I just find his delivery boring, he sends me to sleep, and he seemed to be on for the whole show, 20 mins would have been enough
Outside TV money? Which is how most soccer leagues are funded now? Why discount that here?
I like Richie's contribution to the show and thoughts on football. He has his own mind and forms his own opinions in a way that is different to the usual podcast/newspaper crew. While he was a footballer he tries to view things for what they are unlike many reporters who get caught up in the circus of group think and clichés.
The vast majority of football journos have the job because of their language ability, which in someone like Ken's case its brilliant, he's hilarious and he's willing to entertain with his talent. But Ken, like most of them live in a world where their opinions don't matter so it's just entertainment for adults. Some, like Wilson, lean heavily on the contrarian mode, or like graham hunter use the tabloid thing of flattering the readers intelligence, Delaney does that itk thing. Richie could never be any of these.
Former players usually go for the in my day mould but that only really works if you've been a great. Richie wasn't. He reached a level just below the very elite that was still far superior to 99.99% of those that try. He had the signs of success but still in the eyes of many was not a success. At the end he had to really rationalise his life and see the wood for the trees. He seems to take that into much of his work and i like that.
Still though, you're free not to be into that.
TV money works around 800k per club per season. Emma Hayes is on 200k as Chelsea manager, that's 20% at least gone on one person's salary. Never mind bonuses etc
In relation to your opening paragraph, I'd disagree entirely with everything you said. I've never heard him deliver any insightful or interesting comments that would differ from the general take on topics. Like you said it's all a matter of opinion, but I've skipped over far more contributions from Richie than anyone else on the pod. Just find him bland to the point of irratation.
I'd agree, he does have his own mind and does have his own opinions, that's grand but he never says anything interesting , I've nothing against the guy I'm sure he is sound, he just isn't engaging as a "pundit"
Anyone sit through the Brittney Griner episode? Eoin let that that reporter talk a lot of shít without pulling her up on a few things
If it had of been a male sports star it would have got more attention.....yeah because they're more famous. She had the chip on the shoulder alright. Think eoin tried to pull her up on one or two things without outright calling her out on them.
The irony of Murph giving out about people who “**** on sports commentators” and then gives out about Marty Morrissey commentating on sports.
The more attention that's brought to Marty's atrocious commentating the better. His spiel before the hurling final was nauseating.
Country folk like him though, the type of people who tend to smell of cabbage.
How dare you, we do not like Marty!!
I didn't think she said anything too wild tbh.
Her suggestion that female players should be paid the same as LeBron etc was pretty wild to be fair.
Found it mostly alright - though in saying that if she was LeBron she’d be home by now, they kind of ignored the other side of it that if she was some rando she’d be fcked altogether.
As an aside, something else interesting they didn’t talk about from a USA Point of view, is that we have all these American politicians saying she’s being held wrongly on her minor drug charge, when there are thousands of Americans in American prisons for just as low rate drug offenses - many of them for a drug that is now legal in their states.
Ken on the arseblog (Andrew mangan’s Arsenal podcast) for his now traditional season preview. Released today.
She seemed to completely overlook she brought drugs into a country with a zero tolerance approach to drugs.
She also made it seem like the US government were regularly getting male sports stars out of foreign jails
Russia is proven to be very pro drugs for their sports stars. As long as it’s the right type of drugs.
Just some dumb stuff. Comparing her pay to LeBron james. Saying that it's because she's a woman was the reason it didn't get coverage, if it was tom brady it would be front page headlines. They aren't bringing her home because she's a woman. "if it was LeBron, he'd be home".
They did address that, she says it was an accident those 2 cartridges ended up in her bag instead of the nicotine ones.
It’s not the most insane mixup to imagine occuring, given that they look the same, and they were bought completely legally.
She’s been going to play in Russia for years, so I doubt at this stage with the experience she has of living there, that she purposefully brought them in.
And obviously the charge they hit her with - drug trafficking - is totally nonsense with 2 cartridges.
The pay comparison is a bit dumb, fair enough, but I think her central point about there being more coverage and perhaps even a resolution at this stage if it was a higher profile athlete was a fair one.
So her point was that famous people get more coverage in the media? 😝
Of course the higher profile the more coverage. Marc Fogel brought in some weed to Russia for personal use and got 16 years. He's 60 and could very well die there. No media outcry because he's just a school teacher, he's not good at bouncing a ball. The whole "it's because she's a black woman" is ridiculous
Jesus, dragged the arse out of it today.
Apart from the end. That was great
I still don’t know what point last week’s contributor was trying to make about the England women’s team.
Sometimes there’s a question to be asked or clarification needed on something and it doesn’t come.
I thought it was great. Thought Paul Flynn spoke very well, as did Murph. Can't say I agreed with Jamie Wall though
Jamie Wall expecting people to stay with their local club at all times is peak GAA man.
Least Murph called him out on it.
That's peak skip-on material.
Anyone been listening to Second Captains Saturday? I quite Enjoyed the Nick Hornby episode
