TV Coverage

Sunny Disposition

It’s a huge issue, and hopefully something can be done. It does detract a lot from the experience of watching a game on TV.

I see sheep

Is the minor hurling final not on at all? 😐️

theoneeyedman

A question for someone with a GAAGO sub.

If there are 2 games on, can you simocast them, like on a split screen or anything? Would be useful for the end of group games that throw in at the same time. Is it that sophisticated?

zetecescort

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120668952#Comment_120668952

Tg4 showing it and the u20 final I think

dastardly00

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120669053#Comment_120669053

I think the best you can do is watch one live match on your mobile app and at the same time watch the other live match on another device, e.g., a laptop.

dastardly00

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120668952#Comment_120668952

Live coverage on TG4 at 12.30pm on Sunday

Coillte_Bhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120670151#Comment_120670151

Wouldnt think so, can only use one device at a time

Coillte_Bhoy

Friday 2 June

Munster MFC final

Cork v Kerry, Austin Stack Park, 7.30pm – TG4

Saturday 3 June

All-Ireland SFC round 2

Cork v Kerry, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 3pm – GAAGO

Kildare v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park, 5pm – GAAGO

Tyrone v Armagh, O’Neills Healy Park, 7pm – RTÉ2

Tailteann Cup round 3

Meath v Down, Parnell Park, 1pm – GAAGO

Christy Ring Cup final

Derry v Meath, Croke Park, 5pm – Sport TG4

Nickey Rackard Cup final

Donegal v Wicklow, Croke Park, 3pm – Sport TG4

Lory Meagher Cup final

Monaghan v Lancashire, Croke Park, 1pm – Sport TG4

Sunday 4 June

All-Ireland SFC round 2

Mayo v Louth, Hastings MacHale Park, 2pm – RTÉ2

Roscommon v Sligo, Dr Hyde Park, 3pm – GAAGO

Donegal v Derry, Ballybofey, 4pm – RTÉ2

Brendan Bendar

Anyone know what games Fitzmaurice is covering this weekend………so I can avoid?

YabaDabaDooley

The three Saturday games look very tasty. The radio will suffice for the first two. Will watch Tyrone v Armagh live and catch up with the Saturday Game tomorrow night.

Sunday doesn't look as good. Mayo will be far too strong at home to Louth i'll give that a swerve but Donegal v Derry should be interesting.

With all the football action i think the biggest crowd this weekend will be at Thurles on Sunday for the underage hurling double and i'll be tuned into both games live on TG4.

Coillte_Bhoy

€25 is a bit steep for the football games, mad pricing imo. A sunny bank holiday Sunday with the game live on TV, could see Mayo's first sub 10k attendance for some time.

MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120672678#Comment_120672678

Yeah, I'm humming and hawing over it tbh. Will probably still go but the cost of it is definitely making me think about it

roadmaster

By the look of the size of the crowd in parnell park, Meath & Down would of being better of playin in Innskeen

I see sheep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120673248#Comment_120673248

Yeah strange venue choice again.

theoneeyedman

Bad form from Canavan there in the warm up.

Belly aching about Morgan getting the black card and inferring, without having the balls to come out and say it, that the referee didn't card Morgan for abuse and that he changed his story after the event.

Referees get plenty of abuse, deserve some of it, but pundits shouldn't be allowed free reign to call their character into question like that when the refs have no real right to reply at the time.

A debate very poorly chaired by Joanne.

TinaTiernan

Cantwell: "Derry made a fool of me"

Cavanagh: "That wouldn't be hard Joanne".

Legend! 😃

theoneeyedman

No live football at all on Terrestrial TV this weekend.

Pretty poor form in the middle of the championship, with knock out games FINALLY appearing, albeit at Tailteann Cup level.

One would imagine there could have been one game on this evening, and build the highlights of the other 3 games into the show as a way to launch the competition properly and maybe engrain it into people's consciousness, maybe engage some casual fans.

Was a good opportunity to promote the competition, it would worry me about both GAA and RTEs interest in the competition in the future.

I see sheep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120697446#Comment_120697446

I agree.

I wonder could tg4 do the Tailteann cup?

I know they've got all the minor 1/4 finalz on the app, fair play to them for that.

theoneeyedman

Coverage at Dr Cullen Pk is real amateur stuff.

Apart from having to listen to fvckkn Eamonn O'Hara sh1tein on, there is only 1 camera, and zero efforts at replays.

Not good enough frankly.... During the lock down we saw lots of clubs and Co boards free streaming games and many had decent setups, including a simple replay function of scores and major incidents. We even had the camera man with the rag out wiping the rain off the camera...

We don't need super d dooper production values like the NFL or anything, but for it should be better than this, especially when there is a decent cost to accessing it.

theoneeyedman

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Why does Ger Canning insist on using the word 'ever ' when describing how many times a player has played or scored. For instance, 'he's scored his 21st ever championship', or "he's making his 77th ever championship appearance.". It's most odd, I've never heard anyone else use that term as often -maybe of something has happened for the first time ever then you'd use the term, but it's completely superfluous once it's past the first or second 'ever'.

Brendan Bendar

Made a lot of errors in the Leinster Final game.

Speak Now

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120702333#Comment_120702333

Mistakes are fine but doesn't correct himself when it's obvious he called the wrong player. Don't get me started on Marty Morrissey and his "DNA"...🙄

cute geoge

I taught Shane Dowling made an ass of himself today ,he was fidgiting all trough the analysis and starting blowing trough his hole at the end about Limerick being mighty team for winning the last couple of games by a point .IF right was right Clare should have had that free at the death of the match and Limerick also had the rub of the green against Cork!!!

MattressRick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120703160#Comment_120703160

He's terrible. He's not able to analyse. And a headwrecker. Jesus that dance after the match, playing to the Limerick gallery just shows he's as blatantly biased as people have said. He's afraid of walking down the street in Limerick and getting criticised for being critical of Limerick.

Did he say something too before the match about Limerick needing to nail Tony Kelly. Idiotic thing for a so called pundit to say, but Dowling imagines he's holding court in a beer garden down the Ennis road and needs to keep his people happy.

MisterAnarchy

The picture quality on RTE was very poor again today for both matches.

It seems to be getting worse.

Sunny Disposition

I thought the analysis of the Munster final last night was very poor. Limerick won by a point 1-23 to 1-22 but to see the focus from the analysts you'd think it was a far more convincing victory. As in all games that tight it came down to luck, it would have gone to extra time but for a very poor mistake by the referee in the last seconds. Really poor insight into the game from the analysts, they were trying to explain the result by pointing to superiority of Limerick, even though they weren't superior. A strong bias based on the result was evident.

Then Marty was on with a load of soft talk with supporters and an utterly useless tribute/interview with Kiely. When other less fawning journalists interviewed Kiely he made interesting comments, for example he said Clare weren't due a free at the end. But no fear were RTE going to ask him serious questions that might shed some more light on the game.

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704043#Comment_120704043

The Sunday Game is terrible for that - whoever wins a 1 point game is lauded and the flaws of the loser are highlighted, but never a balanced analysis. It's lazy really.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704043#Comment_120704043

The show is very poor now, poor pundits, bland format.

There seems to be a serious love in for Limerick too, they can do no wrong it seems.

theoneeyedman

The format of the Sunday game is all wrong IMHO.

It pines back to the days when there was only 1 game to cover, Michael Lyster talking for ages to Enda Colleran about the game. Now we have live coverage plus so called analysis in the afternoon, followed by highlights and more bland analysis of the same games in the evening.

Un many cases, there is more talk than action shown in the evening, especially when there are a lot of games. The audience doesn't want detailed analysis on the Sunday evening show, in many cases the viewer is a casual observer who isn't interested in the nuances,juat the bit of craoc and who won "man o the match (I know, player of the match)

More action less chatter I'd say. Get a few lads or lassies to just comment quickly, maybe with a bit of humor, and move on quickly with the next game. Detailed over analysis is available on many many pods and radio shows. The SG is not the place for it.

Sunny Disposition

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704834#Comment_120704834

I thought it was pretty poor last night. One team was not significantly better than the other. The defining moment of the match was when no free was awarded in the last five seconds. It would have been a draw only for that blunder. If they were honest about it they'd have said it was a very even game and Limerick got the breaks. It is true about the Sunday Game in general. They were explaining why Derry were better than Armagh a few weeks ago. Even though the match had gone to penalties!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705033#Comment_120705033

It's a bit unnecessary to spend a few minutes lauding Limerick every time. Like the praise for Kiely last night, the exact same thing was said after the All Ireland last year, no need to rehash it. Of course Limerick are a great team with a great manager, but we knew that two years ago.

They also seem to want to make everything about tactics rather than individuals. Talking about Conlan playing further out and that putting pressure on Nolan. Not exactly untrue, but somewhat offset by the work Cathal Malone was doing. Also Conlan didn't play deeper when Adam Nolan went off, Morey (the sub) steadied matters. It's the kind of analysis that sounds clever and detailed, but is actually hugely flawed.

C4000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120703111#Comment_120703111

''Mark Rogers oozing from every pore in his body the DNA that is the hurling gene''

Marty Morrissey 11/6/23.

dastardly00

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706822#Comment_120706822

Marty is becoming a parody of himself. I don't remember him being as sensationalist a few years ago.

On a different topic, RTE really need to start utilising a split screen when they are showing replays of scores. It's getting really annoying missing live action and sometimes nearly missing the next score because of the replays!

Brendan Bendar

Morrissey does seem to have become more ‘flowery’ in his commentaries recently.

munchkin_utd

busy days coming up on GAAGO (except where mentioned )

Sat June 17

3pm - Limerick v Laois (Football, Tailteann, quarters)

4pm - Offaly v Tipp (Hurling, quarters )

5.15pm - Cavan v Down (Football, Tailteann, quarters)

6pm - Monaghan v Donegal (Football, Sam, round robin)

Sun June 18

1.45pm - Dublin v Sligo (Football, Sam, round robin)

1.45pm - Roscommon v Kildare (Football, Sam, round robin) RTE!!

2pm - Cork v Mayo (Football, Sam, round robin)

4pm - Galway v Armagh (Football, Sam, round robin) RTE!!

4pm - Tyrone v Westmeath (Football, Sam, round robin)

Iecrawfc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705033#Comment_120705033

Love in?? Joe Canning had a whole section on why every goal Limerick scored against Cork should have been disallowed, never challenged on it either...

Iecrawfc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705160#Comment_120705160

Ya totally agree, this indepth analysis and freeze framing is best left to the many podcasts etc. Show the bleeding game for 10-15 mins, talk for 2 minutes about it, a few interviews and onto the next game..

theoneeyedman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707540#Comment_120707540

.......or worse, missing a kick/pick out to see some artsy slow Mo of an ould lad with a big belly waving his flag and yahooing after the last score!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120708022#Comment_120708022

Who provides the outside broadcast infrastructure (cameras etc) for GAA Go?

Boom__Boom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726500#Comment_120726500

GAAGo is owned 50/50 by RTE and GAA so I assume it's pretty much all RTE on the operation/technical front.

callaway92

They’ve been using 3rd party camera operators for the single camera games.

I wonder why they haven’t looked at the Soccer National League model in the UK. Non-TV matches are recorded/streamed by the home team and that’s subsidised by the FA then.

Could be a model worth looking at.

Jack Daw

No matches on RTE again today.

Coverage by RTE has been dire this year.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726527#Comment_120726527

That being the case why couldn’t RTE provide extra online broadcasts, via its RTE Player, to show games? Its worth noting that the BBC for the first time this year is providing extra Wimbledon footage online only via its iPlayer. Before this it used to have extra temporary channels via satellite to show more matches. I’m not asking RTE to show 4 or 5 extra games in a single day, but 1 maybe 2 games wouldn’t be too much to ask would it?

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726646#Comment_120726646

why would they when they can charge people to watch them on GAAGO?

ArmaniJeanss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726646#Comment_120726646

They don't have the rights. They have a deal to show ~34 games.

They can't just willy nilly decide to ignore thar contract and show extra games. So yes, it is 'too much to ask'.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726833#Comment_120726833

Or maybe its a case of RTE not being able to show more than 34 games due to technical limitations, hence settling for that amount in their rights deal with the GAA?

Lost Ormond

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726858#Comment_120726858

I doubt that as if GAA wanted more games to be shown and RTE couldnt then theyd give the games to other channels who wanted to bid.

Maybe I was wrong then to mention ‘technical limitations’ since if RTE are supplying the outside broadcast infrastructure for GAA Go then they’ve gone for the quick buck and dodged their public service obligations when it came to negotiating rights with the GAA. Thank God for independent local radio. But for them the actual number of full game commentaries of championship games available would be pitiful.

theoneeyedman

I don't know what great infrastructure or equipment is being used in the GAA Go games.

I've been hugely disappointed, generally one camera and zero replays or anything. During lock down, I've several clubs and Co boards with better coverage on Facebook with basic camera set hos, and an automated short replay gizmo and everything. No great cost involved I'm sure.

It's one thing being charged to access ttese games, but it's the most amateur of amateur coverage provided. A lad with a phone on a stand would be no worse to be honest.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120726535#Comment_120726535

The cameras they have been using for the main games in Hurling this year have been crap too.

Looks like upscaled HD for alot of the matches, its been very difficult to see the sliotar.

theoneeyedman

Cavan v Down off for several minutes, comes back with no sound, and now commentator sounds like he's covering a soccer game from Bulgaria or Yugoslavia in 1981.

Tremendous stuff, excellent value for money...... Amateur hour.