Soccer Republic

There`s something not quite right about SR this season. There`s a sameness there based on a MOTD formula, with a presenter and his two panellists. I had hoped RTE could be more inventive/creative and given us a more exciting highlights package.

Finally back available outside of Ireland, but sounds like im not missing much.

They need to kill off that song for ireland crap. Shocking stuff.

They were on to something with the Euro highlights down through the years but what feckin' relevance has karel poborsky's chip in '96 to anything?...they could do a few minutes highlights each week of each tournament with a few goals and clip of the final etc. Thought it ended up looking amateuerish in the end.

There isn't much in the programme that will make the casual observer keep coming back. That and the lateness of the hour too.

Find it hard to watch the full show. watch it in patches most weeks

thebronze14 wrote: They talked about the Galway/Cork game being one of the best of the season so far and then proceeding to show the goals with no replays and very little else

Anyone but Peter f**king Collins. There is more life in Billo now.

Lads, SR is a work in progress and you can be quite sure that your comments are being keenly taken on board by the production crew.

Xpro wrote: Lads, SR is a work in progress and you can be quite sure that your comments are being keenly taken on board by the production crew. Personally I think the studio set-up is too stiff and formal and drenched in severe lighting. What about a more informal setting, where the anchor, Collins, and his panellists are lounging about on sofas under subdued lighting? They`re seen watching a large screen in the corner of a sittingroom and make brief comments at the end of each clip of match highlights? As it stands, SR is little more than a poor man`s version of MOTD, without the multi-camera angles. The editing should focus on the more populated areas of the ground and give the casual viewer a sense that maybe a domestic game might be worth checking out. When the cameraman`s lens lingers on rows of empty seats at Longford, say, what message is that sending out to the curious viewer?

Do the panellists get to see more of the games, or do they just see the highlights that we do?

You're right that the show could be more relaxed, but if the panellists are limited to, "that was a nice goal", or "the ref got it wrong there" then what's the point really?

Having a panel for a live game is a must, but I'm not sure that one is needed for Soccer Republic. 

They should make better use of those guys.

Instead of the analysis stuff, have them do ten/ fifteen minute slots about football across the country. Club profiles involving Premier, First Divison, provincial clubs and famous school boy clubs. Meet the people behind the scenes, e.g. owners, fans etc.

Derby game profiles. Cawley did something like this for the Bohs v Rovers game. Less animalistic talk though. A bit more about players to watch, the history, famous games, goals etc.

Keeping up with players who've moved abroad. Not just phoning them but going over to see how players like Forrester and Towell etc are getting on.

As well as that you can profile League of Ireland in Europe, Cup Finals, up coming Ireland games, great Irish performances from the past. Legends or forgotten players. League of Ireland players who wore the green shirt. FAI's plans to do with player development etc.

And you can keep it relevant to what may be happening in the league. Someone scores an overhead, so that might prompt a bit about the history of this skill, and what are the greatest goals scored by League of Ireland teams.


Edited by Terzino - 25 Apr 2016 at 2:39pm