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

passremarkable wrote: »

This is the most cringiest interview ever.
And joe is not to blame

Presume you're talking about the rowers there?

First 2 minutes of bantz about Disney and all that was wicked bad. Like an uncle listening to what gas craic his 8 year old nephews have been up to, yet managing to patronise them at the same time with his yiz are gas men attitude. That had to have been Joe's idea to open up the piece on the human interest angle because as soon as they moved on to discussing the race it was all serious business and they instantly dropped the comedy act.

I heard Joe is taking over Global Village.

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Giles: "What are you trying to get me to say, Joe??"

after Joe asks him the same question 100 times. Why didn't he just start by saying "I, Joe Molloy, don't think that the FAI should have given Martin O'Neill a new contract at this time. Discuss my opinion, John."

Heard that yeah. Even the normally unfazed Gilesey was getting irritated by Joe last night :pac:

The fact that this is an extremely limited Irish team seems to be lost on Joe. Does he think that there's untapped potential of 1970 Brazil proportions waiting to be harnessed given a different management team? :rolleyes:

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

I think he thinks like most people that we can play better and that the manager has little faith in the players

That criticism has been levelled against most Irish managers in recent times. They said it about Trapattoni, they said it about Brian Kerr. Now they're saying it about Martin O'Neill. Either they've all done the players and fans a disservice or they're pragmatic enough to realise that they have a limited pool of talent and plan accordingly.

The Off the ball.Com website is the online portal for the brand Off the ball which is synonymous with Newstalk, so why is John Duggan being introduced as 'from Offtheball.com' and why are 98fm and Spin 1038's sports bulletins sponsored by Off the ball.com ? While they are all communicorp stations how is it right that a newstalk brand can be used to advertise on competing stations especially when there's a link on the homepage to enable you to tune into the show on newstalk?

Can't wait for them to stick it to John Hartson.

Oh good. A rugby live show. Again.

Seems to be one of these every five minutes.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

No Gerry Thornley this evening. He'd be in his element down at the Munster event.

Wonder is this Irish times ban hitting the likes of him and the other IT journo's pockets

He's tweeted that it's the first time in 12 years he's missed Wednesday Night Rugby. God only knows what Gilroy and Molloy would say if it was another radio station banning journalists.

rufuseric82 wrote: »

Listened to the Football Show last night. Joe Molloy was so negative about Ireland and O'Neill. Kilbane was much better. Molloy needs to remember that's he's a presenter not an expert.

I caught bit the pre-match hype just before the match started on newstalk.
Kilbane's 'expertise' went out the window he was like an over-excited puppy.
His prediction was there will be goals in the game.

"It could be...it could be...there could be 2-3-4 goals in the game I really believe that..."


I could not believe that prediction considering Ireland do not score many and do not give many goals away?

I assume he was not pulled up on this prediction?