Newstalk: Off The Ball

I'd actually argue that's where the OTB crew shine. I like the paper reviews on the weekend and the shoot the sh*t feeling to it.

You get some great yearns or experiences that the contributors have had. Behind the scenes at the Masters, working with the FAI, the inner workings of the LOI clubs etc etc.

Yeah I was wondering this myself, I haven't seen anything from him anywhere lately. Maybe they are working on having weeks and weeks of content, subscribe now to get interviews with A, B, C, etc.

I think Eoin and Will are doing fine on the show to be fair to them. Not quite Joe standard, but they are good. Thank God they left Ger on AM as I don't listen to it anyway!

Carbon footprint? Ha

I'm guessing you are a dub.

Hundreds of thousands have to commute to work in Dublin every day. Have you never seen or heard how mental traffic is on roads leading to the m50. Maybe every job could be done at home? To save on the carbon footprint. Every job can be done on teams. Maybe we should all not be driving at all? No one should travel anywhere. No one should do anything.

Yep, that's exactly what he said

Good man

Well said. And the Teams comparison by the OP is a ridiculous one too. Most people who WFH and use Teams are not broadcasting to 60/70k people across the nation. Sound quality and delivery is crucial, which should be needless to say.

As for the whole carbon argument. I'm sure there are trains, given that Meath is commuter-belt territory. That should ease our collective conscience..

OK, well to me I've never been bothered by Richie WFH to be honest. Most nights it is fine. I've sort of been listening out for it due to the constant outrage on here and have counted 3 nights where there has been an issue.

On the gambling thing, its a fair point he makes. Most of us would take a job with Paddy Power if they offered us 50% more than our current salary. Or is everybody here so principled as to not?

And, he or she rightly points out how many of us know where our pension funds are invested? Hands up, I don't have a clue. It is probably in some Saudi oil field. I shouldn't bury my head in the sand, but at the moment that is very much where it is.

That's it. It's like he's using a crappy mic with dodgy Internet.

My work has a policy of sorts that if your Internet is poor for a while it's tolerated, but there is an expectation you will do something to resolve it. Or else work in the office. Which is fair.

As others have already said, its hard to tolerate their discussions on gambling when their sponsor is William Hill and they push the Cash Machine down our throats every 5 minutes. It makes a mockery of the whole topic tbh and smacks of virtue signallying.

They are not the only ones - Totally Football Weekly and Football Ramble are the same. When Ivan Toney was banned for gambling for example, they all had segments on the dangers of gambling etc. Obviously there was no mention of their Paddy Power sponsored bet build segment on the show, or their constant betting adverts throughout the podcast.

I don't particular care, but just worth noting as its a common theme I see across many football podcasts. I think the Guardian Football podcast is the only one that has actively refused gambling sponsors, may be open to correction there.

my wife works from home a few days a week and apart from anything else the few days without the stress of communing is a great thing. We dont have to be tied to our desks every day, and if that helps with the reduction of the aul carbon that's hardly a bad thing.

As for Ritchie, surely for the cost of one cash machine giveaway Bauer can give him a proper studio fit up? wouldn't they have a few spare post covid?

I think it's great that the people too frightened to go outside stay inside. Fair play Ritchie!

I see it's starting Monday and its free, they weren't lying saying it was starting in September, it's starting on Sept 30th.

Ahhhh an excellent response from the person that has no logical reply. I already apologised for being mean about yer show fella.

I debated the original post. Which you seemed very triggered from my response to that. But you can only claim i am triggered now? Bizarre stuff from the lad that can't let it go.

Good man. Superb posting from yerself buddy. Chat soon............. mate

Just wondering what you mean by saying letting him go 'given his record'?

Like you said though it may well have been convenient for all involved. Joe wanted a change and maybe different hours to suit his new family circumstances, Ger needed to shed some salary if the subscription model has bombed (it doesn't look like Joe was replaced).

I've listened to the evening show on and off and think Eoin is doing fine.