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ballsymchugh wrote: »

thought Pauric Duffy handed joe his arse on a plate many times during that interview today. Joe complaining that clubs are being forgotten about and that county players aren't being released to the clubs in April.... although this is the first year of the new rules.

does Joe know something we don't?!!

Patww79 wrote: »

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I haven't heard the interview yet, but I would say there isn't much hope of county players being released to train and play with their clubs a week or two before provincial championship matches.

Maybe I'll be proven happily wrong, but I'll be very surprised if we see, for example, Galway or Mayo county players playing club football in April in the lead up to a massive western derby on May 10th.

I thought Paraic Duffy was a bit waffly at times, he resorted to 'I don't have the figures with me' a few times.

Also he was helped by Joe's over explaining at times. Is that what they're trained to do when interviewing now, to almost give a constant running commentary on their own interviewing style and whether or not they feel the interviewee is comfortable with the questions/wants them to move on etc.... Gives no credit to the listener who may have noticed all these things already....

Yeah Duffy is not an impressive individual at all. He bleats about the wrong things too: payments to managers. Seriously who gives a sh1t about that? Where in this day and age would a county find a manager willing to do the job for zero and why is that a priority. Don't mention Jim Gavin please.

Bizarre that it's even a story, you think if there was moral outrage warranted it would be at the fact that the Fa covered up/ignored racism and paedophilia at youth levels for a couple of decades.

Impressed that Newstalk for once feature a story where a straight indigenous white man is the victim. Poor Tony Donoghue.

Dots1982 wrote: »

Jayesdiem wrote: »

Yeah Duffy is not an impressive individual at all. He bleats about the wrong things too: payments to managers. Seriously who gives a sh1t about that? Where in this day and age would a county find a manager willing to do the job for zero and why is that a priority. Don't mention Jim Gavin please.

Duffy’s issue is with clubs paying managers if you’d had a closer listen.

Well I didn't listen because nearly every OTB show sticks of political correctness. Regardless, I don't think it invalidates what I said. Judging by what you say he's just fine with paying intercounty managers. If that's really the case he should come out and legalise it. Fat chance.

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Impressed that Newstalk for once feature a story where a straight indigenous white man is the victim. Poor Tony Donoghue.

Who is Tony Donoghue?

Radio5 wrote: »

I thought Paraic Duffy was a bit waffly at times, he resorted to 'I don't have the figures with me' a few times.

Also he was helped by Joe's over explaining at times. Is that what they're trained to do when interviewing now, to almost give a constant running commentary on their own interviewing style and whether or not they feel the interviewee is comfortable with the questions/wants them to move on etc.... Gives no credit to the listener who may have noticed all these things already....

"Maybe I shouldn't really ask this...."..... [self aware, cerebral Joe], ".........but I'm going to anyway................." [fearless, brave Joe]

There was nothing particularly of note but I really enjoyed last nights show.

No "human interest" or social agendas just talking about current sports.

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Oh lord, the guy was let go for what he said. Do we all really have to be seen to be offended yet again???

What're they on about? West Ham?

I wouldn't know, I turned it off when they said they were interviewing Jim f*ckin White.

Was there a need yesterday during the first half hour news round to get the courts reporter on the phone to give the details about what was discussed yesterday in court in the Paddy Jackson Stuart olding rape trial?
For a sports show, or supposed sports show, they're steering it in the wrong direction with the social agendas.

redbuck wrote: »

To be fair I think its a story that should be covered seeing as it involves an Irish international, imagine the uproar if it was a soccer international.

It needs to be mentioned on a sports show because it involves international players but the details from the night in question aren't relevant and have no place on a sports show.

This is a typical Joe Molloy question:

Now if you look at Cork and the bad year they had, combined with their win over Kilkenny last week and all the joy that brought to its plighted fans, factoring in Davy going to Wexford, taking into account how well they're doing, not forgetting the full moon we just had, will Cork win on Sunday?

Ger Gilroy painful as usual tonight. Did anybody hear the intro, where he explained for about five minutes why they wouldn't be discussing Rory Best and his attendance at the Paddy Jackson trial. Presumably Ger thinks that all the OTB listeners will be thinking "wow, what a profound statement by Ger, he certainly is an virtuous, upstanding journalist of fine moral standing". As opposed to the "What an absolutely pious, self indulgent twat Gilroy really is" that I uttered.

It almost like there's a competition in Newstalk, anytime somebody does or says something wrong, each of their presenters in turn tries their hardest to come across as being the most offended.