Second Captains

Battery Kinzie · 08-11-2018 01:34PM

Edit: repost, sorry

dulux99 · 08-11-2018 02:04PM

BelovedAunt wrote: »

Jaysus lads, David Sneyd was hard to understand at times.

Really? He has a Northside Dublin accent. It was hardly Shane McGowan in there covering the game. David Sneyd really knows his stuff.

dastardly00 · 08-11-2018 02:08PM

Battery Kinzie wrote: »

I guess the new book club slot will be sports books only?

Should be good all the same, but I find a lot of sports books to be quite bland and would love if they tried a few non-sports books.

I have faith in the lads that they will be staying away from the bland autobiographies that are just written to make some easy $$$

mcgucc22 · 08-11-2018 02:55PM

I ended up reading a few of the books the lads recommended over the last couple of years, 'Boys will be Boys' about the Dallas Cowboys which was excellent even though I know next to nothing about American Football and 'The Dirtiest Race in History' about the 100m race in the Seoul Olympics which was great as well, also the new Tiger Woods Biography, definitely not your run of the mill sports books

Ol' Donie · 08-11-2018 03:21PM

God, I hope they do Sir Alex's second autobiography.

They've had a lot to say about that before.

dulux99 · 08-11-2018 05:55PM

"but no, Jason McAteer ran in like odie the dog, eyes wide and slammed the ball into the back of the net"

This is why Ken is my favourite sports journalist to listen to. That gave me a genuine lol despite me sitting on my own in the car listening

applehunter · 09-11-2018 12:59AM

Gerry Thornley and his ****ing X Factor.

lawred2 · 09-11-2018 09:40AM

applehunter wrote: »

Gerry Thornley and his ****ing X Factor.

Still though that opening exchange about 13 man lineouts and rolling balls was hilarious

lawred2 · 09-11-2018 09:49AM

In the context of that chat I went to YouTube to watch some of that Argentina game from 1999.

Played in front of large sections of empty stands. Could you imagine an Ireland rugby world cup game played in Europe in front of nothing other than a full stadium these days?

Also at seventy minutes some good old fashioned man chat by the commentators about lady physios.. (the Eurosport replay)

dulux99 · 09-11-2018 12:11PM

I sometimes think Gerry Thornley is a fictional character and the person playing him is playing him ironically. But he's not. He's insufferable.

Baggly · 09-11-2018 12:47PM

I really value eoin reddan as a rugby pundit on the pods.

09-11-2018 05:46PM

lawred2 wrote: »

In the context of that chat I went to YouTube to watch some of that Argentina game from 1999.

Played in front of large sections of empty stands. Could you imagine an Ireland rugby world cup game played in Europe in front of nothing other than a full stadium these days?

Also at seventy minutes some good old fashioned man chat by the commentators about lady physios.. (the Eurosport replay)

Back then the Irish rugby team were a laughing stock, I remember reading Tony Ward saying that almost none of the players were known in the wider public. Of course we know some of them now for what they would go on to achieve, but at that time rugby was purely for the hard-core fans.

09-11-2018 08:22PM

I do like Gerry Thornley's work, I think he writes fluently and thinks.... cogently.

I also think "ebb and flow of psychic energy" is a beautiful and accurate description for the way big matches tend to swing back and forth

Cienciano · 13-11-2018 11:47AM

Ken and Murph arguing about the best team in the world was good. I was siding with Murph till Kens point about Wigan beating City in the cup final doesn't mean Wigan are better.

dulux99 · 13-11-2018 12:10PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Ken and Murph arguing about the best team in the world was good. I was siding with Murph till Kens point about Wigan beating City in the cup final doesn't mean Wigan are better.

I'm pretty sure Ken was winding him up.

dulux99 · 13-11-2018 12:19PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Ken and Murph arguing about the best team in the world was good. I was siding with Murph till Kens point about Wigan beating City in the cup final doesn't mean Wigan are better.

If Ken was being serious (which I don't think he was), the Man City v Wigan analogy is nonsensical. Over the last couple of years Ireland have won a grand slam, hammered South Africa and beaten Australia away from home in a 3 game series. Comparing Ireland and Wigan is laughable...which is why I assume he was joking.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 13-11-2018 04:27PM

I can’t wait for the Ireland/all blacks XV versus our new intergalactic overlords XV.

That has to be the funniest opening to a pod ever. Nearly got sick laughing at the eye gouging thing.

RedRochey · 14-11-2018 05:07PM

Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there any tickets for their live show going around?

jones · 14-11-2018 06:46PM

Anyone else using pocketcasts noticing new episodes taking longer to show lately

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 14-11-2018 07:06PM

jones wrote: »

Anyone else using pocketcasts noticing new episodes taking longer to show lately

I've an iPhone and they're showing up very late too.

dulux99 · 14-11-2018 07:07PM

I think they're just being published quite late in the day now, it doesn't seem to be an app specific problem

Icemancometh · 14-11-2018 11:02PM

Friday's was very early. I normally listen the morning after going to work and downloaded both Thursday and Friday at about 9am

Still Ill · 15-11-2018 01:24AM

Icemancometh wrote: »

Friday's was very early. I normally listen the morning after going to work and downloaded both Thursday and Friday at about 9am

Friday's is frequently very early. Think they often record it on the Thursday and take a long weekend.

lawred2 · 15-11-2018 09:08AM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I can’t wait for the Ireland/all blacks XV versus our new intergalactic overlords XV.

That has to be the funniest opening to a pod ever. Nearly got sick laughing at the eye gouging thing.

That's why second captains stands in its own for me..

Brock Turnpike · 15-11-2018 09:19AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I can’t wait for the Ireland/all blacks XV versus our new intergalactic overlords XV.

That has to be the funniest opening to a pod ever. Nearly got sick laughing at the eye gouging thing.

That's why second captains stands in its own for me..

"Dylan Hartley... Like a kid in a sweet shop."

dulux99 · 15-11-2018 09:30AM

Still Ill wrote: »

Friday's is frequently very early. Think they often record it on the Thursday and take a long weekend.

Living the dream those fellas. Genuinely. Doing things exactly how they want with no suits or bosses telling them otherwise. Talking sh*te about sports for a living and probably doing very well financially out of it.

heebusjeebus · 15-11-2018 09:33AM

Still Ill wrote: »

Friday's is frequently very early. Think they often record it on the Thursday and take a long weekend.

To be fair to them, they probably spend Sat & Sun "working" watching all the sport they're going to talk about the following week. Tough gig

Brock Turnpike · 15-11-2018 09:42AM

Remember a while back they advertised that they were hiring. Never seemed to go anywhere. Or if it did, the person was taken on very quietly and remains in the background completely.

Ciaran_B · 15-11-2018 10:55AM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

"Dylan Hartley... Like a kid in a sweet shop."

26 pairs of eyes.

Had to stop listening there as I was laughing so hard.

dulux99 · 15-11-2018 05:27PM

No episode for the commute home today again. Feck it anyway.

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