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Sorry in advance if this has been brought up.
Highlights show needs to be revamped. Split it and have two shows one for hurling one for football and show every game in the first division for codes.

On Sunday Armagh beat the reigning all ireland champions and all they really talked about was the brawl. Then for the Donegal vs Kildare game all they talked about for 20 seconds was Murphys injury even though Hyland ran riot for Kildare most the game. And then as for Hurling they didn't even show the Antrim Kilkenny game. To me its a joke

naomh_conaill_4 (Donegal) - Posts: 481 - 08/02/2022 10:36:40    2399238

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Replying To naomh_conaill_4:  "Sorry in advance if this has been brought up.
Highlights show needs to be revamped. Split it and have two shows one for hurling one for football and show every game in the first division for codes.

On Sunday Armagh beat the reigning all ireland champions and all they really talked about was the brawl. Then for the Donegal vs Kildare game all they talked about for 20 seconds was Murphys injury even though Hyland ran riot for Kildare most the game. And then as for Hurling they didn't even show the Antrim Kilkenny game. To me its a joke"
Also cover a couple of games in division 3 and 4. It's a joke that them teams are just forgot about. Wouldn't it have been great for Leitrim people just to get 5 minutes on the brilliant win they had the weekend. Teams in division 3 and 4 deserve a bit of time. They are putting in as much effort as any other team but yet they just about show the results and table at the end of the show

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1055 - 08/02/2022 11:05:10    2399253

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I'd like to see more highlights and less analysis. Was looking out for Wexford v Limerick in particular on Sunday night myself. There was less than five minutes of action, but six or seven minutes of Donal Óg and Davy talking about it afterwards.

The analysis included mention of a few things that weren't even shown in the highlights, such as a couple of other Wexford goal chances. Would make no sense to anybody who wasn't either at the match or who hadn't watched it live on TG4 earlier in the day.

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2247 - 08/02/2022 11:16:34    2399260

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Replying To dave1988:  "Also cover a couple of games in division 3 and 4. It's a joke that them teams are just forgot about. Wouldn't it have been great for Leitrim people just to get 5 minutes on the brilliant win they had the weekend. Teams in division 3 and 4 deserve a bit of time. They are putting in as much effort as any other team but yet they just about show the results and table at the end of the show"
Coverage of Divisions 2, 3 & 4 is non existent, RTE really does a poor job on this, it's lip service at best. It'll be even worse when it comes to championship these team will get relegated to the highlights slot the the Sunday Game showing a rerun of extended highlights of the live broadcast earlier that day.
There is definitely a market for separate highlight packages for both codes during the week allowing for a preview of what's to come the following weekend. This would also benefit the likes of the McDonagh, Ring, Rackard & Meagher Cups during the championship season and help with exposure in those counties.

keepitlit (Longford) - Posts: 33 - 08/02/2022 11:16:56    2399262

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Replying To dave1988:  "Also cover a couple of games in division 3 and 4. It's a joke that them teams are just forgot about. Wouldn't it have been great for Leitrim people just to get 5 minutes on the brilliant win they had the weekend. Teams in division 3 and 4 deserve a bit of time. They are putting in as much effort as any other team but yet they just about show the results and table at the end of the show"
I agree split programmes are needed, but it should be equal otherwise what is the point. Waterford footballers deserve the exact same airtime as a Galway Mayo league game gets, for example. So then you also needed 16 cameras at all the grounds for the NFL games that weekend. Is my points feasible??? Thats before we mention the hurling. Where do you draw the line? some good games in 2a&2b, but then why not show 3a&3b? Just because you mightnt want to watch London footballers on the hightlights doesnt mean you speak for everyone. I think for what ive mentioned, the current format on a Sunday night will do for me.

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 487 - 08/02/2022 11:17:29    2399263

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "I'd like to see more highlights and less analysis. Was looking out for Wexford v Limerick in particular on Sunday night myself. There was less than five minutes of action, but six or seven minutes of Donal Óg and Davy talking about it afterwards.

The analysis included mention of a few things that weren't even shown in the highlights, such as a couple of other Wexford goal chances. Would make no sense to anybody who wasn't either at the match or who hadn't watched it live on TG4 earlier in the day."
I fully agree, Pikeman. We need more action and less talk. The panelists get far too much leeway and often they're given too much time to go on a rant that has little or nothing to do with the games being covered.

midlands (Westmeath) - Posts: 542 - 08/02/2022 12:25:51    2399289

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Games that are shown live on weekends shouldn't get as much highlights or analysis time as non-live games, the analysis already done. And coverage for so-called weaker counties is important for them to get sponsors, more coverage the better, there's cracking games in all divisions. I like the analysis if it's not too long and they're talking about play and not rules or infringements too much. I think sometimes they latch onto stuff like Gough and the Armagh game because it's trending on Twitter! The TG4 Monday night highlights show is very good too.

Besides Sunday Game, if there are cameras at all games why can't they put full game playback on RTE or TG4 Player or on their's or GAA YouTube channels? Stick a few ads in there and make a few quid for them, RTE don't have much it seems, na créatúr bocht. What's the point in spending money to get all that footage for games and no-one can see it?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 08/02/2022 14:25:39    2399322

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Games that are shown live on weekends shouldn't get as much highlights or analysis time as non-live games, the analysis already done. And coverage for so-called weaker counties is important for them to get sponsors, more coverage the better, there's cracking games in all divisions. I like the analysis if it's not too long and they're talking about play and not rules or infringements too much. I think sometimes they latch onto stuff like Gough and the Armagh game because it's trending on Twitter! The TG4 Monday night highlights show is very good too.

Besides Sunday Game, if there are cameras at all games why can't they put full game playback on RTE or TG4 Player or on their's or GAA YouTube channels? Stick a few ads in there and make a few quid for them, RTE don't have much it seems, na créatúr bocht. What's the point in spending money to get all that footage for games and no-one can see it?"
Sure we see it on all gaa podcasts these days. Could be a two hour show and every single week all that is talked about is Dublin Kerry mayo Tyrone. Don't give other teams any air time.

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1055 - 08/02/2022 18:01:57    2399386

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Games that are shown live on weekends shouldn't get as much highlights or analysis time as non-live games, the analysis already done. And coverage for so-called weaker counties is important for them to get sponsors, more coverage the better, there's cracking games in all divisions. I like the analysis if it's not too long and they're talking about play and not rules or infringements too much. I think sometimes they latch onto stuff like Gough and the Armagh game because it's trending on Twitter! The TG4 Monday night highlights show is very good too.

Besides Sunday Game, if there are cameras at all games why can't they put full game playback on RTE or TG4 Player or on their's or GAA YouTube channels? Stick a few ads in there and make a few quid for them, RTE don't have much it seems, na créatúr bocht. What's the point in spending money to get all that footage for games and no-one can see it?"
Maybe the likes of ah ref could have 1 show a week dedicated to division 3 and 4 teams. Definitely see his subscribers go way up.

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1055 - 08/02/2022 18:04:07    2399388

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GAAGo had good coverage of the Dublin/Antrim match yesterday,

Other than the scorekeeper who started to award goals for points early in the second half and then gave it up as a bad job and headed for the Felons!

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 13/02/2022 10:02:37    2400039

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Only way to get your counties match live on live RTE TV is to play the Dubs. 3 weeks in a row and they're not even All Ireland champs.

Neartheborder (Derry) - Posts: 56 - 14/02/2022 14:11:08    2400309

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "I agree split programmes are needed, but it should be equal otherwise what is the point. Waterford footballers deserve the exact same airtime as a Galway Mayo league game gets, for example. So then you also needed 16 cameras at all the grounds for the NFL games that weekend. Is my points feasible??? Thats before we mention the hurling. Where do you draw the line? some good games in 2a&2b, but then why not show 3a&3b? Just because you mightnt want to watch London footballers on the hightlights doesnt mean you speak for everyone. I think for what ive mentioned, the current format on a Sunday night will do for me."
But the waterford footballers don't deserve the same level of coverage as the Dublin footballers. They're not as good. That's like saying student movies filmed on camcorders where you can barely hear what the actors are saying deserve the same attention as There will be blood.
Sport, like everything else, is for everyone, but people want to see the best,otherwise my local clubs under 12 team can stake a claim to an afternoon championships 2pm slot on the Sunday game.
Let's not go stupidly woke here.

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1708 - 14/02/2022 14:44:59    2400314

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Fantastic coverage throughout the weekend again. Well done to Rte and Tg4

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 14/02/2022 14:58:48    2400319

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Replying To tiobraid:  "Fantastic coverage throughout the weekend again. Well done to Rte and Tg4"
Agree fully with you! Tremendous matches and great coverage and that includes the RTE highlights programme on Sunday night.

carlowman (Carlow) - Posts: 1821 - 16/02/2022 17:20:53    2400753

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Replying To Galway9801:  "But the waterford footballers don't deserve the same level of coverage as the Dublin footballers. They're not as good. That's like saying student movies filmed on camcorders where you can barely hear what the actors are saying deserve the same attention as There will be blood.
Sport, like everything else, is for everyone, but people want to see the best,otherwise my local clubs under 12 team can stake a claim to an afternoon championships 2pm slot on the Sunday game.
Let's not go stupidly woke here."
"Equality" is applied to the most unsuitable things these days. Sport being the most absurd. If there was equality in sport there would be no sport!

People for some bizarre reason preferred watching DJ and Joe Cooney to myself!

Life is so unfair :-(

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2557 - 16/02/2022 18:32:45    2400766

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Replying To Galway9801:  "But the waterford footballers don't deserve the same level of coverage as the Dublin footballers. They're not as good. That's like saying student movies filmed on camcorders where you can barely hear what the actors are saying deserve the same attention as There will be blood.
Sport, like everything else, is for everyone, but people want to see the best,otherwise my local clubs under 12 team can stake a claim to an afternoon championships 2pm slot on the Sunday game.
Let's not go stupidly woke here."
no youve missed the point, just because you dont want to watch waterford/leitrim/clare footballers does not say you speak for the thousands of people who are tuning in. Dublin footballers are getting plenty of coverage hence why this issue was raised about showing games outside div1/not on tv. Equal showing of all teams, you can flick over to love island when your team isnt on

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 487 - 17/02/2022 09:37:18    2400807

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "no youve missed the point, just because you dont want to watch waterford/leitrim/clare footballers does not say you speak for the thousands of people who are tuning in. Dublin footballers are getting plenty of coverage hence why this issue was raised about showing games outside div1/not on tv. Equal showing of all teams, you can flick over to love island when your team isnt on"
The vast majority of waterford people would probably also prefer watch the top teams play than their own football team,

Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1708 - 17/02/2022 11:56:33    2400832

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Replying To carlowman:  "Agree fully with you! Tremendous matches and great coverage and that includes the RTE highlights programme on Sunday night."
Coverage of what on the highlight show? Games or of pundits talking?

Leitrim_12 (USA) - Posts: 207 - 17/02/2022 13:48:32    2400853

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Replying To CillTormoir:  "no youve missed the point, just because you dont want to watch waterford/leitrim/clare footballers does not say you speak for the thousands of people who are tuning in. Dublin footballers are getting plenty of coverage hence why this issue was raised about showing games outside div1/not on tv. Equal showing of all teams, you can flick over to love island when your team isnt on"
With all due respect, I don't think a Div. 4 football side like Waterford or my own county of Wexford "deserve" or are entitled to the same level of TV coverage as a Div. 1 side.

Some recognition of the lower divisions might be nice all right, like maybe a feature match from Div. 3 or 4 each week so that you might end up being on it one week, but it's hardly feasible or practical to claim that all teams should get equal coverage.

Would you apply the same rule in hurling? For example, TG4 have shown Wexford v Limerick and then Wexford v Clare live in the past two weeks. Should they instead be showing something from the Hurling League Div. 3A or 3B, like Tyrone v Warwickhsire or Longford v Fermanagh?

Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2247 - 17/02/2022 14:03:07    2400856

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Replying To Pikeman96:  "With all due respect, I don't think a Div. 4 football side like Waterford or my own county of Wexford "deserve" or are entitled to the same level of TV coverage as a Div. 1 side.

Some recognition of the lower divisions might be nice all right, like maybe a feature match from Div. 3 or 4 each week so that you might end up being on it one week, but it's hardly feasible or practical to claim that all teams should get equal coverage.

Would you apply the same rule in hurling? For example, TG4 have shown Wexford v Limerick and then Wexford v Clare live in the past two weeks. Should they instead be showing something from the Hurling League Div. 3A or 3B, like Tyrone v Warwickhsire or Longford v Fermanagh?"
Pikeman if you scroll back youll see my original point and i highlighted what you have said and for that reason i am in favor of the current Sunday night viewing as what people want isnt feasible. But i do believe if people want a split programme you just cant pick 1 or 2 games in div 3/4...all or nothing otherwise whats the point :)

CillTormoir (Galway) - Posts: 487 - 17/02/2022 14:33:19    2400867

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