Euro 2012 RTE Panel Watch

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"Liam said they (Croatia) are a great team"
"I didn't say - "
"Game on baby"

GavRedKing

Apres Match is where its at.

:pac:

Renn

They've been terrible so far (hardly surprising really). You gotta wonder who does the research for them, or more likely that no research is done at all.

Not sure why Brady is going on about 2010 - ten players from the squad in the WC are at the Euros. So there has been quite a bit of a change (from manager to the way they play etc).

Oat23

poocheck?

Lewanowski?

kitakyushu

Oatesy23 wrote: »

poocheck?

Lewanowski?

Chesney in goals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8f2mW1GFSI

Shankly Gates

Giles: "Traditionally in recent years"

kronsington

they have always given the impression they dont do much research about teams before games, they always analyse the game as it happens. i love the panel and they are entertaining at the very least. its the "B" panel that do more homework than the senior lads

kitakyushu

kronsington wrote: »

they have always given the impression they dont do much research about teams before games, they always analyse the game as it happens. i love the panel and they are entertaining at the very least. its the "B" panel that do more homework than the senior lads

I reckon they don't actually watch any games other than the ones they work on.

Brain Stroking

kitakyushu wrote: »

I reckon they don't actually watch any games other than the ones they work on.

Possibly but they are ahead when it comes to analysing what they have just watched

murpho999

So we are now analysing the analysis.

I don't care about their research, they are terrific entertainment and very passionate.

I will miss them when they retire.

GLaDOS

Wouldn't watch it on any other channel, guaranteed entertainment

ambid

Ronnie Whelan: "...this is a bit foreign to me".

You are in Poland, Ronnie! RTE need to send him some Tayto pretty quick.

kitakyushu

Hamilton throwing stats out there that were totally wrong.

briany

kitakyushu wrote: »

Hamilton throwing stats out there that were totally wrong.

I for one am not averse to hearing George Hamilton citing incorrect stats, mispronouncing players names or using over elaborate metaphors.

murpho999 wrote: »

So we are now analysing the analysis.

I think we've always done that haven't we? There's been threads on various aspects of it before.

Pro. F

Complaining about the RTE panel not doing their research is like going out with a glamour model and complaining when she doesn't cook your dinner.

Renn

Ah this is a praise-only thread?

Soz.

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Renn wrote: »

Ah this is a praise-only thread?

Soz.

no, but you can expect to be called on it if you are criticising things that people criticise every time this happens.

We know they are bad, but they are entertaining.

We know the hipsters prefer "knowledgeable" pundits, but they are boring, bland and afraid to say what they think on ITV and BBC.

RTE makes up for it's failings on the information front by being trolling geniuses, and funny, and colourful.

murpho999

Des wrote: »

no, but you can expect to be called on it if you are criticising things that people criticise every time this happens.

We know they are bad, but they are entertaining.

We know the hipsters prefer "knowledgeable" pundits, but they are boring, bland and afraid to say what they think on ITV and BBC.

RTE makes up for it's failings on the information front by being trolling geniuses, and funny, and colourful.

Yes....and then they follow it up with Apres Match!

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...and anyone who doesn't like it, and is posting in this thread, is a clown pretty much. You can always change channels to watch Gary "the king of the puns" Linekar winking at you.

If you can't afford other TV channels, then your opinion doesn't really count tbh.

DDC1990

Poor Ronnie is struggling with the names.

Papasidopulous

Blascheskey

citytillidie

sky have blocked it for those up north on sky hd system

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citytillidie wrote: »

sky have blocked it for those up north on sky hd system

yeah, that's shít, I was out for the start of the match and had talksport on, via the phone, and they cut off at kick off.

murpho999

So Ronnie is a co-commentator instead of being on the 'B' panel....is that a promotion or relegation?

double GG

Call him Kuba for god sake....

JerryHandbag

Is Graeme Souness part of RTE panel for the tournament?

briany

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Is Graeme Souness part of RTE panel for the tournament?

Certainly hope RTE bring in some kind of outside pundit to keep things from getting stale whether that be Souness, Hamann or somebody else.

born2bwild

Blababalavsky

Nuri Sahin

Gotta love Blabofwoski

Renn

He'd be a good buy for Man U

Sweet jesus.

I'll take entertaining and clueless over boring and clueless any day.

shrewdness

Excellent pronunciation of the Greek defenders by Liam there...

And there was me thinking he was having it tough with the Polish players.

Oat23

The pronunciation is shocking, take a few minutes to learn the names before the game lads?!

But as people have said already, they know their stuff analysing what they have seen.

Moneymaker

Linguistics lessons from Liam Brady.

kitakyushu

Considering Whelan actually worked in Greece for a year he really has no excuses.

Roar

They're all starting to look like the cast of Star Trek XII: So Very Tired

briany

I wonder what Irish player's name would give a foreign Liam Brady the most trouble?

joe123

Renn wrote: »

He'd be a good buy for Man U

Sweet jesus.

They were on about Lewandowski and Man U were linked with him today....im failing to see whats funny there

kitakyushu

briany wrote: »

I wonder what Irish player's name would give a foreign Liam Brady the most trouble?

McGeady. Even Trap can't pronounce it.

Renn

joe123 wrote: »

They were on about Lewandowski and Man U were linked with him today....im failing to see whats funny there

I don't think it matters if they're linked with him or not - they'll do it regardless. You'd swear he was an unknown by the way they're going on about him.

Oat23

joe123 wrote: »

They were on about Lewandowski and Man U were linked with him today....im failing to see whats funny there

Because Bill thinks the question is even worth asking maybe.

helimachoptor

Gigidy!

joe123

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Because Bill thinks the question is even worth asking maybe.

Seemed a fairly legit question. Do you think hed be a good buy for United considering they have Rooney,Welbeck and Chicarito. Plus alot of people watching wont know much about Lewandowski even though he was excellent for dortmund this season.

Nuri Sahin

*Flicks over channel*

Shearer - Pissneck

briany

kitakyushu wrote: »

McGeady. Even Trap can't pronounce it.

He says it like "McGeddy". Close enough. Wasn't Fahey always the one he was unsure of?

Paully D

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*Flicks over channel*

Shearer - Pissneck

I'm sure UK residents will be delighted to see license payers money is going towards paying for multi-millionaire Alan Shearer to go for a jolly to the Euros.

Can he not just spout his **** punditry from the studio like the rest of them?

PJTierney

That "October 24" thing at the bottom of the screen: Reminder about Saorview?

To Alcohol

PJTierney wrote: »

That "October 24" thing at the bottom of the screen: Reminder about Saorview?

Indeed.

Skid

Enough of Poland v Greece, Wrap it up and get some analysis and some Apres Match on!

Renn

Karagounis, Eamon, Karagounis.

flyswatter

Giles is a good analyst but is generally hopeless with his knowledge of foreign players.

Renn

Never offside? Wtf?