Second Captains Part II

Raisins · 03-03-2021 6:30pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just because it's made news in US/Australia/Japan does not mean it's newsworthy.

It gets clicks because it's emotive. But in and of itself it's a non-story and bores me.

Yes but all I countered was your claim that the rest of the world “shrugged”. Now you’re accepting it made the news worldwide but was not newsworthy.

A bored bear does not mean it’s a non story.

Arghus · 03-03-2021 6:31pm

I have zero interest in horse racing. I find it incredibly boring: it's just animals running around, with a few lads up on their backs, to me. And I find the way it is intrinsically linked and defined by betting in a way that no other sport is to be another major turn off.

I'm glad the lads don't cover horse racing, but, having said that, I wouldn't be too saddened to hear their takes on the story.

One way or another it has become a huge media story and I think how it's been covered in the media is interesting in and of itself. In one way I think, ah who gives a shyte about a guy sitting on a dead horse; no-one gets too sanctimonious over the dignity of the deceased pigs that go into your sausages. But then on the other hand I think, Jesus, it is a fairly mad story for a top trainer to be taking pictures like that and it does lead to further questions about wider issues of animal welfare in the industry and what exactly does happen behind closed doors.

And there's other angles to discuss - Is the media hysteria justifiable? Over done? What does the whole thing say about horse racing generally and it's outsized role in Irish life. I think there's potentially thought provoking stuff worth talking about there, even if you couldn't care less about racing - and the lads, being relative outsiders, might have something interesting to say. But, if they don't mention it, no biggie.

Dante · 03-03-2021 7:08pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

can we talk about Ken's appreciation for 80s synth football themes instead.

I fell asleep while listening to Tuesday's podcast, woke up right in the middle of that god-awful 80's synth track at the end wondering what the fúck was going on.

EltonJohn69 · 03-03-2021 7:14pm

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

I fell asleep while listening to Tuesday's podcast, woke up right in the middle of that god-awful 80's synth track at the end wondering what the fúck was going on.

Less rugby more synths.

TXPTGR1 · 03-03-2021 7:43pm

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

I'm not sure if this was meant in the way I took it but for me Horse racing isn't a sport, its an activity for gambling companies and has absolutely no business being discussed as part of Second Captains.

That’s exactly how I meant it !

03-03-2021 7:47pm

Raisins wrote: »

Yes but all I countered was your claim that the rest of the world “shrugged”. Now you’re accepting it made the news worldwide but was not newsworthy.

A bored bear does not mean it’s a non story.

Rest of the world was clearly distinct from the media if you re-read my post.

Arghus · 03-03-2021 8:04pm

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

I fell asleep while listening to Tuesday's podcast, woke up right in the middle of that god-awful 80's synth track at the end wondering what the fúck was going on.

God-awful?

Wouldn't necessarily agree with anything DaaaaaaaaaaN has to say about music...

lawred2 · 04-03-2021 11:56am

redbuck wrote: »

Did anyone else find the Zlatan stuff extremely tedious to listen to today?

Don't know why but I found it hard going.

A load of nothing

den87 · 04-03-2021 1:37pm

Not a rugby fan but really enjoyed the Jerry Flannery episode

Brock Turnpike · 07-03-2021 12:36pm

I want to preface this by saying I like Rory Smith's stuff generally, but my god he was talking absolute nonsense in relation to Liverpool the other day.

humberklog · 07-03-2021 6:48pm

A really good audio bed remains relevant even when the circumstances change. That Liverpool bed (with The La's music) really caught me at the end of last week and I'm a Southampton supporter.

Still Ill · 07-03-2021 6:55pm

humberklog wrote: »

A really good audio bed remains relevant even when the circumstances change. That Liverpool bed (with The La's music) really caught me at the end of last week and I'm a Southampton supporter.

Yeah, Mark really nailed it with the song choice on that one. As a bonus, it made me revisit an album I hadn't listened to in a long time. What a record!

siblers · 08-03-2021 8:54pm

Ken being pretty critical of City. He's expecting them to crumble for the rest of the season the way he is talking

thenightman · 08-03-2021 8:58pm

Nah he reckons they'll bottle the CL again, which they probably will if past form is anything to on. League is all over bar the shouting.

lawred2 · 08-03-2021 9:07pm

Flashdance is an even bigger banger when you hear it at 1.2 on pocketcasts

kilns · 08-03-2021 9:27pm

I know it's bad but how refreshing was it to listen to today's pod without Murph constantly interrupting Ken or Eoin

jones · 08-03-2021 9:48pm

kilns wrote: »

I know it's bad but how refreshing was it to listen to today's pod without Murph constantly interrupting Ken or Eoin

I don't mind Murph (apart from how he says MED) but he is definitely the weak link in the trio although maybe he's needed to balance the other pair. Who knows

bamayang · 08-03-2021 10:12pm

jones wrote: »

I don't mind Murph (apart from how he says MED) but he is definitely the weak link in the trio although maybe he's needed to balance the other pair. Who knows

I think he has a role, a bit of light fluff between the two boys. I hope he doesn’t read this page tho...

kilns · 08-03-2021 10:25pm

bamayang wrote: »

I think he has a role, a bit of light fluff between the two boys. I hope he doesn’t read this page tho...

He's an egomaniac of course he does

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unplayable · 08-03-2021 11:02pm

SYNTH WEEK

Raoul · 09-03-2021 9:45am

lawred2 wrote: »

Flashdance is an even bigger banger when you hear it at 1.2 on pocketcasts

Same with the tune that was sent in. I had listened to it at 1.3 speed and thought it was excellent. Then I decided, I should listen to it at regular speed and well not so enthused at that point.

Still good fun though

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Say Your Number · 09-03-2021 12:13pm

Can't remember what he was talking about, but Ken nearly quoted this word for word yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8se6iN548

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 09-03-2021 4:42pm

why were they concentrating on BBC theme tunes today for synth week? Out here in the west, all we got was RTE. They should have gone with europe - the final countdown for sports stadium.

dulpit · 09-03-2021 5:08pm

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup wrote: »

why were they concentrating on BBC theme tunes today for synth week? Out here in the west, all we got was RTE. They should have gone with europe - the final countdown for sports stadium.

4 of the 5 lads are from the Pale I guess?

humberklog · 09-03-2021 6:54pm

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup wrote: »

why were they concentrating on BBC theme tunes today for synth week? Out here in the west, all we got was RTE. They should have gone with europe - the final countdown for sports stadium.

I think "The Final Countdown" was mentioned last week and Ken rightly put it in its box- it's "Hair Rock" and has no place in Synth Week.

al87987 · 09-03-2021 10:50pm

Even though i don't really have any interest in the royal interview, I could listen to Ken talk about it all day.

EltonJohn69 · 09-03-2021 10:58pm

al87987 wrote: »

Even though i don't really have any interest in the royal interview, I could listen to Ken talk about it all day.

From now on the Friday show should just be Ken covering the royals/Harry and Megan ... with some synth music thrown in as well.

Arghus · 09-03-2021 11:54pm

"I'm not saying a plauge on both their house - I just hope both their houses collapse".

The Davestator · 10-03-2021 5:38am

I thought the basesball chat they had was brilliant. Taking a story that, on the surface seemed worthwhile and then be educated as to why it was re-writing history by a still largely white organisation by a great contributor was one of their best recent work IMO.

redbuck · 10-03-2021 8:39am

The Davestator wrote: »

I thought the basesball chat they had was brilliant. Taking a story that, on the surface seemed worthwhile and then be educated as to why it was re-writing history by a still largely white organisation by a great contributor was one of their best recent work IMO.

Agreed. When I first got the notification saying they were covering baseball I thought US Murph was on so I didn't bother listening but when I seen it was actually a historical piece later on I listened immediately.

CiaranW · 10-03-2021 11:54pm

Shane Horgan says scones wrong!

dulpit · 11-03-2021 9:55am

CiaranW wrote: »

Shane Horgan says scones wrong!

Scone rhymes with own. I didn't hear how he pronounced it, but I assume he didn't rhyme it with own?

healy1835 · 11-03-2021 10:04am

Shaaaag Horgan (as Matt Williams would say) just can't catch a break on this thread.

Salvation Tambourine · 11-03-2021 10:23am

CiaranW wrote: »

Shane Horgan says scones wrong!

Before you eat one it's sc-own, after you eat one it's sc-on!

boccy23 · 11-03-2021 10:46am

Ba-dum-tisch.

Cienciano · 11-03-2021 12:36pm

healy1835 wrote: »

Shaaaag Horgan (as Matt Williams would say) just can't catch a break on this thread.

Here's Shane doing his rugby slot

EltonJohn69 · 11-03-2021 1:07pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Here's Shane doing his rugby slot

People want synths and royal coverage. No more rugby.

boccy23 · 11-03-2021 1:19pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

People want synths and royal coverage. No more rugby.

Disagree with No Rugby.

I want more nuanced coverage than we get via Shaggy & Trims.

Cienciano · 11-03-2021 4:33pm

If anyone has any interest in US sports and doesn't like US Murph, listen to Bill Burr's podcast. He usually spends a lot of his podcast talking about sports. He's fairly knowledgeable and funny too.

atilladehun · 11-03-2021 8:51pm

Cienciano wrote: »

If anyone has any interest in US sports and doesn't like US Murph, listen to Bill Burr's podcast. He usually spends a lot of his podcast talking about sports. He's fairly knowledgeable and funny too.

I listen to Bill Simmons a bit. It's ok. Will give Burr a go.

Beersmith · 11-03-2021 9:56pm

I like BB and listened to his podcast quite a bit in the past, very samey though and got tired of it. Can't believe anyone is recommending it for sport. All he does is say so and so person or team is 'killing it' and similar phrases or such a team is a great franchise or a terrible one. The most in depth ive heard him talk about is motor racing but even then its very similar stuff.

Arghus · 12-03-2021 1:19am

I listen to the Bill Burr pod. Oftentimes, after something mad has happened in America - his take on it can be pretty unique and hillarious .

I find him great, he can come up with some inspired off the cuff nonsense. A lot of comedians who do podcasts are strangely seriously unfunny - Marc Maron, Joe Rogan spring to mind, I can't believe those two in particular are actually professional comedians - but Bill gets me laughing my head off.

I enjoy his takes on sports. It's very biased and impressionistic,I don't know if I'd turn to him for analysis.

US Murph is as interesting as what he's talking about it for me. If it's a boring subject, then he's boring, but if it's interesting, then he's interesting.

Cienciano · 12-03-2021 9:22am

Beersmith wrote: »

I like BB and listened to his podcast quite a bit in the past, very samey though and got tired of it. Can't believe anyone is recommending it for sport. All he does is say so and so person or team is 'killing it' and similar phrases or such a team is a great franchise or a terrible one. The most in depth ive heard him talk about is motor racing but even then its very similar stuff.

In yesterdays one he didn't even mention sport! Usually a lot of the podcast is sport, not in depth analysis, but good all the same.

Arghus wrote: »

I listen to the Bill Burr pod. Oftentimes, after something mad has happened in America - his take on it can be pretty unique and hillarious .

I find him great, he can come up with some inspired off the cuff nonsense. A lot of comedians who do podcasts are strangely seriously unfunny - Marc Maron, Joe Rogan spring to mind, I can't believe those two in particular are actually professional comedians - but Bill gets me laughing my head off.

I enjoy his takes on sports. It's very biased and impressionistic,I don't know if I'd turn to him for analysis.

US Murph is as interesting as what he's talking about it for me. If it's a boring subject, then he's boring, but if it's interesting, then he's interesting.

I think one of the things is he is can have a rant about something and if it turns out he was wrong about it, he won't hide. He'll admit it.

Him trying to get into soccer during the world cup was great. He is a big sports fan, he watches everything and usually has great stories about going to games. His rant about philidelphia is great, one of the hardcore sports cities in america

CiaranW · 12-03-2021 3:29pm

Please no more synth week!!

EltonJohn69 · 12-03-2021 3:34pm

CiaranW wrote: »

Please no more synth week!!

Ken’s synth picks are genuinely a triumph.

humberklog · 12-03-2021 4:30pm

Really thought it was gonna be Silver Apples to play out.

What a week! Except for Wednesday.

atilladehun · 12-03-2021 5:11pm

CiaranW wrote: »

Please no more synth week!!

I reckon synth week reduced rugby chat by 50%

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 12-03-2021 5:47pm

CiaranW wrote: »

Please no more synth week!!

well I'm not a big fan of any music weeks on a sports podcast. But at least synth music is better than grunge, that fake genre invented by music journalists.

EltonJohn69 · 12-03-2021 9:44pm

Full on in tears now synth week is over. It was fantastic, man.....

deisedude · 13-03-2021 10:46am

On the topic of niche musical genres if they ever do a ska week I'm unsubscribing!

Second Captains Part II

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