Second Captains Part II

Detailed coverage of the songs played and by who didn't have you hooked?

Love watching the six nations, struggle with the coverage.

I like rugby, love watching Ireland and the provinces play but jesus some of the commentators on it are absolute windbags. The amount of nonsense spoken is crazy and the amount of coverage the sport gets in the national papers is beyond ridiculous. But look - it is what it is.

Bank holiday Monday means they only put out one podcast.

LOI chat. Hard pass from me.

The Branno stuff is getting weird. Between that comment today and his "stories" lately I don't know what to make of him. I generally don't mind Branno and he's usually entertaining but it's like they are trying too hard at the moment.

Or else I'm just a narky so and so 😀

It's good to see them giving it decent coverage. They didn't give a toss about it when that brilliant Dundalk them were in their prime and Cork City were doing well.

Great interview with Gannon, he's seen a lot and is well positioned to give his takes on how things have changed over the years. I'm very happy with the increased LoI coverage. More Branno, Sneyd and player interviews will do me very nicely.

I thought it was a good interview.

I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore LOI fan, even though, when I tot them up, I've gone to hundreds of games over a twenty year period and I have to say the league itself has never been as good or as popular in that time as it is now.

And I'm based well outside the traditional Dublin heartland of it in Galway. The ground was wedged for most of last year. There's more interest, more media coverage and the quality of the football is, in the main, pretty decent.

IMO it's a bit sad if people want to shyte on that. No one is pretending that the LOI is ever going to be one of the top leagues in Europe, but that's alright: it has its own appeal. It's a very interesting and enjoyable league to follow in its own right.

So what if, to a certain extent, the SC boys are a bit late to the party in terms of covering it. It's a sign of the League's good health and increasing relevance with the public that they are. Maybe it's a bit parochial to cover the domestic league, but it's no more parochial, IMO, than covering the GAA. And it's sure more interesting than the corporate zoom meetings that are the rugby chats.

Its great to see the lads cover our league more these days. Better late than never. As said earlier it's on the rise and it's getting far more coverage these days across all media and long may it continue. Can't wait for the start next week. Nothing like going to a game in person every week or two.

The Superbowl preview was on the 28th of January, I think. "The Superbowl that nobody in America wants".

A lot of their football talk these days is reacting to some shïte that someone has said on TV or on twitter

I'm not sure we watched the same game if that's your conclusion.

Watched Celtic win, France lose, Ireland win . Perfect weekend.