Shels v Rovers - 16th June - Setanta

[BohDiddley]

One and a half times a pathetically small support = a still pathetically small support.
This is, cough, cough, your home game!

[NY Hoop]

Don't recognise the juvenile label (you're not on fantasy web now) sunshine, but if you're talking about your 'home' game this Friday, we're kinda looking forward to that! Foregrounding it in the to-be-relished department. Savouring a little frisson in the build-up. Mentally previewing the scenes. Probably not bothering to waste any money in Paddy Power's.
I'm not surprised you'd rather think of playing Frodo and his battered little band.

Keep on hallucinating!

Who are you calling sunshine? Any of your muppet casuals out of their teens yet? See the exclamation mark in my original post? Ask your english teacher what it means.

Of course we are savouring the game. Bus load of Cliftonville and Schalke fans are too. It's just that watching it from that sh1t part of the ground is a disgrace as is your treatment of our officials but of course you wouldnt know anything about that.

Gonna wear any colours tonight or is too embarrassing?


KOH

[BohDiddley]

See the exclamation mark in my original post? Ask your english teacher what it means.

The rest of your post was more or less predictable, but you've got me there (sunshine ). Would you like to take me through how it affects the meaning? Go on, indulge me. Or did you do enough of that last night?
(That question mark indicates an interrogative, but don't worry about it, because it is rhetorical. A rhetorical question is one that clearly doesn't seek an answer. Questions asked of you lot last night were not rhetorical, but there wasn't any answer )

[mypost]

Shels are the champions and we are sh1t.

If Shels don't win against Rovers, it could be the end of their chances of defending the title. Cork are starting to pull away from the rest, and could be 8 points clear of Shels at the weekend, and it might not be possible for Shels to claw it back.

[tiktok]

If Shels don't win against Rovers, it could be the end of their chances of defending the title.

I doubt it tbh.
I think CCFC will find it hard enough against Bray, and it'd be silly to write off Shels one third of the way through the season, they've got the squad capable of putting a run of eight or nine wins together.

[Gareth]

The game was always on Friday? Its not been moved?

[Jaime]

I don't think it was ever likely to be moved to a Thursday. Fenlon would hate playing one night before everyone else.

[CuanaD]

I see the point in showing mainly Shel$ games live - its a fairly simple marketing ploy, to creat an us-&-them feel. The same was done in Engerland with ManUre. You promote the team that seems the most consistant so that all the others want to beat them - so all your barstollers either 'support' Shel$ or want any other team to beat them. Its just another way of building the interest in the eL teams & imo it will be good for the league in the short term.
i expect, after about 3 seasons there won't be any need to over-promote Shel$ & the live games will be more evenly spread around the teams - by then i would hope we will be guaranteed a live game EVERY weekend & the euro and Setanta ties on top of that - a dream-come-true for me anyway!

[Gareth]

"You promote the team that seems the most consistant"

Consistantly losing counts now?

[BohDiddley]

Its all Dublin Bias anyway.
Setanta only showed shels v city live so Pat fenlon could watch game on tv & call Collins on the mobile! How else can they explain the short notice for televising the game?

Same old Dublin Always Cheating!

Pete, you and the rest of the langers on here should write a book on this. I'm serious!

[CuanaD]

"You promote the team that seems the most consistant"

Consistantly losing counts now?

Obviously I mean consistant over the past seasons

[Jaime]

Or simply by being defending champions.

[dancinpants]

Anyone know if Setanta Sports show the Eircom League games in the states? Was just trolling through the TV stations this morning and found Setanta Sports by pure luck. Not gonna buy it unless there's Eircom League coverage. So, anyone know?

[Slash/ED]

I don't think they even show it in the UK so I doubt it.

[dcfcsteve]

I see the point in showing mainly Shel$ games live - its a fairly simple marketing ploy, to creat an us-&-them feel. The same was done in Engerland with ManUre. You promote the team that seems the most consistant so that all the others want to beat them - so all your barstollers either 'support' Shel$ or want any other team to beat them. Its just another way of building the interest in the eL teams & imo it will be good for the league in the short term.
i expect, after about 3 seasons there won't be any need to over-promote Shel$ & the live games will be more evenly spread around the teams - by then i would hope we will be guaranteed a live game EVERY weekend & the euro and Setanta ties on top of that - a dream-come-true for me anyway!

I seriously doubt this sort of approach is being followed. In England the most popular games have always been shown - full stop. The little guys only get a look-in when it's a grudge match or th Sky schedule is looking a bit light. Hence why the likes of Man U get a lot of coverage, whilst your Portsmouths and WBAs don't. Sky isn't a public service broadcaster...

The idea that Setanta has somehow teamed up with TV3, RTE and TG4 in some sort of uber-strategy of promoting Shels to generate EL interest through a 'them and us' attitude is at best fanciful.

The overdosing of Shels coverage is more likely due to a combination of the following reasons :

- Laziness/unwillingness to venture much outside Dublin.
- A perception that Shels are the best team/play the best football (even if results to-date this season don't suggest that).
- The fact that Tolka has half-decent facilities compared to most of the other grounds in the League.