Farewell

jacothelad · 06-01-2014 9:17pm #1

.....to George Hook.

CatFromHue · 06-01-2014 9:18pm

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 06-01-2014 9:18pm

cya George, like his newstalk show so in that respect I'll be sad to see him go but not for his rugby punditry

Met him once before and he was an utter gent

jacothelad · 06-01-2014 9:19pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

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He's retiring after the RWC so I'm getting my goodbyes in before he changes his mind.

CatFromHue · 06-01-2014 9:23pm

That's ages away though!

jamiedav2011 · 06-01-2014 9:28pm

It's finally happening!
Good riddance to you George, you odious little man.

ScissorPaperRock · 06-01-2014 9:29pm

Miss you already George ♥

Swiwi. · 06-01-2014 9:30pm

Is it correct that ROG may replace him in the studio? I'd be happy with that, I like ROG's analysis, and at least ROG is not deliberately negative/provocative as his modus operandi. Him & Horgan go well together IMO. A bit of Munster & Leinster niggle, but not in a tedious boards.ie kind of way...

awec · 06-01-2014 9:32pm

Remember, no abuse of players / pundits / commentators as per the charter.

vienne86 · 06-01-2014 9:43pm

I perked up when I saw the headline.....but he won't be going for ages.

thomond2006 · 06-01-2014 9:44pm

Jesus jaco don't frighten us like that, I thought you were leaving! :eek:

mfceiling · 06-01-2014 9:53pm

I'm going to get ripped here, but i like him....on the radio.

I've said it before - if you look at him on tv, he is slouched and has a permanent frown on his face, which alters his tone of voice. Compare this to him on the radio where he is upright and generally in good form - some of the banter with his guests is great (ripping the piss out of dave mcintyre on the friday afternoon show is a personal favourite of mine).

The whole carry on with him on RTE is basically a charade, in which he portrays himself as someone who believes rugby nowadays is rubbish, and that it only was a decent game when he was a lad.

I can take him or leave him on RTE but on Newstalk i do enjoy the oul git!!

former legend · 06-01-2014 10:01pm

I'm sorry but a pundit announcing his intention to retire after the World Cup? FFS.

Typical of Hook in recent years, his punditry has long since been one-dimensional and ill-informed, more about promoting the Hooky brand than any serious analysis of the game. Is he hoping RTE will do a ROG-style tribute to him?

But on another note, the likely candidates to replace him on the panel are Sheahan and Quinlan, so I'd almost be inclined to get a petition going to keep George on...

thomond2006 · 06-01-2014 10:14pm

Tremenjus for the win!

ScissorPaperRock · 06-01-2014 10:15pm

former legend wrote: »

But on another note, the likely candidates to replace him on the panel are Sheahan and Quinlan, so I'd almost be inclined to get a petition going to keep George on...

Oh shít. So it's one of those 'be careful what you wish for situations'.

To be honest, I can't see it being Sheehan or Quinlan. They're both too raw and generally bad at punditry. It would be great if Eddie was brought in, though it's probably unlikely. In saying that, there seems to be a media push recently to get EOS more involved in the game here in Ireland again.

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-01-2014 10:29pm

As mfceiling said, he's actually quite good on the radio. I tune in most days on the way home from work, his Michael Graham shows, and the Friday Right Hook are my highlights. I've got a fair bit of time for him there.

Far less so, his rugby "contribution". I won't miss him there.

I wonder who they'll get in in his place.

Swiwi. · 06-01-2014 10:44pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

As mfceiling said, he's actually quite good on the radio. I tune in most days on the way home from work, his Michael Graham shows, and the Friday Right Hook are my highlights. I've got a fair bit of time for him there.

Far less so, his rugby "contribution". I won't miss him there.

I wonder who they'll get in in his place.

Time for a poll!

Fireball07 · 06-01-2014 10:49pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Jesus jaco don't frighten us like that, I thought you were leaving! :eek:

This was also my first thought! I was, on the whole, relieved when I heard it was Hook

Maybe Jaco can take Hook's place?

thebaz · 06-01-2014 11:05pm

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

cya George, like his newstalk show so in that respect I'll be sad to see him go but not for his rugby punditry

Met him once before and he was an utter gent

spot on , don't like his rugby sterotypical punditry - but in person , a gent

jjpep · 07-01-2014 12:05am

Anyone I've known who's meet him have nothing but nice things to say about him but I find both his punditry and radio show just to be a load of hot air and guff. I kinda get the impression that he seems to know this at least at some level though, and hey, FairPlay to the guy for making a living off it!!

Heroditas · 07-01-2014 12:07am

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

It's finally happening!
Good riddance to you George, you odious little man.

Little? Are you the size of an elephant? :pac:

fitz · 07-01-2014 12:26am

Bit of a wait.
Hopefully it'll mean a full shakeup of RTE's rugby coverage.

Bring on the Shaggy/ROG/O'Shea panel chaired by Joanne Cantwell.

Grimebox · 07-01-2014 1:11am

Got an awful fright there thinking he had passed away

Morf · 07-01-2014 2:59am

Swiwi. wrote: »

Time for a poll!

How many options of "Axel Foley" should we have?

ConFurioso · 07-01-2014 3:37am

Any one of ROG, Horgan or EOS replacing him would be nice. Or two of them and send popey down to the touch line.

George is staying on the radio til 2016, isn't he?

bamboozle · 07-01-2014 3:45am

ConFurioso wrote: »

Any one of ROG, Horgan or EOS replacing him would be nice. Or two of them and send popey down to the touch line.

George is staying on the radio til 2016, isn't he?

what about BOD to replace him? I'm sure RTE would want him though he's always struck me as a good fit for Sky's rugby.

I listen to the right hook less and less, he always gives off this air of false knowledge on everything he's talking about while at the same time you can hear him shuffling the notes his researchers have made.

Plus if i want to get views on American politics and all things america i'll tune into an american radio station, though i do enjoy when he does his 'america' slots and ramps up his wannabe yank twang.

Still beats RTE radio though!

Timothy Bryce · 07-01-2014 9:27am

bamboozle wrote: »

what about BOD to replace him? I'm sure RTE would want him though he's always struck me as a good fit for Sky's rugby.

I listen to the right hook less and less, he always gives off this air of false knowledge on everything he's talking about while at the same time you can hear him shuffling the notes his researchers have made.

Plus if i want to get views on American politics and all things america i'll tune into an american radio station, though i do enjoy when he does his 'america' slots and ramps up his wannabe yank twang.

Still beats RTE radio though!

I think I read somewhere that when BOD was doing punditry in the Aviva for Sky a couple of years back they found him far too technical in his analysis. They weren't big fans apparently.

This could all be complete nonsense given it's based on something I *think* I read on the internet a long time ago!

rrpc · 07-01-2014 10:02am

I suspect that this announcement is to stave off any possible 'early retirement' he may be offered. By naming a date it makes it difficult for either station to replace him before those dates.

His radio show can be both good and profoundly irritating. He has a terrible habit of starting a question, meandering around for a bit and trailing off into meaningless clichés before allowing his guest to speak. It often seems as if he's forgotten the question before he's finished asking it and makes up for it by waffling to a standstill.

DeDoc · 07-01-2014 10:07am

Good riddance. He's a clown. I don't care if he is (or isn't - I've heard both) a nice man in person. He is a disgrace as a pundit on the national broadcaster and does significant damage to both the image and knowledge of rugby for the average punter. Hopefully he takes McGurk with him.

jamiedav2011 · 07-01-2014 10:23am

DeDoc wrote: »

Good riddance. He's a clown. I don't care if he is (or isn't - I've heard both) a nice man in person. He is a disgrace as a pundit on the national broadcaster and does significant damage to both the image and knowledge of rugby for the average punter. Hopefully he takes McGurk with him.

This x 1 million.

emmet02 · 07-01-2014 10:39am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzqiPvGrkTo

Will genuinely miss him.

Will not miss the misinformation and Hook-isms spouted as fact by casual fans though.

Farewell

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