QuoteWaterford Sligo obviously
Random pointless poll time. Following on from the debate on the other thread, which Cup game should be live?
Bray v Pat's
Cork v Kilkenny
Dundalk v UCD
Harps v Derry
Limerick v Douglas Hall
Longford v Fanad
Malahide v Bohs
Waterford v Sligo
Can someone set up an aul poll? Cheers!
Waterford Sligo obviously
Harps - Derry.
There's only 1 Dublin team playing at home,so it has to be...
Malahide v Bohs
Bray are at home too.
I'd go Harps v Derry though.
Harps V derry
The public wants what the public gets...
Going underground?
Malahide it is then
His heart was in the right place,we should have more polls on the site.
Or even more Poles perhaps!
Harps v Derry
Either of these two would be best:
Limerick 37 v Douglas Hall
Longford v Fanad
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Harps vs Derry.
Harps Derry is the obvious stand out tie.
I would say Finn Harps v Derry aswell.
The live game should be Harps v Derry
1) TG4 aims to reach out to the native Irish speakers and yet it ignores the game which features a side with an Irish speaking area?
2) If I was a broadcaster or sponsor I would want to associated with a game which has a big atmosphere and a big crowd. This game will be the best attended of the weekend, as well as the one with the largest outside interest.
There are less than 100 tickets left for Derry fans and we'd expect this to sell out early tomorrow morning, with plenty of people yet to get their tickets. In fact Harps don't appear to be sending any more, so there will be Derry fans disappointed.
A packed ground portrays the domestic product and by extension the sponsors and TV companies well. It is much easier to fill a few seconds by zooming in on the Derry or Harps fans going mental than it will be to pan across the vast empty expanses of the RSC.
Derry and Harps fans will be going all out for this one as both sets of fans raise their game for this one. Look at the last few games between the two sides
- Derry get a man sent off, miss two penalties and score right at the death
- Felix gets sent off early, McHugh scores a cracker, City win 3-2 in the Brandy
- "That game", the relegation playoff where McHugh equalises with the last kick of normal time, Liam Coyle scores the winner on his last ever appearance, Harps get two men sent off and City stay up.
That is just the most recent encounters!
4) As much as hate to stay it, there is a chance of an upset here. Harps flying in the First Division(fair play to them) and City treading water in the Premier.
If City lose the season is effectively over and there is huge pressure on Derry for this game. Harps want promotion and the Cup would be a bonus.
5) As well as the North West derby aspect(which demands a thread of its own) there is the ex-player aspect. Higgsy, Derry assistant last year and jettisoned by Fenlon is in charge of Harps. Add in the fact that more than half the Harps side have played for Derry in the recent past adds spice to it.
It is a shame that the rest of Ireland will miss out on sampling the unique atmosphere of a North West derby.
No neeed for a poll, as it has to be Harps-Derry.
I strongly suspect that whoever picks the games for TG4 simply doesn't know or understand EL football. If you didn't, you'd pick an all-Premier game - which is what they've done. If you did know the game, you'd pick Harps v Derry - as it's the tie of the round, will be the best attended, and probably the best spectacle overall.
Hardly rocket science...Harps v Derry.
ahhh **** Maribor, snapping i can't be at, you've summed up the occasion well and the anticipation is rising. Hopefully AAD can get CMA going for us as the national broadcast have let the game down again
Has to be Harps v Derry. It'll surely have the best atmosphere of all the ties.
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