O'Shea: I think RTE are lazy
April 16, 2014
Mayo's Seamus O'Shea and Aidan O'Shea celebrate. INPHO
O'Shea described the national broadcaster's coverage of gaelic games as 'lazy' and believes Sky's arrival on the scene will shake things up at Montrose.
"The analysis of the game will go to another level," he said to the Irish Independent. "That's what Sky do. It will be a bad game and people will still think it's a good game because Sky will make it so good.
"I mean I've never heard a hurling analyst say it was a bad hurling game.
"Like Dublin and Wexford played in the hurling championship last year. It was a horrible game, horrible. I didn't hear anyone say it was a horrible game (Ger Loughnane described it as "constipated hurling"). They complimented everyone on their effort, (players) trying to do the right thing.
"If that was football, if it was the opposite way around, (it was the) worst game ever seen. Jesus Christ, what are we doing? We're handpassing, handpassing, handpassing. It's unbelievable.
"We love to talk down Gaelic football, but you'll never see a hurling person talk down their sport.
"I think RTE are lazy, they probably got this way because it's been a monopoly really and now they are going to have to challenge themselves a bit more in their production and their analysis." Tweet
