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The Stand With Eamon Dunphy

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Haven't listened to much of this so far, but really enjoyed the interview with Damien Duff this week.

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generalgerry

Morrison J wrote: »

Ryan has answered the economy question a million times though. The hit the economy will take in a 3 month lockdown needed to achieve elimination is far less of a hit that the economy will take if it's half open and goes through multiple lockdowns.

I also think he is conflicted by having Tesco as a sponsor. I'd doubt that Tesco would indulge Eamonn having some like Marcus De Bruin giving a contrary opinion on the COVID situation. It wouldn't make sense for them to have Eamonn read out a message asking customers to leave the Tesco deliveries to the older people, and then he has a guest on questioning the whole COVID situation.

You can have an independent podcast, or you can have a sponsored podcast, but you can't have both. And Eamonn has always known which side his bread is buttered on.

[Deleted User]

there's hardly a load of issues that are going to be in conflict with selling groceries tbh

people have to buy groceries regardless. maybe they are buying more now than usual but Tesco can't stop a Coronavirus vaccine being developed for example.

I don't believe that they have any interest in interfering in topics re the Coronavirus

probably more to do with the fact that Eamo is an auld fella now and is coming down more on the side of saving his skin.

Tell me how

generalgerry wrote: »

I also think he is conflicted by having Tesco as a sponsor. I'd doubt that Tesco would indulge Eamonn having some like Marcus De Bruin giving a contrary opinion on the COVID situation. It wouldn't make sense for them to have Eamonn read out a message asking customers to leave the Tesco deliveries to the older people, and then he has a guest on questioning the whole COVID situation.

You can have an independent podcast, or you can have a sponsored podcast, but you can't have both. And Eamonn has always known which side his bread is buttered on.

Marcus De Bruin has long been one to have his one aspirations.

I wouldn't necessarily take what he is saying as entirely gospel.

kowloonkev

Morrison J wrote: »

Ryan has answered the economy question a million times though. The hit the economy will take in a 3 month lockdown needed to achieve elimination is far less of a hit that the economy will take if it's half open and goes through multiple lockdowns.

But it wouldn't achieve elimination though, unless after three months you don't open up the economy fully and restrict international travel/industry.

generalgerry

Tell me how wrote: »

Marcus De Bruin has long been one to have his one aspirations. I wouldn't necessarily take what he is saying as entirely gospel.

I don't think everything he says as gospel by any means, but he has been one of the few doctors who has offered another side to the story, and to be publicly critical of the Government. And he offers an interesting counter to George Lee's analysis of the Swedish situation.

But I genuinely think that if Eamonn was to have somebody like De Bruin on the show, then it would lead to conflict with his sponsor.

JohnnyFlash

Marcus De Bruin is a conspiracy theory pushing fruitcake.

generalgerry

glasso wrote: »

probably more to do with the fact that Eamo is an auld fella now and is coming down more on the side of saving his skin.

Yeah I listened back to the podcast with the doctor this morning and I thought the same. Eamonn was lamenting that one of the problems with democracy was that you could not impose a shutdown in order to "eliminate the virus". I'm not sure the young footballer Eamonn, wanting to travel back and forth to the the UK, would have held the same opinions.

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it's Marcus De Brun, not Bruin

[Deleted User]

this De Brun character seems to have lost the plot -

retweeting stuff from Jim Corr and that "Professor" Cahill (one of those types of women who came through the menopause in a bad way) who was spouting utter shyte about Covid (she works in a related field but is not doing ANY research or direct work on Covid), claiming for example that immunity is for life, that hydroxychloroquine works etc.

mcgucc22

Jaysus, Dunphy really has an axe to grind with the 'Visionary Group'.

TCDStudent1

mcgucc22 wrote: »

Jaysus, Dunphy really has an axe to grind with the 'Visionary Group'.

Must listen to the latest one. Thought it was pretty funny in episode 820 how he kept describing them as "These guys describe themselves as visionaries".

Obrieski

mcgucc22 wrote: »

Jaysus, Dunphy really has an axe to grind with the 'Visionary Group'.

Yeah he is definitely letting his bias shine out a bit.
Constantly asking the question about Roy Barrett and how he got to his position and not liking the dilution of "football people" on the board.

My issue with that line is, when they had "football people" on the board, look at the mess they got themselves into. The Association needs a complete overhaul and the best way to achieve that is through independent directors, not tied down to the past and who will try new ways of attempting to thrive. The FAI story is only getting going still it would appear.

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the amount of FAI shindigs that Dunphy must have been at down the years boozing it up with Delaney.....

(as he actually mentioned a few times). bit of a hypocrite to say the least. took him a fair while to jump on the Delaney-out bandwagon afair

Didn't the labour party guy Kelly have Delaney down canvassing for him in Tipperary also!?

Arghus

glasso wrote: »

the amount of FAI shindigs that Dunphy must have been at down the years boozing it up with Delaney.....

(as he actually mentioned a few times). bit of a hypocrite to say the least. took him a fair while to jump on the Delaney-out bandwagon afair

Didn't the labour party guy Kelly have Delaney down canvassing for him in Tipperary also!?

Dunphy held his fire for ages about Delaney. Even when the writing was on the wall last year it took him ages to acknowledge the reality of the situation.

CatFromHue

Yeah Dunphy has very much been a Delaney man for years, and has publicly back him a few times.

He was probably the last person to see there was any problem in the FAI, even when it was beyond obvious there were massive problems.

Even when he first covered it on the podcast he had Kieran Cunningham on who conveniently explained that Delaney courted people to get them onside, naming the RTE panel as being one such group.

Beechwoodspark

I see Kerr doing the virgin media pundit work lately

The thought struck me - has Kerr ever appeared on dunphys podcast?

Kind of odd he hasn’t, similar background, football mad etc.

Is there baggage between them?

Beechwoodspark

Arghus wrote: »

Dunphy held his fire for ages about Delaney. Even when the writing was on the wall last year it took him ages to acknowledge the reality of the situation.

Dunphy defended Delaney on the RTÉ weekend show when the revelations first appeared

He seemed to think Delaney would survive

Also Giles was involved with Delaney - this “foundation” he had.

of course Dunphy had his tongue up delaneys ... for years - so much so he got invited to delaneys 50th birthday in mount Juliet - he regularly gloated about it

And now he has done a complete u turn and mark tighe is his new best buddy

Higgins5473

Hang on, I am in complete agreement with every single post here regarding Dunphys hypocrisy and u-turn, but was Dunphy being a self centred egotistical bollocks ever in doubt?

byronbay2

Stopped listening to Dunphy a looooooong time ago but came on this thread to see what (if anything) he had said regarding the death of John Hume last week. Not a dicky-bird, if this thread is to be believed! :eek::eek: I hope all of Dunphy's fans/supporters on this thread are educated about the concerted and disgusting campaign he concocted to blacken John Hume's name (led by Aonghus Fanning, editor) when he worked for The Sunday Independent back in 1993.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/big-read-john-hume-and-the-sunday-independent-when-the-newspaper-took-on-the-peacemaker-39434389.html

I presume you all know what a kite-in-the-wind populist and champagne socialist Dunphy is but did you know that he did his best to derail the peace process in Northern Ireland? Check it out!

Tell me how

byronbay2 wrote: »

Stopped listening to Dunphy a looooooong time ago but came on this thread to see what (if anything) he had said regarding the death of John Hume last week. Not a dicky-bird, if this thread is to be believed! :eek::eek: I hope all of Dunphy's fans/supporters on this thread are educated about the concerted and disgusting campaign he concocted to blacken John Hume's name (led by Aonghus Fanning, editor) when he worked for The Sunday Independent back in 1993.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/big-read-john-hume-and-the-sunday-independent-when-the-newspaper-took-on-the-peacemaker-39434389.html

I presume you all know what a kite-in-the-wind populist and champagne socialist Dunphy is but did you know that he did his best to derail the peace process in Northern Ireland? Check it out!

He did a full show on it with Eamon McCann and acknowledged that the Independent, including himself, had gone really hard on Hume and they had been proven to be wrong.

Sorry to disappoint.

byronbay2

Tell me how wrote: »

He did a full show on it with Eamon McCann and acknowledged that the Independent, including himself, had gone really hard on Hume and they had been proven to be wrong.

Sorry to disappoint.

Not disappointed, just surprised!

Utopia Parkway

Tomas Ryan on again today. Don't mind him but Dunphy really tears the arse out of repeating contributors. Would be nice to get some differing viewpoints.

jaykay74

Every time that Chris Johns is on, without fail Dunphy makes some reference to the article Johns wrote about the Tory cabinet being made up of right wing hacks, after dinner speakers etc

humberklog

Bit of sneaky and sniveling behaviour by Dunphy today. Yesterday himself and Giles had a laugh at Ken Early's expense re the headline on his IT item regarding Messi. Ken wouldn't have written the headline which lost someone of the nuance of Ken's article.

However today when talking to Richard Fitzpatrick about Barcelona's woes Dunphy was not only discussing what the gist of the headline alluded to but moreso the discussion they had was the point Early's article was actually making.

Sneaky.

Beechwoodspark

jaykay74 wrote: »

Every time that Chris Johns is on, without fail Dunphy makes some reference to the article Johns wrote about the Tory cabinet being made up of right wing hacks, after dinner speakers etc

Yep. I mentioned that in a post a few weeks back

I like Chris johns but seriously, it’s like Dunphy has the exact same conversation with him every time.

You can set your watch by Dunphy saying

“This guy Boris and his cabinet - they’re not up to much are they”

Cue exact same conversation every time

Beechwoodspark

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

I see Kerr doing the virgin media pundit work lately

The thought struck me - has Kerr ever appeared on dunphys podcast?

Kind of odd he hasn’t, similar background, football mad etc.

Is there baggage between them?

Anyone know what the story is with Dunphy and kerr?

Beechwoodspark

humberklog wrote: »

Bit of sneaky and sniveling behaviour by Dunphy today. Yesterday himself and Giles had a laugh at Ken Early's expense re the headline on his IT item regarding Messi. Ken wouldn't have written the headline which lost someone of the nuance of Ken's article.

However today when talking to Richard Fitzpatrick about Barcelona's woes Dunphy was not only discussing what the gist of the headline alluded to but moreso the discussion they had was the point Early's article was actually making.

Sneaky.

Dunphy seems to sneer at Ken early - he’s had a go at him before once or twice

Ash.J.Williams

I fancy Nicola talent

TCDStudent1

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Dunphy seems to sneer at Ken early - he’s had a go at him before once or twice

He was also one of their first guests when they left Newstalk. He has been supportive to 2nd Captains.

humberklog

On Second Captains they even use an audio bed of Dunphy saying he likes Ken Early's writing. As said above Dunphy has been on SC.

Which is why his laugh behind the bike sheds with Giles was disingenuous at the very least. It also sounded to my ears as though Dunphy teed it up for himself and Giles to get a dig in.

It was childish and churlish of Dunphy.