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The funniest element in last evening's coverage imo was Spillane & Brolly intimating that Tyrone were 'not great', because they weren't deploying mass defense. We were even shown clips of where Colm Kavanagh 'normally is'. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't, with football currently. Is it any wonder that people are switching off football? If football is as bad as a lot of pundits tell you it is these days, how challenging is it to be a tv football pundit? Very challenging, because on the one hand you're asking teams like Galway, Tyrone, Kerry to lay down their blankets, come out to play & entertain punters, and then when a team like Tyrone can afford to do that for a day against a div4 outfit, you get the same pundits tut tutting that they're 'too open'. Gas altogether. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4908 - 13/05/2019 12:41:03 2183615 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "The funniest element in last evening's coverage imo was Spillane & Brolly intimating that Tyrone were 'not great', because they weren't deploying mass defense. We were even shown clips of where Colm Kavanagh 'normally is'. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't, with football currently. Is it any wonder that people are switching off football? If football is as bad as a lot of pundits tell you it is these days, how challenging is it to be a tv football pundit? Very challenging, because on the one hand you're asking teams like Galway, Tyrone, Kerry to lay down their blankets, come out to play & entertain punters, and then when a team like Tyrone can afford to do that for a day against a div4 outfit, you get the same pundits tut tutting that they're 'too open'. Gas altogether." Couldn't agree more. You would wonder do they know there making a show of themselves? farneygael (Monaghan) - Posts: 353 - 13/05/2019 12:53:50 2183620 Link
Replying To extranjero: "It always bothers me when the football is on first. I understand that some people love football but i have little interest in it until semi final stage... :P" haha i saw that coming and it's fair from ur point of view too...but my point still stands - they're two separate sports and dont need to be the same program. MalsBalls (Monaghan) - Posts: 292 - 13/05/2019 13:00:47 2183627 Link
The bottom line is the majority of the top Hurling teams were out in action this week in most cases against other top teams, that deserves hands down to be shown again on TSG evening programme as opposed to low end football matches. As I've stated before there's no reason why these other games can't be streamed live instead. It can't be that difficult to set up. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2684 - 13/05/2019 13:16:46 2183635 Link
Replying To MalsBalls: "haha i saw that coming and it's fair from ur point of view too...but my point still stands - they're two separate sports and dont need to be the same program." I'm only codding, I love the big ball aswell, but you get my point. If on a Monday or Tuesday night they could do separate shows of extended highlights, that'd be the dream scenario I guess. Or maybe have all hurling on Saturday and all football Sunday, and then the other way around every other weekend, then you could have The Saturday Game and The Sunday Game, both being able to concentrate on one code every week. I'm surprised the GAA hasn't looked into live streaming of matches for less successful teams aswell. extranjero (Wexford) - Posts: 375 - 13/05/2019 13:28:33 2183642 Link
How can the Sunday Game cover 12 senior matchs that were on the weekend? GAAs rushed season leads to numerous matchs receiving little or no coverage. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 778 - 13/05/2019 13:29:08 2183643 Link
Replying To Bon: "The bottom line is the majority of the top Hurling teams were out in action this week in most cases against other top teams, that deserves hands down to be shown again on TSG evening programme as opposed to low end football matches. As I've stated before there's no reason why these other games can't be streamed live instead. It can't be that difficult to set up." Equipment,camera crew, sound crew, optional commentator, technical heads to stream it. Might get a few volunteers. Or do it to at least look a bit professional, get sponsorship, wouldn't be cheap. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8760 - 13/05/2019 13:41:14 2183649 Link
Replying To PK57: "The Sunday game came back for its 40th anniversary last night and yet again, the coverage was poor. They spend the day covering Hurling and on my way back from Wexford park, all i heard on the radio was Hurling. Surely, football should get first billing in the evening show. Then when the football was shown, every game was rushed through with little or no analysis. From a Louth perspective, our game received a 2 minute report and not even a mention by the panel. Anyone who hasn't seen the report on the Louth game, should watch it for the comically bad reporter, who i seen on social media likened to Father Stone (from Father Ted) such was the lack of interest he showed in the game. You have Joe Brolly screaming about weaker counties being disrespected by the GAA but it never dawns on him that this is exactly what the TSG is doing." They showed 2 mins of ros game to, then after talked only about how it was great for Leitrim to get to Croke Park few weeks ago, then about a tiered championship. Never mentioned Ros and the way the professional display they put on. Douglas_44 (Roscommon) - Posts: 225 - 13/05/2019 13:49:43 2183654 Link
Replying To PyatPree: "With the passes exception of Derry vs Tyrone what football match was on to get people interested, I'm sure most people were more interested in the hurling this weekend" Two of the matches were shown live so no need to show it again. People from Louth Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Leitrim- I could go on! were more interested in watching their respective counties than watching any of the top 8 hurling matches browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 13/05/2019 13:56:16 2183656 Link
Replying To browncows: "Two of the matches were shown live so no need to show it again. People from Louth Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Leitrim- I could go on! were more interested in watching their respective counties than watching any of the top 8 hurling matches" Perhaps the problem lies with the GAA rather then RTE, I'm sure they would show extended highlights if they could PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 13/05/2019 14:02:01 2183658 Link
Replying To extranjero: "It always bothers me when the football is on first. I understand that some people love football but i have little interest in it until semi final stage... :P" Great response :D PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 13/05/2019 14:03:29 2183659 Link
Replying To PK57: "The Sunday game came back for its 40th anniversary last night and yet again, the coverage was poor. They spend the day covering Hurling and on my way back from Wexford park, all i heard on the radio was Hurling. Surely, football should get first billing in the evening show. Then when the football was shown, every game was rushed through with little or no analysis. From a Louth perspective, our game received a 2 minute report and not even a mention by the panel. Anyone who hasn't seen the report on the Louth game, should watch it for the comically bad reporter, who i seen on social media likened to Father Stone (from Father Ted) such was the lack of interest he showed in the game. You have Joe Brolly screaming about weaker counties being disrespected by the GAA but it never dawns on him that this is exactly what the TSG is doing." So the Sunday Game showed little interest in this game! What was the attendance? Big crowd travel from Louth? Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1479 - 13/05/2019 14:10:04 2183663 Link
The comments on here are hilarious. Reminding me not to get any of you lads to run a company for me. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8926 - 13/05/2019 14:13:02 2183665 Link
PK57 I couldn't agree more with you. I only commented last night that the commentary on the Louth wexford match sounded like they went out and got a guy on the street and asked to commentate on the 2 minute segment. It was farcical. Equally I have said it for some time why re show matches first that were shown live earlier in the day - it defies logic. As for the constant reminders of how brillant hurling is week after week is tiresome at this stage. Analysis on the football is very poor. The analysis by most pundits is illogical and often contradictory. Equally it is tailored to suit what county it is being targeted at. A complete revamp is required for the show's 41st year. wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 2273 - 13/05/2019 14:20:12 2183670 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Equipment,camera crew, sound crew, optional commentator, technical heads to stream it. Might get a few volunteers. Or do it to at least look a bit professional, get sponsorship, wouldn't be cheap." Fair enough point, but TG4 managed to stream fitzgibbon cup semi finals using only one camera and two fellas on commentary, its not impossible. Its the way the GAA are going to have to go given the sheer amount of games. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2684 - 13/05/2019 17:34:57 2183746 Link
Replying To PyatPree: "With the passes exception of Derry vs Tyrone what football match was on to get people interested, I'm sure most people were more interested in the hurling this weekend" Yeah right. Remind me which is by far the more popular game??? royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 13/05/2019 17:42:42 2183748 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Yeah right. Remind me which is by far the more popular game???" Probably because a lot of counties can't even puck a sloiter, sorry it's too skillful for ye PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 13/05/2019 18:25:34 2183773 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Yeah right. Remind me which is by far the more popular game???" Soccer extranjero (Wexford) - Posts: 375 - 13/05/2019 18:48:38 2183782 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Yeah right. Remind me which is by far the more popular game???" Stop crying just because hurling has it's equal share of games now, before the coverage was dominated by football PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 13/05/2019 19:35:34 2183787 Link
As Colm Parkinson pointed out, Laois and Offaly hurlers are possibly number 11 and 12 in the country and played out a high scoring draw that was by all accounts a thriller yet it didnt even get a mention on the Sunday Game. A disgrace given how hurling at this level needs all the publicity it can get. ZUL10 (Clare) - Posts: 713 - 13/05/2019 19:56:25 2183796 Link

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