Darragh Malony and RTE

I was sickened tonight by RTE's coverange of the Champions League. Last season RTE used to show a game and then show highlights of the other games. One of those games would get extensive highlights.

As a result I watched RTE's coverage of Man Utd V Lyon and thought to myself I would watch the highlights of Milan V Arsenal and Barca V Celtic and the goals of Seville V Fenerbache.

However Darragh "Unbelievable" Maloney decides to tell me the scores of the other games during the Man Utd game.

All this does is make me less likely to stay up and watch RTE's coverage of the other games. What is the point in him telling us the scores. If people want to know the score there are many ways to find out they dont need them to put the scoreup on the screen and for Darragh Maloney to go and tell us also. I was fuming and if anybody else is annoyed with this I urge you to e mail

complaints@rte.ie

I think RTE will lose viewers if they continue with this policy of telling us the score both in visual and aural format during the game in order to make it unavoidable.

They probably do not show highlights of the other games due to changes in TV rights?

Score updates ate pointless when almost everyone would have access to Aertel.

He is an annoying commentator but that is a different topic.

They are showing highlights as we speak of the AC Milan V Arsenal game. They will also show highlights of the Celtic Barca match and goals of the Seville Ferbache match. Why could he not just shut his mouth and the next hour or so of highlights would have been pure footballing pleasure.

Setanta showed the extra time and shootout in Sevilla. Simple choice really.

I've pretty much stopped watching RTE's CL coverage unless it's a match I really want to watch. Setanta had Arsenal Milan on tonight, it was a fascinating match and the panelists aren't bloody eejits.

Yeah I watched that but we did not know that would go to extra time. Pat Dolan is an eejit I find him even more annoying than Dunphy. Souness is quite good on RTE and so is Giles. I like Martin Keown though.

THe point anyway is that I want to encourage people to make a complaint to RTE so that they may change their habit of telling us the scores.

Yeah I've stopped watching RTE's coverage for that reason and I'm sure I'm not the only one, absolute idiots there are to fail to see the effect this will have on their viewership figures.
Was also annoyed with the Premiership last week when they showed an interview with Fergusson talking about how impressive Chelsea were in destroying West Ham before showing the Chelsea game

Well I e mailed them today as I am trying to change that habit they now have of spoiling the result.

ITV were doing the same, in both the United and Arsenal games. Always watch ITV (or BBC) above RTE if there's a choice - free to air, widescreen, digital....

I always Sky+ another game and watch it after in full....so needless to say it ****es me off too:mad:

I sent them an e-mail, telling them unless they can assure me it won't happen anymore I will be watching the upcoming 1/4 fianls elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by NeilMcD

I think RTE will lose viewers if they continue with this policy of telling us the score both in visual and aural format during the game in order to make it unavoidable.

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Setanta, Sky and ITV always flash up the scores from the other games.

Dear Neil



Many thanks for your comments below. We have received quite a few complaints from viewers about this.

As a result we will be looking again at our policy on this for the quarter-finals and beyond.



Kind regards,



Stephen Alkin

Exec Producer RTE TV Sport

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Originally Posted by Roadend

Setanta, Sky and ITV always flash up the scores from the other games.

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Setanta do not tell you aurally though. So you can avoid it if you hold up your hand which is what I do.

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Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Setanta do not tell you aurally though. So you can avoid it if you hold up your hand which is what I do.

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Paints a lovely picture. Next time I am watching Setanta with the latest scores going across the page, I will think of you holding up your hand :D

Nice of RTE to reply.

....It was a nice change last night to look forward to highlights of the chelsea match without having the score echoing in your ears by George hamilton...

However I couldn't believe RTE had Liam Brady commentating on the game last night. As a liverpool fan I found it extremely annoying, his consatant comments like "Luckily gerrard overhit that because there was abreak on there for liverpool"???
And I knowit was a penalty but he rubbed it in the viewers faces every 30 seconds..

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Originally Posted by Donegalred

....It was a nice change last night to look forward to highlights of the chelsea match without having the score echoing in your ears by George hamilton...

However I couldn't believe RTE had Liam Brady commentating on the game last night. As a liverpool fan I found it extremely annoying, his consatant comments like "Luckily gerrard overhit that because there was abreak on there for liverpool"???
And I knowit was a penalty but he rubbed it in the viewers faces every 30 seconds..

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Ex Liverpool players have taken over the pundit roles on British tv. Hansen, Lawro, Phil Thompson, Souness, McManaman, Redknapp..... it's painful to hear them as a non Liverpool fan :D

Yes a lot of pundits are former LFC players, but arsenal have their fair share too, Dixon, Keown, Wright, Merson etc.... But to have a man so affiliated to arsenal commentating on a liverpool arsenal match was a bit weird. I like Brady but it 's like getting Kevin Keegan to commentate on a manchester derby!

Besides a couple of times where he let his loyalty slip through (the penalty shout) I thought he gave a pretty balanced analysis. He wasn't excessively blinkered.

Can't blame him for wanting Arsenal to win. The real annoying thing is when Whelan or more particularly Houghton gets it next week, he'll be the same pro-Arsenal:rolleyes:

so they sent Giles to keep everyone happy last night!at times I nearly fell asleep he was so dull!
at least the post match analysis livened things up! thought they were a bit to nasty to brady, he was obviously in shock after the way the game ended & to here wenger getting ridiculed on live tv was the last straw for him

Giles was top class last night. Giving good insight into the game. Not for some maybe but I thought he was really good.