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What do we take on the 2018 coverage, i was very disappointed in the lack of analysis or discussion for the Joe McD Cup and when Michael Duigan says there was footage when clearly there was footage of the Antrim v Carlow game which was shocking cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1671 - 14/05/2018 10:48:00 2100417 Link
There is always footage of inter county games, even at JMcD cup level. I still do not know why The Sunday Game insist on showing so much of the matches they have already showed earlier that day. It makes no sense whatsoever. Most people have either seen the game live, either on TV or at it. Show more of the other matches that happened! Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 14/05/2018 11:03:02 2100429 Link
Replying To cuchulainn35: "What do we take on the 2018 coverage, i was very disappointed in the lack of analysis or discussion for the Joe McD Cup and when Michael Duigan says there was footage when clearly there was footage of the Antrim v Carlow game which was shocking" Brutal as ever. Shocking negativity about Galway v Mayo, a tough hard championship game that went down to the wire. Some great skills on show and fine scores. Sure some well organised defense make attacks look short on ideas from time to time. I hate the GAA Sky deal but when RTE's pundits tell the world that your game is terrible stuff week in week out what choice do they have.. time for another chat with TV3 maybe?? Agreed with cuchulainn35 on the lack of Joe McD Cup highlights not to mention the 2 or 3 minutes coverage they gave us of the all Ireland champions very entertaining opener against a gutsy Offaly side. Less talk and more highlights would be a start. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 14/05/2018 11:12:38 2100443 Link
Replying To dahayeser: "Brutal as ever. Shocking negativity about Galway v Mayo, a tough hard championship game that went down to the wire. Some great skills on show and fine scores. Sure some well organised defense make attacks look short on ideas from time to time. I hate the GAA Sky deal but when RTE's pundits tell the world that your game is terrible stuff week in week out what choice do they have.. time for another chat with TV3 maybe?? Agreed with cuchulainn35 on the lack of Joe McD Cup highlights not to mention the 2 or 3 minutes coverage they gave us of the all Ireland champions very entertaining opener against a gutsy Offaly side. Less talk and more highlights would be a start." I thought S Cavannagh gave a very honest assessment of the game and was fairly positive about it. He also called the result right last week too, so things may be looking up, all is forgiven. When will he and Brolly be on together that's what I want to know. mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1044 - 14/05/2018 11:39:51 2100462 Link
Sean Cavanaghs constant praise of Donegal football is getting a bit tiresome now. Ciaran Whelan is good at the punditry though. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2739 - 14/05/2018 12:01:48 2100477 Link
Sean kavanagh was a joy to watch on the skillful and tough but cant stand him on the TV Galwayjoe86 (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 14/05/2018 12:14:43 2100487 Link
Here we go again....! tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 14/05/2018 12:20:48 2100498 Link
Replying To mhunicean_abu: "I thought S Cavannagh gave a very honest assessment of the game and was fairly positive about it. He also called the result right last week too, so things may be looking up, all is forgiven. When will he and Brolly be on together that's what I want to know." Just listened to Cavanagh there, much better analysis. It was the day time pundits I was referring to. Only thing I'd disagree with Cavanagh on is that it was hard to watch. I don't think Cavanagh really believes it was hard to watch either. I am sure he appreciates good defense. We are constantly being told these games are a hard watch. I really enjoyed it. Most people you meet today will regurgitate the Sunday Game pundits and tell you that it was terrible. That is damaging to our game which has evolved and to my mind improved over the years. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 14/05/2018 12:22:38 2100499 Link
We are constantly being told these games are a hard watch. I really enjoyed it. Most people you meet today will regurgitate the Sunday Game pundits and tell you that it was terrible. That is damaging to our game which has evolved and to my mind improved over the years. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 254 - 14/05/2018 12:22:38 This 100%. It's damaging to the brand of the game. No other sport that I can think of does it to this extent. If you get a poor game in soccer for example, the talk afterwards might allude to the fact that it wasn't the best game but will mainly focus on how the game was won and lost tactically etc. Instead for Gaelic Football we get constant talk about the supposed lack of quality etc. I only caught the 2nd half yesterday but I thought it was an okay game. Close and exciting in anyways which is what you want. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 14/05/2018 12:28:52 2100503 Link
Replying To dahayeser: "Just listened to Cavanagh there, much better analysis. It was the day time pundits I was referring to. Only thing I'd disagree with Cavanagh on is that it was hard to watch. I don't think Cavanagh really believes it was hard to watch either. I am sure he appreciates good defense. We are constantly being told these games are a hard watch. I really enjoyed it. Most people you meet today will regurgitate the Sunday Game pundits and tell you that it was terrible. That is damaging to our game which has evolved and to my mind improved over the years." Couldn't agree more mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1044 - 14/05/2018 12:49:22 2100513 Link
I didn't think there was anything wrong with the Mayo-Galway game. As a neutral I thought it was exciting stuff with some top quality football. I don't see what was so great about the Hurling match that proceeded it either. yes it was a good game but it still had the inevitable conclusion. I think alot of the pundits on RTE especially and the daily papers have an agenda. I also thought that their analysis of the Donegal v Cavan game was a bit off. They said Cavan didn't show up, said we lacked intensity , said we sat off and gave Donegal too much space. This does not do justice to how good Donegal were. It said in the paper that Donegal will get a sterner test against Derry. Watch this space. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 14/05/2018 12:55:35 2100518 Link
Only saw the second half of Mayo/Galway. I enjoyed it. Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 14/05/2018 13:21:46 2100536 Link
The negativity started at the beginning of the live programme with both brolly and o se first comments talking about a 2 tier championship. It was ironic seeing sean cavanagh talking about the need for a 2 tier championship when he was saying the super 8 were elitist last week. Brolly was very unfair to Leitrim imo saying there season is over when the have at least 2 championship games ahead of them and have won a tricky opening game. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 14/05/2018 15:57:51 2100631 Link
The annual Sunday Game complaints section. You would need about a 2 and half hour show if you wanted to show all the highlights and analysis of all the games. Not everyone in Ireland wants Sunday night tv taken up by GAA. Everyone pays fees so it has to be fair. I would love a longer better show but it won't happen. The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 14/05/2018 16:22:23 2100650 Link
Replying To The_Fridge: "The annual Sunday Game complaints section. You would need about a 2 and half hour show if you wanted to show all the highlights and analysis of all the games. Not everyone in Ireland wants Sunday night tv taken up by GAA. Everyone pays fees so it has to be fair. I would love a longer better show but it won't happen." I think what most of us are saying is we could cut out a good portion of the analysts complaining about the standard of football and show a few more highlights instead. Keep the show the same length. On the 2-tier championship the Sunday Game keep pushing for. Do these analysts looking for it not realise there wouldn't be 2 men and a dog watching it. The championship is the GAA's equivalent of the FA cup or FAI cup or any soccer cup. Small teams get to take on big teams. Give small teams a 2nd tier competition to ball back to after they get knocked out of the championship if they want but you may as well forget about promoting football if you want to silo those counties off to play in a mickey mouse comp that nobody cares about. dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 14/05/2018 17:05:31 2100677 Link
The mayo-galway match was brutal to watch, watching 14 mayo players in their own half Everytime Galway attacked,a U10 match be more exciting,at least the Dublin-killkenny was exciting,agree Sunday game should show more of other matches from the macdonagh cup etc,but it's a rating show,most people in country will just change the channel. cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 775 - 14/05/2018 17:27:16 2100691 Link
Replying To cityman73: "The mayo-galway match was brutal to watch, watching 14 mayo players in their own half Everytime Galway attacked,a U10 match be more exciting,at least the Dublin-killkenny was exciting,agree Sunday game should show more of other matches from the macdonagh cup etc,but it's a rating show,most people in country will just change the channel." Football game was not great but, because the outcome was in doubt up to the final two minutes, I enjoyed the game. I turned off the hurling game after about fifteen minutes as I don't much like Kilkenny's brand of hurling. After the League final John Mullane praised Kilkenny's 'manic aggression'. It obviously entertains a lot of sports fans but it does little for me. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 14/05/2018 20:09:11 2100755 Link
Replying To cityman73: "The mayo-galway match was brutal to watch, watching 14 mayo players in their own half Everytime Galway attacked,a U10 match be more exciting,at least the Dublin-killkenny was exciting,agree Sunday game should show more of other matches from the macdonagh cup etc,but it's a rating show,most people in country will just change the channel." At least you had the option to turn off the TV or change channels, 30000 of us at the game had to endure puke football, my God it was horrible to watch, it absolutely killed any atmosphere, was like a challenge match riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 14/05/2018 22:55:14 2100813 Link
Replying To dahayeser: "I think what most of us are saying is we could cut out a good portion of the analysts complaining about the standard of football and show a few more highlights instead. Keep the show the same length. On the 2-tier championship the Sunday Game keep pushing for. Do these analysts looking for it not realise there wouldn't be 2 men and a dog watching it. The championship is the GAA's equivalent of the FA cup or FAI cup or any soccer cup. Small teams get to take on big teams. Give small teams a 2nd tier competition to ball back to after they get knocked out of the championship if they want but you may as well forget about promoting football if you want to silo those counties off to play in a mickey mouse comp that nobody cares about." Do you not think the primary competition could be the league (top 4 sides in div. 1 going through to the AI-semi final and final there after) while the Championship runs in parallel giving all teams their chance to meet the big guns - just like in England? I never hear the English constantly complaining about their competition structure. Most posts here seem to gravitate towards this topic! Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 15/05/2018 08:16:11 2100842 Link
I watched the Sunday game back and god Brolly loves the sound of his own voice. ignores lyster when he tries to stop his ranting. O Rourke and O Se looked like they have completely zoned out when he speaks and the amount of times they had to ask him to let them finish talking as he interrupted them was a disgrace. galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 15/05/2018 10:21:09 2100876 Link