Beersmith wrote: » Your wrong, Murph had started talking and ken interjected him! Murph simply followed through and let ken at it. It was 14.30 onwards of Fridays pod btw. Now i was more interested in hearing Ken but it wasn't murph who interjected.
Hotblack Desiato wrote: » We need a rugby version of Ken to call out the bullshít.
Cienciano wrote: » I wonder if Giles and Dunphy will stfu about their "football men" shít after Mark Tighes book? Dunphy supported Delaney until very late in day, turns out the cost to buy Dunphy is a few Manchester United tickets.
Arghus wrote: » I'm also reading the book at the moment. Even though I think I know the whole sorry story pretty well, there's still details on most pages that just make me say, "Jesus Christ". Random sample: The final bill for Delaney's 50th birthday was 80,000 Euro - including 3,609 Euro for helicopters to ferry guests...that were never used.
ReginaldSmythV wrote: » Just as an aside, as I wouldn't know where else too ask, how long would it normally be before an audio book version would come out for a new release?
Arghus wrote: » Have they said for sure that there will be an audio book? There wouldn't be much of audience outside of Ireland so the publishers mightn't feel it was worth the effort.
Delaney then paid a tearful tribute to Emma English. ‘He started slobbering about their love,’ says Dunphy. ‘It was cringe city.’ Dunphy hadn’t seen much of his good friend Giles, who spent much of the night up at a bar with Dr Alan Byrne, the Irish team doctor, having a sing-song. As the guests drank their teas and coffees, Delaney and English slowly danced alone between tables, singing the lyrics to each other and kissing
S. Goodspeed wrote: » Been a fan of the lads since their OTB days and am a proud world service member but the quality (and quantity) of their content has really dipped of late, even taking the pandemic into consideration. Friday’s show was a great case in point. They spent 30 mins talking to Vera Pauw on a Friday before a Liverpool / Chelsea game, a breaking Thiago transfer, US Open (with McElroy kind of still in contention), the sad passing of Pat Smullen, Bale loan, Sam Bennett rolling into Paris with Green jersey, not to mention the best climax to the TdF in years. The Pauw interview was fine but they could / should have found time to touch on some of the above too. Still no mention of the golf or tennis today or even Leinster (though I’m sure they’ll roll out Horgan later in the week for some fairly mundane takes). I know Monday is a “football show” but they should really revisit that the day after the greatest Irish sporting achievement in years. OTB obviously have bigger budgets but they are really killing it at the moment. I’m really not a fan of some of their talent or shows but they are getting on some great guests and quickly reacting to big sports news as it happens. As another example they interviewed Conor Niland after Novak got kicked out of the US Open; a former player who was kicked out for a very similar thing a few years earlier. I don’t remember SC covering the expulsion at all but I’d imagine it was restricted to a few jokes about how he doesn’t believe in vaccines and is a bit of a dick... I still enjoy some of the banter amongst the guys and maybe that’s what the show is all about now. But for football talk the Guardian is far superior, for general sports news & opinion OTB is the only show in town and their Sunday Paper Review (depending on who the guest are) is probably the sports talk show I enjoy the most at the moment.
S. Goodspeed wrote: Been a fan of the lads since their OTB days and am a proud world service member but the quality (and quantity) of their content has really dipped of late, even taking the pandemic into consideration.
S. Goodspeed wrote: Friday’s show was a great case in point. They spent 30 mins talking to Vera Pauw on a Friday before a Liverpool / Chelsea game, a breaking Thiago transfer, US Open (with McElroy kind of still in contention), the sad passing of Pat Smullen, Bale loan, Sam Bennett rolling into Paris with Green jersey, not to mention the best climax to the TdF in years. The Pauw interview was fine but they could / should have found time to touch on some of the above too. Still no mention of the golf or tennis today or even Leinster (though I’m sure they’ll roll out Horgan later in the week for some fairly mundane takes). I know Monday is a “football show†but they should really revisit that the day after the greatest Irish sporting achievement in years.
Cienciano wrote: » From Mark Tighes book, at Delaney's birthday: Christ, Dunphy is on the money with cringe city. Who's going to play them in the movie? I think they could do it as a Spinal Tap type mocumentary and have Will Ferrell playing John Delaney.
Beersmith wrote: » I really like most that are on the TFS. Some notable excepts are that Brazilian lady natalie and the spanish guy alvaro. Just can't stand their terrible thick accents and bad English
Arghus wrote: » It's a very entertaining book so far - though it's quite gossipy and bitchy, they seem to have had access to everyone with an axe to grind with Delaney - and that is a lot of people. As much as I think Delaney was an absolute scumbag, I think there's a lot of people doing their best to paint themselves in the best possible light. Dunphy is almost hilarious in his opportunism. The first chapter is dominated by Dunphy's frank assessment of Delaney and everything surrounding him - but yet he was happy enough to play the game, go to the dinners and pick up the complimentary Old Trafford tickets.
Cienciano wrote: » Dunphy has Mark Tighe on his podcast and appareltly Dunphy ripping into Delaney. A quick scan through the book it looks like Dunphy is giving the impression he tolerated Delaney to get what he wanted off him. But he still defended him publicly long after the story broke. Dunphy is entertaining, but he's part of the problem. He pretends he's not afraid to speak out about corruption, he's not afraid to say anything when in reality he's bought cheaper than most. He'd be one of the lads voting in John Delaney because he donated €5k to their club. He'd be the one in the Oireachtas hearing, queuing up to give praise and softball questions because Delaney appeared at a fundraising raffle at a club in his hometown. But even worse, when the rats have left the sinking ship, he denies all knowledge , pretends he never said all that and puts the boot in.
EltonJohn69 wrote: » Does anyone else think the book competition was possibly a scam ? The winners names sounded very made up to me ? Maybe there was one genuine winner in that list but..... even that I’m doubtful about.
Still Ill wrote: » Haha... Why would they fake a competition for fifty quid's worth of books that they probably got given for free. Another Second Captain truther in the thread after the Mark Horgan conspiracy last year.
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