Sunday Game Punditry

OMAR wrote:Interesting mix on this evenings show

I appreciate that Ciaran whelan has been in front of camera before and that from a results perspectve it was a fairly easy game to be enthusiastic about - but I found his analysis to be of a reasonable quality and well delivered so certainly one of the better options for the future.

Can'y help warming to McConville and what can only be descrbed as a "dry ulster" delivery - MJ Tierney also honest and Frank - Dessie Dolan seemed to be trying to answer questions that hadn't been asked so unless he is planning a run for the Arás - not exactly sure what his gameplan was.Spillane for all his all stars and all irelands does to me seem to be living in the past - "give it in long"
which is great in theory if you full Forward isn't treble marked and the hald forward palying the long ball has six men hanging off him.

OMAR wrote:Interesting mix on this evenings show

I appreciate that Ciaran whelan has been in front of camera before and that from a results perspectve it was a fairly easy game to be enthusiastic about - but I found his analysis to be of a reasonable quality and well delivered so certainly one of the better options for the future.

Can'y help warming to McConville and what can only be descrbed as a "dry ulster" delivery - MJ Tierney also honest and Frank - Dessie Dolan seemed to be trying to answer questions that hadn't been asked so unless he is planning a run for the Arás - not exactly sure what his gameplan was.

Spillane for all his all stars and all irelands does to me seem to be living in the past - "give it in long"
which is great in theory if you full Forward isn't treble marked and the hald forward palying the long ball has six men hanging off him.

Boxtyeater wrote:Pat Spillane attempted a big long Italian translation last night and repeatedly made a hames of it. The jist of Pat's thinking was (I think), that Mayo needed someone to deliver the killer ball.
My mind drifted to Ciaran McDonald. Given they were pushing on for a sustained period after half-time, wouldn't McDonald have given them 35 minutes of penetration from the '40.

Boxtyeater wrote:
Where do they get these gimps from. Hasn't Ger the decency to take some kind of severance package or just give it up altogether.

Real Kerry Fan wrote:I never took to Ger Canning. Too many cliches. Anyway if you wanta good radio commentator + sidekick, Gary and Weeshie from Radio Kerry are the men.

OMAR wrote:Hugely noble act from brolly. One of those things that makes you stop and think
Would you
1. For a close relative
2. For a life long close friend
3. For someone you be- friended at your kids saturday morning training.

Clearly underneath the wind up and the contrarion lies one hell of a decent skin.

Yes I take my hat off to Joe. Well done. Yes Omar obviously there is a great man behind what we see,

OMAR wrote:Hugely noble act from brolly. One of those things that makes you stop and think
Would you
1. For a close relative
2. For a life long close friend
3. For someone you be- friended at your kids saturday morning training.

Clearly underneath the wind up and the contrarion lies one hell of a decent skin.

Thomas Clarke wrote:I thought yesterday that the difference in RTE's coverage and BBC's was more pronounced than ever.

While the Punch and Judy show of Brolly, Spillane and O'Rourke trotted out the same old cliches, surface level observations and woefully inaccurate 'analysis', Jimmy McGuinness and Kieran McGeeney were intelligently and perceptively explaining what was actually happening, just as the equally impressive Enda McGinley and James McCartan had done in the quarter finals.

I should save special praise for Jimmy McGuinness who, even among the names I've mentioned, was in a league of his own. Intelligent, astute, interesting and highly articulate - i could have listened to him all day, and it's very easy to see how he has been so successful.

RTE were also shockingly bad on the commentary stakes.  Marty Morrissey sounds like a toddler amongst his presents on Christmas morning, a rare blend of over excitement and total bewilderment, tugging at the wrapping paper whilst ignoring the toy.  I've always had time for Martin Carney, but yesterday he just couldn't control his bias towards his adopted county, over-emphasising every Tyrone indiscretion, while downplaying those committed by men in red and green.  Poor stuff Martin, and i'd have expected more from you.

I was also struck by a caption that appeared after 42 minutes.  It read, 'Sean Cavanagh: Frees Conceded - 4'.  I've never noticed this before, and couldn't help but feel that it was yet another example of RTE trying to demonise Tyrone.