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European Championshps Thread

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    #362
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    great to see the Irish lads in final.

    i enjoy watching major championships, but im noob in times department.

    from what i see in other threads Ireland has 6th fastest team, to catch Germans in 3rd they need maybe second more..

    is that asking too much or can they do it?

    i know there is another 100 reasons but just wondering if medal is way too much to ask.


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    #363
    nobody told me
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭nobody told me


    Not one mention from feidhlim Kelly/ JTG on fionnuala finishing 10th in the marathon. Is it sour grapes because she got to run and not their buddy mick clohisey? They obviously didn't agree with her going but to not even mention it is a bit silly on their part if they are to report.


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    #364
    GoTheDistance
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭GoTheDistance


    nobody told me wrote: »
    Not one mention from feidhlim Kelly/ JTG on fionnuala finishing 10th in the marathon. Is it sour grapes because she got to run and not their buddy mick clohisey? They obviously didn't agree with her going but to not even mention it is a bit silly on their part if they are to report.

    What do we expect? Whilst no one is really giving athletics in Ireland any decent coverage Feidhlim Kelly/ JTG are not a serious sports media outlet - they're just a podcast from someone's living room. It's very obvious listening to their broadcasts and coverage that they have a clique of friends who recieve all of their attention. Very disappointing that they would ignore a really great performance by Fionnuala.


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    #365
    nobody told me
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    GoTheDistance wrote: »
    What do we expect? Whilst no one is really giving athletics in Ireland any decent coverage Feidhlim Kelly/ JTG are not a serious sports media outlet - they're just a podcast from someone's living room. It's very obvious listening to their broadcasts and coverage that they have a clique of friends who recieve all of their attention. Very disappointing that they would ignore a really great performance by Fionnuala.

    I enjoy the podcast it's good, but it was extremely biased not to report on fionnuala. They crib and moan about about athletics not being a mainstream sport but don't report one of our best performances?


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    #366
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭rom


    RTE commentary is woeful especially George Hamilton. He sounds like he is looking into a field of thistles.

    Please put Jerry or Sonia in the commentary team please.


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    #367
    digger2d2
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    rom wrote: »
    RTE commentary is woeful especially George Hamilton. He sounds like he is looking into a field of thistles.

    Please put Jerry or Sonia in the commentary team please.

    Agreed, desperate... I've turned over to the mainland ;)


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    #368
    pajor
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    Does nobody here have Eurosport?

    I haven't been annoyed by their commentary even once. :pac:


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    #369
    Pacing Mule
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    pajor wrote: »
    Does nobody here have Eurosport?

    I haven't been annoyed by their commentary even once. :pac:

    Wish you posted that earlier !!!!!


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    #370
    pc11
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    pajor wrote: »
    Does nobody here have Eurosport?

    I haven't been annoyed by their commentary even once. :pac:

    You're a very tolerant man then. Tim Hutchings and his verbal tics make me very upset. I regularly shout at him as he repeats the same handful of phrases every 30 seconds.

    George is appalling, it's true. He was baffled by the rules of the high jump the other day. I also shout at George a lot.

    I'm disappointed in Greg Allen. He's a good reporter on radio, but he is not doing a good job commentating. Very hesitant and confused at times. At least Tony O'Donoghue is finally absent. He and George have ruined 30+ years of athletics for me.

    Kathryn Davis, stalwart of athletics she may be, is a cringey interviewer.


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    #371
    echat
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    Three very good runs by the Irish men in the marathon: particularly by Sean Hehir who went with the leading group from the start and moved through the field in the second half. The course with the laps and the hill made the race very exciting. The laps created a crowd and the hill made the results very uncertain as runners suffered as they got tired and positions changed substantially.


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    #372
    nobody told me
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    A great run by hehir, it's a pity pollock got injured would loved to have seen what he was capable of on the day. 7th place for the irish team.


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    #373
    Chivito550
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    GoTheDistance wrote: »
    What do we expect? Whilst no one is really giving athletics in Ireland any decent coverage Feidhlim Kelly/ JTG are not a serious sports media outlet - they're just a podcast from someone's living room. It's very obvious listening to their broadcasts and coverage that they have a clique of friends who recieve all of their attention. Very disappointing that they would ignore a really great performance by Fionnuala.

    Fairly harsh stuff. JTG do not get paid for what they do. They are doing more than pretty much anybody to promote the sport.

    As an aside, I do not believe FB's performance was "really great". She came 10th. In the 10000m she was 8th. Why is the 8th place seen as average, yet the 10th in the marathon is bigged up. Why is there such glorification of the marathon? You see it again with the men's. People hyping up a 20th place. If you come 20th in a track event nobody cares.


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    #374
    nobody told me
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    Chivito550 wrote: »
    Fairly harsh stuff. JTG do not get paid for what they do. They are doing more than pretty much anybody to promote the sport.

    As an aside, I do not believe FB's performance was "really great". She came 10th. In the 10000m she was 8th. Why is the 8th place seen as average, yet the 10th in the marathon is bigged up. Why is there such glorification of the marathon? You see it again with the men's. People hyping up a 20th place. If you come 20th in a track event nobody cares.

    You can dress it up all you like they should at least have mentioned it. She ran the fourth fastest irish time on her debut on a tough course. You honestly don't think that's a great performance?


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    #375
    Timmaay
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    Yes they probably should have mentioned her alright, but their main area is the track events, for which they do invaluable work, week in week out up and down the country, all unpaid. So I certainly wouldn't be critical of them.


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    #376
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,695 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    nobody told me wrote: »
    You can dress it up all you like they should at least have mentioned it. She ran the fourth fastest irish time on her debut on a tough course. You honestly don't think that's a great performance?

    It was decent. As I said, she went better in the 10K. Becoming the 4th fastest ever only highlights how weak our all time standings are. Sure Sarah Lavin ran a time in the hurdles than only 2 Irish women have ever run faster than. Nobody hyping her result up.


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    #377
    Ososlo
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    GO IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!


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    #378
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭rom


    Have to agree that GoTheDistance is very harsh. I presume that JTG has resulted in him writing for the examiner and paid for doing so.

    Why is there such glorification of the marathon?
    Why did you run a marathon. Its the same reason.


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    #379
    PVincent
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭PVincent


    Harsh on JTG. They have rectified in the last 30mins on Twitter. They say celebrations curtailed their reporting. Fairly believable TBH


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    #380
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭rom


    mad len for a medal


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    #381
    shiibata
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    FFS


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    #382
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭rom


    ****


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    #383
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    :eek::mad:


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    #384
    pajor
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    rom wrote: »
    mad len for a medal

    I think you jinxed him.


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    #385
    Stheno
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    carnage in the 1500


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    #386
    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭rom


    that was horrid


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    #387
    RacoonQueen
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    Devastating. Brave run from Robinson. So, so close.


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    #388
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    rom wrote: »
    that was horrid

    Awful. Pretty impressive from Robinson after all that.


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    #389
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,355 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Disaster


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    #390
    Birdsong
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Birdsong


    Oh no, that was awful to look at, so close for Robinson.


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    #391
    John.Icy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,015 ✭✭✭John.Icy


    mother of god, the lack of ability of the Eurosport commentators to read the names of the two Irish athletes is boggling. Even on the replay stuck to Robinson being the one who fell!! And again there now!


    EDIT: Also what on earth is the problem with the winner celebrating? Distasteful? Would you shut up commentator. He destroyed the field and could have celebrated 300 metres out.


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