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RTE World cup panel

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  • 20-06-2010 1:28pm
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    flame123
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭


    Hi All

    Just watching RTE2 online. The Panel for the Slovakia - paraguay match includes Liam Brady and "Ossie". Ossie is Argentinian ( Thanks Melion ), but he is really heavily accented and is extremely hard to understand. His english is perfect, but we all here are having great difficulty understanding him ... is it just us or is anyone else having prroblems understanding him

    Shame really, as RTE's panels are usually very very good
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    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    Ossie Ardiles, argentinian


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    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,465 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Hi.
    Yeah, he is pretty difficult to understand.
    Pity as he has oodles of experience in football.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Ardiles


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    flame123
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭flame123


    Thanks Melion, He was one of the greatest players..not sure about listening to him though


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    argosy2006
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    it takes a while to get use to way he speaks, but he becomes understandable after 15 mins of listening to him :pac:


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    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    flame123 wrote: »
    Hi All

    Just watching RTE2 online. The Panel for the Slovakia - paraguay match includes Liam Brady and "Ossie". Ossie is Argentinian ( Thanks Melion ), but he is really heavily accented and is extremely hard to understand. His english is perfect, but we all here are having great difficulty understanding him ... is it just us or is anyone else having prroblems understanding him

    Shame really, as RTE's panels are usually very very good

    You should try listening to Adebayor on the BBC.


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    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    argosy2006 wrote: »
    it takes a while to get use to way he speaks, but he becomes understandable after 15 mins of listening to him :pac:

    A few weeks ago I heard Ardiles and Hamann on RTE Radio being interviewed about the world cup and their new positions as pundits on the RTE coverage, and I immediately thought "nobody is going to be able to understand Ardiles".. But as with anything the more you listen to him, the more you understand.
    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    You should try listening to Adebayor on the BBC.
    Yeah, I cannot understand a single word he is saying..


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    Jimmyboss
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    Slightly hard to understand, but he definitely knows his stuff, and it's a nice little coup for RTE to have a World Cup winner on the panel, let's face it, apart from the 66 winners, the rest all have foreign accents............


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    Digits
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    Great addition to the panel imo...yes heis difficult to understand but I reckon i can get used to his accent.

    'Ossie', Giles and Brady would be the best panel imo


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    ziedth
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭ziedth


    His opinion should be mental. Didn't he play like 5 strikers for spurs in one game.


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    Melion
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    He definitely knows his stuff, he's been very good today. Its my first time seeing him, and as someone else said, just listen to him for a few minutes and you'll have no trouble understanding him.


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    Diabhal Beag
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    Can understand every second word Ossy says


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    Mick Daly
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    Himself and Dunphy had a bust-up.


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    amacachi
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    Happy enough with foreigners on the panel, Hamann almost has an english accent. Love hearing different experienced accents on the panel though. :)


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    MayoForSam
    Registered Users Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    amacachi wrote: »
    Happy enough with foreigners on the panel, Hamann almost has an english accent. Love hearing different experienced accents on the panel though. :)

    No, Hamann doesn't has an English accent, but he most definitely has a scouser one :D

    I like Ossie, brings a bit of South American perspective to the WC (all of their teams are doing well). RTE can be well proud of their pundits compared to the competition.


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    amacachi
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    MayoForSam wrote: »
    No, Hamann doesn't has an English accent, but he most definitely has a scouser one :D
    Scouser is part of Dublin England last I checked! Love how noticeable it is. :pac:


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    JonathanAnon
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    Mick Daly wrote: »
    Himself and Dunphy had a bust-up.

    Who, Ardiles? I must have missed this ... what happened?


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    titan18
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    Didn't have any problem understanding him,Adebayor for BBC on the other hand is ridiculous


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    Mick Daly
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Who, Ardiles? I must have missed this ... what happened?


    It was in todays Irish Mail on Sunday but Ardiles denied it. Supposedly he said to Dunphy - ""Do you know who I am, what have you won?"


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    amacachi
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    Mick Daly wrote: »
    It was in todays Irish Mail on Sunday but Ardiles denied it. Supposedly he said to Dunphy - ""Do you know who I am, what have you won?"

    Nice.:D


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    JonathanAnon
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    Mick Daly wrote: »
    It was in todays Irish Mail on Sunday but Ardiles denied it. Supposedly he said to Dunphy - ""Do you know who I am, what have you won?"

    That's not fair.. Everybody on the panel can say that to him... Like being the only kid in the class wearing glasses.. :)


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    Mick Daly
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    Baby, Baby, Baby, Ohhhhhh


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    Captain-America
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    Liam Brady drives me nuts. He always sounds half asleep.

    I DUNNNOOOO BIIIIILLLLL.


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    Mick Daly
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    Chippy's head looks like an egg.


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    Dennis the Stone
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    Mick Daly wrote: »
    Chippy's head looks like an egg.

    liam-brady-shrek.jpg


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    Beaucoupfish
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    I can understand him okay. His accent is heavy but it's good to have a South-American perspective. RTE Sport are doing a fine job once again. The English punditry has been shocking.

    I agree with this article written a few days ago

    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/Tom-English-39The-level-of.6364084.jp


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    JohnnyRyan99
    Registered Users Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭JohnnyRyan99


    Pity Didi is gone, out of all the panelist's i thought his views made the most sense! His view of why the England team are suffering was interesting, and refreshing oppossed to Graeme "The Altitude" Souness! Sad to see Didi leave the panel.. Havent caught much of Ossie although nice to see Dunphy's breaking him in hard! Vintage Dunph!


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    Shane10
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    JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »
    Pity Didi is gone, out of all the panelist's i thought his views made the most sense! His view of why the England team are suffering was interesting, and refreshing oppossed to Graeme "The Altitude" Souness! Sad to see Didi leave the panel.. Havent caught much of Ossie although nice to see Dunphy's breaking him in hard! Vintage Dunph!

    ya have to say i got to really like didi and now hes gone:( was a very good analyist, i usually agreed with most of what he said. pity he couldnt stay for the whole tournament. not sure about ossie, not as personable as didi.


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    Alan Hansen
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    Beaucoupfish wrote: »
    The English punditry has been shocking.

    I agree with this article written a few days ago

    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/Tom-English-39The-level-of.6364084.jp

    Take that back.

    Pace,movement and desire. 4 golden words of football analysis.


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    pixelburp
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    JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »
    Pity Didi is gone, out of all the panelist's i thought his views made the most sense! His view of why the England team are suffering was interesting, and refreshing oppossed to Graeme "The Altitude" Souness! Sad to see Didi leave the panel.. Havent caught much of Ossie although nice to see Dunphy's breaking him in hard! Vintage Dunph!

    Why's he gone? I missed any news about that, is it just his contract is up, or was there some other reason?


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    Shane10
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    Why's he gone? I missed any news about that, is it just his contract is up, or was there some other reason?

    well he is taking up a player manager role with mk dons so i think pre-season starts jul 1st. maybe he wants a bit of break or he has other things on before this.


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