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Sideshow Mark · 03-04-2018 09:31AM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So we get a whole two minutes of soccer coverage from the weekend. This fiver is really not going far these days. Quality has gone way way way down.

The soccer was very predictable and dull this weekend, don’t blame them for not bothering with it. They did say the next soccer show would be Thursday. I’d expect today to focus on golf with The Masters on this weekend.

threein99 · 03-04-2018 09:51AM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So we get a whole two minutes of soccer coverage from the weekend. This fiver is really not going far these days. Quality has gone way way way down.

Mondays podcasts are free

Utopia Parkway · 03-04-2018 06:18PM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So we get a whole two minutes of soccer coverage from the weekend. This fiver is really not going far these days. Quality has gone way way way down.

Even Ken didn't want to talk about last weekend's football. Just did about 3 minutes on Chelsea v Spurs.

Tadgh Furlong interview and Masters preview today so I presume they will be doing something on the Champions League the next two days.

Icemancometh · 03-04-2018 07:20PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Even Ken didn't want to talk about last weekend's football. Just did about 3 minutes on Chelsea v Spurs.

Tadgh Furlong interview and Masters preview today so I presume they will be doing something on the Champions League the next two days.

Think they said it'd be a Champions League pod on Thursday.

dr.kenneth noisewater · 03-04-2018 08:55PM

Utopia Parkway wrote:

Tadgh Furlong interview and Masters preview today so I presume they will be doing something on the Champions League the next two days.

CL pod on Thursday they said

padd b1975 · 03-04-2018 09:01PM

dulpit wrote: »

Agreed. Richie's workshops sound like a great idea for TY across the country..

First class I'm told by a parent.

Worlds apart from the amateurish guff spouted by Brezzie.

Icemancometh · 03-04-2018 09:53PM

Did anyone else catch Murph referring to Poochie as Snoopie?

Edit: I may have posted before finishing the pod and hearing Eoin pull him up on it...

Ciaran_B · 04-04-2018 10:23AM

Good pod last night. I've no interest in golf but Lawrence Donagan is great to listen to. Hope they get him back next week.

Shaungoater · 04-04-2018 05:28PM

Anybody else feel they are going overboard on the rugby? Granted it doesn't interest me, but is it horgan that's pulling the strings analysing it so much? I wish they put the same analysis into other sports at times. 36 minutes of a 58 minute podcast on the rugby, two analysts. 12 minutes of gaa with just oisin after a weekend of finals and superb hurling.
I am not a league of Ireland fan but do wish they would do a segment on this weekly. Even a ten minute review.
Really loving their content this year though besides this

Shaungoater · 04-04-2018 05:28PM

Anybody else feel they are going overboard on the rugby? Granted it doesn't interest me, but is it horgan that's pulling the strings analysing it so much? I wish they put the same analysis into other sports at times. 36 minutes of a 58 minute podcast on the rugby, two analysts. 12 minutes of gaa with just oisin after a weekend of finals and superb hurling.
I am not a league of Ireland fan but do wish they would do a segment on this weekly. Even a ten minute review.
Really loving their content this year though besides this

05-04-2018 06:39AM

I just listened to the Richie "sex" podcast. Found it reasonably interesting. I thought they were on the verge of a real breakthrough at one point, they seemed to realise that there are plenty of workshops for coaching teenage boys about consent etc, but realised there are no equivalent initiatives for girls. Unfortunately they veered off on a tangent and never really got back to asking that question.

I just feel that in this day of equality and the emphasis put on sex being a two-way street, it might be useful to coach young girls to be firm about what they do/don't want when it comes to intimacy. It should be an infinitely easier skill to teach than trying to teach men to read all the visible/invisible signs a woman may give. Lord knows some great men in history have never been able to figure out the eternal question "what do women want".

Anyway it was interesting podcast but that was one big missing piece for me.

05-04-2018 06:54AM

Arghus wrote: »

In bad taste I know, but did anyone else think the audio of Richie listing off the ludicrous sexual positions is dying to be made into a killer audio bed?

Something about Richie's tone and also the fact that it was meant to be educational made this absolutely hilarious!

Hopefully they will see the bright side and make it into an audio bed, surely we are all adults and can be responsible and have a laugh at the same time.

kilns · 05-04-2018 08:21AM

Icemancometh wrote: »

Did anyone else catch Murph referring to Poochie as Snoopie?

Edit: I may have posted before finishing the pod and hearing Eoin pull him up on it...

Sometimes you wonder what Murph brings to the podcast, he is just there as a sidekick mostly and his contributes whether they are trying to be comedic or insightful are poor, but probably takes an equal share of the profits.

Brock Turnpike · 05-04-2018 09:08AM

Shaungoater wrote: »

Anybody else feel they are going overboard on the rugby? Granted it doesn't interest me, but is it horgan that's pulling the strings analysing it so much? I wish they put the same analysis into other sports at times. 36 minutes of a 58 minute podcast on the rugby, two analysts. 12 minutes of gaa with just oisin after a weekend of finals and superb hurling.
I am not a league of Ireland fan but do wish they would do a segment on this weekly. Even a ten minute review.
Really loving their content this year though besides this

Agreed that there has been a lot of rugby coverage. However I'd take it over GAA analysis that is an already massively over saturated market.

Utopia Parkway · 05-04-2018 04:36PM

Shaungoater wrote: »

Anybody else feel they are going overboard on the rugby? Granted it doesn't interest me, but is it horgan that's pulling the strings analysing it so much? I wish they put the same analysis into other sports at times. 36 minutes of a 58 minute podcast on the rugby, two analysts. 12 minutes of gaa with just oisin after a weekend of finals and superb hurling.
I am not a league of Ireland fan but do wish they would do a segment on this weekly. Even a ten minute review.
Really loving their content this year though besides this

6 Nations and the following knock out rounds in European club rugby straight after is pretty much peak season as far as rugby coverage goes. The Summer tour won't get huge coverage as the games are often on very early in the morning and not on free to air TV. November internationals get some coverage but nowhere near as much as around now. It's just that time of year for it. Leinster and Munster doing well will probably extend the coverage a bit this year.

Utopia Parkway · 05-04-2018 04:46PM

kilns wrote: »

Sometimes you wonder what Murph brings to the podcast, he is just there as a sidekick mostly and his contributes whether they are trying to be comedic or insightful are poor, but probably takes an equal share of the profits.

I like Murph but he has a touch of the Ger Gilroy's about him in that he always asks long rambling questions. Without Gilroy's natural pomposity mind.

riemann · 05-04-2018 10:54PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

The pod on the Belfast rape trial/consent was excellent.

Sorry for being a blinkered fanboy

You're easily pleased.

Personally I don't care much for thejournal.ie but each to their own.

You should look out for a website called 9gag, right up your alley.

Smell the glove · 06-04-2018 06:31AM

I get the feeling ,ate ly that Ken feels just reporting on football is below him. Possibly gotten notions from the political podcast that he feels that's what he should be really doing. Liverpool beat city 3-0 and all we get is a poor attempt at manager psychology yet again.

Beersmith · 06-04-2018 07:32AM

Yeah the focus only on what the managers say has been going on for ages and its too much. Fine mention it and even discuss it now and then. But it is all he seems to care and talk about. Eoin should be steering him off the subject also.

Arghus · 06-04-2018 03:33PM

Smell the glove wrote: »

I get the feeling ,ate ly that Ken feels just reporting on football is below him. Possibly gotten notions from the political podcast that he feels that's what he should be really doing. Liverpool beat city 3-0 and all we get is a poor attempt at manager psychology yet again.

I think he's slightly bored of talking about it after all these years. He tends to be far more into the conversations on the politics pods.

Cienciano · 06-04-2018 03:44PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I just listened to the Richie "sex" podcast. Found it reasonably interesting. I thought they were on the verge of a real breakthrough at one point, they seemed to realise that there are plenty of workshops for coaching teenage boys about consent etc, but realised there are no equivalent initiatives for girls. Unfortunately they veered off on a tangent and never really got back to asking that question.

I just feel that in this day of equality and the emphasis put on sex being a two-way street, it might be useful to coach young girls to be firm about what they do/don't want when it comes to intimacy. It should be an infinitely easier skill to teach than trying to teach men to read all the visible/invisible signs a woman may give. Lord knows some great men in history have never been able to figure out the eternal question "what do women want".

Anyway it was interesting podcast but that was one big missing piece for me.

Richies point about girls lining up to shag famous people was interesting alright. One thing is that I haven't heard anyone mention, is that girls that shag around are considered "sluts" by society. This does not count when it comes to famous people. Girls will brag about being with someone famous even if they're not good looking. From my experience anyway.

Good take on it on the Blindboy podcast this week. Granted, he's not everyones cup of tea, but good take on it.

Utopia Parkway · 07-04-2018 12:09AM

Smell the glove wrote: »

I get the feeling ,ate ly that Ken feels just reporting on football is below him. Possibly gotten notions from the political podcast that he feels that's what he should be really doing. Liverpool beat city 3-0 and all we get is a poor attempt at manager psychology yet again.

I like Ken's flights of fancy as much as the next man but I have kinda felt lately that he's being indulged a bit too much on Second Captains. Just seems like they used to allow more air time to interesting journos and pundits before. Now after a big game or round of fixtures we have Ken rambling on for 30 minutes before a brief conversation with a guest. Was the same with Rory Smith after the Liverpool v City game this week.

applehunter · 09-04-2018 01:13AM

https://www.thesun.ie/news/2412879/richie-sadlier-referendum-on-the-eighth-amendment-is-about-handing-back-a-basic-human-right-to-women/

If if only it were that simple Richie.

I would hope a political podcast on second captains would a give a more rounded discussion on the issue than Richie's take.

Arghus · 09-04-2018 02:17AM

applehunter wrote: »

https://www.thesun.ie/news/2412879/richie-sadlier-referendum-on-the-eighth-amendment-is-about-handing-back-a-basic-human-right-to-women/

If if only it were that simple Richie.

I would hope a political podcast on second captains would a give a more rounded discussion on the issue than Richie's take.

Those are his personal reasons for choosing what way to vote for him. It doesn't really have a lot to do with SC in fairness.

The Sun do state at the beginning of that piece that they'll be publishing pieces from both sides in the forthcoming weeks.

Say Your Number · 09-04-2018 02:29AM

The pieces with Lynne Cox and the one on the Irish football team at the 1924 Olympics were brilliant, well worth this month's fee already.

applehunter · 09-04-2018 02:49AM

Arghus wrote: »

Those are his personal reasons for choosing what way to vote for him. It doesn't really have a lot to do with SC in fairness.

The Sun do state at the beginning of that piece that they'll be publishing pieces from both sides in the forthcoming weeks.

Ireland is small place and media world in Ireland is a bubble.

Is Richie not part of the SC team?

Arghus · 09-04-2018 03:26AM

applehunter wrote: »

Ireland is small place and media world in Ireland is a bubble.

Is Richie not part of the SC team?

I think he can express his views on the subject without the other guys having to get involved.

Richie is a member of SC, but he writes a lot these days, about a lot, in a lot of different places. If there always has to be a potential SC bit of coverage regarding everything he has to say - even if he's said it in a personal capacity that I'm sure isn't meant to be taken as a statement from the team as a whole on the issue - then there won't be much time left over in the week for them to talk about much else.

The piece in the Sun is an opinion piece by Richie Sadlier, speaking for Richie Sadlier. I don't see any onus on the rest of the team to provide "balance" if they don't feel the need too. And that'd still be the case if he held opposing views to what he expressed in the piece.

lawred2 · 09-04-2018 06:53AM

applehunter wrote: »

https://www.thesun.ie/news/2412879/richie-sadlier-referendum-on-the-eighth-amendment-is-about-handing-back-a-basic-human-right-to-women/

If if only it were that simple Richie.

I would hope a political podcast on second captains would a give a more rounded discussion on the issue than Richie's take.

Why is this in the SC thread?

Ivefoundgod · 09-04-2018 12:33PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Why is this in the SC thread?

Quick look at the posters profile will tell you why :rolleyes:

lawred2 · 09-04-2018 12:36PM

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Quick look at the posters profile will tell you why :rolleyes:

I'd pretty much guessed that..

It has no relevance, serves no purpose here and is a clear agenda driven plant.

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