Marian Finucane Thread

mzungu

Sleeper12 wrote: »

In fairness to her, she was the first big name in RTE to volunteer to take a pay reduction after the crash. Others had to be bullied and shamed into it but she was the first to volunteer. Many of the other big names blame her for starting the wage reduction that they all did eventually.

Aye. I know she has her critics, but she showed herself to be one of the few in Montrose that was not completely consumed by ego.

mzungu

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

She was playing devils advocate there. I am quite sure she knew the reasons why the WC could not have 33 teams.

jeremyj1968

Heard them saying on Off The Ball that Eamonn Dunphy did a complete u-turn on what he said on The Marion Finucane Show in his article in the paper yesterday.

mzungu

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Heard them saying on Off The Ball that Eamonn Dunphy did a complete u-turn on what he said on The Marion Finucane Show in his article in the paper yesterday.

Eamo is some man for the u-turns in general. He is brought on to be a rent-a-quote for the most part.

brooke 2

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lads apologies for this and nothing personal but.......

Let’s nip this in the bud RIGHT NOW.

It’s Bernie Sanders........S A N D E R S.

His name is going to come up a lot, so please, pretty please, with sugar on, let’s get it right .

Let’s not go down the Saunya O’ Sullivan road pleaseeeeee.

Raunt over

You beat me to it! Wrecks my head when people who should know better pronounce Sanders as Saunders.

Beechwoodspark

mzungu wrote: »

Eamo is some man for the u-turns in general. He is brought on to be a rent-a-quote for the most part.

That’s it. Eamo does a ring round and asks for advice then decides what his opinion is.

No harm in that- he’s been published since late 70s so it’s obv working

mzungu

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That’s it. Eamo does a ring round and asks for advice then decides what his opinion is.

No harm in that- he’s been published since late 70s so it’s obv working

It's his business model so I say fair play. He has made himself a rich man out of it.

It does mean, however, that I would take his analysis of any situation with a large pinch of salt.

dxhound2005

brooke 2 wrote: »

You beat me to it! Wrecks my head when people who should know better pronounce Sanders as Saunders.

He calls himself Bernie Sandahs. He should come on to Boards to learn how to say his own name correctly.

Beechwoodspark

Seems to Be sayin

Sand ass

Although emphasis on nd

two wheels good

I wish to apologise unreservedly for any distress I may have caused by mis-typing Mr Sanders' name. However, I categorically deny that I ever mis-spoke the name of that man ... Mr Sanders.
I won't be commenting further on the matter, wishing to spend time with my family and I ask that our privacy be respected.

padd b1975

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Seems to Be sayin

Sand ass

Although emphasis on nd

Boston accent?

serfboard

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

mzungu wrote: »

She was playing devils advocate there. I am quite sure she knew the reasons why the WC could not have 33 teams.

It didn't come across as her playing devil's advocate to me. It sounded like a genuine defence of the indefensible.

mzungu

serfboard wrote: »

It didn't come across as her playing devil's advocate to me. It sounded like a genuine defence of the indefensible.

Ah, she was trying to add balance into the show. Give the opposing side and whatnot. It would not be her job to have a go at Delaney, that part is usually up to the guests.

Beechwoodspark

mzungu wrote: »

Ah, she was trying to add balance into the show. Give the opposing side and whatnot. It would not be her job to have a go at Delaney, that part is usually up to the guests.

To me it sounded like she was defending Delaney to the hilt and she didn’t have a clue why ireland being alllowed into the WC was never gonna happen

It fits into the pig ignorance that she displays every week.

mzungu

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

To me it sounded like she was defending Delaney to the hilt and she didn’t have a clue why ireland being alllowed into the WC was never gonna happen

It fits into the pig ignorance that she displays every week.

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

Uncharted

mzungu wrote: »

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

100% agree. I'm no fan of Marian's but she was playing devil's advocate to stoke the flames a little.

Beechwoodspark

mzungu wrote: »

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

Sorry, I actually doubt she’s very smart. I listen to her every week and hope against hope she will show some intelligence but no, it’s the usual trite cliches every week

She embarrasses herself every few minutes on the show

Follow this thread and you will see it

mzungu

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Sorry, I actually doubt she’s very smart. I listen to her every week and hope against hope she will show some intelligence but no, it’s the usual trite cliches every week

She embarrasses herself every few minutes on the show

Follow this thread and you will see it

I listen to MF pretty much most weekends and I have been following the thread here for years (including part 1) dipping in and out.

MF is quite smart. Before she was on RTE she was an architect. The listener knows that she is well aware why Ireland can't be a 33rd team. It's all part of the dance of radio presenting. She has also managed to get herself a pretty decent number with the national broadcaster for a nice yearly fee. Believe me, she is in no way stupid.

Those questions she asks are for the benefit of the listener. When she plays devils advocate, it's her trying to stop things getting too one-sided. Lots of presenters do it.

Brendan Bendar

mzungu wrote: »

I listen to MF pretty much most weekends and I have been following the thread here for years (including part 1) dipping in and out.

MF is quite smart. Before she was on RTE she was an architect. The listener knows that she is well aware why Ireland can't be a 33rd team. It's all part of the dance of radio presenting. She has also managed to get herself a pretty decent number with the national broadcaster for a nice yearly fee. Believe me, she is in no way stupid.

Those questions she asks are for the benefit of the listener. When she plays devils advocate, it's her trying to stop things getting too one-sided. Lots of presenters do it.

Good call there, Mzungu.

Only thing I would disagree with is the expression “ nice yearly fee”...I’d have put in ‘outrageous’ instead of nice.

sligojoek

Did she just say she saw a pic of a woman "Up on top of a steeplejack, pregnant"?

Beechwoodspark

Oh good Jasus.

Maeve Higgins.

Radio off

jeremyj1968

"Just because you vote for a black man doesn't mean that your not racist".

Oh just get out of the f**king studio, you obviously don't have a clue what you're talking about. Happy enough to throw out the "only racists voted for Trump" cos it's popular to hate Trump in her profession, but can't justify it when she has to explain herself. If you want to do the SJW bit, why don't you ask Mary Robinson about how that poor girl is getting on in Dubai?

Neil Degrasse Tyson - Are you going to ask her any questions about his recent problems?

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Oh good Jasus.

Maeve Higgins.

Radio off

Is that who it is? Gawd. I like to stick Marian on in the background the odd Saturday. Will be turning it off this morning

Oops69

she sounds like a 14 year old air schoolgirl... grow up , i'd say she's the unfunniest comedian ever with an audience full of hipsters there because they feel they should be rather than actually finding her funny .

Half-laughing at (the very funny) Maeve Higgins

But also at the idea of people fuming at a funny woman chatting to another woman on the radio.

She's made a pretty successful, high profile career for herself in US comedy, I don't think everyone's just pretending to like her.

Mad_maxx

What an insufferable woman, if you wanted to play a fictional parody of SJW bores, she would be right on the money

Oops69

Mad_maxx wrote: »

What an insufferable woman, if you wanted to play a fictional parody of SJW bores, she would be right on the money

ever Marion , the figurehead of feminism in this country clearly cant stand her.

Oops69

how long before Marion DOESNT mention the Mueller report Trump exoneration ?.... probably the whole weekend .

DublinWriter

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

She's made a pretty successful, high profile career for herself in US comedy, I don't think everyone's just pretending to like her.

*cough* Donald Trump *cough*

A Tyrant Named Miltiades!

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Half-laughing at (the very funny) Maeve Higgins

But also at the idea of people fuming at a funny woman chatting to another woman on the radio.

She's made a pretty successful, high profile career for herself in US comedy, I don't think everyone's just pretending to like her.

I think she's an awful dose and it has nothing to do with her political views.