[Mothman]

Originally Posted by durkadurka

Can you get banned for accusing yourself of trolling?

Only if you report it yourself

Was a good listen, a breath of fresh air compared to some professional punditry

[PhatPiggins]

Originally Posted by durkadurka

Just listened to it now, very good, some serious background on parra there at 10 for bourgoin!

Keep at it lads. Every bit as good as the 'pros' and a noticeable absence of bombast.

An hour is a stretch though in fairness.

That would be my only criticism but in fairness I have the attention span of a goldfis ...............oh look a fly

[thomond2006]

Originally Posted by PhatPiggins

That would be my only criticism but in fairness I have the attention span of a goldfis ...............oh look a fly

Would posting/dividing the show into two parts work do you think?

i.e. Part 1 on Ireland, Part 2 on Rest of the World?

[MungBean]

Originally Posted by thomond2006

Would posting/dividing the show into two parts work do you think?

i.e. Part 1 on Ireland, Part 2 on Rest of the World?

I think that would be better, also might be cool to add a section about boards if thats possible and just go through the popular threads and talk about what people are saying. People will be more inclined to keep tuning in I think if theres a chance you discuss a point they have raised/agree with or they might feel a little more involved if the discussion is seen as an extension of whats happening here by you guys referencing interesting points.

Part 1 - Ireland.
Part 2 - Rest of the world/General rugby talk
Part 3 - What people are saying online

20 minutes on each perhaps.


I probably sound like a broken record in trying to get ya to reference points/people on boards but I think that the key to success of things like this are based on interaction with the listeners. And as a live discussion with listener feedback might be too complicated or too much bother then involving people this way might be just as good. Worked for Vincent Browne !

[thomond2006]

Originally Posted by Skunkle

I think that would be better, also might be cool to add a section about boards if thats possible and just go through the popular threads and talk about what people are saying. People will be more inclined to keep tuning in I think if theres a chance you discuss a point they have raised/agree with or they might feel a little more involved if the discussion is seen as an extension of whats happening here by you guys referencing interesting points.

Part 1 - Ireland.
Part 2 - Rest of the world/General rugby talk
Part 3 - What people are saying online

20 minutes on each perhaps.

I probably sound like a broken record in trying to get ya to reference points/people on boards but I think that the key to success of things like this are based on interaction with the listeners. And as a live discussion with listener feedback might be too complicated or too much bother then involving people this way might be just as good. Worked for Vincent Browne !

Bolded bit = That's definitely in the pipeline. We want to keep links with the boards forum as well as our own site, SpearTackle. Myself and Phonehead will be able to slate our enemies.

Yeah, I like the referencing point. It could give us ideas for discussion while giving credit/kudos to a user.

[Phonehead]

Love the Boards interaction ideas.

Maybe a My Johnny is bigger than your Ronan section - where we discuss what has been the most dividing debate on Boards for the week! we could pick out those posts from the thread which really show each side of the debate - based on comment likes (obviously credit the poster and maybe run a league table to see over a period which poster is the true king of the rugby forum)

Maybe have a what made you laugh on Boards during the week.

[GerM]

Originally Posted by Phonehead

Love the Boards interaction ideas.

Maybe a My Johnny is bigger than your Ronan section - where we discuss what has been the most dividing debate on Boards for the week! we could pick out those posts from the thread which really show each side of the debate - based on comment likes (obviously credit the poster and maybe run a league table to see over a period which poster is the true king of the rugby forum)

Maybe have a what made you laugh on Boards during the week.

Just starting to listen now. Just on that comment, please don't use "likes" as a measure of talking points i.e. "ROG/Sexton is muck" nearly always gets several thanks due to people floating in. You're all very incisive and intelligent blokes, some of the posts that get thanked the most are thanked on the basis of an agenda. You're all even handed, go on what you think is an interesting point. Your talking points will far outstrip the other comments made here.

Will fire back any other thoughts I have if I can remember after this bottle of wine.

[thomond2006]

I suppose what we are looking out for is an interesting angle on a topic and then we can give our 2c.

We don't want to fall into the trap of just montonously previewing/reviewing a game, like on this forum there is other interesting stuff that can be discussed.

[thomond2006]

I think I'll have to adopt a Neil Francis stance on Lievremont for the next show! I was quite kind to him!

We've broken 100 plays already (record is first show at 202 plays/downloads), thanks for listening! If you want to help spread the word about our humble production, please repost the link on facebook, twitter etc. We're finding it difficult to advertise the show.

[thomond2006]

Bumping this to see if anyone has suggestions for a discussion topic for the next podcast, probably will be recorded this week. Anything outside of the box would be particularly cool. We'll try to have a discussion on what the forum is talking about too.

[durkadurka]

What about a setpiece ROG vs sexton death match?

Maybe you could have a live audience baying for blood.

[MungBean]

George Hook/Rugby commentators/panels who's the best/whos the worst.

Tony Buckley, is he as bad as everyone says? What do the coaches see in him.

Bets of the week, if you had a fiver what would ya stick it on?

Have to discuss the quarters, how would we get on against England or France in semi's. And if we did make the final would we stand any chance against NZ.

[thomond2006]

Originally Posted by durkadurka

What about a setpiece ROG vs sexton death match?

Maybe you could have a live audience baying for blood.

Hmm, if you can protect us from libel...

Originally Posted by Skunkle

George Hook/Rugby commentators/panels who's the best/whos the worst.

Tony Buckley, is he as bad as everyone says? What do the coaches see in him.

Bets of the week, if you had a fiver what would ya stick it on?

Have to discuss the quarters, how would we get on against England or France in semi's. And if we did make the final would we stand any chance against NZ.

Very nice, we can definitely do those 3 things.

We do need to start disagreeing a bit more and I m pretty sure we'll disagree on good pundits!

I got a picture with Tony Buckley as my profile pic on facebook, now you expect me to rip him to pieces? I kid, it's a great idea and a Kidneyism I can't get my head around.

As you'll read on the gambling thread, I love an oul flutter. A "bet of the week" section could be a good regular thing to have.

I think we might leave out the quarter final discussion until we get there, obviously it will pop its head when we talk about Ireland vs Italy. I'm too afraid of jinxing it (!) and we don't to be repeating ourselves in proceeding shows. I found I was doing that in the beginning when we covered a lot of topics in Podcast 1. Maybe we'll just do a quick yes/no slot on your questions!

Cheers for the contributions lads!

[Fishooks12]

Looking forward to doing my bit for the show, not a boards regular but I've been looking at some of the comments surrounding the the Trimble/Earls situation and they make interesting reading given that both have so much to offer and are in good form

[thomond2006]

Any more suggestions?