Joe Brolly has once again aired his grievances with RTE over how their pundits discuss games compared to what in his view was its heyday in years past.
He made the comments while speaking with Tomás O'Sé, a former RTE pundit himself, while appearing on the Kerry legend's podcast Comhrá Le Tomás.
Brolly didn't pull any punches when asked for his view on the national broadcaster's coverage.
He said: “When I started on the television it was great fun. You had freedom and independence.. You were treated with respect and you could go there and it was most enjoyable.
“Then, obviously things changed from the top and it was a very different set-up then. You were like schoolchildren being sent texts and being told what to do.
“And now, it’s like a f****ng morgue and they are set on podiums. This podium thing. What are they going to do? A party political broadcast? It's more boring than the news now.
“There’s no sense from RTE now that this is supposed to be entertainment and makes people talk about it on a Monday morning. I genuinely mean that and I don’t think there is anybody who thinks that.
“I feel sorry for the pundits and everyone involved. Des Cahill said it. He said the fun is all gone out of it. It’s not the same anymore and where is the debate and the passion.
“At the end of the day, this is our recreation and our love. We talk about games and we want honest responses to it.”
What he is alluding to when he mentions Des Cahill acknowledging the show's flaws are the presenter's comments from earlier this month where he expressed 'frustration' among the wider staff that it has become tougher and tougher to succinctly cram in highlights from so many games in a more condensed Championship.
Cahill also rued that, as a result, there's no longer the same room for spontaneity or having the craic during the broadcast.
Going back to Brolly once more, the Derry native wasn't finished there. He also issued a damning verdict of some of RTE's newer pundits.
"It’s very formulaic and they are not talking about the bigger picture or things that are interesting.
“I think there is a fundamental thing here, you shouldn’t be getting people to come on the TV if they are no good on the TV.
“If it is someone who is usually really boring in real life.. I mean what sort of criteria is that? I think that is the problem. You have a structure and approach that is the opposite of entertainment.”
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