Off The Ball Official Thread <Mod Note - Post #1, #533, #6651>

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Declan Lynch is enough to make anybody switch off. The only thing that raises his monotone delivery is when mention is made of Athlone Town's 0-0 draw with AC Milan in St Mel's Park over 40 years ago :rolleyes:

Lynch has grown on me. His propensity to launch into long-winded anecdotes about obscure sportsmen and journalists used to annoy me. But I like it now.

Joe interviews Brian Kerr: "We must start with Coleman.":rolleyes:

CatFromHue wrote: »

tbh there's not much else to talk about from that game.

it wasn't a great game with no other real talking points.

If the Bale tackle and Coleman injury hadn't happened and the trumpet man wasn't trumpeting, the sports show presenters and paper columnists would have been in big trouble over the weekend.

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

At least they's moved on from Taylorgate I suppose

So much so Giles was referring to him as Davis. Christ he was all over the place this evening

No one but Joe is allowed to have an opinion anymore

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

I don't think the audience will turn the dial. I've never warmed to the "new" Off The Ball team and listen to the show a lot less than I did. It's an almost bomb-proof formula though. It's aired at a time when there's little else to listen to on radio here. I doubt the audience figures for Radio 1's Arena are anything to write home about. So they've got plenty of hours of an evening to talk about sport and get updates/reports on live games. Maybe that type of show was always going to succeed, regardless of who was presenting it.

I used to be an avid listener (even after the original team left) but am listening to OTB less and less these days - mainly because I've subscribed to the Second Captains World Service (highly recommend), which gives me my daily dose of sport. However, even when I'm travelling in the car in the evening, I find myself listening to Game On more regularly than OTB. Never thought I'd see that happening! Maybe the more condensed formula of Game On means the presenters have less time for political ramblings/self-indulgent soliloquies, which the OTB team are prone to these days.

dominatinMC wrote: »

I used to be an avid listener (even after the original team left) but am listening to OTB less and less these days - mainly because I've subscribed to the Second Captains World Service (highly recommend), which gives me my daily dose of sport. However, even when I'm travelling in the car in the evening, I find myself listening to Game On more regularly than OTB. Never thought I'd see that happening! Maybe the more condensed formula of Game On means the presenters have less time for political ramblings/self-indulgent soliloquies, which the OTB team are prone to these days.

I like listening to both Second Captains and OTB, I agree with come of the criticisms people put forward for both though.

In relation to your post, you talk about the self indulgence of the OTB crew yet laud Second Captains who are often the champions of self indulgence. Just an observation of someone who enjoy both in small doses.

I also find myself listening less and less these days.

When they started bringing their political opinions into the show I went right off them.