Second Captains

wnolan1992 · 27-08-2014 9:57am

Really enjoyed the Bill O'Herlihy interview. Could listen to that man talk all day. )

250 episodes / 6,000,000+ plays on Soundcloud = 24000 listeners per show, not including iTunes which they are consistently charting in or other means of listening.

I think that's really impressive for an Irish podcast.

Ol' Donie · 27-08-2014 11:04am

Yeah, the Bill interview was brilliant.

(For what it's worth I was happy to hear Shane Curran giving out yards about what is a ludicrous situation)

foxtrot101 · 27-08-2014 3:13pm

minusthebear wrote: »

anyone know that name of the superb ambient music playing under the Dunphy qoutes about Ireland England on this weeks show?

Someone asked them the same question on twitter - it's "Window" by Amber Leaf.

Diabhal Beag · 27-08-2014 3:51pm

Bill jumping in predicting Eoin's questions got a bit annoying but it was a good interview.

Ol' Donie · 30-08-2014 1:31am

Just listening to thre David Baddiel interview. Really good stuff. Between this, Parky and Bill the other day, the show has been great recently.

This one is particularly good.

jaykay74 · 30-08-2014 11:25am

Loved all the extra stuff this week. Great for the commute to and from work.

Burt Macklin · 30-08-2014 12:55pm

Normally I enjoy the GAA coverage but I thought they were pretty condescending about Donegal on the last show.

Yes the 2011 game against Dublin wasn't pretty to watch but they've evolved their game since. Not every county has the players to play free flowing football and McGuinness has had to adapt a system to suit the players available to him. The height of the analysis on the show was that they would have 15 men behind the ball and try to rough them up.

Just seems typical of attitudes in Dublin based media outlets towards Northern teams. Anyway, great show otherwise, rant over!

*I may or may not be from Donegal.*

Cartman78 · 01-09-2014 1:42pm

Slobbery wrote: »

I thought it was terrible. Shane Curran sounds like a man who has taken one to many presentation skills courses, he doesn't sound natural at all, you want a guy to talk like he would in a pub but he sounds like he is trying to come across as intelligent or something... Christ he is like a boring teacher I find myself totally tuning out when he talks ... Zzzzz

Agree with this....only catching up on these episodes now....Curran was a disgrace, getting on his hyperbolic high horse about everything.

Still find the overall quality is quite good....although Murph chipping in on the Football Show is starting to veer into ColmParkinson-esque territory

karma_coma · 01-09-2014 3:46pm

I think it's a great podcast, just always forget to listen to it...

dulpit · 01-09-2014 3:50pm

Their new website (secondcaptains.com) is quite slick.

Also, to answer questions raised here previously, they have added a spotify playlist of all the music they use on their jingles/clips/etc: http://open.spotify.com/user/secondcaptains/playlist/46W4ELRhxXz266Ai02t8bH

karma_coma · 01-09-2014 3:52pm

Oh cool, didn't know about their site, thanks for the link!

foxtrot101 · 01-09-2014 5:08pm

Cartman78 wrote: »

Still find the overall quality is quite good....although Murph chipping in on the Football Show is starting to veer into ColmParkinson-esque territory

Hopefully he will disappear from the Football Show once the TV show starts up again. That's what happened the last time anyway.

wnolan1992 · 04-09-2014 10:01pm

Football show was great today. The Quinn and Sadlier pieces were a highlight. I liked that they sort of had contrasting views on the Irish eligibility thing.

Sound quality was pretty poor on both shows today for some reason, a lot of fluctuating levels and low level hum in the background.

Mr.Prodston · 04-09-2014 10:03pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Football show was great today. The Quinn and Sadlier pieces were a highlight. I liked that they sort of had contrasting views on the Irish eligibility thing.

Sound quality was pretty poor on both shows today for some reason, a lot of fluctuating levels and low level hum in the background.

The motor was obviously running on the

Helicopter

:pac:

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking it though

FunLover18 · 16-09-2014 6:56am

Anyone else find the jingles/clips are way too long. They've also been using the same ones since the beginning, I'd know them off by heart if I didn't skip through them.

Deedsie · 16-09-2014 11:07am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Anyone else find the jingles/clips are way too long. They've also been using the same ones since the beginning, I'd know them off by heart if I didn't skip through them.

I really like the US Sports one but the boxing (alien) one is getting a bit tiresome.

wnolan1992 · 16-09-2014 12:33pm

Yeah the "I'm an alien... I'm an a-a-aliennnn" one is the only one I don't like any more tbh.

Ciaran · 16-09-2014 2:00pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Anyone else find the jingles/clips are way too long. They've also been using the same ones since the beginning, I'd know them off by heart if I didn't skip through them.

Agreed. They introduced some new ones around the world cup but they seen to be back to the same repetition again. I quite like the US sport one too but it only being on once a week probably keeps it more fresh. If they'd keep them to 10 to 15 seconds, it'd be fine but some of them must be nearly a minute long.

jaykay74 · 16-09-2014 2:05pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Yeah the "I'm an alien... I'm an a-a-aliennnn" one is the only one I don't like any more tbh.

Who is that speaking (alien quote) ?

I knew the players, Clough cos he called me Revie didn't know them...

Dont be at yourself · 16-09-2014 2:09pm

jaykay74 wrote: »

Who is that speaking (alien quote) ?

Bernard Hopkins -- bit of a lunatic.

Say Your Number · 18-09-2014 10:11pm

I like Murph but I think The Football Show definitely works better without him.

wnolan1992 · 18-09-2014 10:24pm

I love these two cards from the website:

splendid101 · 18-09-2014 10:40pm

I hate the bloody Shane Curran jingle!

I've heard it one too many times.....and it w-w-w-w-won't be the last time.

FunLover18 · 19-09-2014 2:01am

Who's the lad who thought Fergie threw a hairdryer at Beckam?

styron · 19-09-2014 3:41am

Vincent Browne

Say Your Number · 22-09-2014 10:23pm

McConville's story about that club championship game was hilarious.

Especially the part about the lad taking the phone call.

dr.kenneth noisewater · 24-09-2014 3:22am

Say Your Number wrote: »

McConville's story about that club championship game was hilarious.

Especially the part about the lad taking the phone call.

Gas alright, Got a few looks on the bus when I was listening to this story!

Ol' Donie · 24-09-2014 2:51pm

Haha, it is hilarious.

(The Spillane jingle after is good too)

wnolan1992 · 24-09-2014 2:55pm

I was sitting in a computer lab in college when I heard it. Could not stop laughing for ages. Completely lost it at the "Two pallets?" part. :pac:

Ol' Donie · 24-09-2014 3:01pm

Just laughed my way through airport security because of it.

They swabbed my luggage, I don't think it was related. :-)

grohlisagod · 24-09-2014 7:55pm

I enjoyed Ken giving out about Lampard's "conflicted" emotions the other day.

drogdub · 24-09-2014 8:57pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Just laughed my way through airport security because of it.

They swabbed my luggage, I don't think it was related. :-)

Funniest part when Murphy said "two pallets of diesel or whatever"

adamski8 · 25-09-2014 8:27am

grohlisagod wrote: »

I enjoyed Ken giving out about Lampard's "conflicted" emotions the other day.

Yes that was certainly one of his best ever!

Meathlass · 28-09-2014 8:37pm

Just settling down to catch up on some unlistened podcasts and there's only 3 available on the Irish Times and Soundcloud. Have they got rid of their archive for some reason?

styron · 28-09-2014 10:21pm

IT is due to paywall again before the end of the year - sticking the archive behind it might give "added value" to encourage subscriptions?
Travel and Business podcast archives are intact so far.

Meathlass · 29-09-2014 2:32pm

styron wrote: »

IT is due to paywall again before the end of the year - sticking the archive behind it might give "added value" to encourage subscriptions?
Travel and Business podcast archives are intact so far.

Sent them an email and they said it was just a technical hitch. They didn't realise there was a problem. All back now so I'm happy!

wnolan1992 · 30-09-2014 3:41pm

I normally tend to agree with Ken but...

I love cheese pizza...

Trent Houseboat · 30-09-2014 4:20pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I normally tend to agree with Ken but...

I love cheese pizza...

That is a child's repast.

Mr.Prodston · 02-10-2014 4:11pm

Not ashamed to say I burst out laughing at Ken's comparison of Hans Moleman and

Steven Gerrard in midfield

:pac:

boccy23 · 07-10-2014 3:22pm

I have to say, I could do without Murph except for his GAA contribution. The tripe he was talking about with regard to South African rugby versus Ireland was terrible. He adds very little to anything other than GAA.

Strongbow10 · 08-10-2014 10:23pm

I like McDevitt, on tv however he seems a little cringe in his interactions with the audience. Great with interviews, not so much when reading the autocue (its very clear that hes a novice and is concentrating on it something shocking! he often ploughs on with it when the audience are clapping).

But all in all its early days for them but its an enjoyable show

uggybear · 18-10-2014 5:41pm

Does anybody on this thread listen to the show via the Stitcher podcast app? Find that the sound quality on the app poor tbh, Think the tinny sound is quite distracting.

adamski8 · 19-10-2014 6:07pm

I listen through podcast republic, only drawback is it doesn't seem to update new episodes until a few hours or even the next day.

bren2001 · 20-10-2014 11:44am

adamski8 wrote: »

I listen through podcast republic, only drawback is it doesn't seem to update new episodes until a few hours or even the next day.

When you open the app you can manually look for an update by pulling down from the top. Updates at the same time as soundcloud for me.

21-10-2014 11:44am

Apologies if this has been asked a zillion times before, but what is the significance of the "Second Captains" quote from Staunton?

I just barely remember it was a running joke used when they were trying to come up with a Twitter account name.

Is it the disdain Staunton shows to Ken Early's question?

(I've spent way too much time analysing this every time I listen)

otterj · 21-10-2014 12:04pm

Whats the best app to download their podcast from soundcloud?

adamski8 · 21-10-2014 10:50pm

bren2001 wrote: »

When you open the app you can manually look for an update by pulling down from the top. Updates at the same time as soundcloud for me.

I know that but it doesn't seem to work very often!

Yeah the second captains thing is pretty self explanatory and i don't think its need over analysis

Trent Houseboat · 22-10-2014 10:05am

I use DoggCatcher and it usually updates at around 1-2 and 5-6 on a Monday and Thursday. Not sure how it compares with the Soundcloud upload times.

otterj · 22-10-2014 8:42pm

otterj wrote: »

Whats the best app to download their podcast from soundcloud?

For android

dulpit · 23-10-2014 9:19am

otterj wrote: »

For android

I use podcast addict: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en

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