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TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 26-03-2016 01:01PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Ken being Ken isn't a bad thing and it's good to hear other points of view anyway. All he did was challenge the conventional wisdom in the manner we've come to know and love. I think he made some good points that you wouldn't usually get to hear.

It's not so much his opinions that irk me sometimes it's more how he states them with absolute certainty. Particularly on things like this where there is no way of knowing what would have happened without the Rising. No issue with him thinking the Rising was a big mistake and dragged Ireland down a dark path, it's his certainty that it was the worst option and not doing it would have resulted in something far better that gets to me. The most common opinion on that time is we were heading for Civil War one way or another so the only thing you can pin on the Rising is that it got us there a little quicker.

I've no problem with people offering alternative histories and hypothesizing on what could/should have been but when there are so many possible outcomes in a situation like this one it's his attitude that gets to me.

Although as someone pointed out the first part of the discussion may well have been him trying to wind Murph/the listeners up.

buyer95 · 27-03-2016 12:05AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

It'll be in or around the time of the NBA playoffs, I think?

I hope Golden State don't make it that far, just so they have to talk about someone else

The Warriors are having the best season of any NBA team ever, and are oncourse to eclipse Jordan and Pippens 97' Bulls team that won 72 games in the regular season. Pretty sure they'll still be in the playoffs when the boys jet off. They're going to Brooklyn though right? Both New York teams are terrible, funnily enough the Brooklyn Nets have the bleakest short to middle term future of any team in the NBA right now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 27-03-2016 12:21AM

buyer95 wrote: »

The Warriors are having the best season of any NBA team ever, and are oncourse to eclipse Jordan and Pippens 97' Bulls team that won 72 games in the regular season. Pretty sure they'll still be in the playoffs when the boys jet off. They're going to Brooklyn though right? Both New York teams are terrible, funnily enough the Brooklyn Nets have the bleakest short to middle term future of any team in the NBA right now.

What dates did they say they were going? Playoffs start on the 16th April, shock early loss for the Warriors could happen..... maybe?

The Nets are Jay Z's team, yeah?

Say Your Number · 27-03-2016 12:27AM

The lads will be back from America by the time the Playoffs start, how many times will Eoin mention the bleedin' Splash Brothers before they head off.

buyer95 · 27-03-2016 12:53AM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

What dates did they say they were going? Playoffs start on the 16th April, shock early loss for the Warriors could happen..... maybe?

The Nets are Jay Z's team, yeah?

Jay Z had shares in the team for a long time, and was instrumental in their move from New Jersey to Brooklyn. He was the face of the ownership group for years, although his stake was quite small. He sold it in 2013, when he entered the agency game. NBA rules state that you can't be a players agent and have a stake in a team. Jay Z counts Kevin Durant, one of the best players in the league as a client. He also represents Jerome Boateng.

gucci · 04-04-2016 04:38PM

The James Nesbitt jingle cracks me up every time I hear it!!

dr.kenneth noisewater · 04-04-2016 04:45PM

gucci wrote: »

The James Nesbitt jingle cracks me up every time I hear it!!

Hammered!

gucci · 04-04-2016 04:59PM

If it was back in my college days it would probably make a great ring tone for one of the lads I used to live with....who sounded similar when sober!!

wnolan1992 · 14-04-2016 09:22PM

Ahaha, Des Bishop at the end of today's podcast: "Yiz got too big for your boots!" :pac: :pac:

Say Your Number · 15-04-2016 04:44AM

It was funny how uncomfortable that made Eoin.

Christ that Duddy fella can talk, good thing they didn't have him and Bishop on at the same time, my head would probably melt listening to the two of them talking at 100 MPH at the same time.

Also Dr. Ronaldo :pac:

Arghus · 15-04-2016 09:27PM

It doesn't get much more country than Murph comparing the Sunday Game to mass.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 16-04-2016 10:43AM

The last 30 seconds of the football podcast made me spit coffee everywhere. Des Bishop you legend.

Say Your Number · 17-04-2016 12:06AM

Actually Murph made a great point when talking about The Sunday Game, that people take analysis too seriously, online you'd see people tie themselves in knots over the most trivial utterances the likes of Dunphy or Brolly make.

Even Ken playing Devil's advocate about Leicester's sucess this year hasn't annoyed me in fact it's quite funny especially with Richie taking the piss out of him.

dastardly00 · 19-04-2016 11:11PM

In the football podcast yesterday when discussing the popularity of soccer in the United States, they mentioned Americans becoming hardcore fans of English teams etc.

Do we know what clubs Ken, Eoin and Murph support?

Ol' Donie · 19-04-2016 11:16PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

In the football podcast yesterday when discussing the popularity of soccer in the United States, they mentioned Americans becoming hardcore fans of English teams etc.

Do we know what clubs Ken, Eoin and Murph support?

We know Murph is Man U, from the Ince2O poster he had in his room. Interestingly, it's only this week when Ken was ribbing McDevitt about wearing a Man U hat, we found out that he was a United fan. We're left to presume Ken is a Marseille man through and through.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 19-04-2016 11:17PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

We know Murph is Man U, from the Ince2O poster he had in his room. Interestingly, it's only this week when Ken was ribbing McDevitt about wearing a Man U hat, we found out that he was a United fan. We're left to presume Ken is a Marseille fam through and through.

Ken strikes me as a person who would support Leeds.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 19-04-2016 11:19PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Ken strikes me as a person who would support Leeds.

Marseilles.

BoJack Horseman · 19-04-2016 11:27PM

Someone mentioned here that Ken is a liverpool fan?

I knew Eoin was a Utd head, but I wasn't aware about murph being ditto.

foxtrot101 · 20-04-2016 02:38AM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Someone mentioned here that Ken is a liverpool fan?

He has never directly admitted it, but he is.

Rackard · 20-04-2016 07:19AM

Oi, Gerry Thornley!

It's Connacht, as in "Connockt" not "Connot"

sigmundv · 20-04-2016 08:15AM

Rackard wrote:

It's Connacht, as in "Connockt" not "Connot"

It depends on your Irish accent. 'Connot' would be an Ulster accent.

Rackard · 20-04-2016 11:45AM

sigmundv wrote: »

It depends on your Irish accent. 'Connot' would be an Ulster accent.

Well he aint from Ulster, Olster, Allster

finglashoop · 20-04-2016 01:36PM

Rackard wrote: »

Oi, Gerry Thornley!

It's Connacht, as in "Connockt" not "Connot"

Same bloke that says top quatorze when talking about french rugby?

Ol' Donie · 20-04-2016 01:44PM

finglashoop wrote: »

Same bloke that says top quatorze when talking about french rugby?

Same bloke that talks about rugby, but calls it rub-by.

Although I do like Gerry, limited as my tolerance for rugby talk may be.

Say Your Number · 20-04-2016 09:28PM

While we're talking about Rugby, has Murph jumped off the Leinster bandwagon yet and returned to his native province.

Evil_g · 20-04-2016 09:37PM

Say Your Number wrote: »

While we're talking about Rugby, has Murph jumped off the Leinster bandwagon yet and returned to his native province.

When they eventually get around to covering what's been happening in Connacht (and that time that Gerry Thornley and Simon Hick just couldn't get their heads around the pretty straight forward qualification system for next years Champion's Cup doesn't count) it's going to be like one of those Irish Cricket team sections they used to do every three or four years.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 20-04-2016 11:04PM

Evil_g wrote: »

When they eventually get around to covering what's been happening in Connacht (and that time that Gerry Thornley and Simon Hick just couldn't get their heads around the pretty straight forward qualification system for next years Champion's Cup doesn't count) it's going to be like one of those Irish Cricket team sections they used to do every three or four years.

They've covered Connacht a number of times recently.

K-9 · 20-04-2016 11:21PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

They've covered Connacht a number of times recently.

Well yeah, there's not a hell of a lot else to cover on the rugby segment.

cashback · 21-04-2016 04:38AM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Ahaha, Des Bishop at the end of today's podcast: "Yiz got too big for your boots!" :pac: :pac:

Can someone explain this to me? I was listening to the podcast and didn't get it really, as I've been out of the country a few years.

Was their TV show cancelled?

Arghus · 21-04-2016 04:56AM

cashback wrote: »

Can someone explain this to me? I was listening to the podcast and didn't get it really, as I've been out of the country a few years.

Was their TV show cancelled?

He was making reference to the tail-end of their Off The Ball days, on Newstalk. To this day I'm not entirely sure who was to blame or what exactly went down between themselves and the station, but they were off the airwaves in an awful hurry that's for sure!

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