2017 - Highlights and Punditry Discussion

That_Guy

I recall this kind of thread working well over in the soccer forum when the World Cup/Euros were on. Basically a thread to comment on punditry/highlights throughout the course of the season without having to dive into individual county threads all the time.

I know it should have started last week with Spillane hanging the Mayo footballers out to dry after one game but currently, Jackie Tyrrell is on League Sunday wearing an amazingly audacious suit and no socks.

Discuss.

corny

That_Guy wrote: »

I recall this kind of thread working well over in the soccer forum when the World Cup/Euros were on. Basically a thread to comment on punditry/highlights throughout the course of the season without having to dive into individual county threads all the time.

I know it should have started last week with Spillane hanging the Mayo footballers out to dry after one game but currently, Jackie Tyrrell is on League Sunday wearing an amazingly audacious suit and no socks.

Discuss.

Thread got no love back in February but just thought i'd comment on Cummins and Shefflin on The Sunday Game. Gave genuine insight into the game today.

What a relief not to have to listen to the tired Farrell or Loughnane.

phkk

Marty is some man, able to commentate in Thurles and in Parnell Park at the same time!!

GB FAN GALWAY 30

Pat Spillane canvassing the bolix out of a 12 week suspension for Connolly. He's visibly excited by the prospect.

nice_guy80

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

Pat Spillane canvassing the bolix out of a 12 week suspension for Connolly. He's visibly excited by the prospect.

That is the MINIMUM he will get

PeterTheNinth

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

Pat Spillane canvassing the bolix out of a 12 week suspension for Connolly. He's visibly excited by the prospect.

tbh, it's minor given the previous things that he's gotten away with. And Dublin will appeal the crap out of whatever he is given anyway.

LuckyGent88

phkk wrote: »

Marty is some man, able to commentate in Thurles and in Parnell Park at the same time!!

2 different days!!!

conplete neutral on that Connelly incident buts its hilarious how much Spillane and O Rourke want him suspended. Yes, I think it should get a ban just to lay down the law that you should never touch a match official no matter how bad their decisions they may be but 12 weeks would be way ott for what Connelly did imo.

OldMrBrennan83

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GB FAN GALWAY 30

nice_guy80 wrote: »

That is the MINIMUM he will get

And fair enough but nice to see O'Rourke at least trying to paint a picture and show some impartiality to it.

Dyr

corny wrote: »

Thread got no love back in February but just thought i'd comment on Cummins and Shefflin on The Sunday Game. Gave genuine insight into the game today.

What a relief not to have to listen to the tired Farrell or Loughnane.

Tyrell and O'Connor do a decent job on sky too.

RTE will still wheel out Loughnane and Cyril Farrell to ****e on for the big matches

OldMrBrennan83

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LuckyGent88

Patww79 wrote: »

Both were today

He did commentary for Carlow and Dublin which was Saturday night and the other game he did was from today as far as I could tell

Hammer Archer

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

He did commentary for Carlow and Dublin which was Saturday night and the other game he did was from today as far as I could tell

He was commentating in Thurles on Radio 1 today as well in Parnell Park on the Sunday Game.

phkk

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

He did commentary for Carlow and Dublin which was Saturday night and the other game he did was from today as far as I could tell

He did Radio 1 for hurling and Meath/ Louth match at the same time.......surely there was some other commentator available!!

LuckyGent88

Ah right. I was at the hurling match so wouldn't have known. Leave my fellow Clare man alone. He is a one of a kind!!!!!

Bonniedog

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

Pat Spillane canvassing the bolix out of a 12 week suspension for Connolly. He's visibly excited by the prospect.

He was only Kerry player who used to whinge after games in the 70s. Rest of the two teams went off and got locked

Bonniedog

:rolleyes:

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

tbh, it's minor given the previous things that he's gotten away with. And Dublin will appeal the crap out of whatever he is given anyway.

You might be surprised about Dublin's response to a ban!

And what has he gotten away with by the way?

What would you do if someone was sticking their finger up your at£e, hitting you in the kidneys and slagging off your family?

Unfortunately "discipline" these days means likes of Connolly having to put up with sh1t from people that no-one knows off their own road. nonentities like last night. From a county that has contributed nothing that I can think of to Irish history or culture. Correct me if I am wrong! Had it been for likes of them we'd be singing God Save the Queen :-)

feargale

Bonniedog wrote: »

:rolleyes:

From a county that has contributed nothing that I can think of to Irish history or culture. Correct me if I am wrong! Had it been for likes of them we'd be singing God Save the Queen :-)

Aisy on there Bonniedog.

What about Art McMurrough Kavanagh who bet seven shades of s***e out of the Normans?
Pierce Butler? Saoirse Ronan? John Tyndall?

And you could strike it lucky in Carlow:

'In fact there were just two less men, 28,463, than there are women, 28,465, inspiring this terrific headline.

The Carlow People front page read: "Census says we have two spare women".'

Oops! I almost forgot Richie Kavanagh.

Stoner

Bonniedog wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong! Had it been for likes of them we'd be singing God Save the Queen :-)

I will young Bonniedog. Grand Senior Stoner from the Carlow Brigade, I have one of his medals framed on the wall. His four brothers joined in too. Then went head to head afterwards as was the order of the day.

http://www.theirishstory.com/2014/09/24/understated-insurgency-the-carlow-brigade-in-the-war-of-independence-1917-1921/#.WTckvsso9nE

dastardly00

corny wrote: »

Thread got no love back in February but just thought i'd comment on Cummins and Shefflin on The Sunday Game. Gave genuine insight into the game today.

What a relief not to have to listen to the tired Farrell or Loughnane.

Yeah I thought Cummins in particular had some very good insight. Looking forward to seeing him on again.

feargale

phkk wrote: »

Marty is some man, able to commentate in Thurles and in Parnell Park at the same time!!

I thought Pope Pius X ( or someone like that) was the only man who could be in two places at the same time. Maybe Marty is in line for the big job in Rome! Pope Patrick I.

Bonniedog

feargale wrote: »

I thought Pope Pius X ( or someone like that) was the only man who could be in two places at the same time. Maybe Marty is in line for the big job in Rome! Pope Patrick I.

Padre Pio. Played corner back for Carnew Emmets and Gortlettaragh in county finals at same time in 1952.

OldMrBrennan83

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BonnieSituation

Stoner wrote: »

I will young Bonniedog. Grand Senior Stoner from the Carlow Brigade, I have one of his medals framed on the wall. His four brothers joined in too. Then went head to head afterwards as was the order of the day.

http://www.theirishstory.com/2014/09/24/understated-insurgency-the-carlow-brigade-in-the-war-of-independence-1917-1921/#.WTckvsso9nE

Not full blood... duly noted.

Gael85

GB FAN GALWAY 30 wrote: »

Pat Spillane canvassing the bolix out of a 12 week suspension for Connolly. He's visibly excited by the prospect.

It's great the Sunday Game can give a balanced view!

Bonniedog

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Not full blood... duly noted.

We need a patrol at Parnell.

"Can I see your papers please, sir."

BonnieSituation

Bonniedog wrote: »

We need a patrol at Parnell.

"Can I see your papers please, sir."

Maybe get them to wear some sort of symbol...

Oh. Wait.

Bonniedog

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Maybe get them to wear some sort of symbol...

Oh. Wait.

Is branding people with a hot iron covered by human rights legislation?

C__MC

Christ how biased is John Mullane

elefant

Great stuff on the Sunday game. Cassidy and O Se waxing lyrical about Damien Comer's big hit for Galway. Never shown, so we'll just take their word for it.

May as well be listening to them on the radio.

Happyilylost

elefant wrote:

Great stuff on the Sunday game. Cassidy and O Se waxing lyrical about Damien Comer's big hit for Galway. Never shown, so we'll just take their word for it.

elefant wrote:

May as well be listening to them on the radio.

Are you saying it wasn't fair? Or it didn't happen? It's all over social media. And mostly because of what happened to him a few years ago. The boy has become a man!

elefant

Happyilylost wrote: »

Are you saying it wasn't fair? Or it didn't happen? It's all over social media. And mostly because of what happened to him a few years ago. The boy has become a man!

I'm saying they all said it was great, but the 2 minutes of highlights they took from the game didn't show it at all.

Pathetic highlight reel; you'd hardly have known it was an exciting finish.

Gael85

elefant wrote: »

I'm saying they all said it was great, but the 2 minutes of highlights they took from the game didn't show it at all.

Pathetic highlight reel; you'd hardly have known it was an exciting finish.

They showed feck all of Galway/Mayo. Thought the coverage was poor in live game. Kept showing replays instead of focusing on what was happening in actual game.

TCDStudent1

Gael85 wrote: »

They showed feck all of Galway/Mayo. Thought the coverage was poor in live game. Kept showing replays instead of focusing on what was happening in actual game.

Shockingly poor analysis.

Gael85

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Shockingly poor analysis.

TSG has gone to the dogs football wise. Ciaran Whelan has great knowledge of teams whether they Division 1 or 4. Other than him and Colm O'Rourke the other pundits are poor. Spillane will harp on about blanket defence and throw out a stat on scoring averages, Brolly just winds up other pundits. The hurling pundits are way ahead in knowledge of modern game.

TCDStudent1

Gael85 wrote: »

TSG has gone to the dogs football wise. Ciaran Whelan has great knowledge of teams whether they Division 1 or 4. Other than him and Colm O'Rourke the other pundits are poor. Spillane will harp on about blanket defence and throw out a stat on scoring averages, Brolly just winds up other pundits. The hurling pundits are way ahead in knowledge of modern game.

I only half watched it after the galway highlights. Was it only on for an hour tonight? Did they actually show every match?

nice_guy80

Galway v Mayo was live on the tv earlier

they don't need to show a lot of highlights

Gael85

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

I only half watched it after the galway highlights. Was it only on for an hour tonight? Did they actually show every match?

On for hour and half. Showed all games though just showed 2 minutes each of Cork/Tipperary and Offaly/Westmeath. Do sky have a highlights package? I believe TG4 highlights show is gone :mad:

C__MC

I think they fail to really talk about key issues unlike say the premier league on sky (coverage time is an issue)

Like tonight ideally I'd love to hear a debate on:

Why Cavan haven't pushed on after there underage success?

Where are mayo really at? Are Galway AL contenders?

What is the future for Kilkenny hurling?

Where now for Tipp footballers?

What we see on the Sunday game at night, we already know. There coverage is very poor (way to many dinasours)

dxhound2005

Gael85 wrote: »

I believe TG4 highlights shoe is gone :mad:

Why do you believe that?

Gael85

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Why do you believe that?

They usually show games on monday evening. Didnt see it on last week?

DoctaDee

Gael85 wrote: »

They usually show games on monday evening. Didnt see it on last week?

8-9.00pm Monday evening

dxhound2005

C__MC wrote: »

I think they fail to really talk about key issues unlike say the premier league on sky (coverage time is an issue)

Like tonight ideally I'd love to hear a debate on:

Why Cavan haven't pushed on after there underage success?

Where are mayo really at? Are Galway AL contenders?

What is the future for Kilkenny hurling?

Where now for Tipp footballers?

What we see on the Sunday game at night, we already know. There coverage is very poor (way to many dinasours)

Any meaningful debate on those topics would need a lot more pundits and a lot more time. I don't think the Sunday Game is set up for that format. I am happy enough that I can watch some of the action from the matches, because I am usually away at a match when the live coverage is on. I would be unhappy if that was replaced with a hour of talking heads, with some old footage which we have seen before being thrown in for filling.

The format would be more suitable for radio, where there is a 7 hour sports programme today and last Saturday on Radio 1. Especially as people travelling to and from matches can get to listen for some of the time. Last week Terry Hyland was on and you could have heard him talking about one of your topics, Cavan football.

Dinosaur is a new insult for pundits I think. Can you come up with four non dinosaurs each for hurling and football who you think could replace the current crop?

Rasputin11

There's an awful lot of annoying rugby jargon creeping into GAA punditry, Brendan Cummins wrote about Lee Chin breaking the "gain line", Tommy Dunne mentioned "tram lines" in his piece on The42. I've seen use of "learnings" and worst of all "bolters", this nonsense needs to be cut out now.

Bonniedog

Rasputin11 wrote: »

There's an awful lot of annoying rugby jargon creeping into GAA punditry, Brendan Cummins wrote about Lee Chin breaking the "gain line", Tommy Dunne mentioned "tram lines" in his piece on The42. I've seen use of "learnings" and worst of all "bolters", this nonsense needs to be cut out now.

I think you need to step up to the plate Rasputin.

dxhound2005

Nice turnover there Bonnie. If he is on his A Game he might have a second phase.

A few years ago every player seemed to keep their All Ireland medals in their back pockets. I'm glad to see that this has now gone out of fashion and they must have found more secure storage.

Rasputin11

Bonniedog wrote: »

I think you need to step up to the plate Rasputin.

I'm "putting my hand up" for selction for the "dirt trackers", Junior B's in layman's terms.

Bonniedog

Rasputin11 wrote: »

I'm "putting my hand up" for selction for the "dirt trackers", Junior B's in layman's terms.

The goys need you to pick it up off your laces.

TCDStudent1

marty morriseys commentary in the hurling today was atrocious. Constantly said the wrong name for the subcoming in. A cork player put in a huge shoulder that resulted in a cork point. Absolutely no enthusiasm in his commentary for a huge point (and he also didn't know the name of the cork player in real time).

dastardly00

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

marty morriseys commentary in the hurling today was atrocious. Constantly said the wrong name for the subcoming in. A cork player put in a huge shoulder that resulted in a cork point. Absolutely no enthusiasm in his commentary for a huge point (and he also didn't know the name of the cork player in real time).

Normally Marty is over-enthusiastic for any type of point scored...

Bonniedog

they didn't show Joanne :-(