How did the TV show perform ratings wise? I hope to fuck its binned and McDevitt drops those 2 fuckwits and has the balls to try and start a solo career.
Unfortunately sport coverage in this country, as typified by this show, has morphed into the showbiz industry. All about getting as many cheap laughs as possible now to convince people they are having a great time rather than actual incisive or interesting sports coverage.
Shows like Off the Ball seem to be aimed at the 12 pubs of Christmas jumper wearing cretins rather than hardcore, genuine supporters who actual go to matches and want more than to merely see Shane “Cake” Curran in a bath tub or trying to make media personalities out of absolute no marks like that Murph gimp. All about getting as many retweets as possible or get it trending on twitter. Fuck the actual sporting coverage itself, we’ll try and polish a turd and the gormless apes who seem ten-a-penny in society today (your average Joe.ie and balls.ie reader) will absolutely lap it up. It’s just sad really. Classic case of the emperor has no clothes.
McDevitt could save The Sunday Gsme if he took over from Des Cahill. Unfortunately he seems joined at the hip to those other degenerates on the show.
Wrong thread, dodgy.
Apologies Harry, I just needed to vent.
Have a good weekend.
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Shows like Off the Ball seem to be aimed at the 12 pubs of Christmas jumper wearing cretins rather than hardcore, genuine supporters who actual go to matches and want more than to merely see Shane “Cake” Curran in a bath tub or trying to make media personalities out of absolute no marks like that Murph gimp. All about getting as many retweets as possible or get it trending on twitter. Fuck the actual sporting coverage itself, we’ll try and polish a turd and the gormless apes who seem ten-a-penny in society today (your average Joe.ie and balls.ie reader) will absolutely lap it up. It’s just sad really. Classic case of the emperor has no clothes…[/QUOTE]
So now we are getting rightly down to the crux of it. You are a club GAA hipster. Because you attend on average 13 club games a week, flagged cheerily with your trademark " just back from…" In case we were in any doubt at all what a martyr for the sport you are. I’d say you were one sickening bastard to listen to when Bruff were going well in the rugby " just back from Killballyowen" … Of course that got a bit too popular as well then and you turned your heel against rugby and back to the hurling. God help us if Limerick ever won the all ireland it would ruin GAA for you too. Of course you have the ground laid for that bail out already with your " just back from Jackman park…" wankology
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Rough night Dan?
Hold on a second carter, you degenerate prick (although I’d admire your ability to write semi coherently considering you were probably drinking cans in a park somewhere up to an hour ago.)
- never been to Bruff rugby football club. And never will either.
- have never gone to 13 club matches in a weekend. On a good weekend I would get to 2/3 which is the same as many others I would imagine.
- the “just back from …” line is a running joke. Same as the way others on here mention scoring all their teams points in a county final, the way others go on about how they’d give Venus or Serena Williams one or how others still ask if the Moran’s are related to the Kelly’s of Mullinshone. Fairly harmless stuff but I’ve clearly rattled you. As lapsed poster @myboyblue would say, you are clearly seething pal.
You going to Ravenhill today? If so enjoy your day out waving your little flag you jumped up, pretentious bank vault riding little wanker.
Aboy the Dan, It’s about time someone called him out on it…
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[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 1136710, member: 1552”]Hold on a second carter, you degenerate prick (although I’d admire your ability to write semi coherently considering you were probably drinking cans in a park somewhere up to an hour ago.)
- never been to Bruff rugby football club. And never will either.
- have never gone to 13 club matches in a weekend. On a good weekend I would get to 2/3 which is the same as many others I would imagine.
- the “just back from …” line is a running joke. Same as the way others on here mention scoring all their teams points in a county final, the way others go on about how they’d give Venus or Serena Williams one or how others still ask if the Moran’s are related to the Kelly’s of Mullinshone. Fairly harmless stuff but I’ve clearly rattled you. As lapsed poster @myboyblue would say, you are clearly seething pal.
You going to Ravenhill today? If so enjoy your day out waving your little flag you jumped up, pretentious bank vault riding little wanker.[/QUOTE]
Carter is a cunt.
[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 1136710, member: 1552”]Hold on a second carter
- the “just back from …” line is a running joke, Same as the way others go on about how they’d give Venus or Serena Williams one [/QUOTE]
Ah come off it. That sick cunt @glasagusban is deadly serious about riding those mutant sisters.
Nah boy, baby duty!! I’d a days work done when I posted that
[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 1136710, member: 1552”]Hold on a second carter, you degenerate prick (although I’d admire your ability to write semi coherently considering you were probably drinking cans in a park somewhere up to an hour ago.)
- never been to Bruff rugby football club. And never will either.
- have never gone to 13 club matches in a weekend. On a good weekend I would get to 2/3 which is the same as many others I would imagine.
- the “just back from …” line is a running joke. Same as the way others on here mention scoring all their teams points in a county final, the way others go on about how they’d give Venus or Serena Williams one or how others still ask if the Moran’s are related to the Kelly’s of Mullinshone. Fairly harmless stuff but I’ve clearly rattled you. As lapsed poster @myboyblue would say, you are clearly seething pal.
You going to Ravenhill today? If so enjoy your day out waving your little flag you jumped up, pretentious bank vault riding little wanker.[/QUOTE]
When your explaining your losing kid!!!
So you never went over the road to see any of your club mates playing for Bruff?
A good sports show needs to be educational so you come away knowing something more than you did before you watched it. i have said before but the radio show was good because of some good phone interviews which you cannot really do* and availability of guests is limited but not so limited as to wheel out same rugby lads and Sadlier every week.
- or maybe you can do video interviews like current affairs shows do
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lapsed poster @myboyblue .[/QUOTE]
When did this happen?
[QUOTE=“dodgy-keeper, post: 1136431, member: 1552”]Unfortunately sport coverage in this country, as typified by this show, has morphed into the showbiz industry. All about getting as many cheap laughs as possible now to convince people they are having a great time rather than actual incisive or interesting sports coverage.
Shows like Off the Ball seem to be aimed at the 12 pubs of Christmas jumper wearing cretins rather than hardcore, genuine supporters who actual go to matches and want more than to merely see Shane “Cake” Curran in a bath tub or trying to make media personalities out of absolute no marks like that Murph gimp. All about getting as many retweets as possible or get it trending on twitter. Fuck the actual sporting coverage itself, we’ll try and polish a turd and the gormless apes who seem ten-a-penny in society today (your average Joe.ie and balls.ie reader) will absolutely lap it up. It’s just sad really. Classic case of the emperor has no clothes.
McDevitt could save The Sunday Gsme if he took over from Des Cahill. Unfortunately he seems joined at the hip to those other degenerates on the show.[/QUOTE]
The audience for a serious sports show with fellas discussing systems and stats would be minuscule. The best sporting shows in other countries are lighthearted too. Name me one on a non sports channel that’s not.
That’s the attitude of programme producers and commissioners that gives us the dross. Lowest common denominator shite. Not about systems and stats per se but a level of analysis and explanatation
Look it’s about ratings. What serious analysis and explanation show has been a big hit on mainstream TV anywhere? Not enough people are interested in it unfortunately.
Sky Sports have done a wonderful job of F1 since they took over from the BBC. They mix the lighthearted with in depth analysis brilliantly imo.
People seem to cream themselves over the hour before the Monday night 8pm kick off on Sky Sports when Neville and Carragher analyse the key moments from the weekend’s games. They stand up in front of a big screen and show clips, break down how goals were created, explain how different tactics were utilised etc. Plot out formations on screen and all that shite.
Cusack tried to do stuff of that nature on the Sunday night show in his first year on The Sunday Game (e.g. showing how Clare were using Podge Collins etc) but there wasn’t enough time to delve deeply into it as they had to show full highlights of all games.
I think a 1-hour show like this would be well received on a Monday night. Take it as a given that people know the results and have seen the full highlights show the night before and whatever live matches were broadcast.
Just have a proper analysis of key moments and pointing out tactics/strategy and how teams might adapt for upcoming games. There’d still be enough match excerpts to avoid it being too much of a round table discussion but I think there’s certainly an appetite for more in depth analysis than “Waterford were very hungry today, weren’t they Tomás?” type bland old shite.
[QUOTE=“Bandage, post: 1137063, member: 9”]People seem to cream themselves over the hour before the Monday night 8pm kick off on Sky Sports when Neville and Carragher analyse the key moments from the weekend’s games. They stand up in front of a big screen and show clips, break down how goals were created, explain how different tactics were utilised etc. Plot out formations on screen and all that shite.
Cusack tried to do stuff of that nature on the Sunday night show in his first year on The Sunday Game (e.g. showing how Clare were using Podge Collins etc) but there wasn’t enough time to delve deeply into it as they had to show full highlights of all games.
I think a 1-hour show like this would be well received on a Monday night. Take it as a given that people know the results and have seen the full highlights show the night before and whatever live matches were broadcast.
Just have a proper analysis of key moments and pointing out tactics/strategy and how teams might adapt for upcoming games. There’d still be enough match excerpts to avoid it being too much of a round table discussion but I think there’s certainly an appetite for more in depth analysis than “Waterford were very hungry today, weren’t they Tomás?” type bland old shite.[/QUOTE]
I’d love to see that too but not enough people would id say. Sky sports can do it as their aiming exclusively at people who are by definition big sports fans as they’ve paid for subscriptions. Ratings don’t matter as much to them.
Outside internet message boards most sports fans are casual. How often do you hear people bemoaning the fact that there’s any analysis at all on the likes of the Sunday game. ‘Just show the matches for fucks sake’.
Even the ones you point out like carragher and Neville who take themselves really seriously and do po-faced in-depth analysis doesn’t seem to be popular on TFK which definitely has a far bigger proportion of sports nerds than the general population