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    #92
    The Parish Priest.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 613 ✭✭✭The Parish Priest.


    The 5 @ 5 6 @ 6 business is pure cringe, probably the idea of someone just out of college with a Morketing degree


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    #93
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    dominatinMC wrote: »
    Mark Lawrenson is the most sarcastic, know-it-all pundit out there. No harm at all in bringing him down a peg or two!

    Dont forget Neil Francis - he definitely deserves that title too.


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    #94
    dominatinMC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Dont forget Neil Francis - he definitely deserves that title too.

    Ya, he definitely qualifies for that title too, but at least he is fairly knowledgeable on his subject matter. Lawrenson just relies on the same old tired cliches


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    #95
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,710 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    I like Neil Francis notwithstanding the extraordinary arrogance. In fact, I'd nearly say I like him because of the arrogance!

    I love the way he starts every answer he gives with a hugely condescending, "mmmh yeah..." :D


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    #96
    PhoneMain
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭PhoneMain


    Francis isn't half as knowledgable as he thinks he is.


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    #97
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,710 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Neil Francis is exceptionally knowledgeable about rugby. Boards.ie users ime not so much.


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    #98
    PhoneMain
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭PhoneMain


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Neil Francis is exceptionally knowledgeable about rugby. Boards.ie users ime not so much.

    How do you know what any boards.ie user knows about rugby? His articles are so often about rubbish random things that comes into his head. Case in point, he wrote an article last year saying that props should be limited in weight to 120kgs and back rows 110kgs (for example). No basis for it, no scientific research behind it, he just picked out arbitrary figures out of his arse. In 2013, he also linked Jonah Lomu's nephrotic syndrome to steroid use without any basis in fact.


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    #99
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    he didn't say steroid, he said creatine


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    #100
    passremarkable
    Registered Users Posts: 4,509 ✭✭✭passremarkable


    Any one get that competition question
    I just missed it


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    #101
    PacMan
    Registered Users Posts: 571 ✭✭✭PacMan


    The Parish Priest. wrote: »
    The 5 @ 5 6 @ 6 business is pure cringe, probably the idea of someone just out of college with a Morketing degree

    I noticed that too. I think its terrible, and sounds like a regional youth station when they do that. What's next Todays five word weather ??
    News should not be interaction between the presenter and newsreader. Its sounds all scripted between them.


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    #102
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,984 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Of course its scripted, sure Matt has to start by asking about a news story, then she goes off and tells us about it.

    Tacky beyond belief.


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    #103
    Utopia Parkway
    Registered Users Posts: 17,313 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    statto25 wrote: »
    This might be a rhetorical question but what the hell is Paul Kimmages problem. He was beyond rude to Mark Lawrenson there and kept referring to him as 'Expert'. Did they have a bit of a spat?

    Who hasn't Kimmage fallen out with more like?


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    #104
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Utopia Parkway wrote: »
    Who hasn't Kimmage fallen out with more like?

    That's what makes him such a compelling character. He'd start a row in an empty room.


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    #105
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    The 2 nitwits he has on this evening (and every Wednesday evening?) doing the TV review are incredibly irritating.
    Patrick Freane can't stop giggling like a little girl at every one of his own lame comments and his sidekick Jennifer (?) has the most generic marbles in her mouth D4 accent imaginable. So yeah, ummmm, loike...

    That pair, along with squeaky Matt all on at once together is an instant channel changer. I had to switch over to Gareth on 4FM ffs.


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    #106
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Who was the American woman debating with Fintan O'Toole the other night about Donald Trump.(I just want to know who she is so I can see what she looks like).


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    #107
    donspeekinglesh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭donspeekinglesh


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Who was the American woman debating with Fintan O'Toole the other night about Donald Trump.(I just want to know who she is so I can see what she looks like).

    Mary Ellen Synon


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    #108
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    donspeekinglesh wrote: »
    Mary Ellen Synon

    Thanks man.

    Having read her wikipedia profile just now she sounds like a complete nutter.


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    #109
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,984 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    It went downhill about 1min into his introduction at 4:30pm, when he said "we have 2 competitions tonight".

    Jez, I hate those radio competitions, and how often we have to have the details read out. And now we are going to have 2 every day!


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    #110
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Thanks man.

    Having read her wikipedia profile just now she sounds like a complete nutter.

    To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?


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    #111
    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?

    This week's flavour of the month.

    I'm just glad that MaryLou McDonnell isn't the go-to guest any more.


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    #112
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?


    That's true but I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt because I'm not following the Trump situation that closely but after reading up on some of the rubbish she's spouted over the years I won't be paying any attention to her opinion ever again.


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    #113
    frostyjacks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭frostyjacks


    Wish they'd get rid of Jennifer Gannon for the TV slot. If the show doesn't celebrate feminism, homosexuality or multiculturalism then it won't get the time of day. Not everything has to have some sort of social message.


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    #114
    djemba djemba
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    How did Nick Webb get selected for the business slot. He can't make it through a sentence without an ahhh. I would say his podcast is blinding.


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    #115
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    i don't get the nick webb hate at all, i think he's grand. i like business news and he's got a bit of charisma to him. very strange accent though


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    #116
    dominatinMC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    I wouldn't say I "hate" Nick Webb, just find him unbelievably annoying on the radio. He's a decent journalist IMO (I read his pieces in the Sindo every so often, and his book "The Untouchables" wasn't bad) but that doesn't always translate to radio. His is a case of stick to print media I think!


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    #117
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,344 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    An hour of Nick Webb for anyone interested: https://soundcloud.com/thecapitalbjoe/episode-2-dealing-with-success-and-failure-and-winning-on-both


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    #118
    dominatinMC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    marno21 wrote: »
    An hour of Nick Webb for anyone interested: https://soundcloud.com/thecapitalbjoe/episode-2-dealing-with-success-and-failure-and-winning-on-both

    Listened to 2 mins and then had to turn off but how the hell is it the number one podcast in Ireland??


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    #119
    TheDavester
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭TheDavester


    frostyjacks wrote: »
    Wish they'd get rid of Jennifer Gannon for the TV slot. If the show doesn't celebrate feminism, homosexuality or multiculturalism then it won't get the time of day. Not everything has to have some sort of social message.

    Agreed. I couldn't put my finger on what annoyed me about her selections and she always adds on a dopey reality show as a favourite too


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    #120
    TheDavester
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭TheDavester


    dominatinMC wrote: »
    Listened to 2 mins and then had to turn off but how the hell is it the number one podcast in Ireland??

    Skewed statistics, it could mean the no 1 business and lifestyle podcast...it really means nothing


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    #121
    Chorus_suck
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 487 ✭✭Chorus_suck


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