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Hunky Monster wrote: »

I enjoyed the tv show for what it was. I think it failed because the driving force behind the pod is Ken Early, the man is a nervous wreck in front of a camera though. He never really got going on the tv show at all.

Yeah he never seems comfortable on tv I remember he was on prime time being interviewed 1 to 1 with Miriam the time FIFA and Blatter were in the news and he gave her very little information and absolutely zero opinion. My memory was that he just smirked through most of it as if he had no idea why he was there. Around that time he was excellent on the pod.

Loafing Oaf

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I enjoyed the tv show for what it was. I think it failed because the driving force behind the pod is Ken Early, the man is a nervous wreck in front of a camera though. He never really got going on the tv show at all.

I wonder is it being on camera as such that Ken was uncomfortable with so much as the Soccer A.M.-style high jinks of SC TV.

CatFromHue

I liked the TV show.

On TV though things have to be a bit quicker than radio so Ken doesn't have as much time which affected him.

Murph on the other hand was the star of the TV show.

Arghus

Whenever I saw the TV show I used to just tell myself that they'd hired some fake Ken who wasn't connected with the radio/podcast Ken.

Cienciano

Tv is more scripted and tight schedules for each subject. That doesn't suit kens style

Ol' Donie

The audiobed of all the Danish "smack talk" is amazing. The gunshots and all. :D:D

Ciaran_B

I burst out laughing at Kens 'special commemorative poppy' line.

Arghus

Fifteen minutes with Miguel.

OldMrBrennan83

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jaykay74

I listened to it there. Thought it was funny enough (not so much miguel obv) generally. Just the general wallowing in the type of football we play, not the despair of it but accepting it for what it is and enjoying that the danes must hate it and us

Dont be at yourself

Miguel Delaney and Dion Fanning, can’t listen to their sneering nonsense.

nilescraneo

Miguel is of no value and you can sense he knows this, so I can just drown him out. Fanning is a sneering, dismissive tosser though. Which is all the more amusing when you consider he works for bloody Joe.ie!

Arghus

It was a smug quarter of an hour, without any real analysis that I could hear.

Those two bring out the worst in Ken too.

Still Ill

I thought it was pretty funny actually.. Think they summed the game up well. Was absolutely atrocious, but I'm happy with the result.

corwill

Still Ill wrote: »

I thought it was pretty funny actually.. Think they summed the game up well. Was absolutely atrocious, but I'm happy with the result.

Yeah, I'm no fan of Miguel, and I can take or leave Fanning, but sure what can you do but laugh at the state of the football RoI play, while grinding out results?

jaykay74

they are up to 8,774 patrons now. Still climbing slowly month by month. Good to see!

splendid101

I thought the post match pod was excellent!

Very funny, the two lads were really giddy and Ken was trying to control it and keep serious.

People hate Miguel so it won't be highly rated, but I enjoyed it.

It felt "live".

I particularly enjoyed the swearing and Ken's reaction.

Arghus

"I don't know how he knew we were Irish."

Bad hair I guess.

Say Your Number

"It's a multi-headed, multi-eyeballed beast lovingly recording everything it does"

Ken was pretty funny and accurate talking about the Irish fans.

tomwaits48

The overall coverage Pre and post these Denmark matches has been excellent.

Ol' Donie

tomwaits48 wrote: »

The overall coverage Pre and post these Denmark matches has been excellent.

"Shìte to watch, shìte to talk about"

jaykay74

Agreed, much better to have a decent podcaster from another country than some lazy journo who is only vaguely/superficially aware of the team involved.

dulux99

tomwaits48 wrote: »

The overall coverage Pre and post these Denmark matches has been excellent.

Agreed – I reckon the lads will be especially sickened at the failure to qualify, they would have had months and months worth of content to explore had Ireland been going to the World Cup. As someone said earlier in the thread their numbers have shot up recently, which is definitely down to the coverage of the playoff.

Raoul

jaykay74 wrote: »

Agreed, much better to have a decent podcaster from another country than some lazy journo who is only vaguely/superficially aware of the team involved.

I didn't enjoy listening to him afterwards unfortunately. Very tough to listen to.

Great idea from that listener and I hope that they do stuff like that again. As you said, it is great to get the insight from the other side.

Baggly

dulux99 wrote: »

Agreed – I reckon the lads will be especially sickened at the failure to qualify, they would have had months and months worth of content to explore had Ireland been going to the World Cup. As someone said earlier in the thread their numbers have shot up recently, which is definitely down to the coverage of the playoff.

Is it?

How would prospective new subscribers know an upturn in quality content was on the horizon from the lads?

dulux99

Pter wrote: »

Is it?

How would prospective new subscribers know an upturn in quality content was on the horizon from the lads?

Because there was huge national interest in the playoffs and they kept advertising additional coverage of the playoffs on the free pods. It's hardly a coincidence

Baggly

Numbers have been rising since they started the pod, and steadily increasing for the last 3 months. It has as much to do with the return of the football season in general as it does the WC qualifiers, IMO.

Running Balance

Relying on Ireland team to drive up subscriptions that would have to be the worst business plan ever..

Loafing Oaf

Running Balance wrote: »

Relying on Ireland team to drive up subscriptions that would have to be the worst business plan ever..

"Tell me about it.:("

Say Your Number

Murph sneering at the idiotic notion that the GAA is somehow to blame was the highlight of yesterday's podcast, also Ken was right about the Denmark manager's comments post match, he did come across as an awful tool.