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BPKS · 02-05-2019 02:52PM

They have an ex AA roadwatch girl doing the sports bulletins after the news now

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-05-2019 04:02PM

dominatinMC wrote: »

Agree, he has grown on me a lot, to the extent that I find myself tuning back into OTB lately. I had completely given up on the show a while ago due to some of the PC nonsense they seem to be embracing. But when they stick to what's happening on the field of play, Kenny - in particular - is very good.

Do you ever get the impression that Kenny doesn't like the OTB lads?

Seems to get really irritated by Joe in particular at times.

jeremyj1968 · 03-05-2019 06:27AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Do you ever get the impression that Kenny doesn't like the OTB lads?

I think that is probably why I like him :pac:
He doesn't follow the PC line that the other's all invariably take, and understands the nuances of how things work in real life instead of adjudicating on everything based on sex or race. I do get the same feeling that a lot of the time he feels like saying "Ah jaysus lads, would you ever f**k off", when they are baiting him.

robo · 03-05-2019 07:49AM

Am loving Kenny too - he just says how he sees it & questions things. Like the other morning they were talking about Ruby & he didn't quiet get it what it felt like until he listened to Davy Russell explain the way that Ruby rode - so rather than just agreeing, he said no and then said he understood Ruby's style

Like Kerr - Kenny does not suffer fools lightly

dominatinMC · 03-05-2019 08:19AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Do you ever get the impression that Kenny doesn't like the OTB lads?

Ya, all the time. Like one of the other posters alluded to, that's part of his appeal for me. He does seem to get on well with Nathan though.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Seems to get really irritated by Joe in particular at times.

I've noticed that too, Joe sometimes has this smug tone about him, and I get the impression that he isn't massively interested in soccer, which Kenny obviously loves. That's just my take on it anyway, maybe there's nothing to it!

Ol' Donie · 03-05-2019 08:47AM

dominatinMC wrote: »

Ya, all the time. Like one of the other posters alluded to, that's part of his appeal for me. He does seem to get on well with Nathan though.

I've noticed that too, Joe sometimes has this smug tone about him, and I get the impression that he isn't massively interested in soccer, which Kenny obviously loves. That's just my take on it anyway, maybe there's nothing to it!

If I was any one of the ex pros they have on, I'd find the we're-all-equals-having-the-bantz schtick that several of the presenters do very tiring.

Jayesdiem · 03-05-2019 08:48AM

When's he on? This could get me listening again.

Tell me how · 03-05-2019 09:51AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Do you ever get the impression that Kenny doesn't like the OTB lads?

Seems to get really irritated by Joe in particular at times.

No, he never strikes me as someone who would do anything that he didn't want to do.

Can't imagine he is getting the sort of money from OTB that would make an ex pro footballer swallow his pride just to earn a living.

Murdoc90 · 03-05-2019 12:02PM

Jayesdiem wrote: »

When's he on? This could get me listening again.

They only bring him out on champions league nights and the odd roadshow.

ghostdancer · 03-05-2019 12:27PM

BPKS wrote: »

They have an ex AA roadwatch girl doing the sports bulletins after the news now

......and your point is?

jeremyj1968 · 03-05-2019 05:11PM

Just watching the OTB Roadshow which is live on YouTube. Can't believe that they have a legend like Steve McManaman on the show and then shoehorn in that Boyle Sports shill to casually talk about the odds on the games. So they attract all the viewers with the star and then leave the honeypot there to get them gambling.

Ol' Donie · 03-05-2019 06:06PM

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Just watching the OTB Roadshow which is live on YouTube. Can't believe that they have a legend like Steve McManaman on the show and then shoehorn in that Boyle Sports shill to casually talk about the odds on the games. So they attract all the viewers with the star and then leave the honeypot there to get them gambling.

I've listened to the show a bit more than usual this week. Was starting to enjoy it again, until on the football show one night they said something like "If you have a gambling problem, switch off for the next bit", and then had yer man on trying to tempt people into gambling.

Ask me f*ckin b*llocks.

Edit: if I was even the tiniest bit interested in giving my money to a bookie, I would contact any of the many, many ones that have ads during the actual ad breaks.

Tell me how · 05-05-2019 04:53PM

Derek McGrath was on Saturday panel yesterday. Just him with Nathan for nearly an hour.
Always like listening to him, think he is a very decent person and passionate about sport.

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-05-2019 04:58PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Derek McGrath was on Saturday panel yesterday. Just him with Nathan for nearly an hour.
Always like listening to him, think he is a very decent person and passionate about sport.

Was there much hurling stuff or was it mostly darkness into light?

Tell me how · 06-05-2019 05:00PM

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Was there much hurling stuff or was it mostly darkness into light?

Mostly hurling. Touched on problems Maurice Shanahan had and how he is not unique in that respect but majority was about the small ball.

jeremyj1968 · 06-05-2019 08:07PM

As a person who was very critical of Cora Staunton and her actions last year, I'd just like to say that I genuinely want to wish her a speedy recovery after the horrific double leg break at the weekend. A lad in one of the local club here did something similar when he went in for a ball with a goalkeeper, and did a double leg break - it like a war injury.

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-05-2019 08:08PM

I'd be thinking more along the lines of karma. Too easy to forget that she absolutely tried to destroy that man, not just his career but his personal life with thinly veiled implications. I'm sure she'll milk it well enough that it'll make her a good few bob in any case.

jeremyj1968 · 06-05-2019 08:08PM

Very surprised to hear that they are playing pre-records tonight on one of the biggest nights of the premiership season. In fairness to them, they are always usually there on bank holidays/weekends/holidays more than any of the other NT presenters. But not tonight.

jeremyj1968 · 06-05-2019 08:10PM

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I'd be thinking more along the lines of karma. I'm sure she'll milk it well anyway.

I would have been happy with karma, like her being forced in to an apology or something like that, but this goes way beyond that.

Tell me how · 06-05-2019 08:12PM

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I'd be thinking more along the lines of karma. Too easy to forget that she absolutely tried to destroy that man, not just his career but his personal life with thinly veiled implications. I'm sure she'll milk it well anyway and it'll make her a good few bob.

Gee's it takes some mind to suggest such an injury is deserved for taking a stance on something as part of a group.

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-05-2019 08:12PM

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

I would have been happy with karma, like her being forced in to an apology or something like that, but this goes way beyond that.

Way beyond? A broken leg for a near retired player doesn't even come close to ringleading an attempt to ruin someones life because you're sour about a bit of power being taken off you.

applehunter · 06-05-2019 08:30PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Derek McGrath was on Saturday panel yesterday. Just him with Nathan for nearly an hour.
Always like listening to him, think he is a very decent person and passionate about sport.

I despair when I hear that these guys are teachers.

I mean basic grammar should be a prerequisite.

Jayesdiem · 06-05-2019 10:01PM

applehunter wrote: »

I despair when I hear that these guys are teachers.

I mean basic grammar should be a prerequisite.

Unfair on McGrath there. He has a great command of the English language and speaks well. Your general point is correct though. Some players are even doing PhDs, yet come across as illiterate.

Ol' Donie · 08-05-2019 06:58PM

For f*ck sake.

I foolishly thought they'd keep their stomach churning betting ads to the football show.

Here I am at ten to eight and we have ad break-pretend interview "it'd be great for the premier league etc etc" to give the odds - one question for Kenny Cunningham - ad break.

As said before, it's just nausiating from the highest of high horse radio team in the world.

Tell me how · 08-05-2019 07:05PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

For f*ck sake.

I foolishly thought they'd keep their stomach churning betting ads to the football show.

Here I am at ten to eight and we have ad break-pretend interview "it'd be great for the premier league etc etc" to give the odds - one question for Kenny Cunningham - ad break.

As said before, it's just nausiating from the highest of high horse radio team in the world.

Text the show and tell'em. Or email. I did it on Saturday when Leon Blanche was on to say I had turned off.

Also, to be fair, I think Kenny was on since 7.

Ol' Donie · 08-05-2019 07:24PM

Tell me how wrote: »

Text the show and tell'em. Or email. I did it on Saturday when Leon Blanche was on to say I had turned off.

Also, to be fair, I think Kenny was on since 7.

Yeah, I will.

I know Kenny was there already (thankfully), i'm just pointing out it was effectively three ad breaks with one actual sport question in between.

09-05-2019 05:57AM

Jayesdiem wrote: »

Unfair on McGrath there. He has a great command of the English language and speaks well. Your general point is correct though. Some players are even doing PhDs, yet come across as illiterate.

McGrath comes across as a nice guy but he also talks plenty of muck in his semi-philisophical ramblings. The media - especially the likes of OTB - lap it up as he gives them a lot and the interviewers feel like they can connect with him. While he did reasonably well in his time with Waterford, I think his relationship with the national media certainly helped him.

jeremyj1968 · 15-05-2019 07:47PM

Just wondering, I didn't hear the show tonight, but I heard some of the OTBAM show this morning. The Manchester City singing fiasco was like the elephant in the room. They went through every story but not one word about this. Now, I thought that this story contained so many social justice angles that Gilroy would have been on his soap box for the entire two hours. But not mentioned at all? Am I missing something?

bamayang · 15-05-2019 08:09PM

Don’t hear it often anymore, but anytime I do it is painful how much one of them (I think Ritchie?) seems to try and make a fool of Kevin K. Is this my imagination or is everything KK says met with condescending laughter? It’s like they forget that he’s there because he was a pro footballer, something I presume none of the others have experience of.
Have no great love for Kilbane, but he seems to just take whatever abuse they throw at him.

Abel Ruiz · 15-05-2019 08:13PM

bamayang wrote: »

Don’t hear it often anymore, but anytime I do it is painful how much one of them (I think Ritchie?) seems to try and make a fool of Kevin K. Is this my imagination or is everything KK says met with condescending laughter? It’s like they forget that he’s there because he was a pro footballer, something I presume none of the others have experience of.
Have no great love for Kilbane, but he seems to just take whatever abuse they throw at him.

It's safe to say, the presenters on the show have poor personalities.
But the guests on the show are good, and that's the only reason to listen.

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