This is the stuff you just don't get on other sports podcasts...top class.
Does Ken have kids? I don't know if it really matters but he never mentions them if he does whereas Eoin would often mention his. When you have listened to someone for over a decade, you feel like you should know ha.
Best was his description of the Inter forwards as something from a Grimm brothers fairytale with Lautoro being the dopey one. Excellent as always
He does have a family to be fair, makes it slightly harder to justify going away for 7 or 8 days
It does seem a bit mad that Ken flew back and is flying back out there again this week, I'd probably stay out there and have a few off between the games.
I laughed at Ken telling Eoin that the Turks would be 'Looking greedily at you your scalp'
I like Miguel
I don't mind Richie but since he's been gone, I haven't exactly been lamenting his return.
Presumably because their only income for the podcasts is from the world service members.
Richie Sadlier is coming back!
McDevitt retweeted that a while ago
:D
Can somebody who has a Twitter account please message the lads with this 😁
From the Leinster hurling final today
He just posted the George Harrison "It's been done before" Simpsons clip.
Oh, and the words F*ck City.
Also the "put all your medals in the bin" Brian Clough at Leeds clip (from the flim with that Welsh fella), and something about cheating blue b*stards.
What was he saying?
Actually looking forward to what Jamie says about the end of the Munster final. I hope they address the Limerick fans openly stealing the Claire equipment
Ah they’re clearly independent in fairness. I know they’ve done shows for RTÉ and the BBC but I’d consider these separate to the podcast itself and not influencing the content.
They’ve had a sponsor or two for the live shows but again I don’t think it’s something impacting the shows content.
Questioning whether they are independent isn’t fair to me anyway. The tone of the show etc is clearly just set by them with no outside influence.
They also used to say SC would be “member-led”, whatever that meant
Would like to hear Jamie Wall's thoughts on it. Judging by his instagram stories, I have to say I'd probably agree with him.
I suppose you might expect it to instead say 'independently owned' if that's the case.
It's an established concept and generally refers to outlets that aren't under the influence of corporate or national entities so that interpretation of the rationale doesn't really wash.
by that rationale, any media company that take any advertising isn't independent, so barely anybody is independent. the lads you hear on the podcast own the company (along with mark and the other lads, forget his name) and answer to nobody, i'd consider that 100% independent
They did make unwise commitments about advertising in the very early days, but really I think it's a reference to not being owned by Denis O'Brien.
I took the "independent platform" references in their promotional material as referring to them being an 'independent media platform', you reckon it's a reference to the ownership structure of the company and nothing else?
They own the company, so yes.
Is it correct for Second Captains to consider themselves "independent" when they have these other revenue streams outside of their Patreon? Among other things, they have sponsors, feature in ads/endorsements for other products, and are partnered with the national broadcaster.
Only Ken can salvage that borefest of a final (apart from Lukaku's ridiculously entertaining miss)
Quick sums on their Patreon numbers has them taking in somewhere in the region of €740k per annum. That's before you include the likes of their merch and deals with rte or BBC (I assume the various columns and tv gigs are the individual's own money), which isn't bad at all with minimal advertising.
Personally I wouldn't be interested in watching the midweek stuff on YouTube and as pointed for technical/editorial reasons it probably isn't feasible.
But the live shows would be great and as someone pointed out- Tiktok clips can go a long way for promotion.
They don't do a great job at promoting themselves really. Even with their RTE gig you'd think, as a passing radio listener, that it was summer filler cooked up in Montrose.
I get the feeling they record a lot of things twice. The odd podcast over the years have left in bits where they are saying things for the second time so it's recorded properly. If they did it live on YouTube they couldn't do that.
Also, not everything is recorded in one sitting. Guests come in at different times of the day.
Some live YouTube stuff with audience interaction would be great.
I can't believe they don't have clips on YouTube and tiktok. Easily sharable and can go viral.
James Horncastle should be their number one pick for Italian football. He’s been great every time he was on. Either him or Shane Curran, lol.
Glad to see Marcotti getting such a digging. He's an awful gobshite. I wonder what Ken and Jonathan Wilson made of him
