Off The Ball Official Thread <Mod Note - Post #1, #533, #6651>

mike65

Maybe they will go on line? A youtube channel and a webstream station. Sorted!

yohan the great

Who is going to present the football show I wonder

sundula

Richie Sadiler.

soc160

Any chance we could see them move over to television, Eoin has worked for Setanta already. Not sure how it would work though, just a possibility. Or they could all head onto different projects, I mean Ken could move to England and find work over there, no way could I see them all move abroad though, wouldn't work as someone mentioned already.

wnolan1992

George Hook currently do a half hour piece on botox. :pac:

If it turns out to be the case (which I doubt) that they resigned largely due to not getting the hour, all I can say is LOL.

dvcireland

yohan the great wrote: »

Who is going to present the football show I wonder

Ger Gilroy, Newstalk Sports Editor, who devised Off the Ball in 2002, will be joined by mainstays of the Newstalk sports team - Cian Murtagh, David McIntyre and Joe Molloy

Skid X

yohan the great wrote: »

Who is going to present the football show I wonder

"Good Evening, I'm Fionn Davenport and you're very welcome to the Football Show"

soc160

I feel sorry for poor Cian....

dvcireland

".....tomorrow on Liveline, Joe asks for you to share your memories of OTB....."

Mary in Clontarf: ".....ah yeah Joe it had to be the time, when Ken met Haddaway during the 2010 World Cup....."

soc160

yohan the great wrote: »

Who is going to present the football show I wonder

Shane Coleman? He seems to pop up on all the other shows on the station anyway... or Ian Geiger as well...

wnolan1992

Heh, just saw a comment on Facebook that said:

"The way NT is going ye'll probably give the OTB slot to Global Village." :pac:

Utopia Parkway

dvcireland wrote: »

Ger Gilroy, Newstalk Sports Editor, who devised Off the Ball in 2002, will be joined by mainstays of the Newstalk sports team - Cian Murtagh, David McIntyre and Joe Molloy

Not exactly a lot of laughs there for a start although I'm sure they will do a competent job.

walrusgumble

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Not exactly a lot of laughs there for a start although I'm sure they will do a competent job.

Ah Gilroy ain't the worse. He does a fine job of the Saturday & Sunday show

AngeGal

Aidric wrote: »

It is widely regarded as the best sports show on radio, not just within Ireland but also abroad. Just look at the reaction on twitter from British and European football writers and commentators.

Therefore, yes, I do consider them to be prized assets.

Can you give some links or quotes please? I'm not a twitter user.

sundula

It's the football show that's going to take the hit, Murph and Eoin are more replaceable than Ken in my opinion. Ger Gilroy does great at weekends and can easily handle OTB. I won't miss Hick.

heybaby

Absolutely disgusted at this. Fair play to the lads for sticking together and walking en masse. Its a rare occurance in radio that you have listeners to a man voicing displeasure at the departure of one or more radio hosts. Off The Ball has been the best sports magazine show on national radio for years not purely because Eoin and the lads are sports fans first and radio hosts second but because of the almost casual jockular way they went about integrating banter and terrific interviews on every kind of sporting subject. This is a massive mistake by newstalk and I hope they are collectively on air again as soon as possible, i'll be lost a 7pm weeknights till they are.

ballsymchugh

Cienciano wrote: »

Gilroy is a scab, I'll refuse to listen to his show :mad:

ridiculously harsh statement. if someone i work with resigns, that doesn't mean that i refuse to work. gilroy is a very good interviewer, maybe not as 'fun' as the hairy fella, but he does get the most out of anyone he speaks to.

AngeGal

walrusgumble wrote: »

Ah Gilroy ain't the worse. He does a fine job of the Saturday & Sunday show

I agree but don't think he's in the same league as the lads. Put it this way I listened to it every night, won't be as bothered now.

AngeGal

sundula wrote: »

It's the football show that's going to take the hit, Murph and Eoin are more replaceable than Ken in my opinion. Ger Gilroy does great at weekends and can easily handle OTB. I won't miss Hick.

Not sure about that, think Eoin is an excellent interviewer. And Murph is a funny fecker. It'll be hard to recreate that atmosphere.

Pappa Charlie

ballsymchugh wrote: »

ridiculously harsh statement. if someone i work with resigns, that doesn't mean that i refuse to work. gilroy is a very good interviewer, maybe not as 'fun' as the hairy fella, but he does get the most out of anyone he speaks to.

They can't be replaced and if they get a slot @ the same time on another station they will take 90% of the listeners with them, I'd love to know the details of the split. Going to tune in for the last time in tonight just to hear what's said on the departure!

Ultimate Ultan

Not long now till the all new OTB. I wonder how many of the old jingles/music/quotes they'll use?

Skid X

It is hard to know what is going on. I always thought Eoin McDevitt would fit in nicely at Five Live, but It is hard to see any foreign Broadcaster taking the whole Off The Ball Team. You would have to think they must have something lined up, but it is a huge loss to Newstalk.

I loved that show, along with Today with Pat Kenny it was one of the few Irish Speech Radio programmes that was as good or better than it's nearest equivalent on the BBC (In my opinion).

tommyboy2222

Lol Hookie just said that Off The Boil was up next :pac:

YellowFeather

Am devastated. I'm a fairly casual sports follower, but really enjoyed the banter with the lads even when I didn't have a clue what they were talking about.

Loved George Hook's Freudian slip just now about "Off the Boil" coming up next! :rolleyes:

styron

Hook's Freudian slip - just said "off the boil " on next ... followed by a plea for patience with the 'new team'.

*Snap*

dvcireland

Ger Gilroy,Joe Molloy, Dave McIntyre.....arrggghhhhh

opinionatedfan

looks like its not going to be addressed

wnolan1992

Ultimate Ultan wrote: »

Not long now till the all new OTB. I wonder how many of the old jingles/music/quotes they'll use?

Probably virtually all of them for the short-term anyway.

Ultimate Ultan

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Probably virtually all of them for the short-term anyway.

Seems so so far.

That Hookie "Off the boil" line was hilarious!

YellowFeather

Welllllll. Sticking to the 6pm start story??? Not bitter at all Newstalk! Sounds very odd.