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styron · 02-10-2016 09:29PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

KISSY?

I thought his palsy nicknames couldnt get any more outrageous.

If (O')Drissy is consistent ...

styron · 02-10-2016 10:31PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Very interesting podcast from a while back where Joe Molloy gives the whole story of the times that he met with Darren Clarke. Also Dave McIntyre gives his Clarke experiences.

http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Golf_Weekly/79125/

Molloy provokes Clarke's ire with:

(Indo):

"Nice to meet you Darren. I'm afraid you'll have to repeat yourself one last time!"

... in the podcast:

"I'll try not to ask you any of the questions you've just been asked 20 times, but it might be tricky"

Other incident, Media Officer tries to intercede on Joe's behalf to get the recording:

... Indo:

The official said it was "literally a two-minute thing'.

... podcast:

"Oh look Darren we're talking 30 seconds"

ballsymchugh · 06-10-2016 02:23PM

Off the Ball doing the match live tonight as well as 2fm. I wonder why?

on another note, i think they should have a phone in some night, maybe on a monday. would take the monotony out of it. 5 live does it extremely well with their 606 hour.

Ol' Donie · 06-10-2016 02:35PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

Off the Ball doing the match live tonight as well as 2fm. I wonder why?

on another note, i think they should have a phone in some night, maybe on a monday. would take the monotony out of it. 5 live does it extremely well with their 606 hour.

It's on RTE TV too. I figure it's so they don't have to work up some content for the show.

Although I think I heard an ad saying Paul Kimmage would be contributing to the match coverage, I want to hear that.

As for a phone in? Not for me, Clive. Lowest form of sports coverage.

siblers · 06-10-2016 07:07PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

Off the Ball doing the match live tonight as well as 2fm. I wonder why?

on another note, i think they should have a phone in some night, maybe on a monday. would take the monotony out of it. 5 live does it extremely well with their 606 hour.

Today FM used to do that at 5 on Saturdays (not sure if they still do) and it was painful. 90% of callers were lads from Dublin moaning about Liverpool/Utd/ROI.

Ol' Donie · 06-10-2016 07:21PM

siblers wrote: »

Today FM used to do that at 5 on Saturdays (not sure if they still do) and it was painful. 90% of callers were lads from Dublin moaning about Liverpool/Utd/ROI.

I remember a lad - about two and a half years after Abramovic turned up, so during the second league he bought - phoning up and saying "I think it's time people stopped talking about all the money Chelsea are spending. Like, stop going on about it, like..."

Last time I listened to a football phone in show.

Ursus Horribilis · 06-10-2016 08:02PM

siblers wrote: »

Today FM used to do that at 5 on Saturdays (not sure if they still do) and it was painful. 90% of callers were lads from Dublin moaning about Liverpool/Utd/ROI.

And referring to the team as "we"

Tell me how · 06-10-2016 10:14PM

Did I hear rightly that they've Lance Armstrong on the show on Friday night?

Thought I heard it on ad during Tom Dunne show.

dastardly00 · 07-10-2016 08:14AM

Tell me how wrote: »

Did I hear rightly that they've Lance Armstrong on the show on Friday night?

Thought I heard it on ad during Tom Dunne show.

You did hear correctly.

https://twitter.com/offtheball/status/784286385582714880

PeterTheNinth · 07-10-2016 08:15AM

I thought they were messing earlier in the week, but it seems like they have got it.

Ol' Donie · 07-10-2016 08:17AM

I'm also certain I heard them say they got Lance for 15 minutes.

Not from 7-10.

pc7 · 07-10-2016 08:42AM

They better ask hard questions and not be fawning all over him.

Cartman78 · 07-10-2016 08:58AM

15 minutes with someone like Joe or Ger will be a doddle for Lance....he'll have no bother batting off questions and will probably have totally mind-fcuked them by the time it's over.

You'd really need Kimmage with him for about an hour or so for it to be worthwhile imho....tonight's interview will just be free PR for Lance

pc7 · 07-10-2016 09:19AM

Cartman78 wrote: »

You'd really need Kimmage with him for about an hour or so for it to be worthwhile imho....tonight's interview will just be free PR for Lance

I'd love kimmage, but I think he'd get himself too worked up and shouty and then Lance would win. If he could keep the head it'd be great.

neris · 07-10-2016 09:33AM

pc7 wrote: »

They better ask hard questions and not be fawning all over him.

more chance of them needing a few boxes of kleenex to clean up the excitment then asking hard questions.

Ol' Donie · 07-10-2016 09:46AM

pc7 wrote: »

I'd love kimmage, but I think he'd get himself too worked up and shouty and then Lance would win. If he could keep the head it'd be great.

And they had Kimmage on talking football last night. Strange.

Said a lot of great things about Martin O'Neill, which was nice to hear.

pc7 · 07-10-2016 10:01AM

Hope its Joe doing it and not Ger

Ol' Donie · 07-10-2016 10:03AM

pc7 wrote: »

Hope its Joe doing it and not Ger

Lance'd never get a word in!

Can you imagine the length of the questions?

Ursus Horribilis · 07-10-2016 10:08AM

I'm sure Ger will pull rank and do the interview

dastardly00 · 07-10-2016 10:09AM

Lance walks into the studio... Ger is sitting across on the other side of the desk... Suddenly Ger begins ripping off his face a la Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible movies... behind the face mask is none other than Paul Kimmage... Lance tries to open the door to escape... but it's locked!

Ooh yeah! :cool: :pac:

ThisRegard · 07-10-2016 10:12AM

Armstrong actually offered to sit with Kimmage and do the interview at that conference.

PeterTheNinth · 07-10-2016 10:47AM

Cartman78 wrote: »

15 minutes with someone like Joe or Ger will be a doddle for Lance....he'll have no bother batting off questions and will probably have totally mind-fcuked them by the time it's over.

That should give Ger just about enough time to ask the first question.

ThisRegard · 07-10-2016 10:56AM

One of the sports news readers earlier said it was a feature length interview.

soc160 · 07-10-2016 05:34PM

Looks like it's Ger and it's feature length or whatever you wanna call it. It'll be interesting either way, wonder if it's a case where we hear it and then turns out he's on Rte and Second Captains next week too.

Tell me how · 07-10-2016 05:39PM

soc160 wrote:

Looks like it's Ger and it's feature length or whatever you wanna call it. It'll be interesting either way, wonder if it's a case where we hear it and then turns out he's on Rte and Second Captains next week too.

Ah f*ck it. I enjoy Ger and don't want to be knocking him as such but this should have been a Joe Molloy interview.
Ger , I expect, will look to point score whereas I think Joe would be more subtle.

Anyway, still at work so going for cup of tea now and will be tuning in.

pc7 · 07-10-2016 05:46PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Anyway, still at work so going for cup of tea now and will be tuning in.

It's up now as a podcast already!

Tell me how · 07-10-2016 05:56PM

pc7 wrote:

It's up now as a podcast already!

Doesn't seem to be up yet.

pc7 · 07-10-2016 06:03PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be up yet.

I'm listening to it,

PeterTheNinth · 07-10-2016 06:09PM

Ah god Ger, another monologue. This is why people are increasingly getting browned off with him.

PeterTheNinth · 07-10-2016 06:28PM

Gary?

:D

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