Euro 2016 - The TV Coverage

Arghus

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe identifying some of the players would be a reasonable expectation though.

Ah yeah. He's not perfect but he's the only commentator I can listen to for ninety minutes without wanting to tear my hair out. His usual partner in crime, Ronnie Whelan, is unbearable though, so much bitterness about the modern game!

I'd love to hear George work with Kerr. Kerr is gas and knows a staggering amount about the game, his salt of the earth shtick could go well with George, who's cut from different cloth. I'd imagine they could compliment each other well. Does it ever happen?

Kerrydude1981

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Deadly. Irish fans talking rubbish.

Ole! More drink!

He is on the road a long time

https://youtu.be/9_MKMrPMJfQ?t=139

cameramonkey

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Nice to know Aidan Power is still alive. Jacqui Hurley still not so good at the old broadcasting though.

The programme is real flat. Does Aidan know what football is? Jacqui is plank like in her woodenness. I dont know how Jacqui still has a gig on RTE, is she related to someone in there? The Duff is good a bit like a stoner and Ray is Ray, looks like he cant believe he made it.

Ol' Donie

Arghus wrote: »

Ah yeah. He's not perfect but he's the only commentator I can listen to for ninety minutes without wanting to tear my hair out. His usual partner in crime, Ronnie Whelan, is unbearable though, so much bitterness about the modern game!

I'd love to hear George work with Kerr. Kerr is gas and knows a staggering amount about the game, his salt of the earth shtick could go well with George, who's cut from different cloth. I'd imagine they could compliment each other well. Does it ever happen?

Defo the dream team.

Iused2likebusts

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Deadly. Irish fans talking rubbish.

Ole! More drink!

That Davy keogh lad get's some ridiculous amount of exposure.

Arghus

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Deadly. Irish fans talking rubbish.

Ole! More drink!

I'd say that'll be the last semi coherent conversation those two boyos will conduct for the entire remainder of their stay in France.

Ol' Donie

There's Brian now talking French.

Great man.

murpho999

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

That Davy keogh lad get's some ridiculous amount of exposure.

And he didn't even say hello.

Arghus

Ah Kerr!

Diabhal Beag

I hate when they do those callbacks to when presenters were on live television from years back and they pretend to be embarrassed by pre-planned clips they're obviously aware will be played. Aidan Power's was the most cringey one in a long time.

Great banter.

cameramonkey

Arghus wrote: »

Ah Kerr!

I forgive him for that non-comedy, someone in RTE told him it was a good idea.

Iused2likebusts

murpho999 wrote: »

And he didn't even say hello.

Hes Not too fond of the French as they are celebrating winning. I wonder what davy is like when we win.

kkclubhurling

Ronnie Whelans hatred of Arsenal since '89 is grating enough for the Champions League but when he carries it into international football and spends 90 minutes putting the boot into Koscielny and Giroud it just becomes farcical, I don't even support Arsenal and it annoys the bejaysus out of me.

Arghus

cameramonkey wrote: »

I forgive him for that non-comedy, someone in RTE told him it was a good idea.

Yeah, it turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Kerr talking French should, in theory, be pure unadulterated TV gold. Instead they didn't fully commit to the idea. They should have had him smoking Gauloises and firing half-chewed baguette out of his gob while speaking the language of love. At least we did get some close ups of his spectacularly shrewd and wizened features.

Haughton and Duff approaching the screenmajig thing earlier reminded me of the dawn of man sequence in 2001.

Kerrydude1981

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

That Davy keogh lad get's some ridiculous amount of exposure.

Great singer as well,well he knows the chorus

https://youtu.be/AMfhzykrP1k?t=50

Say Your Number

Duffer still has it

cameramonkey

norniron

Arghus

There is no way Ray is going to take part in the keepy uppy challenge.

For a second there I got excited, it looked like Duff was going to inadvertently demolish the set or lump Jacqui in the head in his single minded focus to keep the ball in the air.

jimmyging

Ray should have gone for a slightly longer trousers ...

Mr.Nice Guy

This show is so wooden; if I touch the screen I'll probably get a splinter.

Ray looks like the only one who wants to be there.

Ol' Donie

Interesting fact about Slovakia, there are no interesting facts about Slovakia.

I probably shouldn't have laughed at that.

Ol' Donie

jimmyging wrote: »

Ray should have gone for a slightly longer trousers ...

On a normal man, they're like those Rio Ferdinand shorts.

Arghus

I'm kinda enjoying this show. It's cringey at times, but I like how it doesn't feel totally polished.

cameramonkey

the pup is the star, not.

Ol' Donie

Arghus wrote: »

I'm kinda enjoying this show. It's cringey at times, but I like how it doesn't feel totally polished.

I like it.

Needs more Peter Collins, though.

GreNoLi

Can we have a euro 2016 thread dedicated to all things Brian Kerr?

Peist2007

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Interesting fact about Slovakia, there are no interesting facts about Slovakia.

I probably shouldn't have laughed at that.

Unbelievable women

Ol' Donie

GreNoLi wrote: »

Can we have a euro 2016 thread dedicated to all things Brian Kerr?

Does anyone Kerr?
Does anyone Ke-eh-er?
Does anyone Kerr?
Does anyone Keeerrr?

Arghus

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I like it.

Needs more Peter Collins, though.

Collins gives me the creeps. I reckon he doesn't have a pulse.

Arghus

GreNoLi wrote: »

Can we have a euro 2016 thread dedicated to all things Brian Kerr?

Sharing is Kerr-ing

Kerrful now.

And for the Francophiles: Cri Du Kerr.

Ol' Donie

Arghus wrote: »

Sharing is Kerr-ing

Kerrful now.

And for the Francophiles: Cri Du Kerr.

Sacré-Kerr!

Arghus

Christ I think I need to take a break from all the Euro 2016 TV stuff.

I'm at the stage now where David Guetta's vapidly monged out stuff is starting to sound passable.

Though it could be the pingers I took earlier.

Ol' Donie

Arghus wrote: »

Sharing is Kerr-ing

Kerrful now.

And for the Francophiles: Cri Du Kerr.

Hahaha Sharing is Kerr-ing!

Xyzforsure

Anyone watching the official concert???

Place is hopping!

Ol' Donie

Nope, watching the BBC Wales preview.

Really looking forward to them.

Peist2007

Guetta is some chancer. The man must have squashed balls all the piggy-backing he is doing

Arghus

It's been a big night. George talked about being felt up by security guards and admiringly compared David Guetta to Bach. And in between he had time to blurt out a "beautiful", at the exact second that the camera decided to lovingly sweep by and obligingly enjoy a shapely French ballerina's arse.

Ronnie broke from the usual pattern of dull witted bitterness and felt confident enough to try a few obviously scripted jokes. Much like his famous goal against the USSR, he didn't execute it all flawlessly, but all who were there to witness the moment will never forget it. God loves a trier and, God, Ronnie certainly tries. And tries. And tries.

Damien Duff showed that he's still got it and that the phrases "ummmm", "ehhh" and "I don't know, really" have endless variation and complexity.

Ray Houghton manfully kept going in a pair of eye-catching and undoubtedly cardiovascularly disadvantageous pants. A rush of blood to the heads - both upstairs and down - was obviously something not to be even contemplated in the circumstances - downright dangerous. But a twinkling rush to his wee Scottish eyes, as he told the story of sticking to The English, was hard to suppress. Even if I've heard it as often as I've had days on the Earth by this stage.

Brian Kerr spoke French. Did not say, "zut alors!" . A nation mourned.

In between that there was football and a great goal. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Paris, David Guetta's megawatt smile - large and beaming as it is because of the undeniably comic disparity between his actual talent and effort, compared the amount of digits in his bank balance - provided a fitting visual accompaniment to the sounds of thousands of youthful jaws cracking as one. Parched Parisian dehydrated lips painfully parted to scream along, as best they could, to the brainless joyous boots in a dryer crapola emitting straight out of his prerecorded mixtape. Oh bless their frantically pumping little hearts!

Somewhere else in Paris, George nods approvingly. And maybe even in time.

Ol' Donie

What a post!

It's gonna be a good few weeks!

chalkitdown1

leakyboots wrote: »

Was it just me or was there a severe lack of hotties being shown?

I don't think the director went to show one in the crowd even once. It was incredibly disappointing.

WesternZulu

Duffer is surprisingly very good and insightful!

caviardreams

WesternZulu wrote: »

Duffer is surprisingly very good and insightful!

Loved his story of Mourinho telling him "too much water kills the flowers"

Bobby Baccala

Gilesy seems a million miles away

Say Your Number

Gilesy recovered well with that piece on the Swiss having too many men forward.

klose

Brian on commentary today, wonder what nuggets he will come out with today

enzo roco

klose wrote: »

Brian on commentary today, wonder what nuggets he will come out with today

This should be the most enjoyable match of the tournament.

Arthur Daley

Too early yet to get warmed to the Uefa opening titles that RTE are using.

Compared to these euro synth gems:

The Torres over the top dink of a title from Euro 2008

and the Van Basten dipping volley of a tune from Euro 2012:

enzo roco

"You might have see his underpants there, o holy god."

Brian Kerr.

Say Your Number

He's mentioned it before but Gilesy is spot on when he talks about the "holding" midfield player.

Ol' Donie

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Too early yet to get warmed to the Uefa opening titles that RTE are using.

Compared to these euro synth gems:

The Torres over the top dink of a title from Euro 2008

and the Van Basten dipping volley of a tune from Euro 2012:

Aye, but neither are a patch on the South Africa or Brazil ones.

Vex Willems

Is it just me or is the RTE player on strike?