Originally posted by Bicycle Kick:
It just wouldn't be a sports homecoming without Des mumbling into a microphone. What a national institution he is.

Originally posted by Bicycle Kick:
It just wouldn't be a sports homecoming without Des mumbling into a microphone. What a national institution he is.

This message has been edited - 14-aug-2012 @ 07:56

Originally posted by theface2010:
How he has landed TSG gig I do not understand-he is barely legible and that simple, almost stroke like perma-grin he has slapped across his face is very punchable.

Originally posted by scelp:
We have a massive amount of posts on this forum with scathing criticism of commentators and presenters: Marty, Des Cahill, Ger Canning, Jimmy Magee, Ryle Nugent, Brian Carthy, the basketball guy, commentaries in Irish.......etc etc.
Ye have seriously high standards lads and what I would like to know is: are there any good commentators who pass yeer high standards and how many of ye have done it at a high level yerselves?
Any top top commentators ye have heard at all lads???

Originally posted by scelp:
We have a massive amount of posts on this forum with scathing criticism of commentators and presenters: Marty, Des Cahill, Ger Canning, Jimmy Magee, Ryle Nugent, Brian Carthy, the basketball guy, commentaries in Irish.......etc etc.
Ye have seriously high standards lads and what I would like to know is: are there any good commentators who pass yeer high standards and how many of ye have done it at a high level yerselves?
Any top top commentators ye have heard at all lads???

Originally posted by scelp:
We have a massive amount of posts on this forum with scathing criticism of commentators and presenters: Marty, Des Cahill, Ger Canning, Jimmy Magee, Ryle Nugent, Brian Carthy, the basketball guy, commentaries in Irish.......etc etc.
Ye have seriously high standards lads and what I would like to know is: are there any good commentators who pass yeer high standards and how many of ye have done it at a high level yerselves?
Any top top commentators ye have heard at all lads???

Originally posted by Hitch:
Do ya not like his face face?

Originally posted by Jimmy Conway:
Scelp a lot of the criticism levelled at these guys is fair. Getting basic facts wrong is just bad preparation and lazy research due to the fact that these guys know they have the gig regardless - it is actually one of the main faults of the wider public service but thats a more expansive argument. Ger Canning for instance makes mistakes week in week out. I wonder is he pulled in for review ever now and then and have these things pointed out to him? (No is the answer to that I would think). There is nothing wrong with accent or style, I don't expect them to be robotic but I do expect them to know one intercounty player from the other. Another example is once they learn a particular ''fact'' about a player they feel the need to to remind us of it every week. We don't need that thanks.
I'm sure most of us critics of them would be brutal commentators but that doesn't mean we can't assess those who are.

Originally posted by carryharry:
Darragh Maloney.

Originally posted by Bicycle Kick:
It just wouldn't be a sports homecoming without Des mumbling into a microphone. What a national institution he is.

Originally posted by Taxi Driver:
I agree

Originally posted by theface2010:
I think Darragh Maloney is quite good as is Daire O'Brien-hard to think of anyone else who works for RTE.

Originally posted by stones_off:
I hate those two more than anybody.Daire O'Brien ruined my Olympics with his sarcastic round up every evening. Maloney isn't too bad, but makes way too many mistakes.

Originally posted by 100percent:
I get sick into my hands every time I see Daire O'Brien on TV. A sleevin fµcker of the highest order. The strokes that b0llix has pulled, he shouldn't be allowed on national TV, bar for his own hanging.

Originally posted by Kobe Shefflin:
Timmy McCarthy should be gotten for more GAA matches. A poster put up a video of him commentating on a Limerick Waterford game a few years ago, really solid. Slightly more toned down from his legendary basketball commentating, but enthusiastic, knowledgeable and entertaining. Give Ger the boot, it's Timmy Time!