Brazil v Turkey live on RTE2

**pineapple stu** · 05/06/2007, 6:30 PM

For anyone interested. Just stumbled across it now.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 05/06/2007, 7:47 PM

Are Setanta showing any Euro 2008 qualifiers this week?

**mypost** · 06/06/2007, 12:26 AM

The Poles are on again today. Obviously, Germany-Slovakia doesn't matter.

**OwlsFan** · 06/06/2007, 9:01 AM

Turkey vs Brazil live on RTE in a friendly

Has the world gone mad? At least they were rewarded with a 0-0. Saw it was on but couldn't be bothered watching. There seems to be a perception that because it is Brazil (and their reserve team at that), people would automatically want to watch it

The fame/celebrity factor. I watched a programme on Harold Wilson on Channel 4 or was it BBC2 instead. Much more entertaining.

**NeilMcD** · 06/06/2007, 9:52 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

The Poles are on again today. Obviously, Germany-Slovakia doesn't matter.

Setanta have made a decision to buy the rights of the Polish games as they feel they will get the viewers in Ireland for it. They know what they are doing and they are gettting Polish people to wach their station. If they feel they will get lots of viewers by showing Polish games in Ireland, I don't see a problem with that. They could hardly then let the Polish fans down and swtich to Germany Slovakia and not show the Polish games when they have been shown all the other ones previously.

**mypost** · 06/06/2007, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

They could hardly then let the Polish fans down and swtich to Germany Slovakia and not show the Polish games when they have been shown all the other ones previously.

You're talking a domestic audience of roughly 3 million v an audience of 100,000-odd. No brainer.

It's supposed to be an Irish station, so you give an Irish audience preference. The matches don't even clash ffs.

**NeilMcD** · 06/06/2007, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

You're talking a domestic audience of roughly 3 million v an audience of 100,000-odd. No brainer.

It's supposed to be an Irish station, so you give an Irish audience preference. The matches don't even clash ffs.

Maybe they dont have the rights to the Germany Slovakia game. Also how many people would watch Germany V Slovakia. Not even every Irish football fan would watch it so obviously Setanta have made a long term commercial decision to show Polish matches. The cost of buying the Germany Slovakia game may have not been worth it considering what they would get to watch it. The Polish package obviously is.

**Sheridan** · 06/06/2007, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Turkey vs Brazil live on RTE in a friendly

Has the world gone mad? At least they were rewarded with a 0-0.

What are you moaning about? Do you actually like football? Some of us welcome to opportunity to watch quality international football which isn't the poxy Premiership or Premiership On Tour (as RTÉ's Champions League coverage should be described) or a national team composed of Premiership players.

I'd like to see fixtures a lot more "obscure" than Turkey v. Brazil getting coverage, it's a welcome trend as far as I'm concerned.

Anyone with NTL in Dublin should check out Eurosport on qualifying dates, they had France-Ukraine on Satuday and might be broadcasting another fixture tonight. Fair play to Setanta for covering the Polish games, good thinking on their part.

**pete** · 06/06/2007, 12:23 PM

I suspect Setanta can pick up Poland games for a song & combined with a good advertising package & the fact lots of Poles would be living in cable-land games good business.

You won't see too many advertisers queuing up to buy space for Germany games.

Good to see RTE have taken a leaf out of Setantas book & putting on live sport for the Brazilians & Turks living in Ireland.

**pineapple stu** · 06/06/2007, 5:15 PM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

What are you moaning about? Do you actually like football? Some of us welcome to opportunity to watch quality international football which isn't the poxy Premiership or Premiership On Tour (as RTÉ's Champions League coverage should be described) or a national team composed of Premiership players.

Yeah, I agree (although the game itself wasn't actually up to much). It makes a welcome change frmo always showing the English teams in European competition when there are far better games on.

**OwlsFan** · 07/06/2007, 9:08 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

What are you moaning about? Do you actually like football? Some of us welcome to opportunity to watch quality international football which isn't the poxy Premiership or Premiership On Tour (as RTÉ's Champions League coverage should be described) or a national team composed of Premiership players.

I'd like to see fixtures a lot more "obscure" than Turkey v. Brazil getting coverage, it's a welcome trend as far as I'm concerned.

A meaningless friendly between Brazil IIs vs Turkey in a neutral country is "quality international football" and this is what RTE are spending their licence fees on

It did exactly what is said on the tin: 0-0.

Give me a competitive Premiership, Championship, SPL or Eircom league game any day of the week to a friendly and meaningless game between two countries in which I have little interest.

If it was a competitive game with points at stake, I would gladly have watched it but friendlies, even most of our own, are usually mind numbingly boring and by all accounts this game was no exception.

**Dodge** · 07/06/2007, 9:15 AM

I didn't watch it, but can't see how anybody could be upset it was on. I'd say it cost less to buy than 4 episodes of the simpsons and was on for no other reason