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I just see it earlier,no prelim quarter on free to air tv next week..hurling quarters on RTÉ Saturday with tailteann semis on Sunday.. I can't see what is wrong if a county wants to stream their own game if not on any other platform..just watched minor hurling semi on tg4 and again the coverage was top class and a brilliant game. A lot of people aren't in a position to travel to games,give them the option of being able to watch their own county on free to air or on some stream that is available. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2557 - 15/06/2025 14:56:34 2617718 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: " Replying To Square_B: "[quote=boxtyburgerbuns: "[quote=GreenandRed: "[quote=boxtyburgerbuns: "[quote=GreenandRed: "Dick Clerkin has different thoughts. Pat seems to go on a clickbait rant every week and in fairness raises a few good points now and then but looking to raise his own profile. Seems a happy man to pay for a mandatory TV licence and call RTE TV 'free to air'. Very good pod though, with both of them and Michael Verney. Is it the best free to air national GAA podcast? link" Spillane wanting to raise his profile lol? He is probably the most famous face in the country when it comes to football and has been that way for nigh on 50 years now. He'll be soon able to have a free tv licence btw so I'm sure he's speaking as someone who knows people of his era might not be tech savvy and wouldn't have the knowledge of obtaining gaapaywall to see the games" Plenty of people of his era and older are tech savvy enough to connect to GAA+ or could be shown how to connect to it."]Have you the stats on that?"]The stats lol? Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics... Indeed. If you're looking for a stat to counter what is, common sense, I despair."]I'm sure there are many older men from mid 70s onwards living alone who wouldn't have a notion how to turn on a computer or have a smart tv. I know this because I know my neighbours. Maybe 1 in 5 might. And that's before we go into broadband coverage. That is common sense. Lol"]You know your neighbours.... good lad. Meanwhile the rest of us just get on with it and help others to get on with it. Progress doesn't stop and should never stop for the few. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1392 - 15/06/2025 15:00:48 2617720 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "They lost the rights in 2016...rte have exclusive national radio coverage...in English, RnaG in Irish. There's local radio of course but not much use if you want to hear a Kerry game in the car and you're up the country" That is mad! Incentive to be practicing the gaeilge! I found the local radio can be got on any internet radio app so there's one way at least if you have network coverage systematic (Galway) - Posts: 206 - 15/06/2025 15:53:19 2617743 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: " Replying To GreenandRed: "[quote=boxtyburgerbuns: "[quote=GreenandRed: "Dick Clerkin has different thoughts. Pat seems to go on a clickbait rant every week and in fairness raises a few good points now and then but looking to raise his own profile. Seems a happy man to pay for a mandatory TV licence and call RTE TV 'free to air'. Very good pod though, with both of them and Michael Verney. Is it the best free to air national GAA podcast? link" Spillane wanting to raise his profile lol? He is probably the most famous face in the country when it comes to football and has been that way for nigh on 50 years now. He'll be soon able to have a free tv licence btw so I'm sure he's speaking as someone who knows people of his era might not be tech savvy and wouldn't have the knowledge of obtaining gaapaywall to see the games" Plenty of people of his era and older are tech savvy enough to connect to GAA+ or could be shown how to connect to it."]Have you the stats on that?"]You need a stat to know how older people could subscribe to, install GAA+ and stream it? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8112 - 15/06/2025 20:27:53 2617870 Link
Replying To jm25: " Replying To GreenandRed: "[quote=boxtyburgerbuns: "[quote=GreenandRed: "Dick Clerkin has different thoughts. Pat seems to go on a clickbait rant every week and in fairness raises a few good points now and then but looking to raise his own profile. Seems a happy man to pay for a mandatory TV licence and call RTE TV 'free to air'. Very good pod though, with both of them and Michael Verney. Is it the best free to air national GAA podcast? link" Spillane wanting to raise his profile lol? He is probably the most famous face in the country when it comes to football and has been that way for nigh on 50 years now. He'll be soon able to have a free tv licence btw so I'm sure he's speaking as someone who knows people of his era might not be tech savvy and wouldn't have the knowledge of obtaining gaapaywall to see the games" Plenty of people of his era and older are tech savvy enough to connect to GAA+ or could be shown how to connect to it."]He has said he was out watching sport on his laptop in decking in good weather. I think I have heard him complain about a game been on Saturday evening and on a sepetate pod complain about games been fixed on Saturday evenings"]I think he does it to get a few clicks from his potential Sunday World readership. He's still entertaining and livens up any podcast or show. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8112 - 15/06/2025 20:31:03 2617874 Link
Replying To Kew: "Why does gaa plus crash when demand is high? They aren't showing many games but still crash. Loitv could have 10 games at once a still won't crash." Contention. Slower moving because there's more users trying to access the server at the same time. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8112 - 15/06/2025 20:40:23 2617879 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: " Replying To jm25: "[quote=GreenandRed: "[quote=boxtyburgerbuns: "[quote=GreenandRed: "Dick Clerkin has different thoughts. Pat seems to go on a clickbait rant every week and in fairness raises a few good points now and then but looking to raise his own profile. Seems a happy man to pay for a mandatory TV licence and call RTE TV 'free to air'. Very good pod though, with both of them and Michael Verney. Is it the best free to air national GAA podcast? link" Spillane wanting to raise his profile lol? He is probably the most famous face in the country when it comes to football and has been that way for nigh on 50 years now. He'll be soon able to have a free tv licence btw so I'm sure he's speaking as someone who knows people of his era might not be tech savvy and wouldn't have the knowledge of obtaining gaapaywall to see the games" Plenty of people of his era and older are tech savvy enough to connect to GAA+ or could be shown how to connect to it."]He has said he was out watching sport on his laptop in decking in good weather. I think I have heard him complain about a game been on Saturday evening and on a sepetate pod complain about games been fixed on Saturday evenings"]I think he does it to get a few clicks from his potential Sunday World readership. He's still entertaining and livens up any podcast or show."]He will be worried this weekend ciaran Moore could go back to Brighton jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1596 - 15/06/2025 21:45:14 2617910 Link
Replying To Magpie2: "Update --- watched Dublin v Derry last night . GAA+ had 3 cameras at the game. One for close ups. One for a wider angle and one behind one of the goals. It is true however that some of the games I watched back had just the one camera. I would imagine that as the knockout stages are with us now we will see GAA+ using multi cameras." Further update -- Watched game Limerick and Wexford on GAA+ very poor camera work. Wide angle one camera job. No analysis whatsoever and of course loads of ads. It seems that GAA+ will have multi cameras for games involving the Sam Maguire contenders with full analysis before, half time and after. Poor camera coverage and second rate Commentator is what they give us for the Tailteen Cup. They charge €11.99 for both competitions but there is a vast difference in the service they provide between the two tournaments. If they charged say €8.00 0r € 9.00 for the lesser competitions I would accept and regard it as fair but to ask us to fork out the full price for a lesser service is mean and wrong. So Kew I am now agreeing with you regarding GAA +. I was incorrect saying in my earlier post that they always used at least two cameras. They don't. I was basing it on the games I had viewed and what they said on their website. Magpie2 (Wexford) - Posts: 524 - 16/06/2025 09:08:38 2618045 Link
Replying To Magpie2: "Further update -- Watched game Limerick and Wexford on GAA+ very poor camera work. Wide angle one camera job. No analysis whatsoever and of course loads of ads. It seems that GAA+ will have multi cameras for games involving the Sam Maguire contenders with full analysis before, half time and after. Poor camera coverage and second rate Commentator is what they give us for the Tailteen Cup. They charge €11.99 for both competitions but there is a vast difference in the service they provide between the two tournaments. If they charged say €8.00 0r € 9.00 for the lesser competitions I would accept and regard it as fair but to ask us to fork out the full price for a lesser service is mean and wrong. So Kew I am now agreeing with you regarding GAA +. I was incorrect saying in my earlier post that they always used at least two cameras. They don't. I was basing it on the games I had viewed and what they said on their website." The quality of the Galway Armagh game was pretty ropey at times. Looks like a bad video from the 1980s SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 355 - 16/06/2025 09:31:41 2618068 Link
They should rename the preliminary football quarter finals the paywall quarters boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 385 - 16/06/2025 09:43:10 2618080 Link
Replying To SixtiesKid: "The quality of the Galway Armagh game was pretty ropey at times. Looks like a bad video from the 1980s" I was at game but watched back on phone so didn't really notice. Didn't seem to be much half time analysis though! "Can you see Galway doing anything this half. No" well I hope ye all can see now & that's the reason all the 2 seeds terrified to draw Galway today. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 206 - 16/06/2025 10:11:08 2618096 Link
I see RTE made a joke of 'televising' the draw again this morning, they keep the camera on the presenter while they are drawing the balls from bowls that aren't shown. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3287 - 16/06/2025 14:19:30 2618301 Link
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I see RTE made a joke of 'televising' the draw again this morning, they keep the camera on the presenter while they are drawing the balls from bowls that aren't shown." That's how you know it's fixed ;) systematic (Galway) - Posts: 206 - 16/06/2025 14:56:27 2618334 Link
Still a lot of breaks which is not great when you are paying for something. I thought it was my laptop but was watching second half of Dublin/Derry in club bar after getting back from Newbridge and same thing. Happened 3 or 4 times. Panels are generally good mind you. Much better than TSG including the main woman. The highlights programme on RTÉ is superficial and boring. Whelan's first comment on Donegal/Mayo was something to do with Mayo and "chaos." May God forgive whoever coined that one. It's been kicked around the park more times than a burst football. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3647 - 16/06/2025 23:41:56 2618554 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Still a lot of breaks which is not great when you are paying for something. I thought it was my laptop but was watching second half of Dublin/Derry in club bar after getting back from Newbridge and same thing. Happened 3 or 4 times. Panels are generally good mind you. Much better than TSG including the main woman. The highlights programme on RTÉ is superficial and boring. Whelan's first comment on Donegal/Mayo was something to do with Mayo and "chaos." May God forgive whoever coined that one. It's been kicked around the park more times than a burst football." Whelan seems to be getting bored with it all from clips I saw boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 385 - 17/06/2025 10:52:34 2618625 Link
Anyone know if GAA+ is Geoblocked? Out of the country this weekend so I'm hoping to still be able to watch the games. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9828 - 17/06/2025 11:00:31 2618630 Link
I find myself constantly batting for RTE at times and I have no skin in the game, but their coverage is generally very good. People whinge about everything all the time. Nothing is good enough for sports fans. It's a strange phenomenon. Can't remember what came it was recently but Peter Canavan and Tomás O'Sé were the pundits in the studio. This is like having Pele and Maradona in the studio for a soccer match and you can guarantee there were thousands of people sneering at their analysis thinking these lads haven't a clue, they don't know ball like I do. I mean if people were able to get things in perspective they might actually enjoy it. People are desperate to find ways to make themselves angry Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12412 - 17/06/2025 11:13:34 2618638 Link
Replying To Breffni40: "I find myself constantly batting for RTE at times and I have no skin in the game, but their coverage is generally very good. People whinge about everything all the time. Nothing is good enough for sports fans. It's a strange phenomenon. Can't remember what came it was recently but Peter Canavan and Tomás O'Sé were the pundits in the studio. This is like having Pele and Maradona in the studio for a soccer match and you can guarantee there were thousands of people sneering at their analysis thinking these lads haven't a clue, they don't know ball like I do. I mean if people were able to get things in perspective they might actually enjoy it. People are desperate to find ways to make themselves angry" Canavan and O'Se are good. Generally the questions they are asked aren't so they can only work with what they got. Some presenters like giving their own opinions too which isn't great boxtyburgerbuns (Leitrim) - Posts: 385 - 17/06/2025 11:51:00 2618661 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Anyone know if GAA+ is Geoblocked? Out of the country this weekend so I'm hoping to still be able to watch the games." Well I can watch in Melbourne, so I doubt it..... StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1876 - 17/06/2025 12:45:23 2618689 Link
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "Canavan and O'Se are good. Generally the questions they are asked aren't so they can only work with what they got. Some presenters like giving their own opinions too which isn't great" Unless you have experience in live tv presenting and are finding obvious unprofessional errors then I wouldn't get too worked up about it. If it's a personal dislike for whatever reason, maybe remind yourself then that not everyone has the same opinion as you and you specifically might not be the target audience for everything broadcast. Like I say, there's a context and perspective outside of your own bubble. Enjoy it for what it is Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12412 - 17/06/2025 12:45:59 2618690 Link