Eircom League Weekly

**carrickharp** · 08/03/2007, 12:53 PM

Back on Monday at the same fcuking late time of 11.25pm (repeat 5.50 am Tuesday) thought they might have moved this to a earlier hour for the new "FAI super dooper league" season

**Conor H** · 08/03/2007, 1:07 PM

Ludricous time,no doubt.

It's a terrible show though.

A new show with proper analysis and interviews at 5pm on a Sunday evening or something along those lines would be far more beneficial for the league.

Also if Sligo and the likes would maybe move the gantry to to show the good side of the grounds it would look better aswell.

**Maz** · 08/03/2007, 1:08 PM

It might be a terrible show but for now there is no alternative...It's the only highlight show airing on tv.

**GuisaSaigon** · 08/03/2007, 1:09 PM

It's bad enough that it's a crap show but having it on at 11.25 on Monday night is a joke. Wouldnt expect anything else from a coming together of the FAI and TV3.

**superblues** · 08/03/2007, 1:12 PM

Was gutted to see they still have the rights to the Eircom League. Its a disgraceful programme and is really frustrating to watch as they usually skip the key parts in games. Another boring year of tv3 highlights ahead!!! Maybe they should get a real Eircom League fan to present the programme?????

**Mark Breen** · 08/03/2007, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by superblues

Was gutted to see they still have the rights to the Eircom League. Its a disgraceful programme and is really frustrating to watch as they usually skip the key parts in games. Another boring year of tv3 highlights ahead!!! Maybe they should get a real Eircom League fan to present the programme?????

Feck sake lad's at least there is a highlight show, may not be the best show in the world but its summit. would you prefer they did an RTE on it and forgot the league totally

**pete** · 08/03/2007, 1:25 PM

I don't know if tv3 actually have rights to the league. Most of their footage is submitted by clubs. Waynes World tv at its best.

**TheBoss** · 08/03/2007, 1:28 PM

They rarely show the First Division highlights

**Tazskool** · 08/03/2007, 1:28 PM

Think yourself lucky for those who live over the water and get NOTHING! :P

**Dodge** · 08/03/2007, 1:30 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I don't know if tv3 actually have rights to the league. Most of their footage is submitted by clubs.

EVERYBODY has rights to the league. FFS clubs can even negotiate their own tv deals for indivdual games if they don't clash with another one.

Do people not remember why TV3 start showing el weekly? They won delayed rights when Sky got the live qualifiers. They were then shafted by the government who "awarded" the live games to RTE and left TV3 still showing delayed coverage. The el was part of that package, but they obviously felt that there was no point in fostering a relationship with the FAI as the games would always be on RTE.

There is nothing stopping Setanta, RTE or any other channel showing a highlights programme but they choose not to. tv3 are the only station to ever show a regular LOI programme.

In saying that the format is all wrong. 2 minutes of clips and 5 minutes analysis is rubbish.

**Eoingull** · 08/03/2007, 1:31 PM

It may not be perfect, but I've always enjoyed the show.

**Jerry The Saint** · 08/03/2007, 1:32 PM

Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon

It's bad enough that it's a crap show but having it on at 11.25 on Monday night is a joke. Wouldnt expect anything else from a coming together of the FAI and TV3.

And having the repeat to a late-night show...later that night

so that if you forget it the first time you've missed it twice by the time you wake up. Pure genius.

eircom League Weekly Formula:

Introduction
Match Report
Analyst comments on match report while footage is repeated
Repeat steps 2 and 3
Ad break
Repeat steps 2 and 3
End with 15 seconds of jokey banter.

You know, if they wanted to, they could use the late-night slot to their advantage - turn it into more of a magazine show, spotlight on different clubs/players each week, proper uncensored discussion on the issues affecting the league (would need to be done by old pros with no connection to clubs, Untouchables as far as fines are concerned), Supporter's Rant of the Week

. Flying under the radar, well away from prime-time and pressure to play it safe, should give them the freedom to try out new things.

Of course they wouldn't dream of shaking up the tired old formula because a spectacular absence of original thought is the main feature of TV3's broadcasting history. Maybe if the someone paid ITV1 to make the show, TV3 would finally take an interest.

Actually they wouldn't even have to come up with any new ideas themselves. Even something like Brian de Salvo's radio essays on RTE would be a good start. I watched quite a bit of US sport shows last year and TV3 could learn so much from them, just in terms of the presentation of a highlights/panel discussion show.

**superblues** · 08/03/2007, 1:38 PM

Originally Posted by lucanhoop87

its not that bad, its a hell of a lot better than nothing at all, thats the way i look at it

Thats grand coming from a Dublin club. I think ye still got more coverage last season than we did. And i know ye were playing alot better but we had a close relegation battle with Bray for alot of the Season and didnt get a sniff!!

**BohsPartisan** · 08/03/2007, 1:41 PM

Any chance of a group of fans doing our own show for online broadcast?

**superblues** · 08/03/2007, 1:44 PM

And what a boring man he is too!!

**Dodge** · 08/03/2007, 1:47 PM

Osam absolutely does know what he's talking about but you can tell that he gets bored sometimes. An Osam/Rico combination would be perfect

**NY Hoop** · 08/03/2007, 1:57 PM

Originally Posted by lucanhoop87

yeah but the tiny bit of coverage we got was to show the goals now and again, apart from the cogh game when we got the 1st division trophy i cant think of a single game other than that when we had a proper highlights package put together, and even the cobh game just showed the goals and the celebrations afterwards

They showed quite a few of our game only because we made the effort in taping them. Wasnt exactly long either but better than nothing.

Still a very amateur show though.

IMO no first division games should be shown. Watch the Dutch or German highlights on Setanta for pointers in how to do a proper show TV3.

KOH

**superblues** · 08/03/2007, 2:01 PM

I think Premier Highlights should be shown and then a round up of all the First Division goals after.

reder · 08/03/2007, 2:04 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

Ludricous time,no doubt.

It's a terrible show though.

A new show with proper analysis and interviews at 5pm on a Sunday evening or something along those lines would be far more beneficial for the league.

Also if Sligo and the likes would maybe move the gantry to to show the good side of the grounds it would look better aswell.

5pm on Sunday is half time on Super Sunday. Whether you like it or not, people will not switch off a PL game to watch highlights of the EL games. TV3 always have their sports programme at 11.25pm on weeknights.

**padzer** · 08/03/2007, 2:05 PM

Its pretty poor alright but no other channel seems to be arsed putting on a show. Was there not a "fans forum" thingy on it for a while a couple of years ago? Im nearly sure there was. The repeat show used to be on at 4pm one of the days, used to catch it on my break, but to have it on at 5 in the mornin is madness. TV3 transmission ends early enough on the wkends - why not stick it on then - at least it would be on when ye get back from the pub.