buyer95 wrote: » I actually could not believe my ears listening to Jonathan Wilson this evening. He went off on multiple diet related tangents with one being ridiculous as the next. Ken pulled him on the first (Lewandowski eating his dessert before his dinner) telling him that he had told that one before but Wilson undeterred told it again. He then tried to say how he is constantly blown away by players eating the likes of KFC. Ken called him on this and asked for a specific example. Wilson then gave the frankly ridiculous example of the English cricket team, a sport which quite obviously does not have the same physical demands as football. Then finally after they had moved passed the whole diet thing he jumped in again at the mention of Rio Ferdinand " ah yes I have it now, I remember Rio saying before about how Moyes band chips." Vapidness doesn't even begin to describe it. Jesus
Still Ill wrote: » That wasn't Jonathon Wilson. That was Rory Smith.
Arghus wrote: » No, that was Jonathan Wilson. Rory Smith was in the conversation too, but Wilson was the one with food on the brain. Strange rabbit-hole type conversation on the football show today. Usually, I find Wilson to be one of their best contributors, but he was waffling a fair bit there.
Raisins wrote: » Thought that was a good point about banning ketchup. There was a big deal made out if it in the English media but you won’t miss it unless you’re eating unhealthy food. Ken was trying to have a bit of a laugh about how teams are getting ripped off by snake oil merchants because they’re desperate for an edge. I don’t think they were aiming for a ted talks on sports nutrition.
Still Ill wrote: » Pretty sure it was Rory Smith talking about Lewendowski and the ice cream? Boring conversation either way!
Raisins wrote: » It’s strange that they’ve been so quiet on the mayo ladies football debacle, they might be afraid to touch it for the moment. Be interesting to see if they cover it today. I’d say Sinead Kissane is a certainty on the pod if they do.
dulux99 wrote: » Not really a lot happening on the podcast this week for my tastes. Suppose it’s just bit of a slow week in general. I know posters above praised Murf as the host and he’s not doing a bad job but Eoin really is the glue that holds the whole thing together. Surprised they didn’t cover any of the GGG vs Canelo fight, especially seeing as Gavan Casey from the 42 was on recently to talk about Tyson Fury. It was a great fight and a controversial decision so lots to speak about, and from a journalistic point of view I thought there’d be lots to cover with regards to Canelo’s recent drug test. Ah well, can’t have it all I suppose.
deisedude wrote: Hard to cover everything in 50 minutes I guess. Personally, as an athletics fan I was delighted with the chat with Epstein about Kipchoge breaking the world marathon record in Berlin
postsnthing wrote: » No reason why it has to be 50 minutes and we had 15 minutes talking about ketchup this week, definitely seems to be a bit of laziness creeping in sticking to easy comfort zones with same contributors saying the same thing.
dulux99 wrote: » I agree. 15 extra minutes on the biggest boxing match of the year wouldn't have killed anyone.
corwill wrote: » dulux99 wrote: » I agree. 15 extra minutes on the biggest boxing match of the year wouldn't have killed anyone. I really doubt 15 minutes of podtime is just an extra 15 minutes of work for them. In fact, I'm as certain as one can be that it's not the case.
dominatinMC wrote: » Excellent pod today. Was pleasantly surprised by the coverage of the ladies football - I was expecting the worst when I heard Sinead O'Carroll was in studio, but she was fair and balanced. The boxing guy (Costello) was a great guest
lawred2 wrote: » To be honest Sinead O Carroll does try to be balanced. Plus she speaks from a position of experience having been involved in various sporting situations. She's more than prepared to see the greys in life.
dominatinMC wrote: » That's true for her appearances on this pod, however I've heard her on The Last Word a few times discussing non-sporting topics, and she struck me as very lefty-liberal.
