Originally posted by pete
120k for friday night celtic league rugby is a very good figure for TG4. Internationals would be lucky to pull in 3 times that number.
That was their best figure, Pete and after years? of covering it.
If they covered the eircom league im sure they would get more! Even if they covered the european games and inter-toto cup games involving irish clubs that RTE dont touch. Although TG4 is an RTE station.
TG4 is owned by RTÉ, not an RTÉ station. Im not sure but I dont think RTÉ are the sole owners.
Anyone who has a way with words want to write a letter to TG4 asking them if they plan to cover eL games. I'll do a version as gaeilge then. It'll show them there is a bi-lingual audience out there for Irish soccer.
Eoinh?
Oh no not them again
TG4 are showing the Celtic game tonight, so I imagine their priorities lie in the same place as the muppets in montrose.
Well more that it'll make then money and raise the profile of the channel.Originally posted by Éanna
TG4 are showing the Celtic game tonight, so I imagine their priorities lie in the same place as the muppets in montrose.
Just like Irish teams playing British teams in friendlys. We make money off their "fans" and put our product in the shop window.
Oh no not them again
That was the subtext of my post about rugby on the off-topic forum, though most people here missed it.
pete 180,000 watched the France match on RTE, though obviously it was on BBC at thesame time.
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The BBC would account for a decent proportion of Irish rugby viewers, couldn't even hazard a guess at how many but I'd saw that they'd at least drag that 180,000 over the 200k mark if combined.
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ok, ill try and draw up a letter during the week.Originally posted by SÓC
TG4 is owned by RTÉ, not an RTÉ station. Im not sure but I dont think RTÉ are the sole owners.
Anyone who has a way with words want to write a letter to TG4 asking them if they plan to cover eL games. I'll do a version as gaeilge then. It'll show them there is a bi-lingual audience out there for Irish soccer.
Eoinh?
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maire.ni.ogain@tg4.ie Scheduler
linda.ni.ghriofa@tg4.ie Programme Publicity
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alan.esslemont@tg4.ie Director of Television
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Lads, if you are going to write a mail ... DONT group send to all the above only the relevant department.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
There were 9 games shown live last season on Irish TV involving eircom League sides to my recollection
Cork v Pat's
Bohs v Rosenborg
Rosenborg v Bohs
Longford v Galway
Bohs v Pat's
Pat's v Bohs
Bohs v Shels
Longford v Pat's
Waterford v Derry
All of these games seemed to just happen. There was no thought out plan at the start of the season to show these games. If there was a concerted effort to draw games for Live TV coverage before the season started it would make a huge difference.
In my opinion, I think you are all selling yourselves short in argueing about how the highlights package should look etc. There should be a live game on at least every second week of the season. In any other self respecting civilised European nation there is at least one live game every week. Why should we be any different? Expect any less. As with everything in this country, they give us nothing and we argue about scraps.
If our league is to survive, each club needs to increase its commercial revenue. If more games were organised for live TV and a timetable given to each club as to when it could expect to be on the box, all of the sundry commercial aspects can be looked at in advance and sold on that basis. It goes on. The more commercial revenue the clubs make, the more can be spent back on the clubs etc. etc.
I agree that we should have a better highlights programme. Not Rico coming up with new words every 30 seconds. But interviews. Preview shows. A decent amount of football and less waffle. But we need to stop selling ourselves short lads.
End of rant.
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out of the 9 games 7 teams were from dublin.
For ****s sake rambler.Originally posted by rambler09
out of the 9 games 7 teams were from dublin.
Cork v Pat's
Bohs v Rosenborg
Rosenborg v Bohs
Longford v Galway
Bohs v Pat's
Pat's v Bohs
Bohs v Shels
Longford v Pat's
Waterford v Derry
That makes Pat's, Bohs, Shels and who else from Dublin? If you are alluding to the fact of a Dublin bias just take a look at the games.
The first one Cork v Pat's was shown as a curtain raiser to the season. The reason simply that Pat Dolan had moved from one to the other and the fact that they are two of the biggest teams in the league had something to do with it also in my opinion. No bias there methinks.
Bohs v Rosenborg the Champions League (twice!)
Longford v Galway and Bohs v Pats (twice), the FAI Cup Semi final.
Bohs v Shels - top of the table clash near the end of the season.
Longford v Pat's - the FAI Cup final!
Waterford v Derry - outside Dublin!
I am sick to death of this myopic Dublin bashing crap that you and many others spout on about. Maybe it's that I am hungover today or maybe I have a point. But to suggest that the above games have a noted Dublin bias is ludicrous. The same as saying that there is a Dublin bias in the league. For Christs sake open your feckin eyes! Did you ever take into consideration that if the teams from outside the pale were any better they might be in the Premier Division? And just so that you don't misrepresent me, I honestly hope that the promoted teams for next season are Sligo, Galway and Harps. However I fear that UCD and Bray will be among the teams promoted and Waterford get relegated leaving a 12 team Premier with Bohs, Pat's, Shels, Rovers, UCD, Home Farm, Bray, Drogheda either in or within spitting distance of Dublin. A disaster for the league, but all there on merit.
A fact that idiots like you fail to take into account when arguing for a more 'national' National League!
I got no lips I got no bones where there
were eyes there's only space
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Point well made Charlie boy ... point well made !!
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
the reason all the dublin games were shown is because RTE are to ****in lazy to get in there vans and go for a drive!
so **** you!
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WTF do you expect ?
EL grounds are like good episodes of The Simpsons, no matter how many times you see them they're still funny
Great argument, well put. You certinaly knocked the other fellas page long post on the head with that.Originally posted by rambler09
the reason all the dublin games were shown is because RTE are to ****in lazy to get in there vans and go for a drive!
so **** you!
What's the point?Originally Posted by rambler09
I got no lips I got no bones where there
were eyes there's only space
That Has Got To Be The Worst Come-back In History!!!!!
Lads,
One of the biggest arguments in defence of not showing games is the fact they have to pay camera men to film the games .... I know you are goingo t think this is nuts but maybe if each club had their own camera man, they could cut the cost. I dunno ... is that totally off the wall.
The method in my madness is to give them as little excuse as possible, you know the push that turned out to be a shove.
I have said it before ... it wouldn't be a bad idea for any club to invest in a camera and take the footage themselves and sent it on. That way they could then throw a DVD together every year and fund it that way.
What are your thoughts on this one ??
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
sorry a face but i disagree. having one camera at a game makes it all look very unprofessional. that will just stop people going to matchs.
there is no excuse for not covering the league - the numbers justify it.
one camera is better than none but i agree there should be a few cameras at every game!
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