AGC wrote: » Poor call and just another woman pushed forward by RTE IMO, all for equality but just look at recent appointments made. There is plenty of male reporters at RTE more than capable. Can’t see Joanne working well alongside Brolly, O’Rourke and Spillane on big match days.
schemingbohemia wrote: » What specifically is your problem with her? I've found her very well informed, asks good questions and keeps the conversation flowing every time I've seen her presenting.
sightband wrote: I’ll go all out there and get crucified with misogynistic pig comments...but at a very fundamental level the atmosphere of the panel in that studio is one of boisterous alpha male one upmanship, and that’s what makes it enjoyable, gaa men talking gaa with a big man mediating and prodding them...so that said, she just doesn’t fit the part in how she looks, you could flick her out the door. The dynamic will be completely different and the worse for it, I don’t really care how well informed or researched she is, she will look completely out of place....television is as much about looks and appearance and being the right fit as it is about performance so I feel this is a fair comment.
sightband wrote: » I’ll go all out there and get crucified with misogynistic pig comments...but at a very fundamental level the atmosphere of the panel in that studio is one of boisterous alpha male one upmanship, and that’s what makes it enjoyable, gaa men talking gaa with a big man mediating and prodding them...so that said, she just doesn’t fit the part in how she looks, you could flick her out the door. The dynamic will be completely different and the worse for it, I don’t really care how well informed or researched she is, she will look completely out of place....television is as much about looks and appearance and being the right fit as it is about performance so I feel this is a fair comment.
Mr321 wrote: » I'd fear Des Cahill will get it. He's grand where he is on the Sunday Game review. Jacqui is good at her sports news presenting but can't see her good against a panel. Joanne Cantwell be perfect for the job.
blue note wrote: » It's a sad place we've gotten to that some people will bit not believe any more than an appointment of a female is based on merit. I can understand where the suspicion is coming from and I've heard the reverse said many times. But some men and women now are only able to believe that either when a man is employed that it's just because they'd never hire a women or when a women is employed that they're going out of their way to employ a woman. I hope this dies off over the next few years, but it might get worse before it gets better.
sightband wrote: you hope the opinion or the practice dies off?
sightband wrote: the pendulum has very much firmly swung into an area of women getting hired on purely because they are women.
sightband wrote: the six one news is an absolute shambles with the two barbies they have put in place. inept doesn't begin to describe them.
squrm wrote: » https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/joanne-cantwell-to-present-the-sunday-game-from-2019-1.3376638 Confirmed Joanne Cantwell
washman3 wrote: » At least it's not the insufferable Anna Geary. is there a more annoying person on tv than her I wonder.?
Mossy Monk wrote: » Joanne is far from being the worst choice. It is a pity that some people will think she got it only because of her sex. She's been doing Gaelic games for years on both television and radio.
Mr321 wrote: » I called it first lads Ah think it was the right choice tbh, she's done the Saturday game so how could they not pass her. I'm just glad its not Jacqui or Anna Geary.
Icsics wrote: » Anna Geary is in danger of being overexposed, she’s on everything!
charlie14 wrote: » Just on that, nothing against her and I wish her well, but when it comes to the dynamics of a programme like the Sunday Game, if it was an appointment made by a strictly commercial station other than one with funding from licence fees would they have appointed a woman i wonder. Still, I would not regard who is fronting it as the major problem. For me that is the lack of good critical unbiased and tactical analysis from panelists on football when compared to hurling.
grbear wrote: » If they freshen up the big game panel as well it could be interesting. If it's still Joe, Pat and Colm then I'll continue to ignore it.
alchemist33 wrote: » Sky got a woman to front their GAA coverage. I have no problems with this appointment at all. She's a good presenter and has the knowledge.
AGC wrote: » Wouldn’t mind seeing O’Rourke swapped out for O’se or Whelan. I find O’Rourke has a chip on his shoulder, certainly when it comes to Dublin. Brolly is the Dunphy and gets people talking.
big_drive wrote: » She’s a very poor analyst. Saw her after some camogie game last year and it was very poor analysis from someone who’d played the game. Just a load of cliches etc
