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Second Captains

ballsymchugh

Thought I'd update the OP with links and stuff for anyone who stumbles across this.

The former Off the Ball hosts have partnered with The Irish Times to do a series of weekly podcasts. They go online each Tuesday and cover a variety of sports, with a number of contributors including Sid Lowe, Richie Sadlier, Gerry Thornley and Shane Horgan.

They can be found:
On The Irish Times' site: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/second-captains
On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains-it-com
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/second-captains-irish-times/id647893016?mt=2

Or if you prefer not to use iTunes for your podcasts, use this link in whatever app you use (Thanks to youcancallmeal): http://feeds.feedburner.com/secondcaptainsitcom

And here are their Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Cheers,
wnolan1992

so they're almost finished their gardening leave...

where will they end up?

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Baggly

'He's going the distance. He's going for speed......'

Loafing Oaf

Arghus wrote: »

His voice grates on me too, for reasons I can't fully explain; a whingy tone. I don't know what he brings to the table in terms of insight and analysis either - he once owned a constipated dog? .

Ah that's hardly fair. What about that game of soggy biscuit with his teammates?

Arghus

yosser hughes wrote: »

It's a whiny, grating whingy tone.
He has nothing to say as far as I'm concerned

His voice grates on me too, for reasons I can't fully explain; a whingy tone. I don't know what he brings to the table in terms of insight and analysis either - he once owned a constipated dog? I think the well of stories from his footballing years is running awful dry at this stage.

riemann

yosser hughes wrote: »

It's a whiny, grating whingy tone.
He has nothing to say as far as I'm concerned

That's harsh, his accent is pretty innocuous. He played his way up through Millwall ffs. I respect the man, even if he could do with some basic sound engineering training.

yosser hughes

lawred2 wrote: »

his accent?

I would consider him to be an excellent speaker. No verbal ticks nor lack of distinction either.

What's so wrong with his accent?

It's a whiny, grating whingy tone.
He has nothing to say as far as I'm concerned

Rumple Stillson

lawred2 wrote: »

his accent?

I would consider him to be an excellent speaker. No verbal ticks nor lack of distinction either.

What's so wrong with his accent?

Nothing wrong with how he speaks or what have you, just find that particular Dublin accent slightly grating.

lawred2

Rumple Stillson wrote: »

Not sure why my first post is about Richie Sadlier... Seems like a great guy and very funny but I don't think he adds anything as a presenter or pundit.

Very shaky on RTE for the Super Cup, Duff and Kenny Cunningham outshone him.

Find his accent pretty difficult to listen too also.

his accent?

I would consider him to be an excellent speaker. No verbal ticks nor lack of distinction either.

What's so wrong with his accent?

Rumple Stillson

dulux99 wrote: »

I would enjoy hearing Richie on more of the football podcasts in general. Hes a good pundit in my opinion and would probably be even better on a more free flowing format like the podcast

Not sure why my first post is about Richie Sadlier... Seems like a great guy and very funny but I don't think he adds anything as a presenter or pundit.

Very shaky on RTE for the Super Cup, Duff and Kenny Cunningham outshone him.

Find his accent pretty difficult to listen too also.

lawred2

Beersmith wrote: »

I do hate the live recording pods. Terrible quality and playing up to the audience. Only works live.

Eoin shouts too much too at these things. Doesn't suit him.

Beersmith

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Sure the whole thing is Richie asking his mates/colleagues, expect to see Hamann/Dunphy/Given next.
Dunno why they included him as a presenter/interviewer tbh, Eoin is far better at it and its another guy to pay

Probably because eoins lack of time. Lots of other episodes to produce

dulux99

I would enjoy hearing Richie on more of the football podcasts in general. Hes a good pundit in my opinion and would probably be even better on a more free flowing format like the podcast

dr.kenneth noisewater

Ol' Donie wrote:

I really like Ritchie's style, but I'd love him to get away from Ireland players a few times. We love them, and all that, but we've heard from them all loads of times.

Sure the whole thing is Richie asking his mates/colleagues, expect to see Hamann/Dunphy/Given next.
Dunno why they included him as a presenter/interviewer tbh, Eoin is far better at it and its another guy to pay

Ol' Donie

Pter wrote: »

Ah come on did you listen to the interview? If there is nothing new don't even bother with the paltry couple of questions Richie asked.

But if you are going to ask, then push him when he gives a half hearted answer.

He alluded to him and Roy being destined to fall out....well dig into that. Why not. You have him there. Instead Ken had to fill in the blanks after the interview.

I really like Ritchie's style, but I'd love him to get away from Ireland players a few times. We love them, and all that, but we've heard from them all loads of times.

The Quinn one was excellent, though.

dulux99

I must say I didn't think they'd be able to pull off the 5 pods a week throughout the summer, but they pulled it off fairly seamlessly in fairness. I suppose they were a bit lucky with an eventful lions series and lots of good GAA to talk about, but they did better than I thought they would.

Beersmith

I do hate the live recording pods. Terrible quality and playing up to the audience. Only works live.

Baggly

The Davestator wrote:

Do you actually think you're going to hear anything new or interesting about Saipan 15 years and thousands of interviews later?

Ah come on did you listen to the interview? If there is nothing new don't even bother with the paltry couple of questions Richie asked.

But if you are going to ask, then push him when he gives a half hearted answer.

He alluded to him and Roy being destined to fall out....well dig into that. Why not. You have him there. Instead Ken had to fill in the blanks after the interview.

OldMrBrennan83

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The Davestator

Pter wrote: »

For the story at the start of how he kept cocking up the recording, yes.

To get a feel for how sound and level headed Mick is, yes.

To actually find out anything interesting about Saipan that we didnt already know, no.

Do you actually think you're going to hear anything new or interesting about Saipan 15 years and thousands of interviews later?

riemann

Thought this week's output was poor.

From a good start on the (bank holiday) Monday to a typical GAA Tuesday which didn't exactly pull up any trees it quickly went downhill.

Wednesday was poor in my book, 10 mins of explaining how a man is incapable of using basic recording equipment followed by a tame interview. Surprising Mick bothered as there's only so many times you can answer the same questions.

The live shows never translate well into podcast form, especially with two Liverpoolians whose accents are tough to take and boring Shay Given. Felt sorry for quinners amongst that bunch.

I skipped most of today's and Ken's little "faux outrage" as someone dared express an opinion on their Facebook page that didn't meet the approval of the equality authority was quite pathetic.

I have a 2hr commute for another three weeks but after that I'll have to see if my spare time is well spent listening to this dross.

Having said that if ManU lose and Ken spends 30mins sneering at Bose, all will be forgiven.

Ol' Donie

Ken's on today's Arsecast for a season preview.

It's back boyos! Yeow!

dastardly00

Hunky Monster wrote: »

My David Luiz poster came this morning, that'll be going up in the bathroom.

That's where mine was... until we had visitors coming to stay with us and I realised I better take it down or they will think I am some sort of weirdo!

:pac:

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

My David Luiz poster came this morning, that'll be going up in the bathroom.

Baggly

dastardly00 wrote: »

Still worth a listen though?

For the story at the start of how he kept cocking up the recording, yes.

To get a feel for how sound and level headed Mick is, yes.

To actually find out anything interesting about Saipan that we didnt already know, no.

dastardly00

Pter wrote: »

Bang of hero worship from the Mick McCarthy interview. I know he was stuck for time, but feel he pulled his punches on some of the Saipan questions.

Still worth a listen though?

Shaungoater

Macateer seems pretty similar to Lawros on OTB a few weeks ago, constantly looking to be the funny man. Found their chat on OTB from Wednesday better than the second captains one to be honest, although kilbane did the push the issues enough when looking for names. Except for Given

CatFromHue

Yeah that rings a bell for me too.

I'm guessing they didn't have much of a choice here as I imagine the lads were bundled together to do a bit of a circuit

tomwaits48

corwill wrote: »

Really? Hadn't heard that said of him before.

I heard the same on OTB a few months back. They made it pretty obvious it was Fowler they were talking about.

Baggly

Bang of hero worship from the Mick McCarthy interview. I know he was stuck for time, but feel he pulled his punches on some of the Saipan questions.

corwill

wardides wrote: »

Thought the heckling bit was bonkers - some fella kept shouting Bull**** when Fowler was saying something and then shouted out about having no trophies?? Somebody should have told him to shut up.

Fowler has winner's medals for the FA Cup, League Cup X 2 and the UEFA Cup, to go with 2 PFA Young Player of the Year Awards and 26 England caps. I'd be fairly sure that outstrips the medal haul of the heckler.

corwill

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Fowler is well known for being a d!ck behind the scenes anyway. Fairly certain the OTB lads said they'd never have him on for a live show again

Really? Hadn't heard that said of him before.