RTE next season

**bennocelt** · 18/03/2014, 6:26 PM

Dont think its that bad, not great either though, enjoy the Jimmy Magee segment, but as mentioned dont know why they had an interview with Robbie Fowler and I fast forward the awful highlights of the CL. Forde was a bit dull too, wonder if Pat Dolan be making an appearance this season.

**legendz** · 18/03/2014, 8:01 PM

A few of us have said ex-LoI players playing for Ireland could be used to promote the league. David Forde in fairness was a good guest in that respect. I think they showed action from both halves of all games last night unlike last week? It they did, that's an improvement of sorts. The gap between Derry v Cork and the rest of the LoI action was too long. In the first week all the LoI action was done in the first half hour. Watching Against the Head, they do go a bit all over the place there as well. The gap in the show with no LoI coverage one of the big flaws. Each of the three parts of the show should have some LoI coverage in my opinion.

**da bishop** · 18/03/2014, 8:47 PM

the show is totally disjointed,poorly produced and its magazine type approach is actually boring,Dolan badly needed to prop this disaster up a bit me thinks,though even he wont save it.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 18/03/2014, 9:32 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Their shambolic replies to anyone who points out how poor it is on their Twitter page is even more desperate. Wholly unprofessional behaviour. I'd love to know who is behind their twitter page.

Just had a gander at their Twitter account after reading this. Someone says "The national broadcaster should be obliged to promote the Irish game." The reply: "you could claim obliged to show but not promote the game, that's a job for the professional organisation and clubs that run it."

I suppose he's right, but something about that answer just seems to speak volumes about how RTE approaches LOI. Just some annoying necessity they have to show, and put a really bare amount of work into in the process.

**ArdeeBhoy** · 18/03/2014, 9:44 PM

FYI.
http://jrnl.ie/1368885f

**Charlie Darwin** · 18/03/2014, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

FYI.
http://jrnl.ie/1368885f

Not sure about the first part. People involved with Cork reckon they were all set to show the Pats game but weren't getting any reply from RTE or the FAI. I suppose that's not necessarily inconsistent with Stuey's info, but RTE were showing the Under 20s 6 Nations on the Friday night, which would have clashed with the LOI game. RTE head of sport Ryle Nugent is a rugby commentator and fan, so I'd be inclined to think they were the reason for the Sunday kick-off.

**ger121** · 18/03/2014, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Not sure about the first part. People involved with Cork reckon they were all set to show the Pats game but weren't getting any reply from RTE or the FAI. I suppose that's not necessarily inconsistent with Stuey's info, but RTE were showing the Under 20s 6 Nations on the Friday night, which would have clashed with the LOI game. RTE head of sport Ryle Nugent is a rugby commentator and fan, so I'd be inclined to think they were the reason for the Sunday kick-off.

I posted a comment on that article that I doubt the FAI wanted the match televised on Sunday and it was down to RTE showing the U20 games. Whoever Stuey Byrne was talking to was spinning him a yarn!

**Charlie Darwin** · 18/03/2014, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

I posted a comment on that article that I doubt the FAI wanted the match televised on Sunday and it was down to RTE showing the U20 games. Whoever Stuey Byrne was talking to was spinning him a yarn!

To be fair, I'd say the people Stuey talks to are full of yarns. If the FAI wanted the Rovers game shown, they'd have done it on Friday night. He seems to be working on the assumption the Rovers game could only happen on Sunday, when in fact we had to move the Glentoran game back a week to accommodate TV.

**Dodge** · 19/03/2014, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

We don't have a choice in terms of not budging. The club was trying to get confirmation for weeks from the FAI and RT� as to whether that game was going to be moved or no so they could go ahead with the billboard campaign.

To be clear, I wasn't having a go at Cork for not "budging".

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

He seems to be working on the assumption the Rovers game could only happen on Sunday, when in fact we had to move the Glentoran game back a week to accommodate TV.

There was a couple of issues at play for Glentoran too. They had an irish cup replay on Monday March 10 and that possibility was known when the TV game was annnounced. Even if the Rovers game wasn't moved to Sunday, the Setanta game was still to be moved to the 17th.

In this case, it worked OK for RTE as they could get a game on the Sunday and the rest of the schedule wasn't inconvenienced too much

**adamd164** · 19/03/2014, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

wonder if Pat Dolan be making an appearance this season.

I'm surprised he's not on it more.

The panelists have been OK, nothing earth shattering. Brian Kerr is alright, nothing against the guy, but he's a bit bland. Someone like Dolan at least brings personality.

**Charlie Darwin** · 19/03/2014, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by adamd164

I'm surprised he's not on it more.

The panelists have been OK, nothing earth shattering. Brian Kerr is alright, nothing against the guy, but he's a bit bland. Someone like Dolan at least brings personality.

Kerr might be bland but he actually goes to games and knows what he's talking about. I don't know what Pat does but very little of what he's said in the past few years actually corresponds to what happens on the pitch. He's a businessman and that has a role in football and good luck to him, but I wouldn't hang around waiting for him to talk about football. I'd take bland but knowledgeable ahead of exciting but sketchy any day.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 20/03/2014, 12:24 AM

Waiting for him to complain about Limerick's crazy spending.

**Duggie** · 20/03/2014, 8:04 AM

the show is terrible, terrible. hardly any highlights of the game. last show it showed the derry-cork highlights first and then it was like half an hour before they showed anymore LOI games. For a start the derry-cork game was on television guys. they basically looked at soccer AM and sky sports analysis and tried to copy it. eeh your not sky sports with your annoying "tiny" touchpad screen. and that stupid "freekick" challenge. arrrrgggggggg! they spent more time talking about utd-liverpool than our own games. its so bad its laughable. yet again RTE show themselves to be useless. and we pay for this sh**e.

**Dave77** · 20/03/2014, 9:12 AM

Always liked MNS, but this new show is poor. Like what people said above who is this show made for? LOI for 15 mins, Champs League for 10 mins, random premier league stuff for 15 mins, and then chat on random stuff for 5/10 mins. I just dont get it. Hopefully as Premier League & Champs League ends it will concentrate on Irish football, which is what the show said it was about. Its trying to be everything for everyone and therefore is nothing for anyone. LOI fans wont be too bothered with Champs League or Prem League. Irish fans of Man U, Liverpool etc wont have any interest in LOI stuff. Disappointing. Bring back MNS. If there was a youtube channel or similar for the league it would be alot better.

**adamd164** · 20/03/2014, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by Dave77

If there was a youtube channel or similar for the league it would be alot better.

True. In this day and age, it's as valuable to have a strong internet presence as it is to be on TV, certainly at 11pm on a Monday.

Would be great to see the league have its own YouTube channel and put all the highlights on there. Each club could look after the recording of their home games, and that would mean first division highlights could go up too if clubs were prepared.

**Dodge** · 20/03/2014, 9:45 AM

The league does have it's own youtube channel. Interviews only at this stage

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSN...Z2S8UV_NPYjSiQ

**oriel** · 23/03/2014, 10:01 PM

Not quite RTE, but I see Sky sports news have called us 'League of Ireland' Premiership on their ticker when showing the table. I hate that last word, and we were never called that, always premier division, well since 86, I know they won't use the sponsor title, but premiership? You even hear some LOI managers using the term.

Down with this sort of thing.

**Pablo Escobar** · 23/03/2014, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Not quite RTE, but I see Sky sports news have called us 'League of Ireland' Premiership on their ticker when showing the table. I hate that last word, and we were never called that, always premier division, well since 86, I know they won't use the sponsor title, but premiership? You even hear some LOI managers using the term.

Down with this sort of thing.

At risk of being pedantic, I think we only became the 'Premier Division' in the mid 90's. It would have been after the English top league went from 1st Division to Premier League.

**atfconline** · 23/03/2014, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Pablo Escobar

At risk of being pedantic, I think we only became the 'Premier Division' in the mid 90's. It would have been after the English top league went from 1st Division to Premier League.

Just had a look for an old programme around this time. Only one I could find was a Rovers one from the 85/86 season, and it called the League 'Premier League Championship'.

**Charlie Darwin** · 23/03/2014, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Not quite RTE, but I see Sky sports news have called us 'League of Ireland' Premiership on their ticker when showing the table. I hate that last word, and we were never called that, always premier division, well since 86, I know they won't use the sponsor title, but premiership? You even hear some LOI managers using the term.

Down with this sort of thing.

Shoot them off an email sure. They seem to have as much or more of an interest in Irish football as the actual Irish stations, so I'm sure they'd be glad to correct.