Second Captains

riemann

Gbear wrote: »

He mentioned a statistic about 10 seconds later on the probability of players ending up as professional footballers of any sort.

I'm pretty sure that stat was just the number of footballers who make it to the pl expressed as a percentage (I could be wrong and for the record is not more likely than getting hit by a meteorite).

It sounds like a good story which needs to be told, there's no need to go sensationalising stats in a tabloid manner.

Gbear

riemann wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that stat was just the number of footballers who make it to the pl expressed as a percentage (I could be wrong and for the record is not more likely than getting hit by a meteorite).

It sounds like a good story which needs to be told, there's no need to go sensationalising stats in a tabloid manner.

No. He said another stat of players who go on to earn a living playing football.

Ivefoundgod

Gbear wrote: »

No. He said another stat of players who go on to earn a living playing football.

Yeah he definitely did and I recall reading the same stat discussed in reviews at the time it came out. Thought it was a great interview and don't think Eoin is soft, the PED issue that was raised with the baseball player was hardly soft interview.

riemann

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

PED issue that was raised with the baseball player was hardly soft interview.

I'm not talking about about once offs like Henk Ten Cate. It's a lot easier to be tough on someone when you know you don't have to talk to them again next week. A few months ago a Gaa pundit admitted on air to doing the very thing he was berating Davy Fitz for, and not a peep out of eoin.

Ivefoundgod

riemann wrote: »

I'm not talking about about once offs like Henk Ten Cate. It's a lot easier to be tough on someone when you know you don't have to talk to them again next week. A few months ago a Gaa pundit admitted on air to doing the very thing he was berating Davy Fitz for, and not a peep out of eoin.

Ah fair enough, I thought you meant with interviews they do rather than contributors. I think they probably have to go a bit easier on their regular guests, they have Horgan on to discuss current rugby events so not like they can start grilling him on his own career mid show or at least I don't think they would. Its not like Richie who's very open about his own career and brings it up himself, think it depends on the person.

I remember that allright, was it Michael Duignan? A fool of a man and he was shown up on that show, if memory serves didn't he say that Davy was a disgrace and then gave an example of how he did the same thing to gee up his own minors team? I was incredulous listening to him and yeah he should have been called up on it.

corwill

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

I remember that allright, was it Michael Duignan? A fool of a man and he was shown up on that show, if memory serves didn't he say that Davy was a disgrace and then gave an example of how he did the same thing to gee up his own minors team? I was incredulous listening to him and yeah he should have been called up on it.

Nobody is delighted to receive criticism, but GAA lads turn absolutely feral when called on anything.

OldMrBrennan83

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corwill

Patww79 wrote: »

Unfortunately this morning is going to leave me very light on listening material this week I fear.

They'll be dancing in the corridors of Standard Life Investments.

threein99

corwill wrote: »

Nobody is delighted to receive criticism, but GAA lads turn absolutely feral when called on anything.

The GAA community are way to sensitive too sensitive any form of criticism. After the Down match against Monaghan some of their players were say how the media were on their backs etc and this had shut them up. Down went on a ridiculously 22 month/14 games long run without winning a game and deserved any bit of flack they got.

lawred2

Enjoyed Eoin's telling of prior all black red cards...

Raoul

Great to have Ken back. I was missing the latest excuse to moan about Mourinho.:rolleyes:

Pidae.m

So good having ken back.

Beersmith

I would definitely listen to a whole pod on kens travel adventures

Baggly

Annoyed they didn't play the Ken on his travels jingle.

Raoul

I do love that one. But the jingles do get quite annoying after a while when you are listening every day.

It is great having Ken back. I thought Murph was in great form though last week while he was away.

boobycharlton

Hi Murph!

jaykay74

Second Captains Sunday available now on pod now. About to listen to it. Some interview with Maeve Higgins. Nothing to do with the world service paid pod. This is RTE filling in Summer schedule stuff.

Found the podcast via a search for "RTE Second Captains Sunday" in my podcast app.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/second-captains-sunday/

CiaranW

When is the GAA finished for the year? I'm always fast forwarding about half the content now!

Loafing Oaf

CiaranW wrote: »

When is the GAA finished for the year? I'm always fast forwarding about half the content now!

Football final is on September 17, bit earlier than traditionally actually

riemann

I listened to it until the end of the interview hoping it would get better, it didn't.

If you're interested in someone laughing constantly at their own sentences and blaming men for problems which are so serious she forgets about them, you're in luck.

Her book of funny essays is going to be brief

Dots1982

The second captains need their own music show. Played this today. Didn't hear it before and I think we all should have https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM

Kingp35

CiaranW wrote: »

When is the GAA finished for the year? I'm always fast forwarding about half the content now!

I was waiting for the Lions tour to finish. I'll re-sub this week now.

BikeRacer

"It's just another way in which life has got worse..."

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

Enjoyed Eoin's telling of prior all black red cards...

Pine tree.

Enjoyed the politics podcast recently. The first one where the conversation seemed to be somewhat BALANCED!

I guess because the Angela Nagle book being plugged sounded quite even handed, but still it was the first time alt-right people weren't being universally demonised.

corwill

James Corbett yesterday was an odd lad. Apparently 15 points behind = almost finished ahead of!

Singer

Deleted User wrote: »

Enjoyed the politics podcast recently. The first one where the conversation seemed to be somewhat BALANCED!

I guess because the Angela Nagle book being plugged sounded quite even handed, but still it was the first time alt-right people weren't being universally demonised.

The book calmly and even handedly chronicles the history and evolution of the alt-right, and describes the alt-right for the racist creeps that they are.

Here's the author of the book describing the alt-right:

http://www.salon.com/2017/07/09/interview-angela-nagles-kill-all-normies-exposes-history-of-alt-right-and-racist-pepe-memes/

What they’re trying to signal with that, I suppose is, that they’re something distinct from establishment conservatism. Which they are. Now, some people would rather we call them fascist, but in most cases they’re not fascist. They’re most certainly racist, and they’re definitely misogynist ... If you use their strict definition, they demand you define [the alt-right] by its placing race at the center of its politics. It explicitly states race primarily is a biological category at the center of everything and explicitly states goals of wanting a white ethno-state and even a white empire, which would of course necessitate war at the very least and probably genocide if it were ever to actually happen.

The chat with Ken was certainly informed and balanced, but there is no doubt that the two people talking are horrified at the rise of the racist movement that is the alt-right. I recommend you read the book if you enjoyed the podcast!

corwill

Why anyone would take issue with the demonisation of demons is beyond me.

batistuta9

Not this sh8t again.

batistuta9

batistuta9 wrote: »

Not this sh8t again.

Comes with the territory of covering politics.