Eircom League Weekly

**biscuit** · 08/08/2007, 8:34 AM

Did anyone notice how big a simpleton cantwell is??
after spending about 8-10 mins last night talking about the derry citty - shams game, he announces that "we'll see how shams and derry got on" i dont think he even realised he'd made the mistake...pillock!
but, besides that, i thought it was a decent enough show!
I honestly don't thinkPaddy has a clue though sometimes, he just seems to sasy the same things every week. Has he a real interest in the LOI?

**DeNiro** · 08/08/2007, 8:53 AM

I'd love to see Tom on that show. He'd tell it as it is(and isn't) for sure.

**BrayUnknowns** · 08/08/2007, 9:02 AM

Can't fr the life of me understand why they don't get eL journos on the show, the likes of Dan McDonnell from the indo would be a great addition, actually anyone whocan speak properly would be a great addition!

**De Town** · 08/08/2007, 9:20 AM

A lot of mistakes last night I thought, including calling us Longford United

**bellavistaman** · 08/08/2007, 9:26 AM

Originally Posted by De Town

A lot of mistakes last night I thought, including calling us Longford United

ah the didnt i didnt pick up on that, if they did its a disgrace.. thought they were very harsh on the ref in derry rovers game.

**Jofspring** · 08/08/2007, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by BrayUnknowns

actually anyone who can speak properly would be a great addition!

ain't that the truth

**Jerry The Saint** · 08/08/2007, 9:36 AM

Originally Posted by biscuit

Did anyone notice how big a simpleton cantwell is??

Welch you mean? Or was that a deliberate TV3 style mistake?

It's amazing how often they get the simple things wrong - my theory is that the production team are all on drugs and just throw the thing together at the last minute. Just bizarre stuff - did you notice at the very start, while Trev was previewing the games, none of the footage shown matched the teams he was talking about

They've started to put a bit more structure to it and now seem to show most Premier games every week so it is improving. The constant errors are beyond a joke though - the obvious thing to point out is that they wouldn't be allowed to get away with it if they were covering English football.

Having said that, it was good to see that John Robertson has gone native already. Its about time someone spoke out against Alan Kelly's despicable pro-Dublin bias...

**bigmac** · 08/08/2007, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

thought they were very harsh on the ref in derry rovers game.

I don't know, for my money he looked like he lost control of the game for a bit. The first challenge was a definite yellow, but I thought the second one was worse and no card was given. I thought that it was going to boil over after that, especially with the straight red - maybe slightly harsh but I don't think he was ever going for the ball.

**bellavistaman** · 08/08/2007, 10:21 AM

thought the red was a correct decision, though the first yellow was fair, couldnt believe nothing was given for the second tackle. 2 ouot of 3 aint bad for EL refs.

BTW i hate Pat Scully nearly as much as i do Dermot Keely. He comes across as some arrogant ******* always did.

**alansmithccfc** · 08/08/2007, 10:22 AM

Tg4 put them to shame

**Sheridan** · 08/08/2007, 10:26 AM

They don't really though, do they? All the major channel's live coverage is quite good. Des Curran on Setanta is easily the best and most knowledgeable commentator on any channel. TG4's comms are good but that ****king GOON Richie ruins the entire show. How the hell did he get that gig?

**bellavistaman** · 08/08/2007, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

They don't really though, do they? All the major channel's live coverage is quite good. Des Curran on Setanta is easily the best and most knowledgeable commentator on any channel. TG4's comms are good but that ****king GOON Richie ruins the entire show. How the hell did he get that gig?

TG4 is easier to understand anyway, and my irish is ****e

**alansmithccfc** · 08/08/2007, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

They don't really though, do they? All the major channel's live coverage is quite good. Des Curran on Setanta is easily the best and most knowledgeable commentator on any channel. TG4's comms are good but that ****king GOON Richie ruins the entire show. How the hell did he get that gig?

production wise though tg4 lose them and I thought the way that they put alot of focus on the irish teams when that english crowd came over was very good, tbh I havent seen a game on rte in ages but in comparison to tg4 and the last time I watched rte coverage tg4 was much better.
I dont subscribe to setanta aswell so dont get to see much of that
Tv3 is definitley the worst station , production is awful, pundits are awful its just plain awful

**Jerry The Saint** · 08/08/2007, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

BTW i hate Pat Scully nearly as much as i do Dermot Keely. He comes across as some arrogant ******* always did.

Parrot Scully has only been trained to say a few words so he just keeps repeating

I thought we were the better team, I thought we were the better team,

Listen out for it next time.

**Rory H** · 08/08/2007, 12:01 PM

There must have been a good few e mails from sligo fans about how we barely got a mention when beating Shams last week because they made a point about being accused of bias towards dublin teams. good of them to listen. Now all we have to do is point out the other 20 things wrong with the show

**life long red** · 08/08/2007, 12:04 PM

rory h u should be on e w

**bellavistaman** · 08/08/2007, 12:09 PM

they should extend it by 15 mins and show the top 4 teams in first divions games. To be fair the prem looks like it could be a walkaway where the first division title could go to 4 and has been far more entertaining and ups and downs all year.

**life long red** · 08/08/2007, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

they should extend it by 15 mins and show the top 4 teams in first divions games. To be fair the prem looks like it could be a walkaway where the first division title could go to 4 and has been far more entertaining and ups and downs all year.

they showed at lot of first divions last year