Quoteterrible show full of cheap gimmicks they should cut out the BS and concentrate on the football some of the games got no time at all but the rubbish like paper talk/fans scope got a decent amount of time.
Houghton was better than I was expecting, he doesn't know the league but it wasn't as bad as I thought.
The state of paper talk.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
terrible show full of cheap gimmicks they should cut out the BS and concentrate on the football some of the games got no time at all but the rubbish like paper talk/fans scope got a decent amount of time.
Missed the first 20 minutes. What did Gavin have to say?
2 shocking penalty decisions in the Bray and Bohs game, and didn't look like a penalty for Dundalk either. Good finish by Twigg for the 3rd (I think, not his header).
a fair bit of party line nonsense about how one club going bust isnt statistically that bad compared to other industry's and other similar guff.Missed the first 20 minutes. What did Gavin have to say?
Take another look,it was defo a penalty,Shams didnt protest too much about it.Originally Posted by osarusan
Very good show I thought
The lights were poor at Derry, Bray and Drogheda, not helping analysis of penalties etc, so the less time given to football coverage and more Fanscopes and Made in Irelands and Houghton's goal the better. The paper talk thing was awful though, really truly awful.
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
houghton said something like i heard sligo have a good starting 11 but then....shows he knows nothing about the league why have these new pundits on
I didn't see the thing tonight, but would be willing to give houghton and that a few weeks to see how they get on.
As for why? I would have thought, as already been pointed out, it's all down to money. Why pay 5 or 6 no-marks (this face it anyone who doesn't already follow the league won't know most of the panel), when you can get some more work out the 'personalities' you're already paying a decent wedge. I don't even imagine the idea that they might lend some kind of credibility (to the beloved barstooler) to the thing even came up.
Would they not be paying the likes of Houghton per appearance rather than having a contract? Can't imagine he'd be cheaper than the previous pundits!
I liked it, fair play to RTE. Liked the fanscope and enjoy the good the bad the ugly bit.. makes it better in my opinion!! Roddy is an idiot and annoys me.. him off the show it would be even better!!
shamrock rovers are great.
Thought the programe was good though.
Missed the first bit but thought it was a good so-so good that I missed Corrie. And Ray Houghton ha done some research so came across well. Still don't see why that can't show a First Division goals round-up.
I thought it was a good show. Ray Houghton was good, neither patronising or over critical even though there were a lot of player mistakes in all the games especiallly Oman,Murray and Cherrie. What was the point of the Paper Talk piece, nothing to do with L.O.I. We hear enough about Stephen Ireland elsewhere. The fans commentary thing was ok,they copied that from Sky Sports. At least they had fans in the show which they never have. The advantage of having Houghton on is that some non L.O.I fans may have tuned in to see what Ray had to say. The crowds at the Brandywell, Tallaght and Bray looked good. On the first division they should show the goals from one match every week.
Do they have cameras at all the 1st division games?
I'd like to see more 1st division football instead of the filler they provide on MNS.
If anyone wanted to write into the MNS folk and ask for something to change then here are the contact details ... cos it will never change unless they know about it.
www.rte.ie/mns
mns@rte.ie
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.
What a waste of a hour that was maybe 8 minutes of football and full of egos talking kack. FAIreland and Stephen Ireland get enough air without eating into the league of Irelandshow. Fan scope complete riddy. Anyone who does it should be tarred and feathered. They seem to be trying to do a cross between soccer am and motd. I thinking I'll just stick to watching the footb parts on the internet
Wouldn't go quite as far as to say an hour wasted but agree with some sentiments. No harm having the introduction piece about the state of the League but thought it was too dragged out for the bad news story it was (and hardly an optimistic start to the season). As ever Gavin was useless. Thought there was too many panelists for constructive discussion - more buggins turn to speak rather than who had something coherent to say. Houghton did his best but hardly an "expert" on LOI matters so seems unecessasary to me.
Fanzone thing was truely awful, rip off of SKY Sports thing that will just be a long term embarrassment to those involved. papertalk ? What more Stephen Ireland ? What has that clown got to do with Irish football ? (even he claims it means nothing to him) waste of time that should have been devoted to football.
Still think that overall the programme is the best RTE effort the LOI has had but disagree with the (apparently ever increasing) move to a "magazine" type format.
Wouldn't worry about having Houghton on there, the standard of panellist is generally crap anyway and they rarely offer anything really insightful. And is said above there are too many on there so it's a few clichés each and then on to the next bit.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
Not enough football, too much talk. Is it the ego of the commentators, producers or hosts that however many years in, this is still the bloody complaint? Same as other seasons, first one will probably be my last.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Houghton wasnt half as embaressing as I thought he would be.
The fanscope is absolute trash, almost as bad as papertalk.
Roddy was as class as ever, the mans a hero, guuu oooon rodster.
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