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		<title>Après Match 2008</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing that always brightens up RTÉ&#8216;s coverage of the big fitba&#8217; tournaments, it&#8217;s the Après Match team&#8217;s piss-takes of the Irish TV pundits, which are usually shown at the end of the live coverage or highlights programmes. They remind me a lot of the early Only an Excuse? sketches from back home. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there&#8217;s one thing that always brightens up <a href="http://www.rte.ie">RTÉ</a>&#8216;s coverage of the big fitba&#8217; tournaments, it&#8217;s the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Après_Match">Après Match</a> team&#8217;s piss-takes of the Irish TV pundits, which are usually shown at the end of the live coverage or highlights programmes.  They remind me a lot of the early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_an_Excuse%3F">Only an Excuse?</a> sketches from back home.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d missed most of AM&#8217;s <a href="http://en.euro2008.uefa.com">Euro 2008</a> efforts so far, so I was happy to find out tonight that they&#8217;re <a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/euro2008/mediaplayer.html?apresmatch">online here</a>[1].  I presume the site will be updated as they do more throughout the tournament.</p>
<p>Naturally they&#8217;re much funnier if you&#8217;re familiar with the Irish TV stations&#8217; football coverage, although the targets include the likes of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Souness">Graeme Souness</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Brady">Liam Brady</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stapleton">Frank Stapleton</a> who are familiar enough to viewers in the UK and elsewhere.  That said, they actually started with a <a href="http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/228-2384358-512-288.smil">Sky Sports send-up</a> this year—just a pity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooke">Gary Cooke</a>&#8216;s impression of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gray_(commentator)">Andy Gray</a> is one of the poorest I&#8217;ve heard any of them do, especially as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risteárd_Cooper">Risteárd&#8217;s</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Keys">Richard Keys</a> is right on the money!</p>
<p>[1] RealPlayer plugin required, and doesn&#8217;t seem to work with Firefox, I&#8217;m afraid</p>
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