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jaykay74 · 23-08-2019 09:12AM

jones wrote: »

Am I the only one who hates the whole Frances murphys TV guide to the weekend? It really bugs me and I don't know why ha

I am not always aware of some random sports on over the weekend so its handy that its mentioned. I'd only be up to speed on the football fixtures so if theres some gaa or rugby on it gives me a handy reminder about it.

dulux99 · 23-08-2019 11:07AM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Totally Football and the Football Ramble pretty much put out some kind of podcast every weekday now.

Used to listen to the ramble religiously in my younger years but got massively bored of it. Was at a bit of a loose end in work earlier this week and decided to throw it on - theyre literally cracking the same jokes and "banter" they were about ten years ago. Gorgie boys, diggory Donaldson, Pete is so wacky and random etc etc... Fair play to them for trying to monetise it but I hope there are no sad souls out there giving them €250 a month

Utopia Parkway · 23-08-2019 12:20PM

dulux99 wrote: »

Used to listen to the ramble religiously in my younger years but got massively bored of it.

Yeah used to listen to it fairly regularly but got sick of it a couple years ago. I think it was them constantly breaking their holes laughing at each others jokes that wore me down in the end.

23-08-2019 04:09PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Yeah used to listen to it fairly regularly but got sick of it a couple years ago. I think it was them constantly breaking their holes laughing at each others jokes that wore me down in the end.

I found that same problem with the 'That Peter Crouch' podcast.

Crouchie would say anything and the two journalist hangers on would break their holes laughing at every sentence. You could feel their desperation to make the podcast work. Not nearly as enjoyable as I thought it would be.

Say Your Number · 23-08-2019 04:28PM

Have to admit I'm usually here in a state of bewilderment when people start having detailed discussions about other football podcasts I've never heard of

EltonJohn69 · 23-08-2019 04:42PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I found that same problem with the 'That Peter Crouch' podcast.

Crouchie would say anything and the two journalist hangers on would break their holes laughing at every sentence. You could feel their desperation to make the podcast work. Not nearly as enjoyable as I thought it would be.

I find Crouch is trying to steal Stephen Merchants comedy style.... Theft !!! At least it looked like that in the mobile phone ad he did....

23-08-2019 04:42PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

Have to admit I'm usually here in a state of bewilderment when people start having detailed discussions about other football podcasts I've never heard of

the Crouch one I just happened upon while on the BBC website. Thought it was going to be a great laugh, but I wouldn't really recommend it to be honest. No insights and no wit (plenty of fake laughing / "bantz" though).

25-08-2019 08:07AM

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I found that same problem with the 'That Peter Crouch' podcast.

Crouchie would say anything and the two journalist hangers on would break their holes laughing at every sentence. You could feel their desperation to make the podcast work. Not nearly as enjoyable as I thought it would be.

I find Crouch is trying to steal Stephen Merchants comedy style.... Theft !!! At least it looked like that in the mobile phone ad he did....

Nah they're just both 8 feet tall other than that I don't see the similarity

Cienciano · 26-08-2019 01:28PM

Anyone listen to the latest Guardian Football Weekly? Paolo Bandini, regular contributor there has come out as trans and is now known as Nicky Bandini

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/im-nicky-bandini-and-im-still-a-sports-writer

EltonJohn69 · 26-08-2019 01:33PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Anyone listen to the latest Guardian Football Weekly? Paolo Bandini, regular contributor there has come out as trans and is now known as Nicky Bandini

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/im-nicky-bandini-and-im-still-a-sports-writer

Kim Early ?

Arghus · 26-08-2019 02:01PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Anyone listen to the latest Guardian Football Weekly? Paolo Bandini, regular contributor there has come out as trans and is now known as Nicky Bandini

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/im-nicky-bandini-and-im-still-a-sports-writer

I haven't listened to Football Weekly, but I did read that article when she came out.

Good luck to her, one of the better football journalists.

Salvation Tambourine · 26-08-2019 02:03PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Anyone listen to the latest Guardian Football Weekly? Paolo Bandini, regular contributor there has come out as trans and is now known as Nicky Bandini

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/im-nicky-bandini-and-im-still-a-sports-writer

Genuine question if anyone knows, is her voice put on or does surgery/medication alter the voice? Just curious.

26-08-2019 02:07PM

Nokotan wrote: »

Genuine question if anyone knows, is her voice put on or does surgery/medication alter the voice? Just curious.

At at guess, hormone therapy.

Cienciano · 26-08-2019 02:25PM

Nokotan wrote: »

Genuine question if anyone knows, is her voice put on or does surgery/medication alter the voice? Just curious.

I was wondering that. Would hormones have kicked in that quick? Her laugh has totally changed too.

Brock Turnpike · 27-08-2019 02:46PM

Anyone else finding the Athletic not really worth the subscription?

tomwaits48 · 27-08-2019 03:06PM

found it difficult to follow what Ken was saying yesterday re Pobga/Rashford....he was almost insinuating that people who abuse these lads on twitter, trolls, as he deemed them, are not racist, but just doing it for the kicks...did I hear that right?

Still Ill · 27-08-2019 03:09PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Anyone else finding the Athletic not really worth the subscription?

Yeah.. Got it half price for $30 or so, so not too bad, but I rarely read it. Definitely not worth the full whack though

The Davestator · 27-08-2019 03:10PM

tomwaits48 wrote: »

found it difficult to follow what Ken was saying yesterday re Pobga/Rashford....he was almost insinuating that people who abuse these lads on twitter, trolls, as he deemed them, are not racist, but just doing it for the kicks...did I hear that right?

Yes, probably true I reckon. They probably have mixed race colleagues, shout for a team full of different nationalities etc. but they just use the worst possible insult when they want to abuse someone for missing a peno!

corwill · 27-08-2019 04:02PM

The Davestator wrote: »

Yes, probably true I reckon. They probably have mixed race colleagues, shout for a team full of different nationalities etc. but they just use the worst possible insult when they want to abuse someone for missing a peno!

Can't be letting them off the hook on that basis, though, imho.

EltonJohn69 · 27-08-2019 04:22PM

Cienciano wrote: »

I was wondering that. Would hormones have kicked in that quick? Her laugh has totally changed too.

How long was it between her appearances on football weekly ? Her voice is dramatically different

cmac2009 · 27-08-2019 05:27PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Anyone else finding the Athletic not really worth the subscription?

I was considering a subscription as the quality of journalists joining was impressive. My main concern is that it's specific to teams, so whilst I would be interested in news/analysis on my team, not so much on others. Are there any general articles or is it all team specific?

Sorry to derail thread!

Say Your Number · 27-08-2019 05:43PM

Is it time to rename this 'The general football podcast discussion thread (with occasional reference to Second Captains)'

Utopia Parkway · 27-08-2019 11:44PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Anyone else finding the Athletic not really worth the subscription?

The subscription is feck all really (for the first year anyway) so it depends if you think it's not even worth feck all.

Eire-Dearg · 28-08-2019 09:34AM

The Athletic UK has been fantastic so far and they still have more big names to come on board. And, if you like US sport, it's worth every penny.

Raoul · 28-08-2019 09:43AM

corwill wrote: »

Can't be letting them off the hook on that basis, though, imho.

I didn't feel like he was letting them off more saying that they might go unnoticed if some of the rags in England didn't just search twitter for the nonsense so they have something to write about. Pouring fuel on the fire basically. I agree with him.

Salvation Tambourine · 28-08-2019 09:56AM

Raoul wrote: »

I didn't feel like he was letting them off more saying that they might go unnoticed if some of the rags in England didn't just search twitter for the nonsense so they have something to write about. Pouring fuel on the fire basically. I agree with him.

https://twitter.com/AdamkkCFC/status/1163567865657733120/photo/3

Here are some of the tweets aimed at Pogba

Two of the accounts no longer have any content and what I can find they were only set up on the day. Adamrobbie1 joined in August 2019. OnlyTalkingFax no longer is an account but a Twitter search shows people saying that that account was only set up for two days.

BCollinsSport had a racist tweet about Pogba attributed to him, on the day of the abuse I looked at his profile. He looked to be a middle aged, sports reporter mostly tweeting fairly mundane football stories. He had a history of normal tweets. He tweeted to say that the Pogba tweet was not him and he has reported it to Twitter. His account has since been disabled. He did seem to be a reporter though and the wording of his abuse, "Disgrace from Pobga. N*****s have no place in this type of game" was a bit odd. What 'type of game'? It, for me, the wording doesn't sound right for a reporter. Although the tweet was at 22.41 and he could have had a few beers on him and decided to blow his cover.

Obrieski · 28-08-2019 11:11AM

Wonder if the lads got any additional subscriptions due to the Andy Moran interview?

Richie literally couldn’t believe his luck when Andy came pouring with that. He was speechless! Very interesting listening to be fair to all concerned. Actually replayed that whole bit of his admitting to retirement about 3 times.

They got great coverage out of it as every media article had to plug the lads. Big Richie in for a hefty bonus all going well for him!

Ol' Donie · 28-08-2019 11:35AM

Gonna give that a listen now. Delighted he announced it on SC.

Hotblack Desiato · 28-08-2019 12:19PM

So if people subscribe now for that, they'll be hit again for another month on Sunday? :pac:

RedRochey · 28-08-2019 12:21PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

So if people subscribe now for that, they'll be hit again for another month on Sunday? :pac:

Or you could wait until Sunday to subscribe, you get the whole back catalog when you subscribe

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