Newstalk: Off The Ball

Yes i caught some of the free segments from the Mansion House the other night. It was a great listen. The three amigos Brady, Giles and Dunphy told some entertaining stories and it was a nice trip down memory lane. Got a bit emotional at times you got the feeling it could be one of the last times they'll do a live show like that again.

Is it? SC would refer to OTB without issue. Would've thought it's good practice to reference the publication you are talking about in such situations.

To be fair Joe Molly did reference a comment made by an analyst that was made on SC the day prior, during one of the rugby discussions last week.

There was an article in the Sunday Independent maybe last year with Ger, and he mentioned that when the second captains lads worked in newstalk they were friends, they were at his wedding. He said they don't speak any more now (or words to that effect). So at least at his level, there's likely to be an issue.

Its not the lads decision, people like Dennis OBrien and the higher ups would be annoyed if they effectively plugged Second Captains. Them never mentioning it is a corporate decision.

I was listening to A Slight Tangent (one of my favourite segments admittedly) last night. What is the story with yer man Arthur? He did a PhD in Bob Dylan?

Why? What could be the point in that?

Not sure what the point is but surely it's no different than doing it on the work of any famous poet or writer

People "like" Dennis.

Like another poster mentioned a page or 2 back, Second Captains had fallen off the radar for me the last few years. I listened to a few of the free episodes and forgot how good the quality is compared to OTB, so I subscribed this week. It's "only" a fiver a month.

I do miss the football show on Saturday's and the Sunday paper review, especially when Joe is on but OTB will never be worth €10 per month to me.

Another former big consumer of their podcasts but like many there’s zero chance of me paying a tenner a month.

I listen to a lot of podcasts as I can consume them while I work and a few have gone behind the paywall over the last 18 months. But I’ve refused to pay for any of them. There’s more than enough free content out there on every topic I’m interested in.

Off the ball do have some very good segments, namely newsround, slight tangent, Paper review, Dan McD on football show. Also loved Golf Weekly but was never going to pay for it. Don’t think their GAA coverage is fantastic although I did enjoy the football podcast despite not being a Gaelic football fan.

I do miss the content and I also think Joe Molloy is the best broadcaster in Irish media at the moment so miss not listening to him.

But my point being I’d say there’s thousands more like me. That enjoyed the content but just won’t pay for podcasts. I can’t see how the few bob they’re getting makes up for the thousands of less ears they’re now reaching.

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Cancelled my subscription last week when they had Adrian Barry on a day that wasn't Friday, he genuinely knows nothing about any sport.

He half watched a Newcastle game and gave some piss poor pub talk takes on the game, farcical to expect a tenner a month for that

I often wonder how he got involved in sport media with no playing background and literally no knowledge of any sport

The morning show is decent when Ger and Eoin are at the wheel , but the rest of them are really shite

Pity cause I've listened for years

Yes, they are robbers asking people to hand over €10 out of their own free will. Ger and the gang should be matched straight to Mount joy. I think we should throw away the key too.

Is it me or have the lads gone very quiet about the subscription model and offers?

Maybe a sense it has turned out to be a failed experiment.