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[ # ] Good Start for TV3’s Live Championship Coverage
June 3rd, 2008

TV3 debuted their live championship coverage at the weekend with the Clare v Waterford game and it was a pretty decent start. Matt Cooper presented from the studio with Liam Griffin, Jamsie O’Connor and Daithi Reagan all providing good analysis. Mike Finnerty was on the commentary with Nicky English assisting him.

I thought Nicky was very good, rather than just repeating what the commentator said he picked up on good bits of play or assists that led to scores and was insightful in his remarks, plus he gave the man of the match to a guy from the losing team, not always an easy choice.

Studio, cameras and information graphics were all good although the main camera seemed a bit too far from the action at times making it difficult to identify players. Nice to see some new stats in their graphics with them tracking things like hooks and passes for the players.

A change is always good and RTEs coverage can get a bit stale, with the same old guys repeating the same old mantra time and again. However TV3 only have one more hurling game to show, the Leinster final, so it’ll be back to Michael Lyster and the boys for the rest of the summer.

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[ # 5154 ] Pingback from Mind That Bus What Bus Splat! « Come on the Déise [June 3, 2008, 4:35 pm]

[...] to put the ball over the bar if they were playing fifteen dustbins. Midway through the first half, Mike Finnerty waxed lyrical about Clare’s policy of shooting on sight. This is A Bad Thing in hurling terms [...]

[ # 5156 ] Comment from Tones [June 3, 2008, 8:39 pm]

I thought Nicky English was drab and boring

[ # 5160 ] Comment from larry [June 4, 2008, 8:43 am]

He doesn’t sound very exciting - a la Andy Gray on Sky - but he makes good observations unlike Mr Gray. I suppose it’s a trade off between someone who knows what they’re talking about and someone who can add a bit of verve.
Probably hard to find an Irish person right for it

[ # 5206 ] Comment from stevo [June 10, 2008, 9:06 am]

about 5 metres behind the ball on occasions, need alot of practise to reach camera work levels of RTE or TG4.
Commmentry was not great or analysis, but not desperate either

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