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Newstalk Megathread

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  • #7352
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    have to be honest, im enjoying the ivan/shane dynamic.

    i guess thats to be expected though considering the FG/FF leanings of the guys.

    feels alot more natural on the banter front than with chris.


  • #7353
    Claude Burgundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭Claude Burgundy


    constitutionus wrote: »
    have to be honest, im enjoying the ivan/shane dynamic.

    i guess thats to be expected though considering the FG/FF leanings of the guys.

    feels alot more natural on the banter front than with chris.

    I'd agree with that, also Shane has an interest and knowledge of sport which also helps.


  • #7354
    HooohRaaah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭HooohRaaah


    Where is Chris this week?
    Getting elocution lessons to emphasise his 't's' more?


  • #7355
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Gone on his sabbatical.


  • #7356
    Doctor Strange
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭Doctor Strange


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Gone on his sabbatical.

    Don't blame him. I'd need one if I had to talk to that clown Yates five mornings a week :pac:


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  • #7357
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Claude Burgundy wrote: »
    I'd agree with that, also Shane has an interest and knowledge of sport which also helps.

    Oh great, why don't they call it SportTalk altogether. Not only do they have a dedicated show in the evenings and a dedicated section on the Breakfast show they have to keep yammering on about whatever Liverpool United game was on.:rolleyes:


  • #7358
    Mr Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭Mr Pseudonym


    I don't like Coleman in print, but I've always found him good when on radio. I mistrust, though, someone who is said to have "an encyclopedic knowledge" of something, but whom it doesn't seem to fit - it suggests a geek rather than an intellectual!

    Here's a very positive assessment of the Newstalk Breakfast Show in yesterday's Sindo: Only truly great have the Crick Factor. My response to it is in the comment section.


  • #7359
    buckfasterer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,198 ✭✭✭buckfasterer


    It was a good change to not have to listen to Chris whinging about something that hurt his feelings or him trying to jump on the PC bandwagon about something. Also no Usheen reading the sport was a plus with his......overlly........dramatic........ pauses......all.....the......time.


  • #7360
    Muff Richardson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭Muff Richardson


    Christ, that "tech" bird is a serious dose


  • #7361
    Muff Richardson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭Muff Richardson


    Compounded by the fact that it's only herself and jabba talking s*it. Never before has a bigger case of the blind leading the blind been broadcast on Irish radio.

    She keeps talking about 'transporting' data. She could easily pass for Chris's sister or girlfriend, or from what I know of chris it could very well be both.


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  • #7362
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    George Hook cannot debate. Michael Graham takes him apart, week in, week out.


  • #7363
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    I like Coleman's show at the weekend, but can't stand him on Breakfast. Really hope this isn't a permanent arrangement.


  • #7364
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    I like Coleman's show at the weekend, but can't stand him on Breakfast. Really hope this isn't a permanent arrangement.

    He's too staunch fianna fail for my liking.

    Ivan mentioned this morning that the catholic church had paid only a Fraction of the compensation to the victims of child sex abuse, in comparison to what the state has paid.

    Coleman moved to another subject straight away, without even commenting. He couldn't have Ivan mentioning that it was hes beloved fianna fail that done the deal!


  • #7365
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    michael999999 wrote: »
    He's too staunch fianna fail for my liking.

    Ivan mentioned this morning that the catholic church had paid only a Fraction of the compensation to the victims of child sex abuse, in comparison to what the state has paid.

    Coleman moved to another subject straight away, without even commenting. He couldn't have Ivan mentioning that it was hes beloved fianna fail that done the deal!

    He wouldn't have anything said against the Catholic Church either.


  • #7366
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    That's the second day in a row I've heard niall Collins handed he's arse on a plate. Typical of he's party and himself. Lots of talk, but afraid to say anything of worth!

    Scared shirtless to criticise the ex garda commissioner. What a party of bluffers.

    Newstalk is like fianna fail FM this morning


  • #7367
    JM Skipton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭JM Skipton


    michael999999 wrote: »
    That's the second day in a row I've heard niall Collins handed he's arse on a plate. Typical of he's party and himself. Lots of talk, but afraid to say anything of worth!

    Scared shirtless to criticise the ex garda commissioner. What a party of bluffers.

    Newstalk is like fianna fail FM this morning

    Couldn't agree with you more, Matt Cooper absolutely annihilated him last night. I'm afraid the regeneration of FF will not happen if this is the best they have, Dara Colleary is not much better


  • #7368
    bbability
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭bbability


    Folks I think we need to think about closing this thread and moving away from big threads such as this especially for a national station like Newstalk.

    Can we move to separate threads for the different shows and discussions?

    Let me know what you think..


  • #7369
    Wilberto
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 8,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wilberto


    bbability wrote: »
    Folks I think we need to think about closing this thread and moving away from big threads such as this especially for a national station like Newstalk.

    Can we move to separate threads for the different shows and discussions?

    Let me know what you think..

    Looking at this thread I think it's mostly an "Anti-Chris Donoghue" thread anyway so why not just set up another thread for that!!! :D :P



    In all seriousness though, I think keeping a general Newstalk thread is a better option but if you feel that it takes away from other, more specific, Newstalk threads then I can see your point.


  • #7370
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,779 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    I reckon a thread for the station is fine.

    Foe whatever that's worth. There are already OTB and PK threads, aren't there?

    Although, a Moncrieff one could be worth a go!


  • #7371
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    I reckon a thread for the station is fine.


    Although, a Moncrieff one could be worth a go!

    Ah that would just be full of people complaining that he says eh a lot and talks to too many Americans.


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  • #7372
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,943 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Say Your Number wrote: »
    Ah that would just be full of people complaining that he says eh a lot and talks to too many Americans.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055689113&page=6

    nah, it's just one person really!


  • #7373
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    But if this thread closes, he'll have no place to post the same thing over and over and over and over again.

    Just saw that new thread now


  • #7374
    Claude Burgundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭Claude Burgundy


    18 min gone and no mention of lasagne from Paulo..............can he do it !


  • #7375
    Claude Burgundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭Claude Burgundy


    Alas the knife steel got a mention:(


  • #7376
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    George Hook calling yer man Dr "Merkin" :D


  • #7377
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    Why do OTB do these outside broadcasts? Its almost impossible to listen to with the amount of background noise!


  • #7378
    Beanmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Beanmonkey


    michael999999 wrote: »
    Why do OTB do these outside broadcasts? Its almost impossible to listen to with the amount of background noise!

    It's particularly bad tonight.

    The audience don't sound too interested - cheering is halfhearted and chatter in the background is incessant.


  • #7379
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,144 ✭✭✭✭neris


    has any guest ever cursed as much in an interview on otb? a bit full of himself with all his trash talk


  • #7380
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    Beanmonkey wrote: »
    It's particularly bad tonight.

    The audience don't sound too interested - cheering is halfhearted and chatter in the background is incessant.

    Why do they go to these things, and then just chat to themselves?


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  • #7381
    Muff Richardson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭Muff Richardson


    neris wrote: »
    has any guest ever cursed as much in an interview on otb? a bit full of himself with all his trash talk

    Like a school kid, when he got away with it once and got a cheer from his fan club the flood gates opened up.

    Never have I disliked a sportsperson as much as this fella. He seems thick as two planks and just an all round arsehole. This isn't Irish begrudgery, just pure dislike for a very overrated and unpleasant person.


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