New Posts For Thread: RTE Olympic coverage on fridayhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-fridayWhy are they showing swimming when the TRACK events have started?I guess some will watch RTE out of some sort of nationalistic fervour, and to be fair a genuine interest in the Irish athletes, but it really is woeful compared to the BBC. We can't really compare like for like. If we had access to the home TV statiohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522596415#522596415I guess some will watch RTE out of some sort of nationalistic fervour, and to be fair a genuine interest in the Irish athletes, but it really is woeful compared to the BBC. We can't really compare like for like. If we had access to the home TV statioSat, 04 Aug 2012 03:42:08 -0500cant agree on that giant , our lads on the boxing ..i.e. mick dowling are magnificent , thoughtful , concise , knowledgeable , carruth , is improving eveytime i see him....now commentator jimmy IS from another era....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522596369#522596369cant agree on that giant , our lads on the boxing ..i.e. mick dowling are magnificent , thoughtful , concise , knowledgeable , carruth , is improving eveytime i see him....now commentator jimmy IS from another era....Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:40:21 -0500Genuinely, why would anyone with a choice watch the games on RTE!? BBCi is simply the only place to watch. RTE belongs to a bygone era.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522595025#522595025Genuinely, why would anyone with a choice watch the games on RTE!? BBCi is simply the only place to watch. RTE belongs to a bygone era.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:52:54 -0500It's obvious that a lot of the presenters haven't a clue what they are talking about.I watched the Women's 10k tonight and George Hamilton started going on about the peloton. Granted, the only way the Irish girl could have kept up with the Africans whttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522588559#522588559It's obvious that a lot of the presenters haven't a clue what they are talking about.I watched the Women's 10k tonight and George Hamilton started going on about the peloton. Granted, the only way the Irish girl could have kept up with the Africans wFri, 03 Aug 2012 19:23:56 -0500disagree, swimming finals shuda been shown tonight live over track heatshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522587879#522587879disagree, swimming finals shuda been shown tonight live over track heatsFri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:59 -0500I have large problems with their at times amateurish coverage + why is it inserted into the evening TV news? It's sport - not 'news' and it's worthy I believe of a dedicated sports prog of its own - why is it 'news'. It's only 'news' if the main TVhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522572007#522572007I have large problems with their at times amateurish coverage + why is it inserted into the evening TV news? It's sport - not 'news' and it's worthy I believe of a dedicated sports prog of its own - why is it 'news'. It's only 'news' if the main TVFri, 03 Aug 2012 11:29:21 -0500A fair few of the 400000 unemployed are working.............https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522563975#522563975A fair few of the 400000 unemployed are working.............Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:15:06 -0500They probably want to show us all our swimmers doing so well! Somethings RTE do well however even Jimmy Magee had Darren ONeill winning the first round yesterday. That is the man who has been to 100,000 Olympic games. Just imagine how much the Irishhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522563883#522563883They probably want to show us all our swimmers doing so well! Somethings RTE do well however even Jimmy Magee had Darren ONeill winning the first round yesterday. That is the man who has been to 100,000 Olympic games. Just imagine how much the IrishFri, 03 Aug 2012 08:12:10 -0500ex 2fm dj's...https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522559671#522559671ex 2fm dj's...Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:16:56 -0500peter collins just said :"now lets go over to the 100 mens metre hurdles....it's 400!!!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29267193/rte-olympic-coverage-on-friday?post_id=522559655#522559655peter collins just said :"now lets go over to the 100 mens metre hurdles....it's 400!!!Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:16:24 -0500