Just come back from being bought a pub lunch at work - to see this magnificence.
Absolutely brilliant news - especially for those outside the country.
Now - a simple message to TG4 and Setanta:
MATCH IT
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Just come back from being bought a pub lunch at work - to see this magnificence.
Absolutely brilliant news - especially for those outside the country.
Now - a simple message to TG4 and Setanta:
MATCH IT
Monday evening is probably best. Definitely won't be Sunday as that's a GAA day all Summer long. Leaving it until later in the week would be too long after the games.
Great news. Hopefully it won't be a Thursday - that's Oriel night. :)
Let's all point and laugh at the lightweight!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
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. :(
Great news. Sunday at 8pm would be a good time- after the live Premiership has ended and before the Sunday Game has started.
Now that Setanta have got what they wanted in Premiership rights I doubt they would be too bothered about Irish football.Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
No EPL/other football in summer for them, perfect time to concentrate on the LOI.Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
RTE, when they bother, are eaasily the best sports broadcaster in Ireland. I'd say Setanta will still be involved. They have a lot of airtime during the summer they need filling
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.
I thought I heard the Highlights package was to be between 7 - 9 - probably Network 2.
I shouldn't be too surprised at some of the negative reaction here, but I say fair play to Delaney, fair play to RTE.
Delaney pointed out, as he often does, that soccer is the biggest participation sport in the country & now it's great that the national broadcaster is promoting the national league.
I hope it goes well for all concerned.
And as for all the begrudery..........well Happy Christmas.
AFAICS its only one guy. and he's a seriel begrudgerQuote:
Originally Posted by MyTown
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by niallsparky
Remains to be seen how these plans would be affected by a breakaway league.
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Originally Posted by niallsparky
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 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Maribor
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
This is crucial. Most EL Fans would watch a game when not attending there own.Quote:
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.
great news for loi, lets hope they put a lot of marketing and effort into it
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. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
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
7.40: Build up (consisting of the theme music, who's playing, who's in studio, and the team sheets).Quote:
Originally Posted by dublinwanderer
7.45: ko
8.35: The Barry & Collins show
8.50: restart
9.40: whistle
9.41: "We wish you a very goodnight".
Could this mean the return of the Jim (I'd rather cover rugby) Sherwin and Ryle Nugent tag team?:eek:
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.
Just start with Shels and it'll fit in nicely. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
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.
Yeah, this is an important point. It could really depend on who is doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
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.
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.
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.
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...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
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...
Swap him with Sean Connor so. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by niallsparky
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
rico is available...
Were going to hear a lot more of Pat Morley saying "Different Class"
The Barry & Collins Show. Gives them something to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
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
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Originally Posted by jebus
:p (what a good afternoon!)Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
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.
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.
"Absolutely"Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
My god no matter what news we get positive or negative there is a gripe!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost