Come to think of it,Podge and Rodge would have done a better job.

Real Kerry Fan (None) - Posts: 2957 - 12/01/2009 15:34:44    178458

Would rather watch paint dry than that again.

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 12/01/2009 16:36:28    178550

Anyone think that a lot of the contributors on the Late Late show looked and sounded a bit "tired and emotional" last Friday night?

denzel (None) - Posts: 452 - 12/01/2009 16:36:55    178551

So would i if i'd sat in the audience and listened to Brush Shileds.

Shefflin must have felt seriously hard done by - flying home from the KK holiday for that load of drivel.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 13/01/2009 12:40:43    179116

If RTE want to do a programme on the GAA then the only person to host it would be Des Cahill.

Frances56 (Dublin) - Posts: 378 - 13/01/2009 13:34:31    179176

I have to agree with most of the posters, i dont know why kevin moran was there or des cahill for that matter, these are soccer men could we not find enough of our own to fill the show, plenty of lads from louth would have been honoured to get invited maybe some of the 57 team. oh and yeah brush sheilds is a head wrecker i was at croke park that day and he got wet like the rest of us.

wingback (Louth) - Posts: 141 - 13/01/2009 13:49:51    179197

How are Kevin Moran and Des Cahill "soccer men"? Moran won AI with Dubs and Cahill, who has his faults, was chairman of Cuala and played junior hurling up to few years ago. Louth is probably only county where local LOI soccer teams are better supported than the county GAA sides come to that.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 13/01/2009 14:39:53    179250

Far from it, altough we do hear that rumour a lot, drogheda is the bigest team and their support comes nowhere near that of louths in fact lately they have nobody going to their games. My point about moran was that he chose to leave dublin for man united which is his choice but surely then the lads who stayed with dublin and slogged it out over the years for nothing should be the ones who are being honoured and invited to the show, remember they werent set up for life they had to keep working after playing for dublin so an invite would show a little appreciation for what they gave to the GAA. Also i dont know if you regularly listen to rte radio one but if you do you will know that des is a soccer man he loves nothing better than to have the banter for a few minutes about who has the bragging rights in the premiership and then he'll quickly run through the GAA news, do you really believe des is going to be haeding to every league come feb. I doubt it he'll be in croker for the fireworks and that will be it.

wingback (Louth) - Posts: 141 - 13/01/2009 15:44:11    179306

I thought Des Cahill saved the show actually. Only for him it would have been a complete disaster (which it was pretty close to). He always does a great job on up for the final - should have been a saturday night show presented by him. PK didnt have a clue.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 13/01/2009 16:34:18    179372

Pinkie . I agree with you about Pk i actually think the man doesnt like Gaelic Games.

wingback (Louth) - Posts: 141 - 13/01/2009 17:07:46    179447

wasnt even a mention on hurling hardly... just kerry, dublin...

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 13/01/2009 18:38:03    179557

Enda McEvoy's take on it in today's Tribune

http://www.tribune.ie/sport/other-sport/article/2009/jan/18/enda-mcevoy-back-stage-the-light-light-show/

Here's how it should have been done

http://www.tribune.ie/sport/gaelic-football/article/2009/jan/18/john-foley-on-the-air-an-epic-series-worthy-of-its/

Benandonner (Antrim) - Posts: 459 - 18/01/2009 18:39:15    183404

Beandonor the comment that sums it all up is:

"...But that's RTÉ and their patented "sure they're only boggers, what will they care?" syndrome for you..."

Reflected by the snotty nosed response e-mails that they sent to many.

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 19/01/2009 14:39:49    183813

I thought it was great!
Nice to see RTE and the GAA acknowledge that Dublin is their paymaster!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 19/01/2009 14:56:23    183844

Jayyyyyyssssus lads get over it!!!................. what a surprise the Late late show was terrible!!!!...... shock of the century so far for me.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 19/01/2009 15:06:56    183856

Snuf and Jim,

Get over what!! Is a 125 year celebration not worth getting excited about??? And all parochialism aside, was the programme not poor?? No hurling, nobody outside Dub & Kerry mentioned etc

I think our anger is mainly at the GAA. PK is a plank so no surprise there.

But the event was to publicise the GAA in its 125 year so they should have taken control and are responsible for the mess!!

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 19/01/2009 15:34:15    183896

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183896 Snuf and Jim,

Get over what!! Is a 125 year celebration not worth getting excited about??? And all parochialism aside, was the programme not poor?? No hurling, nobody outside Dub & Kerry mentioned etc

I think our anger is mainly at the GAA. PK is a plank so no surprise there.

But the event was to publicise the GAA in its 125 year so they should have taken control and are responsible for the mess!!

The LL show producers are at fault for the show not the GAA.... it's about bums on seats to these people...it's a ratings war...hence Bertie and Dunphy..

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 19/01/2009 15:45:27    183914