Depends on the type of chance - was there a deflection which should have been a corner, for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
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Depends on the type of chance - was there a deflection which should have been a corner, for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
Which happened.
And there could be a push in the area that was missed. there's loads of reasons.
think the pa is declan king
hes been doing it for years and quiet good at it too
compared to some we hear in the loi
ok sometimes his timing can be off but very good at pronouncing names etc
I'm sure the great Italian midfielder Purloo agrees. Most of the PAs in the league just get the job done. I've only heard irritating crap like this guy comes out with at Pats and Bohs.Quote:
Originally Posted by saint dog
obviously a while since youve been to either :p
You missed out on the tool that used to do Cork's games so, he was the worst of the lot. I think he's on Newstalk now.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I've been in the discover Ireland division. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by saint dog
Thought the PA at Stade de France was equally pants, some fat bloke in a mic waddling across the turf trying to get the crowd that had shown up at that point to shout out the surname of each player, e.g. he said "Patrice" crowd shouted "EVRA", etc.
Thats a common thing here in Germany where the PA announces the players 1st name and then the crowd calls out his second name. Same when the home team scores he goes "FC Bayern Muenchen" and the crowd goes "Eins" and then says the name of the other club and the crowd goes "Null". He then says thanks (in German of course) and the crowd says youre welcome (again in German). Obviously it must be a continental thing then.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
:mad:This is one of my pet hates, it's fake, cheap, tacky & deeply embarrassingQuote:
Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
Then He says "So how are ye doing?"Quote:
Originally Posted by AidoP
And the fans reply "not so bad, hows yerself?"
And he says "Im grand - do you come here often?"
And they say......ok I give up......
Do they do this for consolation goals too? "FC Bayern Muenchen". "Eins". "Eintract Frankfurt". "Vier".Quote:
Originally Posted by AidoP
By that stage the Bayern fans are already gone cos they have to get their trains to Nuremberg/Austria/Switzerland so theres usually silence :) My funniest PA memory from the LoI was when Finn Harps played a game at home and the lad put up the electronic board to say which subsitution was being made and after a number of times of pressing buttons and putting the board up with nothing on it the PA said something along the lines of "Ah for Gods sake Paddy the board isnt working so just use the old number boards". Brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
Munster invented everything about rugby you ape, rugby capital of the world :rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
[QUOTE=twoenz;1274225]The adverts are a FIFA directive: you're not allowed to show anything that can be contentious. QUOTE]
The screen is only supposed to cover each half in real time. Replays are only shown of things that have totally no contentiousness, if at all.
It's the exact same for the GAA games at Croker, as there was an incident replayed on the screen a few years back that influenced a decision - Wexford footballers I think?? The ads always pop up there too. Rugby is different as there is a television match official, and in the case of the Tommy Bowe efforts against Oz, the crowd as well as the TMO could have their view on it.
But, why does the clock always stop dead at 45 or 90? It's the same at football grounds everywhere
So the players can't complain to the ref if he plays more injury time than is indicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donegalcelt
The very same PA welcomed the Ireland and Argentina teams onto the field on Saturday at the RDS.....not sure how the Fijians felt about it.
"Clown" as the fella next to me opined, sums it up nicely.
I was half expecting him to ask us to welcome "your Ireland team".Quote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
He was definately hungover for the Oz game - never hears anything as ropey!
He likes to get in a few mentions of BRIANNN O DRISCOLLLLL to make himself feel part of it all. Maybe his worst ever moment was last year after the All Blacks finished the Haka and he tried to start an "Ireland, Ireland" chant. He got about half-way through the second "Ireland" when someone mercifully gagged him. A moment of pure cringe.
Mind you, I thought he was marginally better (i.e. silent) at the RDS on Saturday - there were several seconds during which I could hear myself think. It would be nice if some of the criticism was getting noticed but I'll suspend judgement until after the Springboks visit on Saturday.
There's no better way of announcing a goal imo, or home line ups. Really whips the crowd up. Much better than a barely enthusiastic drone, that you get here.Quote:
Originally Posted by AidoP
With Bayern, the PA/crowd always announces "nul" for the opponents when Bayern score, regardless of the actual score. Happens everywhere else in the Bundesliga as well.
The French bloke admittedly pulled a fast one when France "scored" last week, declaring the overall score, rather than the one on the night. :mad:
attended most of FC Nürnberg's home games in 2004/2005 and have to say this is an awesome way to get the atmosphere going / gee up the players.
not sure you could get it going in ireland, but would be good if you could...
and also, after lad's score....
I'm all for a bit of atmosphere. Just can we find someone who isn't a complete cretin to do it?
Id love the job, in fact Id do it for free :D
It's a deal. That's more than the current nitwit is worth and you couldn't be any worse.
At the rugby on saturday he (assume it is the same guy) butchered the South African names in a totally incompetent display. Obviously apart from winning the World Cup and the tri nations they are nobodies in world rugby. He then announced that Bakkies Botha (top player and high profile withdrawal) was coming on to the pitch.
and he announced the end of the game with Ireland still to take their last penalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
he thinks its all about him and just never shuts up. example: three mins to go on sat in a very tense second half and the PA clown comes on to spend a good 30 secs announcing the MOTM with the SA team attacking our line. pathetic!
Yep. Bang on the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by RodgenotPodge
The Tadhg de Brun thing at half time was hilarious in its incompetence. The poor fella must have been mortified.
"A legend who most of you know". Err, no, he's a floor manager, ergo most people in the stadium won't know him.
As for his announcements when the Beast came off and odd for a bloodbin, cringeworthy. A long string of letters that failed to come together into a name.
The half-time stuff was extraordinary - I guess the De Brun guy must have given the nitwit a few gigs or something.
We were breaking up at his efforts to pronounce the names - you'd think he would at least have the courtesy and professionalism to prepare - he sounded like he had never seen the names before, never mind heard them pronounced.
Ma-ta-rar-ra-wee-ra. He took about 10mins to say it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RodgenotPodge
I happened to be at an Argentinian league match at the weekend (shameless showing off there) where they didn't stop the scoreboard clock for injury time and played out the full four minutes. I think it was the first time I'd ever seen it but River Plate took advantage to score an injury time equaliser against Estudiantes (including Juan Sebastian Veron who still looks a classy player).Quote:
Originally Posted by Donegalcelt
yeah, everyone mind their toes while EastTerracer carelessly namedrops exotic holiday destinations....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
totally agreee that the injury time should run on the clock, but this is sometimes complicated by the issue of further stoppages during stoppage time....
and shouldn't that be, JS Veron, who now looks a classy player.... he was awful when he played in the premiership.
The RTE commentator got BJ and Bakkies mixed up as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Comparing the PA guys to Ryle Nugent is about right - after all, he's one of the worst commentators in television or radio history.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
Def 100000% per cent right. How many times does he call 50-50 decisions wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by dingbat
Thank christ the BBC usually have the same game running
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Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
The Aertel guy must have been double jobbing.
The major problem is that nobody knows how much injury time there is until the clock strikes 90 minutes, and it gives nobody the time to adjust the scoreboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnumpi
The injury time board should go up 1 or 2 minutes before. What's the need to wait til the 90 minute mark is reached?
Maybe I'm imagining it, but I could have sworn that the clock for the game in Paris went past the 90 minute mark. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
Can't remember but I presume it did once it went to extra time? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jmurphyc