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Published 14:04 3 Jun 2023 BST
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Spillane believes that this isn't what the majority of viewers want to watch and admits that he doesn't miss his role at RTE.
He told the Irish Mirror: "I have them all recorded – do I watch them from start to finish any more? I flick through it.
"There are days now people say, "Do you miss it? I don’t miss the savage social media abuse you’d be getting for two or three days after you appeared on the Sunday Game.
"I don’t miss that. I am sort of in a good space at the moment. "
In terms of the modern analysis and in-depth coverage, it's fair to say that the Kerry legend isn't a fan.
"What people forget is, television is entertainment. 10 per cent of the population want to be educated. "Your social media warriors and another small cohort, the anoraks, they want a deep dive analysis – zonal analysis, the low blocks. "There’s 80-90 per cent of the people watching the Sunday Game, they don’t know what "a low block" is and don’t give a s*** what a "low block" is."They don’t know what a "back door cut is" and don’t give a s*** what "a back door cut" is. "Do you know. They want to know roughly why one team won and why the other team lost. "The big thing is, they want a bit of entertainment." Related links:
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