RTE coverage. Verdict?

**Dazzy** · 19/03/2005, 10:40 PM

they mite aswell come up to the Brandywell to cover our game with Longford.

**De Town** · 19/03/2005, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dazzy

they mite aswell come up to the Brandywell to cover are game with Longford.

Exactly. That would be great

**sadloserkid** · 20/03/2005, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by A face

That was one joke in fairness and Dolan and George had a laugh about it. It was meant to be stupid.

Well if that's what floats your boat... for me stupid is stupid.

As for the Mark Rutherford thing Hamilton was dead right if a little unclear.

0-10 is a person's first decade,
11-20 is their second,
21-30 is their third
and 31-40 is their fourth.

Rutherford is what? 35 I think? So he's in his fourth decade. Simple really.

**S�C** · 20/03/2005, 12:19 PM

TG4 use a company from Ring in Wahhhhherford to do all their outside broadcasts so going to Dublin is a bit of a trek for them

**crc** · 20/03/2005, 4:58 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

0-10 is a person's first decade,
11-20 is their second,
21-30 is their third
and 31-40 is their fourth

Actually 0-9 is the first decade
10-19 is the second, etc.

so the moment you hit thirty (rather than thirty-one), you're in your fouth decade. The same way the moment the clock goes from 11:59am to 12:00noon, it's pm rather than am. I though George meant that Rutherford had just turned 30, but given that the guy is about 35, it seems a bit of a pointless comment.

As for TG4, I didn't know they subcontracted the OB to a company in Waterford. The commentators must still have to come from the west, though? Either way it's not Dublin!

**pete** · 20/03/2005, 9:58 PM

All TV games won't be classics but as long as get a few golas i don't think the average bar stoller would know the difference.

Bohs-Rovers reminded me of frantic old form game. High on tempo but low on quality.

**A face** · 21/03/2005, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by crc

George (Hamilton) ...... pointless comment.

Sorry mate ... you have Gerogie boy and "pointless comment" in the same sentence .... are you sure you have got that right ??

**A face** · 21/03/2005, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

Well if that's what floats your boat... for me stupid is stupid.

Q: What do you call two Welsh men

A: A choir

I know man .... it aint that funny, infact .... the cringe factor is way off the scale .... but you do see the humour dont you.
But i agree, its stupid and alot worse now that its been laboured.

**noby** · 21/03/2005, 8:47 AM

Originally Posted by crc

As for TG4, I didn't know they subcontracted the OB to a company in Waterford. The commentators must still have to come from the west, though? Either way it's not Dublin!

Nemeton, in Ring, as SOC said, do all the OB sports. Their regualr commentator is also from Ring. I guess he'll be doing the footie too ( he did their Celtic matches)
They're well used to trekking up to Dublin for a friday night, for the rugby, but I do hope it gets spread around the country a bit. The league isn't a week old, and bohs have pocketed 7500 already.

Ring is pretty much halfway between Cork and Waterford, so a munster derby (at the cross, probably) would be nice.

**harry crumb** · 21/03/2005, 5:02 PM

There has been plenty of advertising the Pats vs Bohs game on TG4 de hAoine. I don't remember seeing any ads for the Rovers game.

**BohDiddley** · 21/03/2005, 5:13 PM

An beidh se as Gaeilge mar sin?

**Slash/ED** · 21/03/2005, 5:26 PM

Originally Posted by harry crumb

There has been plenty of advertising the Pats vs Bohs game on TG4 de hAoine. I don't remember seeing any ads for the Rovers game.

There weren't any afaik, what's the ad for this one like?

**harry crumb** · 21/03/2005, 5:51 PM

It shows a montage of quick action clips. They made sure there was a crowd in the backround too, It looked well.

**soylent green** · 22/03/2005, 2:17 PM

Originally Posted by Slash/ED

It stands to reason really to show the majority of the matches in the first and last series of games, the middle is always the least dramatic and that's also when the European games kick in, and the European games are on top of the 30 games they've agreed to show.

Having games in the middle would be good as it would coincide with the close season across the major leagues in Europe. There is no other live football on TV (excluding bog ball) especially as no EURO or World Cup Championships this year.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 22/03/2005, 2:32 PM

Nemeton, the Waterford company TG4 use, won't mind travelling lads. Their GAA coverage often features games from the North and they regularly covered games from Donnybrook when they had they had the Celtic league.