Live GAA on de Telly 2023 (No Discussion)

[Arthur]

I wonder what percentage of Dublin footballers down the years had two parents from dublin? I’d say zero had 4 Dublin grandparents

[Fat_Pox]

He’s an absolute rolls royce of a player. Best footballer of the last 10 years hands down.

[the_man_himself]

That was some shoulder by Small

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

Never realised James McCarthy was black.

[ciarancareyshurlingarmy]

Malachy Clerkin

There’s Parade Roaring, for which you need a panoramic 360-degree sound effect, lifting and listing in waves as the players march around the pitch. It will need to be long and sustained and if you wish to throw in archive footage of Jack McCaffrey smiling at the crowd, knock yourself out. No, he won’t be there this year but the crowds won’t either so they cancel each other out. Underlay it with some brass parping from the Artane Band and you’re away.

There’s First Score Roaring, which has its own sub-categories, depending on the context. You’ll need a button for First Score By An Underdog and one for First Score By A Favourite. There’ll have to be separate buttons for First Score - Goal, First Score - Point, First Goal - Free. And of course, First Score - After Four Wides And The Concession Of An Own Goal. Space will be tight so for brevity, just call that the Mayo button.

In general play, you’ll need a button for Throw-In Roaring, preceded always by F**king Throw It In Ref Roaring. You won’t get by without a button for the roar that rises behind a goalkeeper’s nets if he’s taking too long over a kick-out. Nor will you retain a lot of credibility unless you have one for the roar when a freetaker is stealing yards or when a time-wasting defender kicks the ball away. This will be important in Tyrone games.

It’s not all noise, either. There’s plenty of nuance in the silence of a GAA crowd too

On the disciplinary side of things, that specific off-camera roar that greets an off-the-ball jab in the ribs is a must. In fact, you’ll need two roars here - one that says the lad on the ground is the worst actor since De Niro tried comedy and another conveying the need for the birch to be brought back to deal with the brute standing over him. Actually, come to think of it, you’ll need three more on top - one for a yellow card, one for a red and one for the cop-out yellow apiece.

And let’s not by coy about it. We’re all grown-ups here, realists in all things. There’ll have to be some boo buttons too. The championship won’t be complete without the righteous anger of the Hill 16 purists who will accept the ball being passed backwards only if Ciarán Kilkenny does it. Or the howls of the Kilkenny cognoscenti who have blind-eyed 20 years of Brian Cody coursing referees but by God they won’t be putting up with Davy Fitz’s oul’ shite on the line.

It’s not all noise, either. There’s plenty of nuance in the silence of a GAA crowd too. There’s the quiet of the 20th minute in an Ulster football game, with two teams looking at each other across the Clones grass with nothing to say, like a bad first date.

And if you have a button for that, you’re going to need one for the last 60 minutes of a Dublin game in Leinster. Indeed, this year’s Leinster football final is likely to be the only fixture in world sport where the crowd will actually be louder than it was in the 2019 equivalent, due to the stamping of feet we’ll need to do to keep warm as another massacre is played out before us.

Five weeks, lads and lassies. If there aren’t whole departments in RTÉ and Sky beavering away on this already, Croke Park need to have a word.

[Bisto]

What happened back then after finals ? Was there pints after and the Monday or was it more conservative, Lads went home and got on with it.

[Bisto]

Mun subs were doing some shouting during the game… Cheering boden wides and the like… Hard to warm to them…

[Fagan_ODowd]

No as far as I can remember there was pints Monday and Tuesday. Clontarfs only county final.

[peddlerscross]

The Mun are iconic. 3 or 4 absolute hall of famers in their team…

James McCarthy is probably the best footballer of all time and doesn’t need to do the media game to prove anything. Deano could arguably charge more for his kicking sessions. Absolute baller.

[Bisto]

Agreed. But neither were subs or in entourage .

[myboyblue]

@peddlerscross

Deano

Weirdo

[blackjack]

Christ, thats some dung

[Raylan]

[Ashman]

There was I thinking the Eoin Kelly debate was - Tipp or Waterford

[Jahan]

Saturday 17 October
All-Ireland U20 Football semi-final: Dublin v Tyrone, 2pm - TG4

All-Ireland U20 Football semi-final: Kerry v Galway, 4pm - TG4

Division 2 Allianz Football League: Armagh v Roscommon, 5.30pm - RTE

Division 1 Allianz Football League: Dublin v Meath, 7pm - Eir Sport 1

Sunday 18 October
Division 1 Allianz Football League: Galway v Mayo, 2pm - TG4

Division 1 Allianz Football League:: Donegal v Tyrone, 4pm - TG4

GAAGO for a cost of €5 each
Saturday 17 October
Div 4 Football - Wicklow v Antrim, Aughrim 12.30pm

Div 1 Football - Monaghan v Kerry, Inishkeen 2pm

[Copper_pipe]

Cc @Julio_Geordio

[Julio_Geordio]

It’ll pay for itself yet

[Copper_pipe]

GAA 1: Wicklow x Antrim 12:15pm
GAA 1: Cork x Louth 3:45pm
GAA 1: Dublin x Meath 6:15pm
GAA 2: Monaghan x Kerry 1:45pm
GAA 2: Down x Leitrim 3:45pm
GAA 3: Westmeath x Laois 1:45pm
GAA 3: Derry x Longford 4:15pm
GAA 4: Dublin U20 x Tyrone U20 1:30pm
GAA 4: Carlow x Sligo 4:45pm
GAA 5: Galway U20 x Kerry U20 3:25pm
GAA 6: Armagh x Roscommon 5:00pm

[peddlerscross]

Can this GAAGO be got on a Sky box or do you have to connect up a laptop to watch?

[Copper_pipe]

Gaago 1: Clare x Fermanagh 12:45pm
Gaago 1: Donegal x Tyrone 3:30pm
Gaago 2: Antrim x Kerry 1:15pm
Gaago 3: Sligo x Leitrim 1:15pm
Gaago 4: Tipperary x Offaly 1:45pm
Gaago 5: Down x Derry 1:45pm
Gaago 6: Galway x Mayo 1:15pm
Gaago 7: Kildare x Cavan 1:45pm
Gaago 8: Limerick x Wexford 2:45pm