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#91

General discussion / Re: Boxing Thread

Last post by square_ball - Today at 08:32:42 AM

I think a lot of you lads are judging the overall fight on that 1 round in the 9th and then thinking Usyk should be winning comfortably. Looking at those scorecards they look fair enough imo. Fury had plenty of success in the middle rounds, Usyk done well at the start and end and then a few rounds hard enough to score.

Carl Frampton had it 6 rounds each and then with the knockdown Usyk wins 114-113. Though I agree with the above it Fury could/should have been stopped by the ref in the 9th. Seen fights stopped for less.

#92

General discussion / Re: Boxing Thread

Last post by Nanderson - Today at 08:30:58 AM

Boxing is strange in that nobody knows the score during the fight.  They have to wait to the end.

That lends itself to some 'dodgy' scores and results.

In all of sports, boxing, at all levels, seems to be plaqued by dodgy decisions etc. Moreso than any other sport.

Would it be better if half way through the match they announced the scores so then one fighter knows they have to go for it and the other knows they have to box smart

#93

General discussion / Re: Boxing Thread

Last post by marty34 - Today at 08:10:54 AM

Boxing is strange in that nobody knows the score during the fight.  They have to wait to the end.

That lends itself to some 'dodgy' scores and results.

In all of sports, boxing, at all levels, seems to be plaqued by dodgy decisions etc. Moreso than any other sport.

#94

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by p3427977 - Today at 08:02:16 AM

Some nonsense being talked by the usual suspects. I'm with Keyser on this one. We battled well considering the circumstances. We'll be fine come preliminary quarters onwards.

I agree.

#95

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by Walter Cronc - Today at 07:50:32 AM

Some nonsense being talked by the usual suspects. I'm with Keyser on this one. We battled well considering the circumstances. We'll be fine come preliminary quarters onwards.

#96

General discussion / Re: FAI...June 2024 Friendlies...

Last post by Jell 0 Biafra - Today at 05:06:42 AM

Is O'Shea interested in having the job long term, or is he just filling in?

#97

GAA Discussion / Re: GaaGo

Last post by onefineday - Today at 05:00:01 AM

I'm really not impressed with the technical aspects of gaago - the whole streaming malarkey is yet another reason why this is an ill conceived idea doomed to failure.

Another gripe, we're paying for subscription, why are there ads in there too??

sky sports and tnt sports have adverts and they're a subscription service, it's not a new thing, it's the way of the world of TV/streaming, dont think it's a big issue.

If gaago is doomed to failure as you think, who shows the games they are currently showing? There's 3 games on gaago this evening, there's no way rte commits to that sort of coverage.

Exactly. The games just wouldn't be shown. RTÉ is a national broadcaster not a sports offering and can't just show back to back games or games on several channels at once when it only really has two.

I do think it may potentially fail as it isn't actually that expensive and I do wonder how much they get and how much they make.

The point was that the package should have been made available to another broadcaster. Sky packages were for upwards of 20 games in addition to whatever rte was showing. They had a far greater potential audience than gaago (not that we want more people to see horror show from salthill this evening) and the quality could potentially be HD ot whatever makes it look good on my tv.

I've no issue with them selling the rights to every other fixture to clubber or some of the other streamers to generated additional revenues, but the current model has taken a large chunk of the best games off our screens onto a finicky platform that's subscription only and can only be accessed by someone who goes looking for it.

Casual viewers are lost, promotional opportunities are lost, the GAA becomes less mainstream, more niche and to top it off, as you suggest, they may even be making less money from the whole exercise.
I've said before on here, I'll be very interested in seeing the financials when they appear, the rte element means we'll probably get more insight into them than the GAA usually provides with its numbers and it should quickly become apparent whether or not this is more financially attractive than the risk free option of simply selling a package to a broadcaster.

#98

GAA Discussion / Re: GaaGo

Last post by onefineday - Today at 04:35:12 AM

I'm really not impressed with the technical aspects of gaago - the whole streaming malarkey is yet another reason why this is an ill conceived idea doomed to failure.

Another gripe, we're paying for subscription, why are there ads in there too??

Sure you pay for Sky as well (or you're meant to) and they have ads as well.
I have no issue with ads if its used to reduce subscription costs

Sky is a tv channel offering multiple sports on a high quality viewing platform. Gaago is a dedicated platform for watching a limited number of events on a technically limited basis.
Maybe it was my setup, I was watching using the gaago app and casting to a Chromecast hd, but the quality was a poor substitute for what we've become accustomed to on tv channels.

#99

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by onefineday - Today at 04:25:15 AM

Thought Hartes comments after the game were a disgrace. Said he didn't see mckinless incident , but then proceeded to accuse Comer of making a meal of it and theatrics.
It was as  blatant a red card as seen at a game & it more or less ended Comers involvement in the game. McKinless deserves a lengthy ban for it

Comer 100% made a meal of the initial free obviously not of the stamp.

I didn't see the stamp at first and I'm sure Harte hadn't seen footage by the time he was interviewed either!

Are you serious? It took him out of the game. He hobbled around for 10 mins, took a painkilling injection at half time and went off because he couldn't move soon after. It might've derailed his season

Scandalous comments from Harte really

Too many people are taking the red card as if it's an isolated result. "changed the game", or "Derry performed well with 14"

It took Galway's best player out of the game. If you offered Joyce the option of keeping Comer fit and in the game and leaving Derry with 15 players I'm fairly sure he'd have taken it

On the stamp, absolutely disgraceful and can't be condoned, but just curious if that was comer's injury that has limited him most of the year until now? In other words, was it a targeting of a known injury like the incident with Sean Kelly v Mayo last year?

#100

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by onefineday - Today at 04:16:51 AM

Silly, but not unexpected behaviour from Mc Kinless.  Let his team mates down badly. Derry needed to start the game well and stay in the game but in reality, the game was over with the deserved red card.

Previous to that, Derry's shooting was brutal. How many did they kick into the keeper's hands? It's shocking at that level. Do they not do shooting at training? - doesn't look like it from today's show.

No Derry goals today and never really created any good chances. Derry scored goals for fun during league. That threat seems, for whatever reason, to be gone currently. 

Since the league final, Derry's momentum has tailed away significantly. After the long break, I'd expect them to be bursting the doors down to rectify the Donegal performance but I'd be really disappointed.  They looked very average and disjointed.

Obviously a few players were injured but lack of championship experience on the bench was telling. The panel must be very light. 

Why were so many let go and why were U20's brought in?

The whole performance reminded me of what we had to endure from about 2012 until 2018. No pace, no dynamism, no invention.

The result was no surprise, the stories floating around of injuries and players leaving the panel pointed to a dilution of the bond these lads seem to have had since Gallagher took over - probably forged over the multiple maniacal sessions he put them through. Discipline was shocking today, is this indicative of discontent on the camp? Someone mentioned the training camp in the sun, was that the catalyst for some of this, was there a limit on numbers who could travel or something of that nature?

The lack of goal threat the last 2 games has been particularly notable, Derry has been built on goals for the last 3 years, the oxygen goals and chances have given the team has spurred them on, built confidence and kept their high octane football mostly on the front foot.

This performance was just insipid, uninspiring, the game was poor quality and not much of a spectacle, Galway weren't great and are still a long way off their potential peak, Walsh was barely in the game (once again), Comer hadn't done much prior to the disgraceful stamping incident, Kelly also a long way off what he's capable of.

Harte's post match interview was laughable, good performance, heartened by the efforts, theatrics, didn't see it etc....
He'd have been better off refusing to talk to them rather than spew that drivel.
All is not lost, we need the team leaders to take control and set examples, mckaigue, Rodgers, Glass, McGuigan et al, they're bound to be hurting. If we can get McEvoy and Doherty back then maybe we can recapture something for Armagh's visit and get a performance more reminiscent of what we've been accustomed to for the last couple of years. Score difference may well make winning the group a big ask from here, but we can still finish second and salvage some championship pride from the season.