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By: silver45

silver45 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:18:51 +0000

Considering we in Ireland have been exposed to all kinds of punditry from the sensible and intelligent of the la liga coverage contributors like graham hunter to the bland of the bbc like alan shearer or the controlled “contributions ” of those who sit on the sky premier league sofas,how would english viewers respond to the irish style of no nonsense punditry ala Dunphy/Giles

By: Gav Reilly

Gav Reilly — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:10:56 +0000

I think I might watch the RTE commentary and the British analysis for the lesser games, and then swap around for the bigger ones (RTE analysis, BBC/ITV commentary).

Much as I like Richie Sadlier I won’t be that bothered about listening to him try to make sense of the likes of Uruguay v Mexico – but when it gets to the bigger games, I don’t feel the British panellists can be trusted to be stay impartial or to read the game from a total unbiased standpoint. For the big England moments, I’m going to want to hear the commentary in exactly the same way I’ll hear it on those best of TV shows years from now – but I’ll want Giles and Dunphy rightfully tearing them apart afterwards. :)

We’re lucky in Ireland that we have a punditry culture that doesn’t pull its punches!

By: Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:47:46 +0000

ITV’s lineup is pretty awful

By: Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:08:48 +0000

Chiles is on ITV!

By: Kevyn Doran

Kevyn Doran — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:52:21 +0000

I’ll probably watch ITV for the actual live commentary, and switch over to RTE for the punditry. I’ll be avoiding BBC as I’m not a huge fan of Chiles. He’s tolerable in a review show such as MOTD2, but even then I find him quite annoying.

By: Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:29:21 +0000

Ah. Hope you like, last post for a while from me!

It’s a real pity the Brits don’t have access to RTE’s coverage, they’d have their eyes opened by the no restrictions of Dunphy and co.

By: Richard Chambers

Richard Chambers — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:24:39 +0000

I think a good mix of all three will be in order.

RTÉ – Not totally concerned with England, entertaining panelists.

BBC – Some terrific guests – Klinsmann and Seedorf in particular.

ITV – Adrian Chiles.