 1:54 PM
I'll give you any odds they get in some bit of stuff to co-present alongside Daragh Maloney or similar generic, inoffensive non-entity.
Sinéad K
21/12/2007, 2:06 PM
I'd like to see Paul Osam involved in some capacity. He comes across well and makes a lot of valid points even in comparison to some of the muppets on Sky or MOTD.
Sheridan
21/12/2007, 2:08 PM
The biggest (in every sense) problem with eL Weekly was/is Trevor Welch. He absolutely sucked the life out of that show in his remorseless attempt to repeat the same script for five years running. Everytime someone threatened to make an interesting point he panicked and cut them short instantly.
Schumi
21/12/2007, 2:13 PM
You know it'll be Roddy Collins and that baldy Cork guy that's always on RTE's live games.
niallsparky
21/12/2007, 2:15 PM
You know it'll be Roddy Collins and that baldy Cork guy that's always on RTE's live games.
Roddy will be too busy with his new job at Bohs...;)
Never liked the baldy Cork fella either. He's team of the season disgusted me. Barry Ryan best goalkeeper :rolleyes:, no Bohs defenders :rolleyes: And unlike Roddy, no Kevin Hunt...
Schumi
21/12/2007, 2:18 PM
Roddy will be too busy with his new job at Bohs...;)
Swap him with Sean Connor so. :D
GuisaSaigon
21/12/2007, 2:21 PM
It would be nice to see someone with some knowledge of LOI get the job. I really hope they get someone fresh that has a bit of passion for what they are doing. Or at least someone who can feign interest a bit better than the usual, Welch, Sherwin, McGurk types........
I've got it.............Marty Morrissey!:D
GavinZac
21/12/2007, 2:24 PM
rico is available...
GuisaSaigon
21/12/2007, 2:24 PM
Were going to hear a lot more of Pat Morley saying "Different Class"
mypost
21/12/2007, 2:27 PM
It would be nice to see someone with some knowledge of LOI get the job. I really hope they get someone fresh that has a bit of passion for what they are doing. Or at least someone who can feign interest a bit better than the usual
The Barry & Collins Show. Gives them something to do.
Any of our Foot people have relevant media experience that they could apply for a position on this show? I have a vision of a Foot.ie lobby group that has RTE shaking in it's boots to be perfectly honest. Furthermore I've been drinking wine here at work since noon
Réiteoir
21/12/2007, 2:40 PM
Any of our Foot people have relevant media experience that they could apply for a position on this show? I have a vision of a Foot.ie lobby group that has RTE shaking in it's boots to be perfectly honest. Furthermore I've been drinking wine here at work since noon
Let's all point and laugh at the lightweight!! :)
:p (what a good afternoon!)
This is great news and from what I can see it will be on Monday's before Comedy night. It realy depends on how the matches are recorded and sent to Rte as to how good the quality will be.
They use an AVID system at the minute for the premiership ,which makes putting together Highlights and Analysis much easier than going through tapes and cutting and cropping the stuff together.
Trust me there are several people in RTE Sports who are LOI fans and will put their all into producing a quality broadcast.
I for one am looking forward to the best coverage we have ever had.
CollegeTillIDie
21/12/2007, 2:55 PM
It's great news . The one hour highlight show could be on around 8 on a Monday or possibly slightly later on, but before EL Weekly's old slot on TV3. I take it that show is gone now.
The timing of EL Weekly was far from ideal and the repeats were even a 5:50 a.m.
To be fair to Trevor he used to cover Cork City a lot on Multichannel back in the day and I saw it a couple of times and if I recall correctly it was a better effort than TV 3's EL Weekly.
Were going to hear a lot more of Pat Morley saying "Different Class"
"Absolutely"
gufcfan
21/12/2007, 3:15 PM
GNow that Setanta have got what they wanted in Premiership rights I doubt they would be too bothered about Irish football.
Im not arguin, but Setanta do seems to support lesser supported leagues. I mean they show 2 live games a week from the Blue Square Premier. The 5th tier of English Football. I dont see them abandoning the Eircom League, but we'll have to see...
Hoped Setanta would get it, as they are by far the best broadcasters around for our games. RTE will show a live game and highlights once a week and not market it, whereas it would be shown numerous times and marketed well by Setanta, especially during the summer with no other football leagues on. :(
My god no matter what news we get positive or negative there is a gripe!!
Maroon 7
21/12/2007, 5:07 PM
rico is available...
They could fill the hour with just his analysis of the games.:D
Sniffer
21/12/2007, 5:11 PM
Originally Posted by mypost
My god no matter what news we get positive or negative there is a gripe!!
Not from these quarters - this highlights programme could be the best thing since professionalism for eL football.
DmanDmythDledge
21/12/2007, 5:44 PM
Delaney just said on RTÉ that it will be a "Monday night prime time slot" and is "a fantastic deal for the league".
bray boy
21/12/2007, 6:09 PM
this i think is a huge step in the right direction into getting the barstoolers out of their seats.......and into new colder ones lol
but really its huge with the live games and highlights this means the league will be in peoples faces and more unavoidable.
never thought id say it but fairplay the fai
Next step is getting proper television gantrys where applicable, so that grounds look better on television.
bray boy
21/12/2007, 6:18 PM
very true in most grounds u can either see random floodlights and poles looks very poor
bohsRap
21/12/2007, 6:19 PM
Excellent deal by the FAI.
Just pray to god Monday prime-time doesn't mean after 11.
Boh_So_Good
21/12/2007, 6:52 PM
Delaney just said on RTÉ that it will be a "Monday night prime time slot" and is "a fantastic deal for the league".
Bravo to the FAI.
I am not going to thank RTE as Tony O'Donohue said to John Delaney on the Six One News "will the quality of the football rise up to the commitment by RTE to the LOI???" - Would they ever say that to the GAA for broadcasting the ham-fisted idiosyncratic muck that is Gaelic Football...
Anyways this is great news, but RTE are sickened by having to do this. You can just tell.
gufcfan
21/12/2007, 6:57 PM
Delaney just said on RTÉ that it will be a "Monday night prime time slot" and is "a fantastic deal for the league".
I would like Delaney to clarify exactly what time "primetime" is...
Rocky77
21/12/2007, 7:06 PM
the ham-fisted idiosyncratic muck that is Gaelic Football...
There's nothing quite like a well-reasoned argument, is there?
gufcfan
21/12/2007, 7:08 PM
Anyways this is great news, but RTE are sickened by having to do this. You can just tell.
Whether or not they are sickened, we all know that the only way of achieving this level of coverage for the eircom league, was to package it with the international games.
RTE are only doing it because they have no choice. They expect people then to applaud them for doing it.
Im happy all the same...
feo123
21/12/2007, 7:19 PM
Excellent deal by the FAI.
Just pray to god Monday prime-time doesn't mean after 11.
there not going to shift prime time, questions and answers, or the news off RTE1 for it. if its RTE 1 it'll be after 11 id imagine. not sure about network 2?!
great news though, lets hope paul osam can strike a deal and move to RTE now!! he'll be sorely missed if hes not there!
Raheny Red
21/12/2007, 8:09 PM
Next step is getting proper television gantrys where applicable, so that grounds look better on television.
Agreed. Until the above and the improvement of grounds around the country this deal means jack **** as right now it ain't going to attract any more fans.
Agreed. Until the above and the improvement of grounds around the country this deal means jack **** as right now it ain't going to attract any more fans.
Might attract more/better sponsors though. Which in turn....
LeixlipRed
21/12/2007, 9:01 PM
there not going to shift prime time, questions and answers, or the news off RTE1 for it. if its RTE 1 it'll be after 11 id imagine. not sure about network 2?!
great news though, lets hope paul osam can strike a deal and move to RTE now!! he'll be sorely missed if hes not there!
RTE2 Mondays is generally comedy (Panel, Podge&Rodge, etc) but that doesnt run all year round. Might be space for an EL show. Most likely to be on at 10 though. My only worry is the quality of the footage/state of grounds. We all know from watching EL Weekly that both can be shocking at times. Wonder are RTE being forced to do a professional job on the presentation side of things? I'm sure the studio will look decent but will everything else look amateur?
RTE2 Mondays is generally comedy (Panel, Podge&Rodge, etc) but that doesnt run all year round. Might be space for an EL show. Most likely to be on at 10 though. My only worry is the quality of the footage/state of grounds. We all know from watching EL Weekly that both can be shocking at times. Wonder are RTE being forced to do a professional job on the presentation side of things? I'm sure the studio will look decent but will everything else look amateur?
A lot depends on whter they'll be covering the games or depending on well meaning amateurs. If they actually record every Premier game I'd have high hopes for it
LeixlipRed
21/12/2007, 9:12 PM
Hopefully that'll be the case. Some great amateur taping of EL games goes on but it's not of a good enough standard for TV
Some great amateur taping of EL games goes on but it's not of a good enough standard for TV
Some of it is. Some of it is camcorder stuff. As I said everybody who does it at any club is to be applauded but hopefully now they won't have to.
GavinZac
21/12/2007, 11:17 PM
Some of it is. Some of it is camcorder stuff. As I said everybody who does it at any club is to be applauded but hopefully now they won't have to.
As great as this deal is, with RTE i guess we've been bred to imagine every silver has a cloudy lining. I'd imagine for the first season RTE will simply imitate TV3, before realising that they're stuck with the show and had better make an effort.
I hope I'm wrong though
Bald Student
21/12/2007, 11:51 PM
To be fair to RTE, when they do show a match they do the best job of all the stations. I don't think that they'd allow amateur footage onto their show.
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