That’s shocking.
Amateur hour. They probably think it’s hilarious in RTE but it is so unprofessional.
I wonder is our hero on duty for the last day of the NFL. Permutations, calculators and gaffes at hand.
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Never in the history of broadcasting was a presenter missed as much.
In fairness to the Dazzler things are a bit wooly to say the least…
Edit: Dazzler is on duty in Castlebar. Not venturing into the permutations yet…
The Dazzler was in Hastings Insurance McHale Park and did a fine job on commentary.
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I want to remind people that I was first person to champion the Dazzler as a match commentator when I heard him commentate on New York v Sligo in 2022 as a double act with Pat Spillane. Others jumped in to ridicule this double act. I correctly called it what it was. BOX OFFICE. It turned a meaningless match into a thriller.
Sadly that was the only time we got to hear Darren and Pat commentate together, but it was clear from the start that the Dazzler has it.
I think he managed to say “drawed” instead of “drew” at some stage.
I’m not sure if that is grammatically incorrect or just a lesser used term
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RTE had the full line up of second rate commentators out today. Mike McCartney, Rob Catterson, Angelina Noonan, Sean Perry, Padraig Mulcahy. Marty was relegated to a very minor supporting role in Zimmer Biomet Cusack Park, which surprised me on such a red letter day.
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According to Marty on the RTE news, Cork beat Tipp by 4 points in the League about a month ago
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Nice trip for Darren to London to cover the game v Roscommon. Presumably won’t make it to New York for Galway tomorrow!
Be class if the Dazzler could do a sort of Connacht championship commentating equivalent of Phil Collins playing Live Aid at Wembley and then immediately jetting off to New York on Concorde to play the US Live Aid in Philadelphia.
How BOX OFFICE would it be if he started his commentary on New York v Galway with “I was in England today. Funny old world innit?”
RTE and the GAA need to revive Concorde just to do this. The Concorde Connacht Championship has a lovely ring to it.
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That would be great but Darren would probably say he was in France.
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Darren informed the listener earlier that Sam Mulroy had come on and was taking the crucial penalty in the Louth v Laois game. I even informed a pal that Mulroy had tucked away a peno in conversation . I’m just after seeing Ryan Burns take the penalty in question there on the 9 o’clock news.
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Des called it the Nacky Rackard cup earlier. TBF to him he was chuckling away to himself after it