irelands fittest family

Rmgblue

Rathbeggan lakes. Near dunshaughlin

Floppybits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119722713#Comment_119722713

Fair play to the Burns family for entering but surely RTE or whoever runs the show should have known they would struggle in those events. The poor mother. Was there no one else in the family a cousin or uncle that could have gone on the team or was mammy a last minute substitute?

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119722817#Comment_119722817

Many thanks

HeidiHeidi

That was quite the tight eliminator!

I really thought the Gallaghers would run away with it, but no...... but the Mam absolutely smashed those lily-pads!!

mojesius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119723068#Comment_119723068

Agreed, fair play to them for entering but I assumed there'd be pre-show heats to get through. I'd also make sure we could all at least get over a bale of hay or hang off a bar for a few minutes before entering my family (which will likely never happen).

Cumhachtach

Poor Martina Burns. If you can't get over a 5x4 bale of straw you shouldn't be there.

The heaviest person ever on Operation Transformation would make as good a fist of it.

Floppybits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119723120#Comment_119723120

I wonder was it done to attract more families to enter or something? If it was it back fired because no way would families enter after seeing that.

Heroditas

Davy was even more insufferable than normal tonight. Swear to God if I dragged my arse off the couch to enter this and he was shouting st me like that, I'd tell him to "get to fxxk" and fire my helmet at his head

patob

Cracking up when Davy went ballistic when the Nugent lad slammed the ball and it bounced out.

AMKC

Just watching it now but I take it the burns went out. Not surprised if they did. Them two lads should be ashamed of themselves making their Mother take the toughest cord just stupid. One of them should have been on that, the mother should have been on the light cord and the girl and one of the lads on the medium cords.

AMKC

I can not believe how stupid and illogical all these teams are making there Mum or Sister etc do the toughest cord. Disgraceful. A man should be doing that.

Cumhachtach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119723500#Comment_119723500

I don't agree re. the cords. The mother wouldn't score on the lightest one. Give her the heaviest and let her muck around. She doesn't even have to put in much effort.

Put your best on the lightest. They'll fly in scores from close range. The task is won by scoring. It's not a question of the strongest person for the strongest cord.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119723982#Comment_119723982

I disagree. She could very well score on the lightest cord but on the heaviest one not a hope whereas the lads even on the heaviest cord if they are fit and healthy should still score.

The score they get would at least be the same or maybe even better.

Green&Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724569#Comment_119724569

The objective isn't to get the mother to score its to get the best team score. The strongest should be on the weakest cord and try and put up a big number

davetherave

I'd have to agree with Cumhachtach on this. The mother didn't inspire confidence so let one of the lads take the light cord and make life as easy as possible for your strongest team member.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724698#Comment_119724698

Ye and that went well for the Burns and all did'nt it not. They were all useless.

Cumhachtach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119724876#Comment_119724876

Look across all the teams. Most capable family members on lightest cord to accumulate scores. Any score coming from heavy cord a bonus.

If you put Mrs. Burns on the lightest cord their team score would be even lower.

It's a team challenge. Not give mammy the easiest task to the detriment of the team.

Cumhachtach

Unreal roaring from Donnacha and Davy tonight. The big DDs.

CH3OH

Davy could have got them up there alright..

Would have needed a crane though.

Cumhachtach

John Finnegan. Could you at least go on a 6 week diet before presenting for Irelands Fittest Family.. A hindrance to your team throughout. You've done no training and 14 year old twins are putting you to shame. And you're not even that old.

Green&Red

The twins were very impressive

patrickc

I don't like the way that different weeks have different heats, it should be the same for everyone.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119753971#Comment_119753971

Can’t imagine that would be great as a viewer spectacle having to endure the same events 4 weeks in a row

Heroditas

The Finnegan girls were absolutely brilliant. That last eliminator was incredibly tense.

Again, Davy was a disgrace. Screaming his head off at his team and when they lost her stood there with a sour puss on his face and could barely offer them any words of commiseration or support. I really love seeing his teams get eliminated

HeidiHeidi

Lots of unfit (borderline unsuitable?) parents this series.

Those 14-yr-old girls were unvelievable last night! I missed the start with the intros - what sport are they into? I'm assuming something like GAA....

They were absolute dynamos!

And the unmerciful clatter that fella took off the haybale in round 1 - fair dues to him for carrying on, can't remember which family he was from.

gmisk

Nina Carberry hasn't exactly hit the ground running as a coach...has she got anyone through?

I know there are different coaching styles...but she doesn't seem that bothered....

This show is really all about not having the weakest member, lots of teams having to drag around older unfit men and woman have gone out.

That family last week with the woman who couldn't get over a bale of hay?!? Surely they can come up with someone better than that?

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119755299#Comment_119755299

What?

The parents who are in Supermacs with their kids are hardly likely to be applying for Fittest Family!

Will_I_Amnt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119755289#Comment_119755289

The "coaching" has feck all bearing on anything - it's just for show. Carberry will get the strongest family (on paper) in next weeks episode so that she'll be in the series into the quarter finals.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119755395#Comment_119755395

I don't agree.

Perfect example this week Donncha, he told his family what to do to get last person up ramp (who was really struggling) and it worked.

We will see, she currently has no one so the law of averages...

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119755395#Comment_119755395

Hard to tell how much influence the coaching has - although tactics on the likes of the raft race play a huge part. How much attention the family pays to said tactics is at least as important!

I thought the families were divvied out from the start? Usually they've shown some bit of the "selection process" (which is complete spoofery IMO) but this year i think they just announced which families were with which coach.

I'd love to see Nina get a family through, just to show that quiet and determined can beat shouty and showy. Having said that, I love Donncha's antics, he makes me laugh (and is well able to have a laugh at himself as well).