The big plus is that this means we’ll see Tony O’Donoghue back on screen …. He’s such an advocate for the League ….. a modern day Philip GreeneOriginally Posted by nigel-harps1954
If ever there was a solid case made against rte…………
A little note, I happened to be home in Ireland this weekend, went for an early evening meal with family and went to Duffy's malahide, one tv was off and
Lads, as much as its great to see more LOI (fai cup) games on tv, its another €0.00 deal for the clubs.
Unless a proper TV deal is negotiated where clubs are appropriately compensated for, its a freebee for RTE / Virgin.
5k per game, maybe 1k for expenses for away team would be a good start, then build on it.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Hit sense by mistake.nobody watching the tv and we ordered drinks, we asked the waitress could the tv be turned on to Virgin Media 2 to watch football? She brought back the drinks and said "unfortunately no we are only showing golf and rugby. We supped up and left.
I dont mind the rugby but golf on the tv in a pub unless its the final round like the recent masters just sucks the life out of a place, lads sitting at the bar staring in to a tv space in silence nodding occasional approval, when there is football on that there will have greater passive interest at minimum. Slghtly better than snooker I suppose, ports I could watch at home myself but not Friday evening in a pub.
It's in the stage 2 plans for the Mark Farren stand, afaik, but even then the club had to push for it.
The MF stand had other strange issues, like no proper area for the fourth official. I suppose it's things like that (and the pitch) the club could sort out when/if they get the long-term leasehold of the Brandywell.
I doubt that limited media facilities is the reason for not having more Brandywell matches on Virgin, mind. I'd guess it's cheaper to do a Dublin game just, and maybe they'd get higher viewing figures. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. Virgin will do whatever they think will be the most profitable for them.
I was in Austria on a skiing holiday at the beginning of March, and expected to miss the Rovers v Pats game. On the Wednesday evening they had the Liverpool champions league game on in one of the local bars, no real surprise there. It was down at the other end of the bar, and I wasn’t paying that much attention. However, at half time I noticed that Didi Hamman was on the panel. I thought he must be doing German or Austrian TV now. Then I noticed that Kevin Doyle was sitting beside him, which meant that it had to be RTE. So it seemed to me that if they had RTE, there must be a fair chance they’d have VM as well. I asked the Scottish guy running the bar, who I’ve known for years from going to the same place. He said he didn’t think so, but he’d check for me on Friday. So , checked again on the Friday and they did indeed have VM 2. So there I was, in a little village in the Austrian alps, watching Pats and Rovers on TV, which was a bit surreal. Unfortunately Pats lost, but you can’t have everything I suppose.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Was in the bank in Newry during the euros in 2020, place was absolutely empty, asked if they'd put on the Wales game, waitress said we don't show football in here, another lad walked in and asked the same. Ate the dinner as quick as I could and went to a pub next door. I've never been back.
That's what I meant to say, nice 1 m8.It suits the RTE Sports decision makers such as Declan McBennett RTÉ Group Head of Sport as they can fit these games into the gaps during the GAA schedule, I expect!
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