That was then: Former The Sunday Game presenter Michael Lyster with former football panellists Joe Brolly, Colm O’Rourke and Pat Spillane
But it was watchable as hell. Even as its most ridiculous, it was colourful. A firebrand getting hot under the collar could turn the blandest of events into a national conversation. Even if you really, really wanted to, it could be all but impossible to ignore them. They were ratings gold.
A wonderfully evocative clip framed on the GAA’s opportunity for “a chance to be great” spanned the decades, from a doleful Dev dolefully peering out from the Hogan stand to David Clifford in his pomp, and a voiceover channelling Bowie and “a chance to be great, just for a single moment.” RTÉ pundit Donal Lenihan's understated excellence shows that charismatic fire-starters are not a prerequisite for informative and entertaining TV. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho
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