Who Would You Replace Ray D'Arcy With?

wnolan1992

Thought this might be a fun little tangent to the main D'Arcy thread.

If you believe D'Arcy should leave, who would be your ideal replacement?

Poll options are made up of the fill-ins and likely alternatives that came to mind when starting the thread.

Birneybau

Talking clock

snubbleste

A robot

OU812

Nodding dog could do the job at this point

hullaballoo

Bobble head Ray surely?

ThisRegard

Simon Young.

NTC

I think a untrained monkey would be just as good as Ray.

I am all for Sean Moncrieff to replace him in the poll.

calanus

a mop

Sir Arthur Daley

My pet dog.

Pat Mustard

A small hammer, to tap myself in the head repeatedly.

fxotoole

Bono

stampydmonkey

A teary eyed truck driver

hullaballoo

Out of the poll options, I'd prefer Moncrieff but I'd like to see some new blood brought through the ranks. Maybe Antoin Savage could do a fill-in job for a bit while some new presenters were recruited from elsewhere. Some of the Spin crowd (SW and 103.8) could be given a decent opportunity to breathe some life into that time slot. They might be at the younger end of Today FM's target demographic but they obviously aren't going to get any younger.

GottaGetGatt

hullaballoo wrote: »

Out of the poll options, I'd prefer Moncrieff but I'd like to see some new blood brought through the ranks. Maybe Antoin Savage could do a fill-in job for a bit while some new presenters were recruited from elsewhere. Some of the Spin crowd (SW and 103.8) could be given a decent opportunity to breathe some life into that time slot. They might be at the younger end of Today FM's target demographic but they obviously aren't going to get any younger.

The crowd from spin south west?you are joking. Turned it on one day and they were talking about toilet paper.

Sir Arthur Daley

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Turned it on one day and they were talking about toilet paper.

And Ray talks about the stuff that it is used for.

jjll

Sinead desmond hehe

Cork_chick_94

D'arcy is going nowhere. The fact that his show is so talked about on this forum proves how popular his show is. When was the last time someone posted in the Tubridy thread ?

Careful_now!

Phil Cawley

shockwave

A garden gnome, preferably one with a fishing rod.

neris

the chicken from the simpsons who pushed the buttons for homer in the nuclear power plant. at least hed press the right buttons

hullaballoo

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

The crowd from spin south west?you are joking. Turned it on one day and they were talking about toilet paper.

I haven't listened to SW in a while now because I'm out of range where I live but my point is that some of those younger presenters could be trained up and given a shot at a national show - not primetime at first but some out of the way slot to hone their presenting and then if they show enough promise, moved up the ranks.

Not an overnight solution by any means, more of a long-term plan. Still and all, I find toilet paper more interesting and a lot less annoying than talking about running and making disgusting chewing noises and talking with your mouth full.

clappyhappy

If Ray was to be replaced, I think anton savage would be great. He has a good knowledge about most things, can interview both light entertaining or heavy political stuff. Always seems happy and never hear anything about his personal life.

Moncrieff is good but ahhh ahhhh he always ahhhhhh ahhhhh keeps saying ahhhhh ahhhhh. So fecking annoying!!!

hullaballoo

clappyhappy wrote: »

Moncrieff is good but ahhh ahhhh he always ahhhhhh ahhhhh keeps saying ahhhhh ahhhhh. So fecking annoying!!!

This would be my biggest objection to Moncrieff as well. I don't like taking issue with things that are generally beyond a presenter's control but you can train yourself not to "eh...ahh...emmm..." I had to do it for my job so I'm acutely aware of it when I hear it.

somesoldiers

Agree- I used listen to Moncrieff years back, I like him but some of the topics are so off the wall I was finding myself wondering why I cared

wnolan1992

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

The crowd from spin south west?you are joking. Turned it on one day and they were talking about toilet paper.

They're appealing to their demographic with stuff like that. Just take a look at their FB page any time they put up questions about topics like that, it gets a lot of responses because the people listening to SPIN want that sort of stuff.

Disregarding them out of hand just because that's the type of content they do on SPIN is a bit harsh tbh. There's no evidence to suggest they can't do heavier topics, it's just that that's not what they're aiming for on SPIN.

Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

D'arcy is going nowhere. The fact that his show is so talked about on this forum proves how popular his show is. When was the last time someone posted in the Tubridy thread ?

Agreed. Not a hope in hell of him moving under anything other than his own volition. Thread's just a bit of fun really.

Lightscriber

Tom Dunne? I loved when he used to fill in for ray a few years back.

BPKS

Janny Kally

Saruwatari

Yer one that dances with her dog in the kitchen.

Lucy and Harry

I would replace him with a tumble dryer.That makes a nice humming noise very relaxing and more entertaining than the sound Ray makes.I find his tone and the type of things he talks about soul destroying.They always play his show in Smyths and I had to walk around one day shopping with him in the back ground.

huey1975

If I had a list of people that I would like to see in front of a firing squad ray would be top of the list.
However if he had to be replaced I would be happy to see him being replaced by Bertie Ahern

Birneybau

Lightscriber wrote: »

Tom Dunne? I loved when he used to fill in for ray a few years back.

Was gonna suggest him myself.

westmidlands

Tim Kelly!

More Music

Why would anybody replace him? The show is successful.

You want to parachute somebody into the slot that Ray and co. have built up over the years. If he wants to leave then fine, if the listernship suffers a dramatic decrease then fine.

What's the obsession with kicking people?

Yes, this is only a bit of fun but it only adds to the obsession with wanting to see relativley successful people being taken down a peg or 2.

stephenireland

Marty Morriseey....I am serious .......huge potential - universtity graduate very cute guy!

talkingpj

stampydmonkey wrote: »

A teary eyed truck driver

Alison Curtis is awful, Louise Duffy worse, Anton is the only half decent one on the list

Radio is for life

Lightscriber wrote: »

Tom Dunne? I loved when he used to fill in for ray a few years back.

He has never been successful on radio so why rehire him again. That would make no sense.