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    #1802
    Willie Power
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Willie Power
    Sir William Pontius Power


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564691#Comment_124564691

    They did. Commented on its physicality then.

    "He might be an eejit, but he's our eejit"
    Willie Power



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    #1803
    chalkitdown1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564691#Comment_124564691

    They were literally talking about the Cork/Limerick match for a while. :D



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    #1804
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,218 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564690#Comment_124564690

    2nd prize is a weekend away with Kenny



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    #1805
    Willie Power
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Willie Power
    Sir William Pontius Power


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564701#Comment_124564701

    I'll be entering 🤩

    "He might be an eejit, but he's our eejit"
    Willie Power



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    #1806
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,907 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564700#Comment_124564700

    After Kenny first saiid Cork - Tipperary….



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    #1807
    Willie Power
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Willie Power
    Sir William Pontius Power


    Hugh Cahill talking about the carnival stuff at tournaments.. I thought he said carnal for a minute.. And it wouldn't sound out of place tonight

    "He might be an eejit, but he's our eejit"
    Willie Power



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    #1808
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,218 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    For all the stick that the US has got over the decades about ball - their fans are great fans and very engaged in game - even when ****. Fair play - they love their ball.



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    #1809
    Willie Power
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Willie Power
    Sir William Pontius Power


    Jelly Babies??! WTF!

    "He might be an eejit, but he's our eejit"
    Willie Power



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    #1810
    McDermotX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,319 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Tune in for more Kenny going on about Wirtz

    Fantastic



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    #1811
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    Scotland dropped their only fast player ; Doak. Going to try kill the game as much as possible I’d imagine.



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    #1812
    dabbler2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,171 ✭✭✭dabbler2004


    The crossing from the Australians has been terrible



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    #1813
    Willie Power
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Willie Power
    Sir William Pontius Power


    So this is what Hugh Cahill looks like.

    1000037031.jpg

    "He might be an eejit, but he's our eejit"
    Willie Power



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    #1814
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    Cahill once called Drogba a “poof” on a sports report on morning newstalk. Long time ago. Hes got his own style



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    #1815
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,888 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564502#Comment_124564502

    Thats what the US will do to you.



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    #1816
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,742 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564716#Comment_124564716

    Seattle would be one of the cities with a history of soccer going back even to the old NASL and the Seattle Sounders.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #1817
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,218 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564777#Comment_124564777

    Well as europeans - we need to grow up too and go - fair play , fantastic fans . Delighted for them as they would be long term ball fans.



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    #1818
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,042 ✭✭✭✭irishgeo


    Were the 2 lads in a pub and having the craic and occasionally watching the match on the TV in the corner because that's what it felt like.



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    #1819
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,813 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    I'm surprised none of the RTE panel have referenced the commentary from the two lads



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    #1820
    McDermotX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,319 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Imagine if RTE pulled the rug out from everyone now and get Hugh and Kenny to cover the Scotland game as well ?

    Over to ITV just in case



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    #1821
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,639 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    have you ever heard Hugh Cahill commentating on the rugby??

    Absolutely abysmal..


    Has zero clue what’s actually happening in the game and constantly makes the wrong call as to what’s actually happening….

    he was once calling France v England where France had to win the game for Ireland to win the 6 nations, and France were winning what was a 1 score game and England were attacking the French line and France turned the ball over with the clock in the red, and gobşh1te started screaming “Ireland are 6 nations champions, Ireland are 6 nations champions”, completely missing the fact that France didn’t kick it to touch but wanted to play on and score the beautiful try.. so it could have been easily turned over and England could have scored… they didn’t and we won, but still…. This fool was shocked France didn’t kick to touch so we would be champions…

    Pr1ck.

    Post edited by AndyBoBandy on


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    #1822
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,813 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Hopefully this next game is better than the last. And Des & Ray should do a better job commentating especially since they are in the stadium



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    #1823
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564842#Comment_124564842

    that’s an extremely low bar.



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    #1824
    Zeek12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,218 ✭✭✭✭Zeek12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564792#Comment_124564792

    It’s honestly beyond a joke what the Licence fees are wasted on. Everyone involved in that commentary including the Producer should be sent packing. To say stealing a living would be kind, a shower of muppets the lot of them.

    Des Curran will be a welcome relief. At least there’s one decent Irish commentator at this World Cup



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    #1825
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    Will Morocco prove they are the real deal? Scotland picking a very conservative team that a good team would put away



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    #1826
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564862#Comment_124564862

    dont really care as you could tell from the pundit line up that it wasn’t going to be good and other options are available but the public wanted RTE to be done on a much tighter budget. Maybe Declan mcbennett should do more with less but this is the upshot of those budget cuts



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    #1827
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,068 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564760#Comment_124564760

    I haven’t seen a picture but it sounds like he’s put on a bit of timber.



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    #1828
    Caustic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Caustic


    Most uninspiring interview from a manger I ever heard, hope clarke is better in the dressing room



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    #1829
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    The biggest question I have so far about this world cup is which pundit/commentator is the biggest gobshite? Cawley, Cunningham or Hamann?



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    #1830
    Did you smash it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,772 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124564884#Comment_124564884

    Morocco will absolutely go at them but no sure they have the firepower to blow them away



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    #1831
    Clare in Exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭Clare in Exile


    Good to see that most are in agreement about that "commentary" team that we just witnessed. It was beyond abysmal, a national TV station covering a World Cup match is not entitled to put on such an inept performance.

    Cunningham is beyond a joke at this stage - he seems to be his own biggest fan. Cahill isn't far behind him. Combining the two was a recipe for disaster, and so it transpired.

    No insight into the match was offered, no statistical information was presented, no sense of professionalism existed.

    Did they think they were beyond taking a professional approach to their job? It was abysmal stuff - hopefully RTE will find a red card for both of them...



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