I used to like him back in the day, but his contributions have got very samey over the years. I don't think he's that engaged himself any more either.
Does anyone actually like US Murph and the pod that's dedicated almost entirely to American sports?
No problem!
No I agree with some of what he says but I dislike his condescending tone.
You pay for about 55% extra stuff. 2 of 6 shows are free and non subbers get a show on Thursday that tries to attract non subbers by putting some of the best bits from Tuesday-Friday. That works for me as there’s too much rugby or Sinead ocarroll or American murph or tepid takes on GAA or bad takes on the men’s Irish international team for me to want to listen the all of the time. I’m happy with that.
i suppose what you're saying is that you wouldn't necessarily agree with anything Ken Early says about football?
I think people can take issue with the podcast in here, but it's hardly that surprising that most people who post in here happen to like it.
You have to be a paid subscriber to listen to 80% of it - and most people aren't going to pay to keep listening to something that they don't like!
The ironic thing is, for all the criticisms you can have of the podcast (and there are a few) - I wouldn't describe them as a total echo chamber. I doubt they'd respect posters who can't tolerate and engage with different viewpoints.
The last reaction to a post like yours with 22 posters thanking.
You’re allow to post whatever you want about the show, just expect pushback if you are criticising the show….and you’ve criticised Ken which is to be done with extreme caution here.
you won’t get any problems from me.
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Just giving my opinion on the podcast, apologies if that isn't allowed in here.
I know how this goes on here
I have to say I'm not a massive fan of this podcast. Ken Early presents himself as having touched the salmon of knowledge. Good points are made in the podcast at times but the overall tone isn't for me.
Nick and Mark are being comically generous/stupid about how braindead Amorim’s comments were. This guy is not going to last very long based on what we’ve seen so far. Ken gave him the kiss of death.
I love listening to Jamie and Malachy
I thought that GAA pod would never end.
Benchmark set for the most boring episode of 2025.
If it was ken now it would be different.
I think we’ve really heard enough about Cillian’s holiday in Buffalo now
That conversation about Jack Crowley yesterday was veering into the "Jack Carty's amazing technicolored cerebral cortex" conversation from before the 2019 World Cup.
RTE don't show a lot of male soccer. Some CL games, a few internationals a year, FAI cup final, is not a lot with the LOI gone. More wumming
Would he get you at it?
Ken credits Amorim for any good Utd result and blames everyone else when they lose. He needed a new hero after the tragedy of Stephen Kenny and he’s found one.
I guess Ken’s hero is back to being Ruben Interim again this week
That emailer from Finland on Friday was a pain in the hole.
The Brighton disallowed goal is one for Kens theory of not accepting decisions. Totally correct call by the Var but if Dalot didn't stay down it wouldn't have been given.
Feels like you are arguing with yourself here ? Or arguing with people who aren't on this thread at least…
"And please for the love of god don’t say the LoI Taliban mantra of “sure take off the Champions League, it’s not even Irish teams” as if that isn’t something many, many more people actually want to sit down and watch and decent ad buy rates can be achieved with."
And as a public broadcaster with a history of overspending offering to cover even 20 games in such a niche league when there’s so much time given over to both male soccer and male teams sports in general already never made sense from a public broadcasting perspective, either.
And please for the love of god don’t say the LoI Taliban mantra of “sure take off the Champions League, it’s not even Irish teams” as if that isn’t something many, many more people actually want to sit down and watch and decent ad buy rates can be achieved with.
Fully expect a Monday pod with Dion and Miguel to explain again why Arne Slot is a fraud and Arteta is a football genius
The Angelus is free, if you value your morality and integrity at zero. 😝
If they dropped the Angelus every rural TD would be on their back. RTE don't want it, viewers (almost entirely) don't want it, but like Irish in school we're stuck with it.
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well the Angelus is cheap (almost free). LoI is quite expensive.
