RTE Sports Presenters/Pundits (Merged Thread)

wicklowwonder · 04-08-2012 02:47PM #1

Do RTE employ Michael Lyster, Daragh Moloney and Peter Collins on a full time basis? Lyster only ever seems to work for GAA season, Daragh and Peter do a few shows but still only on TV at most 30/40 times a year. How can RTE afford to pay them wages or would they be part time and have other jobs? I know Bill O'Herilhy worked for his PR firm as well are these guys similar? You hear Des Cahill every morning and Marty Morrissey appears on radio/tv at all sorts of events but Lyster especially you never see him other than Olympics.

donfers · 04-08-2012 02:50PM

what do youz think of them?

I like bill, he is always relaxed and not afraid to stir things up

peter is a bit stiff at times

daragh moloney is good

the other daragh seems to try too hard

michael lyster is good

tracy piggott i think is better as an interviewer than a host, tends to just summarise stuff and adds little

wicklowwonder · 04-08-2012 02:57PM

donfers wrote: »

what do youz think of them?

I like bill, he is always relaxed and not afraid to stir things up

peter is a bit stiff at times

daragh moloney is good

the other daragh seems to try too hard

michael lyster is good

tracy piggott i think is better as an interviewer than a host, tends to just summarise stuff and adds little

Bill is getting old, he has come across snobbish and looking down at some minority sports this year. He does ask decent questions.

Collins is ok.

Daragh M is professional, gets the job done a d conversation following.

Piggot at rugby and horse racing is very knowledgeable with questions etc as a presenter she doesn't dictate the show. She isn't a presenter.

Daire came from Setanta I think and comes across as a complete d?ckhead. I just don't like his whole attitude to presenting.

The worst on RTE is Tom McGurk and it is great he had nothing to do with Olympics. He rathers telling everyone his own opinions rather than ask the experts.

Just curious how many are full time and how many do it as a hobby.

FishBowel · 04-08-2012 03:29PM

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Bill is getting old, he has come across snobbish and looking down at some minority sports this year. He does ask decent questions.

Is this Bill who asked that badmington question?

KevIRL · 04-08-2012 03:32PM

They have an annoying trend to spend way too much time doing studio analysis during the olympics anyway.

donfers · 04-08-2012 03:43PM

who has impressed?

who needs to up their game?

who is struggling to qualify for future tv assignments?

I think earl and andrew in the swimming have done well, RTE have missed GOT but the two lads have done well

the athletics team though miss coghlan badly, gerry is good but the younger ones are just earning their spurs and are not yet shining

the canoeing guy seemed a tad arrogant but certainly knows his stuff

the showjumping lad is good and personable

sailing guys are ok

badminton lady seems a bit nervous

cycling guy was decent

Diego Maradona · 04-08-2012 03:48PM

I like the co commentator for the swimming whoever he his he's very good. Bree is very good in the studio.

Not a fan of Jerry Keirnan or Mick Dowling.

donfers · 04-08-2012 03:49PM

Diego Maradona wrote: »

I like the co commentator for the swimming whoever he his he's very good. Bree is very good in the studio.

Not a fan of Jerry Keirnan or Mick Dowling.

funny......I like jerry and mick - i feel the younger pundits are sometimes afraid to be critical or controversial even when it is necessary

Laser TechnologyIE · 04-08-2012 03:51PM

Pretty sure a lot of them work for RTÉ full-time. Michael Lyster is a regular sports reporter on Morning Ireland if I recall correctly. Haven't listened in some time.. I'm sure I've heard the others on RTÉ radio/news too, possibly quite often.

Daragh Moloney commentates/presents regularly on GAA, Premier League highlights show, Champions League, Euros/WC Qualifiers, rugby occasionally and also other bits and pieces behind the scenes and for radio.. That's a year round job!

I would assume the majority of them are on the 'lower' end of the payscale.. But not sure.. You never know with RTÉ.

I like Daragh Maloney a lot - a good all rounder with a genuine knowledge of the sports he covers..

Peter Collins - never really liked him.. very average.

Dáire O Brien is an improvement on most of their presenters, but he's supposed to be a shady character..

Bill is still the man.

wicklowwonder · 04-08-2012 03:51PM

FishBowel wrote: »

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Bill is getting old, he has come across snobbish and looking down at some minority sports this year. He does ask decent questions.

Is this Bill who asked that badmington question?

Yeah sure is. He has passed a few other comments throughout the week as well.

wicklowwonder · 04-08-2012 04:07PM

Laser TechnologyIE wrote: »

Pretty sure a lot of them work for RTÉ full-time. Michael Lyster is a regular sports reporter on Morning Ireland if I recall correctly. Haven't listened in some time.. I'm sure I've heard the others on RTÉ radio/news too, possibly quite often.

Is that not Des Cahill? Think he does Morning Ireland and Pat Kenny. I personally have never seen Lyster other than GAA and now Olympics thats who really got me thinking.

Laser TechnologyIE · 04-08-2012 05:49PM

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Is that not Des Cahill? Think he does Morning Ireland and Pat Kenny. I personally have never seen Lyster other than GAA and now Olympics thats who really got me thinking.

Have definitely heard Micheal Lyster do Morning Ireland - could be 5 years ago at this stage.. I would imagine some of them cover sport in some capacity behind the scenes - online, radio, news, teletext etc.. but it also wouldn't surprise me if it's the best paid part-time job in Ireland!

RTÉ wasting money is hardly a surprise!

fryup · 04-08-2012 05:51PM

the two swimming guys were for the most part excellent

the rowing and equestrian guys were excellent too

i like mick dowling always level-headed in his analyse never biased, Kenny Egan is in love with himself and is not really needed

gerry kiernan is also very balanced and honest in his assessments, needs a haircut though

bull_ring · 04-08-2012 06:58PM

Diego Maradona wrote: »

I like the co commentator for the swimming whoever he his he's very good. Bree is very good in the studio.

Not a fan of Jerry Keirnan or Mick Dowling.

jerry kiernan while knowledgable is overly harsh and critical and mick dowling sounds like a priest , hard to believe he was ever a boxer

the boxing panel is good , michael caruth loves reminiscing about every little detail about when he won in 1992 , not as fond of dunne , egan is pretty good

guy who commentated on the badmington sounded like a fifteen year old transition year student

i like the bald guy who analyses the swimming , you can tell he thinks bill is an insufferable gob****e

i like daire o brien , witty yet often on the money , michael lyster is his usual bland self , darragh maloney is an absolute pro , the sooner he takes over from the joke that is o herlihy the better

Cardinal Richelieu · 04-08-2012 11:04PM

Way too many experts in the studio, don't think the BBC has as many on the same sport and Eurosport just has one trackside presenter with an expert. RTE spends too much time chatting and discussing a small core of sports.

The guy that did the canoeing Ike Jacob was painful to watch, he was all over the place and wouldn't get to the point. Lyster nearly lost the will to live when they were talking about the Irish girl's performance. He was in such a hurry to finish that he called Ike "Ian":D

O'Herhily seems to be trying to stir it, actually glad its his last Summer Olympics.

The sailing guys and the swimming guys were pretty decent as they got more confident to challenge Bill's way of thinking.

fryup · 04-08-2012 11:15PM

bull_ring wrote: »

jerry kiernan while knowledgable is overly harsh and critical and mick dowling sounds like a priest , hard to believe he was ever a boxer

i think its Gerry Kiernan that sounds like a priest and he looks like one as well albeit one with an 80s mullet:pac:

Laser TechnologyIE · 05-08-2012 07:38AM

Re: the boxing.. Kenny Egan's analysis is pretty good, I can't help but dislike him though..

Same with Bernard Dunne..

Always liked Mick Dowling and Michael Carruth has done a good job..

Swimming guys were excellent - and made the swimming even more enjoyable. Great enthusiasm and analysis for the avg. J. Soap.

Ike was unbearable!!

Rowing analysts did a good job..

Womens triathlon yesterday had possibly the worst commentary I have ever heard - they hadn't a clue!!

Richard Hillman · 05-08-2012 08:03AM

KevIRL wrote: »

They have an annoying trend to spend way too much time doing studio analysis during the olympics anyway.

They do this with most sports. They seem to think their football coverage is their pundits featuring some football in between. MNS is the worst. They show around 4 minute highlights and have 3 pundits discuss the highlights for roughly, if not longer than the highlights.

ecoli · 05-08-2012 01:43PM

donfers wrote: »

the athletics team though miss coghlan badly, gerry is good but the younger ones are just earning their spurs and are not yet shining

For me Ailish has been a revelation to the athletics team. Knowledgeable for the sport and alot better than hearing Jerry saying that everyone needs to move up in distance when they have a bad race over the last 5 years.

Gillick has come across a little timid alright and havent been a fan of Matthews. Chamney seemed to be very reserved during the Euro's but hopefully can be a bit more frank if he is on the panel over the next week.

Agree Coghlan is missed a bit in terms of distance expertise we need a few more coming through like we have with the sprints (and I expect Hession will probably come through after this year)

HidePork · 05-08-2012 04:19PM

Are the RTÉ interviewers deliberately making the Irish female competitors cry after their race?

donfers · 05-08-2012 06:04PM

HidePork wrote: »

Are the RTÉ interviewers deliberately making the Irish female competitors cry after their race?

nope, it's just a case that a lot of the females and males have failed to perform on the day for whatever reason and they feel bad about it because they've put in years of training and failed to dleiver when it counted

A Primal Nut · 06-08-2012 12:53PM

Anyone else watch the sailing race with Annalee Murphy? The second commentator didn't know the name of any of the competitors but just seen the flags on each of the boats. "The Chinese girl still in front of the Belgian girl, the Dutch girl coming up on the outside, but the Chinese girl keeps her lead. The Chinese girl has had a great lead." Was really difficult to listen to.

Silvio.Dante · 06-08-2012 12:57PM

RTE's policy of banishing their best analysts to London is pathetically bad. What a ridiculous concept!

They did it first with Gary O'Toole and we were left with Zig and Zag in the studio and now they're doing the same with Coughlan in the Athletics... Pathetically bad...

donfers · 06-08-2012 03:01PM

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

RTE's policy of banishing their best analysts to London is pathetically bad. What a ridiculous concept!

They did it first with Gary O'Toole and we were left with Zig and Zag in the studio and now they're doing the same with Coughlan in the Athletics... Pathetically bad...

I think Coghlan and GOT wanted to attend the Olympics and decided not to do the studio punditry this time

i think you are being a bit harsh on zig and zag, i think they did ok analysing the swimming

i think RTE maybe made a slight error having tracy piggott as their studio host for the murphy medal push and the taylor fight, i don't think hosting is where her strengths lie - i presume everybody agrees with this last point and your silence is a kind of muted (possibly nodding) agreement

DEFTLEFTHAND · 06-08-2012 05:08PM

I thought Zig and Zag did well also.:D

They both seemed knowledgeable, and expressed their viewpoints and explained the intricacies of their sport very well for people like myself who know nothing about competitive swimming.

wicklowwonder · 06-08-2012 10:44PM

donfers wrote: »

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

RTE's policy of banishing their best analysts to London is pathetically bad. What a ridiculous concept!

They did it first with Gary O'Toole and we were left with Zig and Zag in the studio and now they're doing the same with Coughlan in the Athletics... Pathetically bad...

I think Coghlan and GOT wanted to attend the Olympics and decided not to do the studio punditry this time

i think you are being a bit harsh on zig and zag, i think they did ok analysing the swimming

i think RTE maybe made a slight error having tracy piggott as their studio host for the murphy medal push and the taylor fight, i don't think hosting is where her strengths lie - i presume everybody agrees with this last point and your silence is a kind of muted (possibly nodding) agreement

Piggott said she was off for the rest of the week and we won't see her until the weekend at the end if her slot today. Lyster will take her slot. She Is awful as a host, rather she get as an interviewer and Des Cahill in studio as a host he is over in London but only seems to be reporting to Pat Kenny and Morning Ireland.

A Disgrace · 06-08-2012 11:46PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Anyone else watch the sailing race with Annalee Murphy? The second commentator didn't know the name of any of the competitors but just seen the flags on each of the boats. "The Chinese girl still in front of the Belgian girl, the Dutch girl coming up on the outside, but the Chinese girl keeps her lead. The Chinese girl has had a great lead." Was really difficult to listen to.

Well, the Olympics is generally based on Nationality first, so by calling the competitors by country is correct. Also, it made it easier to tell who was who

fryup · 07-08-2012 12:06AM

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Piggott said she was off for the rest of the week and we won't see her until the weekend at the end if her slot today. Lyster will take her slot. She Is awful as a host, rather she get as an interviewer and Des Cahill in studio as a host he is over in London but only seems to be reporting to Pat Kenny and Morning Ireland.

Des Cahill..are you serious he's crap on telly (crap on radio as well come to think of it) speaks in a mumble

I think Tracy Piggott is fine, not bad lookin for her age either;) and always shows a hint of cleavage which is a bonus

wicklowwonder · 07-08-2012 06:28AM

fryup wrote: »

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Piggott said she was off for the rest of the week and we won't see her until the weekend at the end if her slot today. Lyster will take her slot. She Is awful as a host, rather she get as an interviewer and Des Cahill in studio as a host he is over in London but only seems to be reporting to Pat Kenny and Morning Ireland.

Des Cahill..are you serious he's crap on telly (crap on radio as well come to think of it) speaks in a mumble

I think Tracy Piggott is fine, not bad lookin for her age either;) and always shows a hint of cleavage which is a bonus

He can mumble but he is able to direct his experts better than Piggott. With Piggott you almost have awkward silences in the studio.

Silvio.Dante · 07-08-2012 07:29AM

Cahill has to revert everything to GAA. Nuff said...;)

marienbad · 07-08-2012 12:57PM

Bill is more a man in the street-facilitator that anything and he is still the best at it.

Darragh Moloney is already very good and will be brilliant when he steps into Bills shoes

Dara O'Brien is a nice addition and hopefully replace McGurk in the rugby.

The swimming guys are fantastic, they had a hard act to follow and once I got used to Earl's strange accent I thought they were great.

Neville Maxwell in the rowing , lowkey ,knowledgeable, excellent .

The boxing guys are just ok Mick Dowling as reliable as ever but Dunne is beginning to annoy me with his constant cutting in and longwindedness.

Athletics are good but Gerry Tiernan is outstanding , it might be just me, but I am a sucker for detail and Gerry has it all at his fingertips- all his calls seem to be on the money also.

Speak Now · 07-08-2012 03:54PM

I cant warm to Darragh Moloney, cant put my finger on it.
Maybe he's trying to be to clever (Something Bill could never be accused of

).
After the Badminton final he said if that was soccer than Lin Dan would have got a yellow card for taking his shirt off :rolleyes:
Then later after the soccer he said (With that smirk of his) team GB have lost on penaities again. It's wasn't England Moloney!

Really enjoy listening to Jerry Kiernan and Mick Dowling.

Poor old Victor Costello is wheeled out for the last 2 mins every evening after RTE showing as little as possible of the field events

marienbad · 07-08-2012 05:44PM

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I cant warm to Darragh Moloney, cant put my finger on it.
Maybe he's trying to be to clever (Something Bill could never be accused of ).
After the Badminton final he said if that was soccer than Lin Dan would have got a yellow card for taking his shirt off :rolleyes:
Then later after the soccer he said (With that smirk of his) team GB have lost on penaities again. It's wasn't England Moloney!

Really enjoy listening to Jerry Kiernan and Mick Dowling.

Poor old Victor Costello is wheeled out for the last 2 mins every evening after RTE showing as little as possible of the field events

yeah , what is that with victor - I am sure he has as much to say on track events as the others- and vice versa for that matter.

PerrinV2 · 07-08-2012 06:58PM

marienbad wrote: »

The swimming guys are fantastic, they had a hard act to follow and once I got used to Earl's strange accent I thought they were great.

Agreed,the swimming guys were very good

YoungTrouble · 07-08-2012 07:00PM

I love the crazy basketball fella in the mornings.His banter is infectious.

Oracle · 07-08-2012 07:05PM

I think it'd be good if you could watch live matches, and all TV sports, with or without commentary. Muting the sound completely is not the same, then there's no atmosphere. It could easily be done by broadcasting the live feed only, then the viewer has the choice.

WumBuster · 08-08-2012 04:01AM

Ive always liked Bill, especially his banter with the soccer panel but his performance for this games has been average at best, he overdoes this ''lookit guys Im just winging it here, okey doke''. Darragh Moloney is good but tries to be too smooth, a bit more banter wouldnt go astray. Lyster is decent but harmless, Collins is so-so, Pigott comes across as a bit stuck up,Dara O Brian, well if RTE wanted to go for some guy who really thinks he's a comedic genius, they went for the wrong dara O Brian(or o Brien). <snip> makes me switch to BBC when he's on.

I think Bernard Dunne is very good on the boxing and I like his enthusiasm and genuine excitement for the Irish boxers to do well. Mick Dowling is quite good although very repetitive, been using the same catchphrases with years. Carruth dosent say a whole lot interesting, and Kenny Egan can be hard enough to listen to with his limited articulation and vocabulary.

The athletics panel is not that great, no real heavyweight personality in there. Its definetely missing eamon coghlan who you could listen to all day and John treacy. Kiernan is boring as hell. The young guy Gillick is aint bad and is quite knowledgeable. The swimming panel was good and both lads had good banter with Bill.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 10-08-2012 12:39AM

I have really enjoyed the boxing panels. Bernard Dunne especially. He can go on a bit at times but I find his honesty refreshing. I can't remember which boxer it was but after one of this fights Dunne was giving out about how he was standing too close to the other guy and he actually critiqued the fight. He didn't just sing the guys praises and talk him up like we sometimes have a habit of doing.
I like Kenny Egan too but he doesn't seem as ehhhh.... articulate, I guess, as Bernard Dunne. He never really has much to add. His love for Katie Taylor is quite endearing though

The only problem with the boxing is that there's been far too much of it. Today they were covering Taylor's fight for nearly 2 hours and showed nothing else at all during that time. BBC managed to show Nicola Adams fight, talk about it a bit, then show Katie's fight, show an interview with her, get in some Tae Kwan Do and hockey too and get back for the medal ceremony, all in the same amount of time.

Basically, for most sports, their panels have been better than the usual RTE standard, but they've spent far too much time in the studio over all in my opinion.

callaway92 · 10-08-2012 12:49AM

Agree with everyone on the most part here.

The guys doing the swimming were great and kept me interested in a sport that I would find quite tedious after watching a lot of it.

Well done to them.

The only bad thing they did was when the older of the 2 made reference to the American Coach being relieved, that now he doesn't need to "Get a bottle of whiskey and a revolver"!!!

Gergiev · 13-08-2012 01:22AM

Just an aside, but it seemed to me that every time there was a medal ceremony, RTE cut back to the studio to get the same 3 panelists (and it's always 3 now, a la the soccer panel) to regurgitate the same guff all over again.

Which is a shame as the medal ceremonies are a great and emotional part of the games, in my opinion.

Anyone agree/disagree?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 13-08-2012 01:46AM

Gergiev wrote: »

Just an aside, but it seemed to me that every time there was a medal ceremony, RTE cut back to the studio to get the same 3 panelists (and it's always 3 now, a la the soccer panel) to regurgitate the same guff all over again.

Which is a shame as the medal ceremonies are a great and emotional part of the games, in my opinion.

Anyone agree/disagree?

I usually turned away from RTE when they went back to the studio, which was often. They did have some good people in the studio for the different sports but they just spent far too much time with them. The second week especially they seemed to be in the studio all the time and were showing a pile of stuff way after it finished instead of showing it live.

Silvio.Dante · 13-08-2012 07:58AM

As I look back on the swimming coverage I can say I was a little harsh calling them zig and zag. they were good. I was just disappointed we didn't get enough from the 'Master'...:)

washman3 · 13-08-2012 05:26PM

Cahill and Morrissey are in Bray this evening reporting on Katie's homecoming.
Cahill is the MC on the main stage and is a huge embarrassment to say the least. What a clown.! shocking to see that our licence fees are wasted on these guys. wish Katie would give him a proper uppercut and put him out of his misery.
And Marty even got a chance to show off his new ultra-white teeth to the nation. A ponce if there was ever one.

wicklowwonder · 13-08-2012 05:59PM

washman3 wrote: »

Cahill and Morrissey are in Bray this evening reporting on Katie's homecoming.
Cahill is the MC on the main stage and is a huge embarrassment to say the least. What a clown.! shocking to see that our licence fees are wasted on these guys. wish Katie would give him a proper uppercut and put him out of his misery.
And Marty even got a chance to show off his new ultra-white teeth to the nation. A ponce if there was ever one.

Des is from Shankill very close to Bray and did the home coming on a voluntary basis apparently. Marty Morrissey covered all the boxing for RTE Radio and TV in London so really he is just finishing his job.

martingriff · 13-08-2012 06:05PM

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Bill is getting old, he has come across snobbish and looking down at some minority sports this year. He does ask decent questions.

Collins is ok.

Daragh M is professional, gets the job done a d conversation following.

Piggot at rugby and horse racing is very knowledgeable with questions etc as a presenter she doesn't dictate the show. She isn't a presenter.

Daire came from Setanta I think and comes across as a complete d?ckhead. I just don't like his whole attitude to presenting.

The worst on RTE is Tom McGurk and it is great he had nothing to do with Olympics. He rathers telling everyone his own opinions rather than ask the experts.

Just curious how many are full time and how many do it as a hobby.

If he old then what is the memory man Mr. Mcgee like him with the boxing or how about the basketball that was very entertaining in the olympics. The 3 athlete pundits were good I liked Alis McSweeney and the guy at the end.

Chavways · 13-08-2012 06:08PM

I cannot stand Marty Morrissey.Every time I see him I'm reminded of that hunchback guy from the film 300.He is the head off him.

martingriff · 13-08-2012 06:10PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I have really enjoyed the boxing panels. Bernard Dunne especially. He can go on a bit at times but I find his honesty refreshing. I can't remember which boxer it was but after one of this fights Dunne was giving out about how he was standing too close to the other guy and he actually critiqued the fight. He didn't just sing the guys praises and talk him up like we sometimes have a habit of doing.
I like Kenny Egan too but he doesn't seem as ehhhh.... articulate, I guess, as Bernard Dunne. He never really has much to add. His love for Katie Taylor is quite endearing though

The only problem with the boxing is that there's been far too much of it. Today they were covering Taylor's fight for nearly 2 hours and showed nothing else at all during that time. BBC managed to show Nicola Adams fight, talk about it a bit, then show Katie's fight, show an interview with her, get in some Tae Kwan Do and hockey too and get back for the medal ceremony, all in the same amount of time.

Basically, for most sports, their panels have been better than the usual RTE standard, but they've spent far too much time in the studio over all in my opinion.

Its Kenneth I think yo will find but never corrected Curruth or Dunne wonder why that was

martingriff · 13-08-2012 06:14PM

fryup wrote: »

the two swimming guys were for the most part excellent

the rowing and equestrian guys were excellent too

i like mick dowling always level-headed in his analyse never biased, Kenny Egan is in love with himself and is not really needed

gerry kiernan is also very balanced and honest in his assessments, needs a haircut though

He is very good but needs the haircut its his appearance that makes him different just like alis McSweeney was always dressed well. I think it lends to the 2 of them

False Prophet · 13-08-2012 06:40PM

I thought rte did a great job! For those who dont like the panel talking so much, i think u need to check your roots, Ireland is always about the gift of the gab:D
That said magee annoyed me more than i rem in the past and tracy was perhaps a token woman presenter(she better on the horse sports). Lester also seemed out of comfort zone...

Chavways · 13-08-2012 06:45PM

False Prophet wrote: »

I thought rte did a great job! For those who dont like the panel talking so much, i think u need to check your roots, Ireland is always about the gift of the gab:D
That said magee annoyed me more than i rem in the past and tracy was perhaps a token woman presenter(she better on the horse sports). Lester also seemed out of comfort zone...

RTE over-analysed almost all of the events.It was the same thing over and over.They cut back to the studio for the majority of events that didn't have an Irish competitor regardless of how interesting the event was.They missed practically all of the Field events.

I'd prefer to watch any sport than to hear Bernard Dunne go on about John Joe Nevins ability to feint for the 40th time.I got sick of them all eventually.

False Prophet · 13-08-2012 06:52PM

Chavways wrote: »

RTE over-analysed almost all of the events.It was the same thing over and over.They cut back to the studio for the majority of events that didn't have an Irish competitor regardless of how interesting the event was.They missed practically all of the Field events.

I'd prefer to watch any sport than to hear Bernard Dunne go on about John Joe Nevins ability to feint for the 40th time.I got sick of them all eventually.

Agree that maybe they went a bit overboard but thats what most "joe soaps" want...Boxing is our biggest success and ppl want success stories.

RTE Sports Presenters/Pundits (Merged Thread)

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