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corwill · 20-09-2018 09:30AM

deisedude wrote: »

Really impressed with the balanced discussion on the Mayo ladies GAA saga.

Sh1ts all over the echo chamber that is Off the Ball coverage and their ridiculously one sided take on the matter

I haven't gotten to it yet, and what I've read about it has left me puzzled, and with a sense that no one wants to voice what's actually behind the whole thing. Anyone care to share facts on the ground, not filtered through one ideology or another?

lawred2 · 20-09-2018 09:45AM

corwill wrote: »

I haven't gotten to it yet, and what I've read about it has left me puzzled, and with a sense that no one wants to voice what's actually behind the whole thing. Anyone care to share facts on the ground, not filtered through one ideology or another?

Seems to be quite a few things at play..

I think Peter Leahy wanted to reduce the role that Cora Staunton had within the camp. Reading between the lines it seems that there was a bit of a Carnacon clique - which often resulted in a bit of back chatting and maybe something that Peter Leahy rightly or wrongly saw as a challenge to his authority..

Then he had words with one of the girls on her own - to which she felt intimidated but really a bit of a one on one bollocking doesn't sound that unusual..

Some of the terms used by the girls are heavy handed and as of yet unjustified..

I don't know - all seems to be something that got way out of hand and there's nobody like sports administrators to encourage small problems to grow in to enormous problems..

dastardly00 · 20-09-2018 11:47AM

People thought that Ken was actually on Liveline?! :pac::pac::pac:

Pidae.m · 20-09-2018 12:26PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

People thought that Ken was actually on Liveline?! :pac::pac::pac:

My sub was up at the time and a few months later I asked my brother was Ken on liveliness

dulux99 · 20-09-2018 01:15PM

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

Agreed, most enjoyable episode in a while. The pod just works better with 3 people, Mark should be in the seat every time eoin is off imo

Footoo · 20-09-2018 11:14PM

“We’ll be talking to Miguel Delaney.....”

Is there a more depressing combination of words in the English language?

Cienciano · 20-09-2018 11:44PM

For all the laughing at the joke that is PSG, ken talked about them more than all the other games combined. The non English games barely got a mention. Apparently Valencia Juve was one moment, the score wasn't even mentioned never mind how the game went. No mention of bayerns win either. PSG is the new Mourinho?

Arghus · 21-09-2018 12:13AM

Footoo wrote: »

“We’ll be talking to Miguel Delaney.....”

Is there a more depressing combination of words in the English language?

"We'll be talking to Gabrielle Marcotti..."

or

"We'll be talking Graham Hunter..."

Thankfully we don't have to listen to either of those two gasbags a lot these days.

Ol' Donie · 21-09-2018 12:24AM

Arghus wrote: »

"We'll be talking to Gabrielle Marcotti..."

or

"We'll be talking Graham Hunter..."

Thankfully we don't have to listen to either of those two gasbags a lot these days.

Oh, it's so true.

The Golazzo podcast is brilliant except for Marcotti.

n!ghtmancometh · 21-09-2018 02:22AM

Arghus wrote: »

"We'll be talking to Gabrielle Marcotti..."

or

"We'll be talking Graham Hunter..."

Thankfully we don't have to listen to either of those two gasbags a lot these days.

Graham Hunter is entertainingly delusional, same for Marcotti. Delaney is just an annoying voiced gob****e. I'd welcome a poll for all SC subscribers on Delaney ever being allowed to appear on the pod again. I would be extremely confident we'd never have to hear from him again.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 21-09-2018 02:59AM

Arghus wrote: »

"We'll be talking to Gabrielle Marcotti..."

or

"We'll be talking Graham Hunter..."

Thankfully we don't have to listen to either of those two gasbags a lot these days.

Never a truer word spoken on this thread. Marcotti is bad but mother of Jesus Graham Hunter is the single most insufferable, up his own arse, loving the sound of his own voice condescending man I’ve ever heard.

Let me ask you a question but first it’ll ramble for 10 minutes, throw in the words Ronaldo and Messi then get to the question/answer.

Jeeeeeeeesus Christ.

Brock Turnpike · 21-09-2018 08:39AM

n!ghtmancometh wrote: »

Graham Hunter is entertainingly delusional, same for Marcotti. Delaney is just an annoying voiced gob****e. I'd welcome a poll for all SC subscribers on Delaney ever being allowed to appear on the pod again. I would be extremely confident we'd never have to hear from him again.

Well that's clearly never going to happen. Not to mention the fact that Ken and Miguel are good mates.

jaykay74 · 21-09-2018 09:30AM

I can't remember the last time Graham Hunter was on. Can't be the last couple of years...

OldMrBrennan83 · 21-09-2018 09:57AM

jaykay74 wrote: »

I can't remember the last time Graham Hunter was on. Can't be the last couple of years...

He's on Off the Ball regularly. Even that's too much of him on the airwaves.

jaykay74 · 21-09-2018 10:01AM

Patww79 wrote: »

He's on Off the Ball regularly. Even that's too much of him on the airwaves.

I listened to his own podcast a few times when he started it basically because I was interested in those being interviewed but gave up when I just couldn't listen to him anymore despite the guests.

Salvation Tambourine · 21-09-2018 10:04AM

jaykay74 wrote: »

I listened to his own podcast a few times when he started it basically because I was interested in those being interviewed but gave up when I just couldn't listen to him anymore despite the guests.

I've completely stopped listening to it as well despite knowing that there are some really interesting guests, stories and information on it. I just can't handle Hunter.

Every footballer he interviews seems to be the reason he loves football.

Cienciano · 21-09-2018 11:26AM

jaykay74 wrote: »

I listened to his own podcast a few times when he started it basically because I was interested in those being interviewed but gave up when I just couldn't listen to him anymore despite the guests.

I listened to the first 20 or 30 too, some good interviews but agree with you, Hunter was too annoying to continue. He'll compare everyone to Iniesta. "Kevin Kilbane, you were a great player in your youth, your playing style reminds me a bit of Andres Iniesta".

corwill · 21-09-2018 12:25PM

corwill wrote: »

... the constantly erroneous, unctuous scutter-trumpet, Graham Hunter. It's hard to believe he's a real person, rather than some attempt at satire gone badly wrong.

I stand by the above, can't stand him.

Dots1982 · 21-09-2018 01:43PM

I gave up on hunter’s pod when he went deep with le tissier on his youth playing cricket after doing the same with Phil Neville a few eps earlier. The moyes interview was horrendous aswell.

Arghus · 21-09-2018 01:48PM

Great to see so much hate.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 21-09-2018 02:03PM

Arghus wrote: »

Great to see so much hate.

JuanJose · 24-09-2018 01:59PM

Any thoughts on Friday's political podcast?

Utopia Parkway · 24-09-2018 02:42PM

Mourinho's number one fan, the esteemed Duncan Castles is on today's football pod.

dulux99 · 24-09-2018 02:45PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Mourinho's number one fan, the esteemed Duncan Castles is on today's football pod.

Haha I'm looking forward to that, can't remember him being on before?

Some good content hopefully this week, lots happened over the weekend across soccer, boxing, and lots to speak about in the golf world with Tigers win and the Ryder Cup this weekend.

corwill · 24-09-2018 02:51PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Mourinho's number one fan, the esteemed Duncan Castles is on today's football pod.

I'd go on a 3 week cycling holiday on a tandem with Hunter, rather than share an elevator for a single storey with Castles.

dominatinMC · 24-09-2018 02:56PM

corwill wrote: »

I'd go on a 3 week cycling holiday on a tandem with Hunter, rather than share an elevator for a single storey with Castles.

That bad?! I'm going to listen just to hear how painful he is!

corwill · 24-09-2018 03:09PM

dominatinMC wrote: »

That bad?! I'm going to listen just to hear how painful he is!

Unlike Hunter, it's not so much a question of their delivery as the quality of the person. Or complete and utter lack thereof.

lawred2 · 25-09-2018 08:25AM

Yesterday's football podcast was a terrible bore. Ended up skipping through it.

dulux99 · 25-09-2018 08:40AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Yesterday's football podcast was a terrible bore. Ended up skipping through it.

Are you implying that Ken spending the majority of a podcast rehashing the same old points about jose mourinho is tedious? Blasphemy!

tomwaits48 · 25-09-2018 08:43AM

thought Duncun Castles was fairly balanced yesterday...Ken is very tedious when it comes to Jose....

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