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Not quite sure what the point of a Scotland-specific commentary on TV was tonight. If BBC Scotland had done entirely seperate coverage I'd find it fair enough, but the network commentary would likely have been as much as Scotland-focused as BBC Scotland's, bar Steve Bower not actually being Scottish. The previous time this type of operation occured (Wales v. England at the World Cup) I could see a bit more merit in it, but then again the network commentary tried to be balanced with a Welsh voice alongside the English

This. If BBC Scotland had done an entirely separate show separate commentary would be understandable, but if the only difference was the commentary, since they already had a Scottish analyst, surely the solution was to have a Scottish commentator too and that would have done the bill?

Sadly, this is the international football tournament I say goodbye to RTE. Now it’s been a while since the halychon days of O’Herilihy, Giles, Dunphy, and Brady, and they still have Didi Hamann in the studio who is excellent as always, I think they made a fairly big mistake sending Daragh Moloney out to commentate (and he is apparently the lead commentator now, even though George Hamilton is still about), rather than have him anchor the coverage back home. The studio coverage was always RTE’s strength, but now it’s a pale imitation of BBC and ITV, so that’s where I’m watching this time around.