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Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 10:31AM

dvcireland wrote: »

probably off topic

but I would have to say my favourite OTB piece, was the first interview thay did with US sports journalist Jerry Izenberg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Izenberg

Quote (speaking about the famous boxing Kronk Gym:

".....its windows had'nt been cleaned since Cain fought Abel....."

No way is that off topic.

Totally agree, that was brilliant.

Is there any way to listen to that again, anyone know?

Remember the time McDevitt asked Gianluca Vialli if Ruud Gullit was "a bit of an a**hole"?

brick tamland · 13-03-2013 11:07AM

I still think they are more likely to end up taking over 2fm sports show rather than going to Nova or 4fm. RTE have not ruled it out have day

denishurley · 13-03-2013 11:36AM

Strange as it may seem, they might actually be heading back to Newstalk

Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 11:40AM

denishurley wrote: »

Strange as it may seem, they might actually be heading back to Newstalk

Just noticed the article in the indo today says a spomewoman for Newstalk would neither confirm nor deny that this might be happening.

Weird alright.

Utopia Parkway · 13-03-2013 12:19PM

denishurley wrote: »

Strange as it may seem, they might actually be heading back to Newstalk

Got some amount of publicity out of it if they do end up going back there.

Red Crow · 13-03-2013 12:24PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Just noticed the article in the indo today says a spomewoman for Newstalk would neither confirm nor deny that this might be happening.

Weird alright.

They'd hardly want to rule anything out though! I have to say the OTB podcast is absolutely rubbish. The Radio show is good but whoever makes the cut for the Podcast shouldn't be there anymore. Like yesterday Gilroy was moving on to talk to Marcotti and the Podcast cuts off mid sentence. I've noticed this with all their podcasts if I miss the show and its irritating as hell!

Ciaran_B · 13-03-2013 12:29PM

dvcireland wrote: »

probably off topic

but I would have to say my favourite OTB piece, was the first interview thay did with US sports journalist Jerry Izenberg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Izenberg

Quote (speaking about the famous boxing Kronk Gym:

".....its windows had'nt been cleaned since Cain fought Abel....."

They’ve done some great boxing pieces over the years. Steve Bunce was always good value when he was on and the Freddie Roach interview they repeated a few times was excellent.

youcancallmeal · 13-03-2013 12:41PM

Eli Manning wrote: »

They'd hardly want to rule anything out though! I have to say the OTB podcast is absolutely rubbish. The Radio show is good but whoever makes the cut for the Podcast shouldn't be there anymore. Like yesterday Gilroy was moving on to talk to Marcotti and the Podcast cuts off mid sentence. I've noticed this with all their podcasts if I miss the show and its irritating as hell!

Yeah I heard that as I was listening on the way to work this morning, very annoying. It seems to be very sloppily edited indeed even when Eoin and the lads were still there, my two biggest annoyances after the random cuts half way through are when they forget to leave the ads out and when they include the full outro music that goes on for 2 minutes!?

dvcireland · 13-03-2013 02:05PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

No way is that off topic.

Totally agree, that was brilliant.

Is there any way to listen to that again, anyone know?

Remember the time McDevitt asked Gianluca Vialla if Ruud Gullit was "a bit of an a**hole"?

no, I don't think they ever put it as a podcast, it was a brilliant interview

Btr · 13-03-2013 02:58PM

Dodge wrote: »

balls.ie say 4fm or Nova

http://balls.ie/football/off-the-ball-to-4fm-or-radio-nova/

I'm not convinced about the authenticity of this story despite the quotes from the 2 stations. Each station is separately owned and run and one of the few things they have in common is Castleforbes. Nova story is nonsense as sport is classified as news / current affairs and Nova is decreasing not increasing. 4fm, uuummm hard to call but you never know

As for popularity of OTB, I'm not sure it's ever attracted as large an audience as some people think.

Regarding national or Dublin issue me inked by some, only issue is bottom line not whether it can be picked up in Ballygobackwards .

armchair fusilier · 13-03-2013 04:57PM

Btr wrote: »

As for popularity of OTB, I'm not sure it's ever attracted as large an audience as some people think.

Regarding national or Dublin issue me inked by some, only issue is bottom line not whether it can be picked up in Ballygobackwards .

In and around 40,000 is the accepted figure, except for one book this time last year which had it as high as 50,000. How accurate are the JNLR figures? I don't know.

Assuming there is a choice, opting for a Dublin only station would be a very bad move imo. It would really piss off a lot of listeners outside the capitol, including me. 4fm is not ideal, but if it's not to be 2fm then.....

soc160 · 13-03-2013 08:10PM

Btr wrote: »

I'm not convinced about the authenticity of this story despite the quotes from the 2 stations. Each station is separately owned and run and one of the few things they have in common is Castleforbes. Nova story is nonsense as sport is classified as news / current affairs and Nova is decreasing not increasing. 4fm, uuummm hard to call but you never know

As for popularity of OTB, I'm not sure it's ever attracted as large an audience as some people think.

Regarding national or Dublin issue me inked by some, only issue is bottom line not whether it can be picked up in Ballygobackwards .

It had the highest listenership for it's timeslot though, just because 40,000 doesnt compare to 140,000 for George Hook but for different timeslots and a for it being a niche show it competed very well. Retained listeners for longer than other stations into the night.

Loafing Oaf · 13-03-2013 09:53PM

Was that Colm Parkinson reporting on the Arsenal game tonight?

Stavro Mueller · 13-03-2013 09:55PM

I just turned on the radio and it sounds suspiciously like him. I had to check to see if I had been drinking :eek:

Swan Curry · 13-03-2013 10:30PM

As I have no idea who Colm Parkinson is,could one of you tell me why this is so shocking?

Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 10:33PM

Swan Curry wrote: »

As I have no idea who Colm Parkinson is,could one of you tell me why this is so shocking?

Used to play football for Laois. Has been a panellist and i think co commentator on championship games on Ger's weekend show.

JonathanAnon · 13-03-2013 10:38PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Was that Colm Parkinson reporting on the Arsenal game tonight?

Yeah, I tuned in and thought it was him but when he was talking about soccer I just said "no, shur that cant be him what does he know about soccer"... But it seems like NT were desperate to just get somebody else in to the studio...

Kind of a bit odd that NT should leave themselves in such a vulnerable position that all the presenters of their main show could resign at the same time..

ballsymchugh · 13-03-2013 10:44PM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Yeah, I tuned in and thought it was him but when he was talking about soccer I just said "no, shur that cant be him what does he know about soccer"... But it seems like NT were desperate to just get somebody else in to the studio...

Kind of a bit odd that NT should leave themselves in such a vulnerable position that all the presenters of their main show could resign at the same time..

management were probably thinking 'sure Ger can come in and fill in for the time being' without thinking it through. if they accepted the resignations in january in the first place, that would give the sports dept a chance to get a decent group together.
didn't think he did too bad anyway, although i only heard little bits. i think he'd be a good GAA co-commentator, better than murph only not as funny. having said that, the clip of him talking about his only international rules game is hilarious.

Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 10:53PM

cymbaline wrote: »

I just turned on the radio and it sounds suspiciously like him. I had to check to see if I had been drinking :eek:

Anyone know who did the commentary on the highlights of the galatasaray game on tv3 last night? Sounded a lot like Oisin Langan.

Note: I had been drinking. ;-)

InchicoreDude · 13-03-2013 10:59PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Remember the time McDevitt asked Gianluca Vialli if Ruud Gullit was "a bit of an a**hole"?

What did Vialli say?

armchair fusilier · 13-03-2013 11:10PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Anyone know who did the commentary on the highlights of the galatasaray game on tv3 last night? Sounded a lot like Oisin Langan.

Note: I had been drinking. ;-)

He did some of the 6 nations commentaries for Setanta, so it could well of been him - or you were just drunk.

Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 11:13PM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

What did Vialli say?

I'm pretty sure he just laughed it off. I'd like to hear that interview again though, its been a fair few years at this stage.

Ol' Donie · 13-03-2013 11:21PM

armchair fusilier wrote: »

He did some of the 6 nations commentaries for Setanta, so it could well of been him - or you were just drunk.

Hmm. Has he been on OTB since the lads left? I can't think of any other sports broadcasters still at the station, and he used to do the short lived OTB extra on Fridays for a while. Maybe he's getting fed up there too. Or maybe he likes the breakfast banter with Chris and Nora.

Fed up it is, you'd have to think. ;-)

armchair fusilier · 13-03-2013 11:24PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hmm. Has he been on OTB since the lads left? I can't think of any other sports broadcasters still at the station, and he used to do the short lived OTB extra on Fridays for a while. Maybe he's getting fed up there too. Or maybe he likes the breakfast banter with Chris and Nora.

Fed up it is, you'd have to think. ;-)

Yeah, I was just thinking that he's been very underused given the current chaos that Newstalk's sports department must be in.

heybaby · 14-03-2013 12:36AM

armchair fusilier wrote: »

In and around 40,000 is the accepted figure, except for one book this time last year which had it as high as 50,000. How accurate are the JNLR figures? I don't know.

Assuming there is a choice, opting for a Dublin only station would be a very bad move imo. It would really piss off a lot of listeners outside the capitol, including me. 4fm is not ideal, but if it's not to be 2fm then.....

Lads 4FM isnt a runner full stop purely from a financial viewpoint.

withless · 14-03-2013 10:32AM

Woolberto seems to be the new guy all right. He has funnier oneliners than Ciaran but maybe not the production ideas.

Skid X · 14-03-2013 10:53AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Anyone know who did the commentary on the highlights of the galatasaray game on tv3 last night? Sounded a lot like Oisin Langan.

Note: I had been drinking. ;-)

It probably was him. He has been doing commentary for Setanta on European Games, and TV3 have been using the Setanta commentary on their highlights.

The Guardian · 14-03-2013 02:42PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Hmm. Has he been on OTB since the lads left? I can't think of any other sports broadcasters still at the station, and he used to do the short lived OTB extra on Fridays for a while. Maybe he's getting fed up there too. Or maybe he likes the breakfast banter with Chris and Nora.

Fed up it is, you'd have to think. ;-)

Oisin was drafted into the Sports Team at NT back years ago
Big expectations of him at that time
soon people realised (listeners / NT staff) that Oisin, god love him, is a twat.
Zero sense of humour, awkward chit chatter, bit plankish overall
So slowly but surely hes now being pushed out the door
had his own show, now does the sports news at 5am
see the trend?

altho the way things are going he might be travelling over to england at weekends to commentate on premiership games :eek:

noiniho · 14-03-2013 03:14PM

The Guardian wrote: »

Oisin was drafted into the Sports Team at NT back years ago
Big expectations of him at that time
soon people realised (listeners / NT staff) that Oisin, god love him, is a twat.
Zero sense of humour, awkward chit chatter, bit plankish overall
So slowly but surely hes now being pushed out the door
had his own show, now does the sports news at 5am
see the trend?

altho the way things are going he might be travelling over to england at weekends to commentate on premiership games :eek:

Ya he used to do the weekend show with jerry o Sullivan and the phone in show, seemed to get shown the door effectively when ger gilory came back to sports and when Dave McIntyre covered the commentary...

His San Diego you stay classy outro was cringe and awkward, that's how it sounded but he persisted, that was annoying, but overall I found him to be a very good commentator and he did speak some sense, I don't think he deserves to be sidelined like he has been

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-03-2013 05:10PM

Langan will probably be pushed back up the ladder at newstalk now, I could see him presenting shows again. He is a bit 'plankish' and awkward at times but not the worst I've heard in fairness.

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