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dulux99 wrote: »

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

I think I might have already been skipping forward at that point

SC without Eoin is pretty ****.

PIORUN wrote: »

SC without Eoin is pretty ****.

Eoin really is the glue. I was disappointed he wouldn't be on the show that covered tiger. Eoin seems genuinely excited about sport when he covers it, I don't get that same buzz from murf.

Eoin your amazing !

lawred2 wrote: »

I truly truly hate Conor McGregor

Ah, it’s the “fight game”. If he didn’t act like that he wouldn’t have gotten the level of fame or money he currently has. I’m no MMA super fan but I hope he does well.

tomwaits48 wrote: »

thought Duncun Castles was fairly balanced yesterday..

Yeah I like an analyst who acknowledges complexity and nuance, not looking to boil every situation down to a soundbite...

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Could feel my IQ level dropping as I listened to McGregor in that press conference.

I think it's funny. It's so clearly put on but he has to do it cos it makes him the money. He's like a terrible actor

Cienciano wrote: »

I think it's funny. It's so clearly put on but he has to do it cos it makes him the money. He's like a terrible actor

There's definitely a job in Fair City waiting for him

The Duncan Castles interview was a bit dissappointing. Given some of the outrageous nonsense he comes out with on Twitter, Ken gave him a fairly easy time of it. Bit like the Dunphy interview where everyone expected foreworks and it turned into two fellas being overly nice to each other.

corwill wrote:

To be fair to the lads, I expect they realise that they're not the BBC or Sky News. A podcast starts being too rough on guests, they'll not return a call the next time.

Unless you work for RT of course

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

The Duncan Castles interview was a bit dissappointing. Given some of the outrageous nonsense he comes out with on Twitter, Ken gave him a fairly easy time of it. Bit like the Dunphy interview where everyone expected foreworks and it turned into two fellas being overly nice to each other.

Think that was more because Castles was unexpectedly reasonable and balanced considering how much of an imbecile he comes across as on Twitter. Ken couldn't really come out all guns blazing when he wasn't really saying anything ridiculous.

corwill wrote: »

He certainly adopted a smooth and level tone, and he presents reasonably, but he was essentially absolving Jose of almost all responsibility for how Utd are performing, while simultaneously lionising the Mendes regime at Wolves as a model that Utd might adopt. He's a public relations operative masquerading as a journalist. But at least he wasn't as complete a four-star as he usually is on Twitter.

I dont think that is actually what happened in this particular conversation though.

He outlined a good few faults/issues with Jose, as well as the other context in the current situation.

TBH, i dont think its an either/or choice of who is to blame. I think there are a host of people at United to blame; Jose and Pogba are just two of that group. And i think Castles made an excellent point (that has been made by others as well) that there is a lack of football nouse in the club at the moment.

Pter wrote: »

I dont think that is actually what happened in this particular conversation though.

He outlined a good few faults/issues with Jose, as well as the other context in the current situation.

TBH, i dont think its an either/or choice of who is to blame. I think there are a host of people at United to blame; Jose and Pogba are just two of that group. And i think Castles made an excellent point (that has been made by others as well) that there is a lack of football nouse in the club at the moment.

I"m satisfied that is actually what happened, having listened to it, so we'll have to agree to differ there. He was remarkably quick to excuse anything that could have reflected negatively on his de facto client, but that's understandable in context.

His excellent point on the lack of football nous at the club is far from a new or original one, having been well canvassed about Utd since early in Moyes' management, and was brought up by Castles here to exculpate Mourinho, while comparing with the Mendes/Wolves nexus. That's notwithstanding the scarcely believeable claim that Jose was on board with signing Pogba. It reminds me of Rodgers' posturing at Liverpool that he had the final say on signings, but was simultaneously not to blame for signings. Can't be both!

But I do agree, Utd's problems don't begin and end with Mourinho, notwithstanding that he is one of them.

Random query, but does anyone know who Ken was talking about when he did that Big Brother spoof: " He loved Brendan Rogers.":P