Marty Morrissey and Des Cahill: Flotsam?

bobbyss · 07-06-2019 01:25PM

That's how I feel as well. Dreadful. An incisive, intelligent interview I have never heard him do.

Gwynplaine wrote:

That's just a cover story. He's from another planet. Des looks and sounds like he's about to fall asleep. Terrible presenter.

07-06-2019 01:43PM

Whatever about Des..

There's definitely something kind of "so not cool he's kinda cool" in a very kitsch backwards Ireland kind of way about Marty..
And the head on him..

Doctors room ghost · 07-06-2019 01:56PM

The horse sh1te marty spewed during the Galway limerick All Ireland about dolores o riordan and the cranberries was a fcukin joke.it would give a rage induced dose of diarrhea to a cat who had the misfortune of hearing it.
Ranting and raving and quoting lyrics from her songs just because she was limerick.it would make you vomit.
I can’t stand listening to him.hes trying the Michael o muirahurtaigh gig of describing players by their clubs and birthplace but he can’t pull it off and it stinks of effort.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 07-06-2019 02:10PM

Marty is the quintessential man's man.

Men want to be him, women want to be with him.

blinding · 07-06-2019 02:17PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Marty is the quintessential man's man.

Men want to be him, women want to be with him.

A lot of mental illness in Ireland .

Mad_maxx · 07-06-2019 02:21PM

Gwynplaine wrote: »

That's just a cover story. He's from another planet.
Des looks and sounds like he's about to fall asleep. Terrible presenter.

Am I the only one who found cahill quite prickly on radio, didn't appear to have much patience with whoever was presenting the show he had a sports round up segment on

bobbyss · 07-06-2019 03:38PM

I didn't hear or see that but I think I have a good idea of what you're talking about. A bit like: " This is why we love this sport. This is what being Irish is all about Christy Ring! Nicky Rackard! This is part of who we are. What a game!' This is Healy Rae territory.
Give us a break. Who is he speaking for? Embarrassing. Mortyfing.

blackwhite · 07-06-2019 03:40PM

elefant wrote: »

It'd be like seeing Jedward at a public event. Nobody has any real respect for him; people would just think it a laugh to get a picture with him.

People slate the GAA for a lot of things, but the kind of 'mad rural bastard' craic around figures like Marty Morrissey and Rory's Stories is, to me, by far the grimmest element.

It's more than that. There's a genuine like for the guy from a lot of people. Don't understand it myself - but it's more than just a bit of "celeb" spotting.

Atoms for Peace · 07-06-2019 03:56PM

Marty plays the game like a pro, he plays up to his image but is too self-aware to never go full retard.

Gimme A Pound · 07-06-2019 09:33PM

What i know of Des I'm indifferent.

But Marty... nice fella I'm sure, and seems a competent presenter when not doing the cranberries thing (very very cringey) but this thing about him being a lothario to the female GAA heads. Women who wouldn't look at him if he weren't a gaa journo. Ah here, that's just embarrassing, simpleton bogger carry-on.

corner of hells wrote: »

Elvis when he was alive , nobody wanted to know him.

Huh?

NIMAN wrote: »

I'm usually thankful when I see one of these fellas.

It's one less show Kathryn Thomas is doing.

I'd love to know what's so awful about her.

blackwhite · 07-06-2019 11:10PM

Allison Tangy Values wrote: »

What i know of Des I'm indifferent.

But Marty... nice fella I'm sure, and seems a competent presenter when not doing the cranberries thing (very very cringey) but this thing about him being a lothario to the female GAA heads. Women who wouldn't look at him if he weren't a gaa journo. Ah here, that's just embarrassing, simpleton bogger carry-on.

Huh?

I'd love to know what's so awful about her.

The Marty thing is bizarre - I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it happening in front of me

As for Kathryn Thomas - I’ve heard some not so flattering stories from people who’ve met her professionally over the years. Seems to have improved in recent times - but some of the early accounts .......

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 07-06-2019 11:52PM

Allison Tangy Values wrote: »

What i know of Des I'm indifferent.

But Marty... nice fella I'm sure, and seems a competent presenter when not doing the cranberries thing (very very cringey) but this thing about him being a lothario to the female GAA heads. Women who wouldn't look at him if he weren't a gaa journo. Ah here, that's just embarrassing, simpleton bogger carry-on.

Huh?

I'd love to know what's so awful about her.

I remember someone posted a photo of him on boards.ie once with his apparent hot young girlfriend as an example of the weemen you can get if you’re high profile. Except she wasn’t his girlfriend, just some randomer.

blinding · 08-06-2019 06:06AM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I remember someone posted a photo of him on boards.ie once with his apparent hot young girlfriend as an example of the weemen you can get if you’re high profile. Except she wasn’t his girlfriend, just some randomer.

Nice of Marty to oblige ransomers ( sorry randomers , that was spell check )

Yamanoto · 08-06-2019 06:42AM

mariaalice wrote: »

They are inoffensive and entertaining grand for light TV...

That's grand if you're Derek Mooney, but Cahill in particular is meant to be a sports journalist. Bends over backwards to be pals with everyone and never mutters anything approaching an actual opinion.

Only in Montrose could you not only survive being so utterly beige, you'll thrive.

Granadino · 08-06-2019 07:01AM

bobbyss wrote: »

I can't understand how Morrissey is apparently so popular. Is he actually or is it just all publicity and self promotion? He's a typical GAA type. Inward looking. Provincial. Parochial. Has certain notions e.g. open shirt. Dyed hair.

Provincial? What does this mean here? Inward looking? How is he inward looking out of curiosity? What examples can you give?
What is “a typical GAA type”? Bernard Brogan? Aidan O Shea? Kian Lynch?
Most if not all “typical GAA types” these days are well educated so not sure what you’re getting at?
Seems to me you just want to have a good sneer at people...

Yamanoto · 08-06-2019 08:13AM

grenadino wrote: »

Provincial? What does this mean here? Inward looking? How is he inward looking out of curiosity? What examples can you give?
What is “a typical GAA type”? Bernard Brogan? Aidan O Shea? Kian Lynch?
Most if not all “typical GAA types” these days are well educated so not sure what you’re getting at?
Seems to me you just want to have a good sneer at people...

Ah man up.

Just as there is with Soccer and Rugby, there's a type (or stereotype) of fan, player and journo you'd associate with each particular sport. You can make broad and sweeping generalisations about who they are and what sort of lives they lead and you'd be on the money a great deal of the time.

08-06-2019 10:12AM

corner of hells wrote: »

Des Cahill's brother is a notorious criminal, just be careful what you say.

Eh? There's probably a joke here I'm not getting.

TCM · 08-06-2019 10:27AM

bobbyss wrote:

I can't understand how Morrissey is apparently so popular. Is he actually or is it just all publicity and self promotion? He's a typical GAA type. Inward looking. Provincial. Parochial. Has certain notions e.g. open shirt. Dyed hair.

Can I ask what other type one might be if not a typical GAA type?

TCM · 08-06-2019 10:33AM

Thelonious Monk wrote:

He's not popular he must have some dirt on someone in RTE because who in their right mind would to see that man on TV?

There seems to be this perception coming from rte that Marty is a big hit with the ladies; 'party with Marty' etc bull.
Personally I think he has a great face for radio and he's a dreadful tv commentator.

TCM · 08-06-2019 10:34AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote:

Eh? There's probably a joke here I'm not getting.

Well if it has to be explained......

Gimme A Pound · 08-06-2019 12:31PM

TCM wrote: »

There seems to be this perception coming from rte that Marty is a big hit with the ladies; 'party with Marty' etc

It's not a perception - it's a real thing. Probably started as a joke but now he actually does get mobbed at events by GAA loving women who either don't get irony or are playing along with the joke.

Atoms for Peace · 08-06-2019 06:34PM

Marty is a sex machine, Ireland's answer to Burt Reynolds.

Marty Morrissey and Des Cahill: Flotsam?

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