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alano - people just want the league and the club championship and womens gaa to get the proper coverage it warrants...th they do on tg4 and eir sport - plus the 21s where they show around 9 games plus schools and colleges and a truckload of womens games - the coverage is brilliant as is their rugby and keeps me in tune with the ould mother tongue im as big a gaa nut as a rugby one - i played both allme life and coach both -love them equally so i do and i live for the day limerick hurlers may win liam and footballer do munster janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 14/02/2017 21:58:49 1956902 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Why don't you post on GAA threads here ?" i do but the limerick ones are a bit depressing at present for obvious reasons and i dont like naming players and criticising them on such a forum when the lads are training their socks off, -just doesnt feel right ..anyway this ones is a lot more fun ..tis more fun than all the rugby forums as well janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 14/02/2017 22:01:54 1956904 Link
Replying To janesboro: "alano - people just want the league and the club championship and womens gaa to get the proper coverage it warrants...th they do on tg4 and eir sport - plus the 21s where they show around 9 games plus schools and colleges and a truckload of womens games - the coverage is brilliant as is their rugby and keeps me in tune with the ould mother tongue im as big a gaa nut as a rugby one - i played both allme life and coach both -love them equally so i do and i live for the day limerick hurlers may win liam and footballer do munster" people want it on the national broadcaster though....eir and tg4 do an admirable job though alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 14/02/2017 23:37:56 1956929 Link
Replying To janesboro: "i do but the limerick ones are a bit depressing at present for obvious reasons and i dont like naming players and criticising them on such a forum when the lads are training their socks off, -just doesnt feel right ..anyway this ones is a lot more fun ..tis more fun than all the rugby forums as well" I know well you do Janesboro. I enjoy reading your posts, upbeat, funny, positive. My post wasn't meant for you. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8319 - 15/02/2017 00:27:04 1956938 Link
If ye wanna have a pop at whats on telly Big brother - people are istting in a house watching other people sitting in a house!! gogglebox - people are sitting at home watching telly, watching other people sitting in their homes watching their tellys !!!!!!!!!!! More sport less cookery and reality tv please janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 15/02/2017 10:06:44 1956985 Link
Woah lay off the cookery shows. Some great ones on the box. Can the GAA survive reality tv and xboxes ? well thats a whole new thread...! bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4677 - 15/02/2017 11:59:48 1957025 Link
Replying To bad.monkey: "Woah lay off the cookery shows. Some great ones on the box. Can the GAA survive reality tv and xboxes ? well thats a whole new thread...!" A few GAA crossovers would probably be worth a watch. GAA gogglebox for sure. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12494 - 15/02/2017 12:41:44 1957052 Link
'Room to improve' - Galway hurlers . Presented by Dermot Bannon and Cyril Farrell bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4677 - 15/02/2017 13:40:07 1957083 Link
"The Biggest Loser" - ah no, I won't. Probably wont get published, fill in the gaps yourselves. Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12494 - 15/02/2017 13:56:32 1957097 Link
Replying To janesboro: "If ye wanna have a pop at whats on telly Big brother - people are istting in a house watching other people sitting in a house!! gogglebox - people are sitting at home watching telly, watching other people sitting in their homes watching their tellys !!!!!!!!!!! More sport less cookery and reality tv please" sport getting too expensive for some of them it appears alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 15/02/2017 17:39:30 1957183 Link
Replying To janesboro: "If ye wanna have a pop at whats on telly Big brother - people are istting in a house watching other people sitting in a house!! gogglebox - people are sitting at home watching telly, watching other people sitting in their homes watching their tellys !!!!!!!!!!! More sport less cookery and reality tv please" Cooking programmes sell and are very good. Rte can't compete in the market today. Sure when the BBC can't compete what hope do RTE have? ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 15/02/2017 20:43:58 1957260 Link
dancing with the stars like it or not seems to be drawing relatively well alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 15/02/2017 20:53:46 1957263 Link
Just in case people were wondering rte will be airing another rugby documentary from last year about the new Zealand win after the France match so that will be 2 documentaries about rugby test matches aired on the national broadcaster within the space of a few months..I believe this kind of thing not the sport is what draws the ire of many alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 19/02/2017 18:40:46 1958333 Link
Replying To alano12: "Just in case people were wondering rte will be airing another rugby documentary from last year about the new Zealand win after the France match so that will be 2 documentaries about rugby test matches aired on the national broadcaster within the space of a few months..I believe this kind of thing not the sport is what draws the ire of many" It's a joke. Lucky enough people aren't stupid enough to jump on a hype propelled bandwagon. OH WAIT.... sceptical (Cavan) - Posts: 544 - 19/02/2017 18:56:56 1958341 Link
Replying To alano12: "Just in case people were wondering rte will be airing another rugby documentary from last year about the new Zealand win after the France match so that will be 2 documentaries about rugby test matches aired on the national broadcaster within the space of a few months..I believe this kind of thing not the sport is what draws the ire of many" Yeah heard about it. Clearly we need a documentary about beating New Zealand. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 19/02/2017 18:59:24 1958342 Link
Lets keep Seo Spoirt on TG4 for starters. And let us get a TV and Radio advertising campaign extolling the virtues of Gaelic football also. A bit like the Guinness Rugby ads. Slán galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2681 - 19/02/2017 19:04:21 1958347 Link
Ah alano you looper this thread was falling off the main page, you had to go and post and give it the kids of life haha hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 19/02/2017 19:26:05 1958363 Link
Replying To alano12: "Just in case people were wondering rte will be airing another rugby documentary from last year about the new Zealand win after the France match so that will be 2 documentaries about rugby test matches aired on the national broadcaster within the space of a few months..I believe this kind of thing not the sport is what draws the ire of many" cheers for that thanks,cant wait to see it janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 19/02/2017 19:27:45 1958364 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Lets keep Seo Spoirt on TG4 for starters. And let us get a TV and Radio advertising campaign extolling the virtues of Gaelic football also. A bit like the Guinness Rugby ads. Slán" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORvCHk0uL-s a bit like this one! janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 19/02/2017 19:32:21 1958367 Link
Replying To janesboro: "cheers for that thanks,cant wait to see it" I agree loves seeing those documentarys rebelfan (Cork) - Posts: 70 - 19/02/2017 20:01:29 1958380 Link