Enjoyed the episode with Diarmuid Ferriter alright. I think deep down Éammo can’t hide his disappointment that he didn’t get an OBE !
Is Eamon on holidays or has he gone exclusive on some platform? No podcast for 3 weeks
Holidays, back on 16th according to X.
Jaysus Eamon has a bad habit of letting regular guests do a summary of yht story to date or maybe I've only heard it on the Fionnan Sheahan pods about Tubridys pay. Nearly half of the 30 mins taken up with it. What's the point of putting out regular pods covering a story over a matter of weeks or months, if you're wasting time doing a synopsis every time. Headwrecking.
I've given up on the stand, but I definitely noticed that there's always been a tendency for each podcast on a specific topic to cover a lot of already covered ground and then give a little bit extra at the end. Which is great if you're new to the topic, but very annoying if a regular listener.
giles on this morning's podcast saying stephen kenny should get a contract extension. but also saying we've a great crop of players now. doesn't really make sense.
I really don't think John watched the French and Dutch games.
Both of them were all over the shop, Eamo thought we were at home to France.
Whats up with eamo and the rte rugby panel. His last couple of rugby podcasts he has being given them sly digs.
Not a regular Stand listener but I'd imagine D O'B is the kind of smug smarmy git who would run Eamon up the wrong way
Phillip O'Connor in complete denial of the failed experiment of a multicultural society based on mass immigration.
Thought the conversation with John Giles on Bobby Charlton was really good, and quite sad in how Giles described him as getting even quieter after Munich.
Is there anyone left alive who was on the plane?
I think Bobby Charlton was the last remaining survivor.
Good listen right enough.
Makes a change from John's usual lazy ramblings about what he read in the paper with reminders from Eamo that the whole country was hanging on his every word and didn't want to hear from him.
I listened to The Stand for the first time in months this week to hear Giles and Dunphy on Man Utd.
Highlights included Dunphy calling Gary Neville a windbag for having an opinion on everything (!) and him confidently telling Giles that Arambat had been signed from Ajax.
I won’t bother listening again anytime soon.
Your loss pal. We’ll never have the likes of JG or ED again.
On their discussion about Stephen Kenny John Giles has no idea that Irish players were not allowed to go to England until they were over 18. He hadn't a clue who the manager of the u21 team was either. Eamon didn't even seem to know that Evan Ferguson was over in England before he was 18 because of his mother being English.
Eamon and John are too far out of touch with the modern game. John is still very good and I could listen to him all day but for that slot to work they need someone else on to bounce off and to correct their obvious mistakes! I think John is much better when he's on to talk about some specific topic thats close to his heart, e.g. the Bobby Charlton tribute a few weeks ago rather than yet another episode bitching about Pogba and his ilk.
it was also far better when Liam Brady used to join in, it really needs that different viewpoint, someone a little more in-tune with the modern game, but sadly Liam has retired from it all now (he confirmed as much in his own dedicated episode earlier in the week).
I'm no great fan of Gary Neville but I think he's a solid pundit, so Eamon calling him a "windbag" is a bit ridiculous. The irony seems to be lost on him.
John isn’t going to want to listen to anyone correcting his mistakes.
I agree that Liam is a big loss. Even occasional disagreements gives it a bit of variety. Otherwise ED is too inclined to agree with JG, even if it reflects how much he respects his opinion. They have had Didi on a few times a while back if im correct? Could do with him back.
Is Liam up to anything now?..did he just retire due to his disdain for the modern game?
Yeah Didi used to be a regular in early days of that podcast but I don't think he's been on it at all for a few years now. Dunphy has also occasionally made a few disparaging remarks about Didi's RTE analysis, probably in regard to Didi's criticism of Stephen Kenny... and Eamon won't hear a bad word said about Kenny. So maybe there was a bit of a falling out there. Eamon of course has form for falling out with people...
I did think Liam would keep up the podcasts and occasional radio contributions but it seems he's decided to step away entirely. Its a shame because I think he's still pretty sharp on the modern game.
Didi is a big analyst on German tv and does games for rte. He probably has enough money coming in to not have to bother
Love John and Eamo but I tend to agree with most of what you've said here. The "Kids don't play ball on the streets" line has gotten very old at this stage
No worries pal, I remember when Giles and Dunphy were essential viewing. Those days are long gone unfortunately
I agree. Maybe he doesn’t want to end up like what John and Eamon have become. Thought he was still by far the best on the RTE panel when he finished up though
Yeah there’s probably an element of that and I agree that he’d still be a better pundit than any of RTE’s current crop.
I can definitely relate to the points he made when he decided to retire from the TV work - that he was getting a bit fed up and disillusioned with the modern game - the money, the sports washing, the endless VAR controversies, etc.
Eamonn’s 2-part podcast with him is worth a listen, covering his recent autobiography.
It feels like we are coming near the end of an era doesn't it?. Liam gone, Souness retired, John and Eamon (for all their faults) wont be around forever and will be greatly missed.
Maybe I'm being overly nostalgic but apart from Roy Keane (like him or loathe him) it feels like the whole scene will be very dull and sanitised. Even Didi almost seems irritable having to analyse alongside his new restrained colleagues. God be with the days when I looked forward to the half time studio row as much as the game itself.
The pre- and post- game analysis used to be better than the game itself. I can remember the glory days of Dunphy Giles and Brady on RTE’s Champions League coverage, “This guy Ronaldo is a cod”, “I’ll tell you who wrote it” etc etc. Absolutely must-see viewing. I used to listen to the Last Word on match days to try and work out if it was pre-recorded so as to know if Dunphy would be on TV that night!
These days I never bother with the panels, particularly on RTÉ, which seem to have been picked to be as bland and controversy-free as possible. God forbid that someone might say something that the arseholes on Twitter would subsequently complain about.
Never liked Dunphy always thought he was a little weasel. Have always respected John Giles and have listened to him on OTB since he staryed on it. I do agree though it is coming to an end and wont be long before John packs it in.
Once one door shuts another opens, though. We now have football podcasts left, right and centre. The likes of Jonathon Wilson, Lars Sivertson, Tim Vickery, Ken Early etc to entertain us. Football punditry is better now than ever imo.
