Female Gaa Commentators / Analysists

RoyalCelt wrote: »

I'm sure there are good female presenters and analysts but the ones they have are terrible and clearly ticking boxes. I hope to god we don't have Joanne for the next 30 years. I miss Lester and I felt that Darragh Moloney was far superior but sadly they were obviously set on getting a woman.

I actually think Joanne has grown into the role well. She seemed very confrontational, almost aggressive for the first while in the job but shes been much better this year and feels like a proper presenter. I think shes better than Darragh Moloney would be. He is an exceptional commentator and enjoy him on games..

The only change I'd like to see is Jacqui Hurley brought on to host the Sunday game highlights. Des Cahill is an incompetent bore and absolutely terrible. Jacqui is fantastic on Sunday sport on radio 1 and would be a far better person than Des imo.

Disgusting thread altogether. Full of very thinly veiled sexism and utter stupidity

Could RTE organise someone to talk to their pundits about the correct use of the word allude?

Mickey_James wrote: »

Ask a young kid who her favourite footballer is and I would guarantee it wouldn't be one of the females.

Maybe that's because the women were never on TV so the young girls don't know enough about them. Ask em who their favorite boxer is and I guarantee it will be a female

TV exposure is huge for a sport when it comes to young people so by putting the work in now and getting women's sport on TV maybe down the line that answer will change.

One_More_Mile wrote: »

Well if the commentator tomight who felt that Dublin defenders were cynical by getting in the way of a score is the future we are done

I'm not sure what your point is but both the mens and womens teams were cynical when defending their leads. Of course, Cork couldn't point the resulting frees.

jackboy wrote: »

Women’s boxing is pretty much never on TV in Ireland.

No unless it was Katie Taylor who is all over the news and media. My point was give women good coverage like she gets and people will nwlame then as favorite sports people

Beffs wrote: »

Ask any young female tennis fan who her favorite player is and it is more likely to be one of the Williams sisters than Roger Federer.

Ask any young female boxing fan who her favorite boxer is and it's more likely to be Katie Taylor than Tyson Fury.

Give young women the same encouragement, support, marketing, exposure, facilities etc as their male counterparts and you will soon have successful female role models for young females to look up to, admire and aspire to be like.

The GAA, Irish team sporting organizations and Irish society in general are all crap at that, so it's hardly surprising if Aidan O'Shea and Lionel Messi are on the posters on bedroom walls

It's not rocket science.

Case in point, down at the local club my daughter has no interest in Jonny Cooper or Eoin Murchan. Her hero is Leah Caffrey, & in her view Leah Caffrey is 10 times better than Jonny Cooper. She might be right, she might be wrong but thats what she thinks.

Deleted User wrote: »

I really don't think there are many people looking for anything other than equality, this is not provided by requiring less of female analysts than male analysts.

Nobody is saying that less is required of female analysts.

Some people are saying they dont think female analysts are as good. As the dude would say - thats just, like, their opinion.

Look at the crap that brolly came out with this weekend about the 'social media' profiles of Mayo players, after everything they put in this year. Or Ewan McKennas cheap shot at John Horan on twitter yesterday. There is no argument to say female analysts arent as good.

Kenny Cunningham is on the soccer panel on Premier sports like he is some beacon of knowledge, but he has no idea. Its not only women and not only GAA. The channel 9 Australian cricket commentary team is rubbish, it is like the world slang championships, no idea what they are even saying, never mind their opinion on the game, a pile of cheerleaders, racing coverage is the same, watch it with the sound turned down. On this subject, men and women compete on an equal footing in horse racing, and it's not a big deal if a female jockey has winners. As Alistair Down, a fine racing journalist once said, female jockeys, one day they will be called jockeys. This sums it up for me, play the game and enjoy the game. Everyone has opinions, and it's nice to hear from different people and form your own one. The remote control is handy if you don't like them.

Bonniedog wrote: »

Racing is a very good example. there are some excellent women presenters on the racing channels and on RTE when they cover a meeting. some of them are former jockies or from racing background like Francesca Cumani, but no idea of what the Sky ones were at, and they are very good.

TG4 coverage is excellent, and that includes the women's football panel presided over by Ní Bhraonáin. Overall, i think TG4 with O'Grady, Goggins, Ó Flatherta and others provides a much more intimate focus on the games. Club coverage is outstanding. Some of RTE stuff is just inane. Possibly due to trying to avoid controversy? Didn't like Brolly's comment on AOS, but he was great addition to TSG. I have pretty minimal interest in soccer but when i watched the odd match, Giles and Dunphy were worth listening to. A kind of good cop/bad cop routine of very good insight and provocation! TSG can be very banal. And commentary is dreadful.

Possibly the worst pundit I have ever seen

RoyalCelt wrote: »

Fair point of JC. She has definitely improved for sure. Obviously took the criticism on board.

Des is useless and has to go. But people with long term cussy jobs in rte are rarely replaced. Jacqui would be far superior.

It was clear as day that Cantwell and Brolly didn’t see eye to eye, and at times it was uncomfortable the way she used to just question everything he said even if he hadn’t said something controversial, still she seemed to question him. I think she had a personal vendetta against him and I would say that she is a a big reason why he was sacked from RTÉ, like surely someone shouldn’t have been sacked for questioning a referring decision.

If anyone would have been sacked because of the half time analysis it would have had to have been Whelan, because he said he was a bit biased when it came to analysis. I can’t really warmth to her as presenter because of that Jacqueline Hurley I would have actually have preferred to get the job over Cantwell, I think she is much better then Cantwell, but that’s my own personal opinion.

Des I agree is awful, to be honest he seems a nice enough lad but for someone that has been involved in sport for so long, his knowledge and presenting is dreadful, just seems to be badly prepared and does no research. I would like to see Dara O’Cinneide presenting was very good on Seo Spoirt before presenting that so has the experience and knowledge, and I feel would be a great presenter of the Sunday game night time show.

KIB4Life wrote: »

It was clear as day that Cantwell and Brolly didn’t see eye to eye, and at times it was uncomfortable the way she used to just question everything he said even if he hadn’t said something controversial, still she seemed to question him. I think she had a personal vendetta against him and I would say that she is a a big reason why he was sacked from RTÉ, like surely someone shouldn’t have been sacked for questioning a referring decision.

I would disagree most of the time other anchor's let Brolly away unchallenged with all sorts of guff. Also Cantwell positions herself as devil's advocate which is what a good anchor should do. Bill O'Herilhy was great at it when he used to do the soccer. Say something and let the lads debate it.

Des I agree is awful, to be honest he seems a nice enough lad but for someone that has been involved in sport for so long, his knowledge and presenting is dreadful, just seems to be badly prepared and does no research. I would like to see Dara O’Cinneide presenting was very good on Seo Spoirt before presenting that so has the experience and knowledge, and I feel would be a great presenter of the Sunday game night time show.

Agree 100% Dara O'Cinneide seems 'hidden away' on RnaG or TG4 criminally underused in the mainstream English language media Excellent presenter, and interviewer. Plus Des Cahill what can you say? Nice fella but...

doc_17 wrote: »

I don’t want to hear from people who haven’t played in the all Ireland men’s championship. Likewise, I don’t want to hear from men who haven’t played the ladies game. Colm O’Rourke is obsolete. Cora Staunton is a cliche machine. Tomas “lookit d’know” O’Shea is grand. I miss Brolly. I am watching the game, I know what’s happening. But Brolly makes the time pass quicker, winding up Spillane and O’Rourke.

You shouldnt have to and dont need to have played in all ireland mens championship to be able to commentate/analyse the game.
Brolly was fine in parts but all too often went overboard/talked crap just like many other pundits.