Michael Lyster - will anyone miss him...?

Road-Hog

Curious to get views of wider gaa fans.....will this man be missed after his 37 years.......it’s Joanne Cantwell from next season onwards I believe

OldMrBrennan83

Yes, definitely rather see him remain. Cantwell is good but there's something rather unlikeable about her.

Beechwoodspark

Lyster was/is a consummate pro. He will be missed

shockframe

Up until the Mid 2000s he was the best sports presenter RTE had. Excellent pro and completely unflappable. Enthusiasm and knowledge for the role was second to none.

Though he was still decent he tended to veer away from anything remotely controversial towards the end and the pundits shouted over him for a finish. Darragh Moloney as match presenter in soccer has been far more impressive.I would have him as host any time a Dublin game isn't on.

dastardly00

I agree with what the two previous posters have said; Lyster is a consummate pro, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. He came across as a very nice guy too.

Best of luck to Joanne Cantwell. Almost impossible boots to fill, but I hope she is given time to do so.

crusier

Stupid thread

Niles Crane

Really good presenter, very easy to like and no bull**** with him however he tolerated too much crap from Brolly over the years.

Whatever about pundits in general speaking nonsense he should have nipped Joe Brolly's downright bad manners and sneeriness in the bud fairly early on but he did nothing to stop him.He failed to facilitate reasonable debate and just allowed him to interrupt everyone else all the time.

I could put up with Spillane and O'Rourke but Brolly on TV was really off putting and the reason I never bothered with the pre and post game stuff for the last 6 or 7 years.

If RTE have any sense they shoudl retire the 3 main football funidts and bring in some fresh punidts to work with Joanne Cantwell.

webels

crusier wrote: »

Stupid thread

Poor title choice maybe?

But imo he will be missed. Keeping Spillane and Brolly honest wouldn't be easy for many but he took no messing from either.

yop

Excellent presenter. All said above already and yes he will be missed.

C__MC

Top pro made it look easy

But there was never much time on the SG where he could start a debate on controversial matters like youd' see in the soccer

Klopp

crusier wrote: »

Stupid thread

I disagree

Loafing Oaf

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Wow that's a long innings, goes back before my time following GAA. Seems a bit strange now that they would make a guy their main GAA host at such a young age, but I guess there wouldn't have been a 'pool' of presenters to pick from back then, a rookie would have a better chance of being thrown in right at the top than now...

dennispenn

Joanne will do a great job. Lyster won't be missed and nothing negative is meant by this.


Bring cora Staunton onto the TV. Her radio analysis is brilliant. Very articulate and knowledgeable

OldMrBrennan83

dennispenn wrote: »

Joanne will do a great job. Lyster won't be missed and nothing negative is meant by this.


Bring cora Staunton onto the TV. Her radio analysis is brilliant. Very articulate and knowledgeable

After the cloak and dagger witch hunt Staunton led against her county management, I wouldn't give her a job picking up litter.

zetecescort

Cora may know her stuff but she's very hard to listen to, no excitment in her voice

lawred2

Road-Hog wrote: »

Curious to get views of wider gaa fans.....will this man be missed after his 37 years.......it’s Joanne Cantwell from next season onwards I believe

Really?

I'll be sad to see him go

Sycamore Tree

Lyster will be hugely missed. He was a brilliant presenter and a gentleman.

I can see the Sunday Game getting very "tabloid" now.

BonnieSituation

crusier wrote: »

Stupid thread

The best part was where you came in and commented on it with your stupid comment.

Diabhal Beag

Joanne will do fine. I think I'm more relieved Des Cahill didn't get the gig tbh.

ProudDUB

Will I miss him? Yes. I will. He was a huge part of the tradition that is the GAA. How could you not miss him - as in notice that he isn't there any more - when he is gone?

But like the GAA, RTE has a lot of traditions that are both good and bad. It doesn't always follow that they will all be missed to the same degree, when they go.

He seemed like a genuinley nice and decent person. You have to give him kudos for that, especially as we are in the era of click bait social media journalism, where it's all about incendiary articles, bull$hit claims and getting cheap digs in to get notoriety.

However, he he made absolutley no effort to check Brolly's out and out rudeness. That was a massive, massive failing that just can't be over looked imo. It spoilt too many shows. Last nights evening panel discussion was a very refreshing glimpse of how good the show can be, when they have recently retired or current players on and, they all have respect for each others opinions. Des Cahill didn't need to keep anyone in line, but a show like TSG needs someone who can, when one ego thinks he is entitled to the pulpit more than anyone else.

Lyster also was far too fond of starting out a broadcast by referencing what went on back in Pat Spillane's day and then throwing it over to Pat to let him rabbit on about Micko and Kerry for the next 10 minutes. Add in that it was often on a day when Kerry weren't even bloody playing and it was doubly was maddening !

The hurling shows were much better, but that is because they have started to bring in younger pundits and phase out the dinosaurs, not something Lyster had any control over, I'd imagine.

So will I miss him? I will in a way. But I think I'll enjoy the new presenter more, especially if she is willing to keep the egos in check and keep the discussions on track to the modern game and the team that is playing on the day.

Xenophile

Most of us could learn a lot from Michael Lester.

theoneeyedman

Niles Crane wrote: »

If RTE have any sense they shoudl retire the 3 main football funidts and bring in some fresh punidts to work with Joanne Cantwell.

I'd generally agree, but the' new 'pundits on the radio are as bad... Tommy Carr, Eamonn O' Hara, Bernie Flynn, and heaven help us Cora Staunton. If this is the caliber of analysts available, then just put on ads at halftime and I'll continue to make a cup of tea.

elefant

webels wrote: »

Keeping Spillane and Brolly honest wouldn't be easy for many but he took no messing from either.

Am I missing the sarcasm here? This is one thing that absolutely isn't true about Michael Lyster.

Speakerboxx

Road-Hog wrote: »

Curious to get views of wider gaa fans.....will this man be missed after his 37 years.......it’s Joanne Cantwell from next season onwards I believe

She isn't in his league at all. Painful at best.

BonnieSituation

Xenophile wrote: »

Most of us could learn a lot from Michael Lester.

Including the spelling of his name. :P

davegilly

How come Michael Lyster has to retire at 65 but Ger Canning is still commentating at 67?

ProudDUB

davegilly wrote: »

How come Michael Lyster has to retire at 65 but Ger Canning is still commentating at 67?

A lot of the "staff" in Montrose aren't RTE employees as such. They are on contracts & they contract out their services to RTE, year by year, or tournament, or season. Lyster doesn't. He's a full time, staff member, so he had to retire at the mandatory retirement ages. Those on contracts can keep on working for as long as RTE choose to keep on renewing their contracts every year. Canning may be one of those.

Bonniedog

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Lyster will be hugely missed. He was a brilliant presenter and a gentleman.

I can see the Sunday Game getting very "tabloid" now.

JC asking managers why they "talk funny" and don't pluck their eyebrows

(That is not sexist remark by the way. Female presenters on TG4 for women's football and hurling are excellent. I was referring to her bizarre questioning of Gavin at the Sports Horse of the Year Awards last year!)

The Talking Bread

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Joanne will do fine. I think I'm more relieved Des Cahill didn't get the gig tbh.

Mickey Harte is clearly a fan of Cantwell

jacko

Will be missed alright. It's going to be a tough gig to take on.

Trouble will be mainly for the fussball. Games are so rubbish and the only thing pundits like O Rourke, Spillane and Brolly do is bicker between themselves, like even in the sendoff after final yesterday o Rourke and spilanne getting in digs about which one knew him for longer. Tis sad state of affairs and the constant Brolly needing to get the last word in. So off-putting. Please just get rid of him.

He's more of a hurling man anyway, and truth be told hard to be otherwise with the calibre of entertainment between the 2 codes of late.

For sure, rte losing one of their best.

The Lost Sheep

Niles Crane wrote: »

Really good presenter, very easy to like and no bull**** with him however he tolerated too much crap from Brolly over the years.

Whatever about pundits in general speaking nonsense he should have nipped Joe Brolly's downright bad manners and sneeriness in the bud fairly early on but he did nothing to stop him.He failed to facilitate reasonable debate and just allowed him to interrupt everyone else all the time.

I could put up with Spillane and O'Rourke but Brolly on TV was really off putting and the reason I never bothered with the pre and post game stuff for the last 6 or 7 years.

If RTE have any sense they shoudl retire the 3 main football funidts and bring in some fresh punidts to work with Joanne Cantwell.

Its far from just Brolly who was an issue with gaelic pundits. The whole team of pundits for many games were just real poor. I would disagree that RTE should stop using the 3 main pundits maybe just not have all three together for games

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Lyster will be hugely missed. He was a brilliant presenter and a gentleman.

I can see the Sunday Game getting very "tabloid" now.

What does that mean?

davegilly wrote: »

How come Michael Lyster has to retire at 65 but Ger Canning is still commentating at 67?

He's an employee of RTE not a contracted staff member

Loafing Oaf

ProudDUB wrote: »

A lot of the "staff" in Montrose aren't RTE employees as such. They are on contracts & they contract out their services to RTE, year by year, or tournament, or season. Lyster doesn't. He's a full time, staff member, so he had to retire at the mandatory retirement ages.

You'd think if he wanted to stay on and RTE wanted to keep him they would have been able to come to some arrangement though...

The_Honeybadger

Good presenter and a likeable chap. Can’t say I’ll miss him because I don’t normally watch the games on RTE any more if sky are covering them. Their analysis is top notch, even my wife commented on it yesterday at half time and she’s have no more than a passing interest.

If RTE have any sense they will use this chance to freshen up the whole thing. I cannot abide Spillane, Brolly and O’Rourke waffling on with their nonsense any more. Bring Whelan, Tomás O’Se and other young guys in for the big games and I will happily go back to Rte.

rovertom

Surely Brolly is there nowadays purely for the way he acts, He gets everyone shouting at the TV and creates a bit of havoc among the panel. I'm sure the host is told to let it run.

bucketybuck

rovertom wrote: »

Surely Brolly is there nowadays purely for the way he acts, He gets everyone shouting at the TV and creates a bit of havoc among the panel. I'm sure the host is told to let it run.

He gets everyone avoiding the tv. I no longer watch anything that has Brolly involved, I'll stream it on Sky if possible or switch it off completely as soon as the whistle goes, all because of that cretin. I doubt i am the only one.

Rte really needs to stop telling themselves that people still like this trolling bull**** from pundits like Brolly or Dunphy. Outside of a few morons that day is done, people want insightful commentary and they know what it looks like.

As for lyster, good riddance, he has added nothing to that program for a long time now and is complicit in the farce it has become.

ebbsy

It's like David Vine not doing the snooker and yer one taking over.

Not good.

The Bollocks

Michael Lyster - will anyone miss him...?


I will in my bollocks.


Up the Dubs! Wha!

Zeek12

A solid presenter. And a safe "pair of hands".

In recent years he had become too safe. So probably time for him to move on.

No problem with Joanne Cantwell taking over.
She brings plenty of energy and she isn't afraid of egos.

Worst thing RTE could have done is hand it to Maloney.

He's in a two-way- tie with Tubridy for most boring presenter ever!

shockframe

mickeyk wrote: »

Good presenter and a likeable chap. Can’t say I’ll miss him because I don’t normally watch the games on RTE any more if sky are covering them. Their analysis is top notch, even my wife commented on it yesterday at half time and she’s have no more than a passing interest.

If RTE have any sense they will use this chance to freshen up the whole thing. I cannot abide Spillane, Brolly and O’Rourke waffling on with their nonsense any more. Bring Whelan, Tomás O’Se and other young guys in for the big games and I will happily go back to Rte.

Almost exactly the same for me now. Sky's coverage and analysis is way way ahead of RTE on a matchday.

I never paid much attention to Off The Ball over the years but now that they have a youtube channel it's obvious that RTE is lagging behind alternative sources for Football.

I you want insight into a match the last place to look is the trio on the Sunday Game.

Zeek12

mickeyk wrote: »

If RTE have any sense they will use this chance to freshen up the whole thing. I cannot abide Spillane, Brolly and O’Rourke waffling on with their nonsense any more. Bring Whelan, Tomás O’Se and other young guys in for the big games and I will happily go back to Rte.

In fairness Spillane's time is up.

If I have to hear him talk about "in-tin-sity" one more time.....:rolleyes:

Still think the other two are Ok if they freshened up the panel a bit.

On the commentary side....WTF?
Dessie Dolan doing All Ireland final commentary??

He's just hopeless. Bland, boring and makes so many wrong calls.

Seriously, are there no other options?

Sassygirl1999

Road-Hog wrote: »

Curious to get views of wider gaa fans.....will this man be missed after his 37 years.......it’s Joanne Cantwell from next season onwards I believe

Joanne Cantwell:
'I hate being called a female sports broadcaster'
www.irishtimes.com

Loafing Oaf

shockframe wrote: »

Almost exactly the same for me now. Sky's coverage and analysis is way way ahead of RTE on a matchday.

I never paid much attention to Off The Ball over the years but now that they have a youtube channel it's obvious that RTE is lagging behind alternative sources for Football.

I you want insight into a match the last place to look is the trio on the Sunday Game.

I don't bother much with any of the analysis but when it comes to commentators, anything is better than Ger Canning.

The_Honeybadger

Zeek12 wrote: »

In fairness Spillane's time is up.

If I have to hear him talk about "in-tin-sity" one more time.....:rolleyes:

Still think the other two are Ok if they freshened up the panel a bit.

On the commentary side....WTF?
Dessie Dolan doing All Ireland final commentary??

He's just hopeless. Bland, boring and makes so many wrong calls.

Seriously, are there no other options?

Brolly is absolutely painful as well, he is a parody of himself at this stage trying to spark controversy with every sentence out of his mouth to stay relevant. O’Rourke is the most bearable out of the three but his analysis is as weak as water. These lads are finished playing with decades it really is time to say thanks and move them on.

I agree it’s incredible that Dolan is still employed to commentate on matches, there must be no screen test for these lads before they get the gig. I’m glad they are employing younger people like him but Whelan would be the only one out of the lot worth really listening to IMO.

mickey1979

Not a fan of Cantwell TBH, but glad Des did not get the job. Lyster was a brilliant host but felt him and his panel got a bit stale and in the end I was tuning out to go to SKY. Maybe Cantwell with some different analysts might improve the situation, but RTE need to work on presentation format. I really like what SKY are bringing to the table but RTE do have a gra for the GAA but it does need updating.

Dessie Dolan is brutal simply brutal.

djPSB

Sassygirl1999 wrote: »

Joanne Cantwell:
'I hate being called a female sports broadcaster'
www.irishtimes.com

Interestingly, 4 female pundits for the camogie finals today.

Happy4all

Road-Hog wrote: »

Curious to get views of wider gaa fans.....will this man be missed after his 37 years.......it’s Joanne Cantwell from next season onwards I believe

Yes. What's your own opinion?

OldMrBrennan83

Happy4all wrote: »

Yes. What's your own opinion?

Took you long enough to push the bridge of the glasses up and select one of the stock boards replies, near a week. I'd have thrown in a 'well, actually...' for full effect too.

LoughNeagh2017

I am a Marty Morrissey fan so I am sure my opinions won't mean much to you all. A quote from Marty always sticks in my mind from the 2013 hurling final, something like "O'Neill to O'Donnell, two famous names in Irish history and culture", it just rolled off his tongue, completely unplanned.

Road-Hog

Happy4all wrote: »

Yes. What's your own opinion?

Yes Sunday’s from mid May onwards won’t be quite the same for a while. He became part of the Irish summer for so many years for those of us into the Gaa. Earliest memories of him were probably the ‘84 olympics where he did a morning show think it was called ‘day break LA’.....?

Road-Hog

Patww79 wrote: »

Took you long enough to push the bridge of the glasses up and select one of the stock boards replies, near a week. I'd have thrown in a 'well, actually...' for full effect too.

What the Eff are you on about here...?

shamrock55

Always found him dull and boring,so no