Second Captains Part II

Naw this is just fúcking funny at this point. Wallowing in self-flagellation is what we do best anyways.

He tweeted about it!

Found the lads, particularly Damien Delaney, a bit over-the-top gloomy yesterday. Hard to take too much away from a game against England really, tonight will be the big one.

And is it just me, or is it a bit weird that they were calling the John O'Shea Interview thing a farce, when to me it seemed as though it only became a farce because the media kept asking O'Shea who the boss was. It struck me as another situation where the lads (and the 'media' in general) don't realise how little the average Joe cares about media duties and press conferences. Or am I wrong here?

The Kenny faction have made a show of themselves in the last few years. Firstly by continually backing a clueless manager as he went from one failure to the next and now trying to oust his successor after 1 game. The truth is that the squad may not be of the highest quality but their confidence is absolutely shot. Being managed by a man who couldn't string a sentence together and guiding them to numerous embarrassments has left this squad devoid of any belief.

They are much better than they showed on Saturday but it will take time to pick them up off the floor. I expect a much better performance tonight and hopefully a recovery can be made. Whether Heimar is the right man for the recovery remains to be seen but at least give him the Nations League before making any judgements.

Typical delaney, smug superior character. What has done coach/management wise that he knows so much has always made me wonder about him. He is clearly a tactical genius going by what he talks about.

You mean the presser where the manager was obligated to appear in is it? It’s like saying why are people weirded out by the minster for finance not announcing tbe budget, it just is something glaring when the Icelandic lad spent the week saying he wasn’t really at the wheel.

Responses like this have the same smack off them as the ones where people swore blind for a year that the FAI weren’t making an utterly embarrassing hash of the search for a new manager. The lads are the ones on the money as usual.

Heimer must have been listening to the podcast because he’s doing a mountain of gyrating and gesticulating during this break in play

If you don’t enjoy the misery are you even an Irish supporter

Manu Petit and Katie McCabe by the looks of it.

I'm happy enough listening to them talk up a Hotel Chain or Airline if they're getting free flights and accomodation or whatever. Doesn't bother me that much.

The get sponsorship from hotels, airlines and beer companies mostly. I'm not completely okay with the corporatisation of the podcast, but at least they're not gambling companies or conflict of interest type stuff.

I find the bits when they talk up their sponsors pretty funny usually.

Ha! Fair enough. I liked your chicken fillet roll price comparison.

Some people do get mad about the sponsorship though.

Have you listened to the non-subscriber feed on a Monday? That has proper ad reads.

One or two ad reads in that manner a year doesn't bother me in the slightest on the world service feed.

It most definitely is member led in that they're not bowing down to Dennis OBrien or an equivalent. They decide what their narrative is and people either sub or they don't. They've no higher power to answer to except their subscribers.

They probably shouldn’t describe themselves as commercial-free when they do actually run ads though

They have done live shows from the country before. not in a while though. Maybe they know their demographic better than you though?

@bren2001

Fixed your post:

Have you listened to the non-subscriber feed on a Monday? That has proper ad reads.

One or two ad reads in that manner a year doesn't bother me in the slightest on the world service feed.

It most definitely is member led in that they're not bowing down to Benefattore or an equivalent. They decide what their narrative is and people either sub or they don't. They've no higher power to answer to except their subscribers.