TV Coverage

JoeA3

Well I'd say a paid-for stream like GAA Go is much more likely to be reliable and not get stuck buffering than say a "less legitimate" source...

Sky Go / NowTV might be another option. Not 100% sure if that works outside Ireland though.

nozzferrahhtoo

Yay. Gonna go with it! I hope they deliver.

My daughter has already started to get into it. She is baking this right now: https://www.ifyougiveablondeakitchen.com/irish-car-bomb-cupcakes/

They are born and bred in germany but somehow they are really invested in their heritage :)

theoneeyedman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119368296#Comment_119368296

In many ways, this quotw from Jacob is quite telling of the attitude at RTE.

She knows she has an issue, or at very least an area she can improve on, that is her time of voice and her diction. It is effecting how she does her job, but when customers comment on the face she gets defensive, pulls out the 'it's because I'm a woman card' and vows not to try to improve and carry on.

I have ZERO problem with female pundits, have posted and defended them here several times, in general fair play to them, and an even mediocre woman is as entitled to waffle bullsh1t as a mediocre man. However, being unprofessional and vowing not to try to improve shouldn't be an option, it should cost you your jibe rather than allow you to become a cause celebre and a Poster child for the offended.

Nowadays, being criritised in twatter is par for the course of you're in the public eye unfortunately. There are all sorts of cvnts on twitter, and perhaps something should be done to reduce the abuse, but if you haven't a thick neck don't use it. Twitter is promoted hugely by the media set here over the last 10 years or so, they rely on it for so much of their view of what news is, and now they want to put the genie back into the bottle with it.

Abusive cvnts always existed, whether it was in pubs, street corners or now on twitter.

Coillte_Bhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119376174#Comment_119376174

Have you tried nowtv.com for a day pass for Sky Sports?

theoneeyedman

Today's game was a very good one, with brilliant performances from a number of players, including David Clifford and Shane Walsh.

However, listening to the RTÉ commentary, and Kevin McStay, the second coming of our Lord and Savious Jesus Christ was wearing 14 for Kerry in what was the bestest game of any sport ever ever! McStay in particular was an embarrassment, never seen anything like Clifford inan AI final he repeated almost ad nauseum. Complete exaggeration, about an excellent player who had a brilliant game, who in the end scored 3 Points from play.

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119381682#Comment_119381682

Excellent evaluation of of McStays commentary.

The game was good…very good…though not great.

No fault of the players or ref……they gave everything

No goals… lot of fallow periods of cross field and back field passing.

very few goalmouth incidents.

The rules, the rules…… need to do something bout them lads.

YabaDabaDooley

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119381682#Comment_119381682

I get the feeling that McStay is a lifer now in RTE. He speaks with all the reassuredness of a man who knows he has the job for as long as he wants it. He's a very safe pair of punditry hands.

And we'll be listening to him finally give up the gig in 25 years time live in studio just after Mayo have lost their 30th All Ire final since their last win.

Sunny Disposition

Enjoyed the match today, the coverage too, the football side is way ahead of the hurling.

robbiezero

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119381682#Comment_119381682

Wom 2 marks for another 2. Stupid rule.

He had a great game alright. 5 points was agood haul comsidering the attention he was getting, but I wouldnt be destroying the jocks over his display today either. It was good but Walsh probably better and Hegarty in the hurling better again.

TheRiverman

Darragh Maloney is by far the best commentator RTE have at present.

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119376124#Comment_119376124

NowTv works fine in France anyway, watched both finals in the bar using it.

WesternZulu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382252#Comment_119382252

Agreed but by god he had to wait long enough to finally get an All-Ireland final.

Pussyhands

Darragh Maloney talking about a score being world class 🙄

Man Vs ManUre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382488#Comment_119382488

You wouldn’t see the likes in the Singapore Sunday league then off to the Irish bar for a few €12 pints.

TheRiverman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382440#Comment_119382440

A long wait for TV, but he has done Radio commentaries on finals over the past ten years.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382252#Comment_119382252

And their best presenter too.

He should be presenting the Sunday Game or at least the Sunday night slot.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382661#Comment_119382661

Would be great but we don't dare hope!!!

Sunny Disposition

I don’t like to be critical but the Sunday Game is very hard to watch again tonight and most weeks. The tone is all wrong most of the time, it’s either trivialising things or making too much of them.

It used to be good and could be again.

TheRiverman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382661#Comment_119382661

Agreed, but maybe he hasn't got it because he is the main Soccer presenter and also does some Soccer commentary.

Icsics

6 pundits on the panel is too many, it makes foe a lot of stopping & starting. Not sure who the lady is but she’s not saying or being asked a lot

Sunny Disposition

The Sunday Game is important, it’s where we see most high level games. It needs to be taken seriously.

After this year there needs to be a serious look taken at it. It has to improve dramatically. Many of those on screen need to improve in a major way, a lot of the GAA public are very frustrated.

if they listen to what people are saying and react it’ll improve very quickly, it’s not a secret what the problems are.

Some of the hurling analysts are not connecting with the public at all, they need to be shown what changes are beeded. They all need to know they are not there to show how clever they are, it’s not about them at all.

The presenters have scope for improvement, it’s no secret that many people find one of them to be a serious impediment to enjoying the coverage.

Also no more matches like Westmeath-Wexford where the ball was barely visible.

The Sunday Game has been good in the past and can be again. But 2022 was not good at all. There’s a lot to learn and hopefully those in charge are humble enough to try.

Billy Ocean

Spillane annoyed me plenty over the years but that bit today about his family was lovely in fairness.

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382726#Comment_119382726

Noelle Healy (Dublin)

corny

Something I often wonder about... why no Dublin representation from the 6 in a row team? Best team ever and no one is invited on? It seems to quite easy to get the gig if you're from Kerry.

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119382726#Comment_119382726

Two kerry panelists, zero from Galway. Everyone creaming their pants about Clifford when he was arguably the 3rd best player on the pitch.

Don't have any idea what the girl is doing there as she provides no real insight and to be quite honest 90% of male senior club players have played at a higher level than she has. That's not a criticism but it is reality. The demands in men's and women's gaa even down to a tactical level are very different.

The motm awards especially in finals are a joke. You could kick 15pts in the final, end up on the losing side by a point and the motm will go to the winners. There's zero honesty in who is motm. They have their favourites too so even a defender who was head and shoulders above an attacking teammate in a game will lose out to a lad who kicked 3 from play.

Pussyhands

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119383411#Comment_119383411

Ladies football doesn't even have the same rules but if they're gonna have a woman pundit, Healy is fine. Better than Staunton or Jacob on the hurling.

Man Vs ManUre

So Noelle Healy us a Sunday Game pundit for the hens final but not tonight for the ladies. What?? That doesn’t make sense.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119413506#Comment_119413506

Leave the hens alone !

cute geoge

Lads dont miss tg4 at 3 pm,weather is looking stunning for the Kerry county final ,ballyduff v causeway live at 3pm live on tg4 .Great rivalary between these 2 neighbouring villages within the same parish ,watch out for some upcoming Kerry hurlers stars

mitchelsontour

The ref has a live mike so able to hear his comments as play goes on.