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wnolan1992 · 04-03-2013 07:05PM

Ger Gilroy putting the split solely down to the starting at 6pm issue...

Sorry, I'm not buying that. I can't believe that five men would give up their jobs over an issue like that.

Peanut Butter Jelly · 04-03-2013 07:05PM

Seems the Indo got it right, they looked for extra time and didn't get it. Seem a bit of an excessive reaction for them to be gone.

Ol' Donie · 04-03-2013 07:05PM

Ger said the lads pitched to start at six, but station management couldnt accomdate them.

lmao · 04-03-2013 07:06PM

Doesn't add up for me I'm afraid!

Ol' Donie · 04-03-2013 07:07PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Ger Gilroy putting the split solely down to the starting at 6pm issue...

Sorry, I'm not buying that. I can't believe that five men would give up their jobs over an issue like that.

Totally agree. I cant believe five people would resign over that.

Pappa Charlie · 04-03-2013 07:07PM

They fell out over starting at 6pm, hookie must have got the hump, surely they could have split the difference at 6.30

Skid X · 04-03-2013 07:07PM

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Seems the Indo got it right, they looked for extra time and didn't get it. Seem a bit of an excessive reaction for them to be gone.

Two sides to every story, there has to be more to this than a disagreement about the Programme's scheduling.

Trotter · 04-03-2013 07:08PM

Thats a big dummy to spit.. I can't imagine they would have walked all together without something else to go to.

TheOldHand · 04-03-2013 07:08PM

Very acrimonious ending with the instant ending of the show and removal of pictures form the newstalk site. The 6pm start will be at best a minor factor in whatever happened.

Doctor Strange · 04-03-2013 07:09PM

Feck sake

Loved listening to the lads in the evening. Ger's a good host, but it's not the same.

armchair fusilier · 04-03-2013 07:11PM

I don't buy this wanting to start at 6 0'clock pitch nonsense. Ger was just just towing the company line. Ah Feck it, I couldn't be arsed listening to the rest this.

Ultimate Ultan · 04-03-2013 07:11PM

TheOldHand wrote: »

Very acrimonious ending with the instant ending of the show and removal of pictures form the newstalk site. The 6pm start will be at best a minor factor in whatever happened.

In fairness, once they'd gone, they had to take the pictures down. I'm sure Eoin and the boys wouldn't want their images used to advertise a show that they'd just left.

Utopia Parkway · 04-03-2013 07:12PM

No way a disagreement over starting the show an hour earlier would have triggered an almost instant mass resignation. Certainly more to it than that.

ballsymchugh · 04-03-2013 07:12PM

can anybody think of a reason why they'd want to start at 6?

it doesn't make sense as they can't really finish at 9 with any games taking place, and 4 hours live would be a very long haul.

as much as anyone may not like hook, his listenership was much higher, so there's no way NT would run with cutting his show.

Ol' Donie · 04-03-2013 07:12PM

If Ger's doing OTB, who's gonna do the weekend shows?

To be honest, i'm not certain that I want to know.

Doctor Strange · 04-03-2013 07:13PM

Also, Ger sounded like he was reading out what he was told to say about the split. Didn't sound convinced at all.

starviewadams · 04-03-2013 07:13PM

Wierd listening to the 'new' show now.

Oh and Sam Smyth will be hosting Vincent Browne tonight instead of auld Vinny,presumably he's too broken up about today's OTB happenings to appear on TV!

Aidric · 04-03-2013 07:15PM

Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »

Also, Ger sounded like he was reading out what he was told to say about the split. Didn't sound convinced at all.

Agreed. Sounds like a fudge to me.

ballsymchugh · 04-03-2013 07:17PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Totally agree. I cant believe five people would resign over that.

the only thing i'm thinking is that maybe the 5 of them were one company, and that company was contracted to present the show. would save a lot of money tax wise for them. plenty of shows on bbc radio are presented this way, as are many of the 'stars' on RTE.

Rekop dog · 04-03-2013 07:17PM

Pappa Charlie wrote: »

They fell out over starting at 6pm, hookie must have got the hump, surely they could have split the difference at 6.30

What? They can't go around dictating the scheduling of the station. If this is indeed all there is to it, (hard enough to believe I agree) the lads are very much in the wrong here.

tommyboy2222 · 04-03-2013 07:17PM

Maybe they wanted to be told no rather than just resigning ?

touts · 04-03-2013 07:18PM

No way the whole team would suddenly resign for a stupid issue like starting at 6pm. They must have something else lined up. My bet is they will serve their notice time off air (like Ian Dempsey did when he left RTE) and will then appear on another station probably with live coverage of midweek matches etc. I actually feel sorry for the rest of the crew at Newstalk having their workmates jump ship.

Ultimate Ultan · 04-03-2013 07:19PM

Off The Ball are meant to part of a Table Quiz upstairs in Whelan's on Thursday in aid of Ballyowen Meadows Special School. I wonder which OTB will be there?

Fits Morris · 04-03-2013 07:19PM

Some serious sifting through a big pile of abusive texts going on in the production room right now.

Ciaran_B · 04-03-2013 07:20PM

Kinda sad to hear the tweets being read out for the lads.

Lord Trollington · 04-03-2013 07:21PM

I actually really like Ger Gilroy , but on his show at the weekend. During the week I'm looking for something a little more.

Ken and the lads offered us something different. It almost felt like I was sitting beside them in their football and sport discussions.

It was (how would you put it) intimate. It was a like a group therapy session for all thing sports. It was something for the lads. I could listen whilst out for a run and was never overly quizzed about what was going on by the other half.

They never took themselves to seriously, but took all things sport seriously which is what I loved.

It will genuinely not be the same without them.

Aidric · 04-03-2013 07:22PM

AngeGal wrote: »

Can you give some links or quotes please? I'm not a twitter user.

Too many to quote. Here is the timeline with #offtheball mentions. Have a read through this. It has been top trending in Ireland this evening which says a lot for its popularity.

https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23offtheball&src=tren

gimmick · 04-03-2013 07:22PM

The over reaction here is absolutely hilarious. Well done lads, ye truly have put a grin on my ace on this bleak hungover Monday. I am sure Newstalk will be devastated at losing a few interweb fanboys.

Kudos.

Ol' Donie · 04-03-2013 07:22PM

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Kinda sad to hear the tweets being read out for the lads.

Yeah, it is. Very sad. This b*llocks is making me pretty angry.

Ol' Donie · 04-03-2013 07:26PM

gimmick wrote: »

The over reaction here is absolutely hilarious. Well done lads, ye truly have put a grin on my ace on this bleak hungover Monday. I am sure Newstalk will be devastated at losing a few interweb fanboys.

Kudos.

Em...i'd say a radio station probably should be concerned about losing some interweb fanboys. Or "listeners" as they probably call them.

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