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padd b1975 · 25-05-2020 5:34pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

If it’s anything like my local Spar that means it’s probably €4 in a proper shop.

The girl on the checkout couldn't believe it either when she scanned it.
She called over her supervisor to double check.

Running Balance · 25-05-2020 6:50pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

If it’s anything like my local Spar that means it’s probably €4 in a proper shop.

Pretty sure these used to cost £3 back in the day - cant say I ever had the financial confidence to buy one..

Live in the uk now and a vienetta is £1 in asda. Like free money that!! (Based on last fridays podcast the germans must be paying for it!!)

dr.kenneth noisewater · 27-05-2020 3:21pm

Rafa on todays show discussing the game last night

andrea1983 · 27-05-2020 5:11pm

thenightman wrote: »

He obviously does. The lads could/would be putting out more relevant content if they didn't have him farting out his 'whimsy' every day to beef up their offering. They used to do 2 shows on a Monday and a Thursday for instance. Now it's one, with DOD thrown in. Not much use for people who don't like him.

the absolute state of this.

literally getting world class content for free and still moaning about it :rolleyes:

Ken's interview with Mathew Klein recently was also genuinely brilliant. Bit of a polymath is young Ken.

Brock Turnpike · 27-05-2020 6:59pm

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Rafa on todays show discussing the game last night

Good stuff.

Hi, lads *wave*

Say Your Number · 27-05-2020 9:04pm

Brian Kerr was brilliant yesterday, wouldn't have cared if they didn't even mention the book, vaguely knew his father was into boxing, was great to get a bit of context, his enthusiastic reading of passages from the book was nearly worth this months fee alone.

al87987 · 28-05-2020 3:20pm

Yeah, you gotta love Brian Kerr. His passion and enthusiasm always shine through, he's a great listen.

Shame how it all went with the FAI for him, think he could have been a great Ireland manager.

Arghus · 28-05-2020 4:11pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

Brian Kerr was brilliant yesterday, wouldn't have cared if they didn't even mention the book, vaguely knew his father was into boxing, was great to get a bit of context, his enthusiastic reading of passages from the book was nearly worth this months fee alone.

First time they've had a guest on that you could get a sense of the book they were talking about.

Compare that to the Shane Hogan interview.

Arghus · 28-05-2020 4:14pm

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Good stuff.

Hi, lads *wave*

We're the plebs, it's only the twitter folks and the e-mailers that get their attention.

al87987 · 28-05-2020 8:12pm

Tim Vickery with another excellent Brazilian update, this one over on OTB.

Brock Turnpike · 28-05-2020 11:25pm

al87987 wrote: »

Tim Vickery with another excellent Brazilian update, this one over on OTB.

The is the SC thread though?

Jim Root · 30-05-2020 11:26am

Yeah Kerr is a delight to listen to

deisedude · 30-05-2020 6:01pm

The interview with Victoria Arien was incredible. Unbelievable what she went through

30-05-2020 6:20pm

Who is she? When it got to the weekend I skipped a few, and seen Michael Chieka in a description.

Arghus · 30-05-2020 6:44pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Who is she? When it got to the weekend I skipped a few, and seen Michael Chieka in a description.

She's a paralympic gold medallist. She spent years living with locked in syndrome.

How she didn't go crazy was amazing. Her attitude and positivity was pretty incredible.

Say Your Number · 30-05-2020 7:11pm

I'll be bitterly disappointed if we never get a showdown between Ken and Lance Armstrong at some point.

30-05-2020 7:28pm

Arghus wrote: »

She's a paralympic gold medallist. She spent years living with locked in syndrome.

How she didn't go crazy was amazing. Her attitude and positivity was pretty incredible.

Which episode?

deisedude · 30-05-2020 8:55pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Which episode?

Friday, stuff about Lance Armstrong and premier league at the start of the pod

dulpit · 01-06-2020 7:29pm

The George Gibney podcast series they're doing got BBC (is it just Mark?) has been deferred until August:

https://twitter.com/SecondCaptains/status/1267497657418858496

01-06-2020 7:31pm

Finally got around to Googling his name, never heard of him before. One to give a miss anyway.

padd b1975 · 01-06-2020 7:34pm

Jim Root wrote: »

Yeah Kerr is a delight to listen to

Ritchie is tough going though.

Beersmith · 01-06-2020 8:27pm

dulpit wrote: »

The George Gibney podcast series they're doing got BBC (is it just Mark?) has been deferred until August:

https://twitter.com/SecondCaptains/status/1267497657418858496

Weird that it is deferred, thought it was meant for April. Why would COVID-19 be any reason to defer a pre recorded podcast.

elefant · 02-06-2020 8:10am

padd b1975 wrote: »

Ritchie is tough going though.

What's the connection?

padd b1975 · 02-06-2020 5:53pm

elefant wrote: »

What's the connection?

Did he not conduct the interview?

Edit: Apologies, I thought it was a Players Chair and set it aside.

Just listened back to it there now, interesting enough chat, although it seemed Kerr spoke more about his father than the book he was on to review.

Shame his line wasn't 100% too.

Utopia Parkway · 03-06-2020 1:57pm

I enjoy the book reviews but they usually spend very little time actually reviewing the book and instead they become standard interviews of whoever the guest is.

Beersmith · 03-06-2020 2:03pm

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

I enjoy the book reviews but they usually spend very little time actually reviewing the book and instead they become standard interviews of whoever the guest is.

Yeah quite annoying. They should do the reviews internally.

deisedude · 03-06-2020 6:14pm

Beersmith wrote: »

Yeah quite annoying. They should do the reviews internally.

Agreed. I always look forward to the one they do at Christmas of the best sports books from the year.

If they want to keep that slot for books released during the calendar year thats fine then get a panel of journalists on to discuss 4-5 classic sports books and hidden gems. Talking about the likes of Rough Ride, Back from the Brink, The Club etc over an hours podcast would be much better

Arghus · 03-06-2020 8:40pm

Even though the Kerr one was pretty decent, the book review shows are near a total waste of time.

How can they be interesting if about 90% of the people listening to it haven't read the book that they're talking about?

The one at Christmas works a lot better, because there's usually a greater variety of subjects being discussed and most of it is topical. It's not an unsatisfactory halfway mixture of interview and review.

It was worth trying and they did their best and that's okay, but the slot is a bit of waste IMHO.

Battery Kinzie · 03-06-2020 11:31pm

I've always thought the book club slot would be better if they talked about non-sports books, and if there was more of the guys talking together about it, rather than it being all with a guest.

But I guess they are a sports podcast, so it makes sense the way it is now.

radharc · 04-06-2020 4:18pm

Friday Night Lights is an outstanding choice, so many interesting discussion points. Will give the book review slot another go this time, have skipped the last few.

04-06-2020 6:25pm

radharc wrote: »

Friday Night Lights is an outstanding choice, so many interesting discussion points. Will give the book review slot another go this time, have skipped the last few.

When’s that on? It’s one of two books I’ve ever read so I never thought I’d get to listen to this slot knowing the book already. It was excellent.

radharc · 04-06-2020 9:07pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

When’s that on? It’s one of two books I’ve ever read so I never thought I’d get to listen to this slot knowing the book already. It was excellent.

Don’t think they said, it is a work in progress. Shane O’Donnell will be the guest so it sounds promising.

Beersmith · 05-06-2020 7:49pm

Damon Brief Warehouse wrote: »

Great listening to Ken tearing down Armstrong. They've really pumped out some good stuff over lockdown infairness to them. Well worth the 5euro a month.

Yeah its usually better that Ken watches/reads things that annoy him, some of the articles he read out during the year were great (Charlie Austin interview was gold)

Cienciano · 06-06-2020 12:30am

I liked the Luke Chadwick players chair, very interesting. Also ken doing "Cillian in the name of" cracks me up every time

dr.kenneth noisewater · 09-06-2020 8:28pm

Really hope they dig out that old commentary Ken was talking about from that Liverpool Arsenal game on NT!

Ol' Donie · 09-06-2020 9:30pm

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Really hope they dig out that old commentary Ken was talking about from that Liverpool Arsenal game on NT!

Ha ha, that'd be gas. I get the feeling the don't want to in case the other unnamed commentator isn't happy about it.

Jim Root · 09-06-2020 10:09pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Ha ha, that'd be gas. I get the feeling the don't want to in case the other unnamed commentator isn't happy about it.

I was cringing when I was listening to that as something similar happened to me before. I was abroad on a networking event and thought it would be great to bring unfamiliar business colleagues to an Irish pub in Berlin to watch Wales v Ireland, the one were McLean scored the winner in a glorious 0-1 away victory. Plenty of jars in me as we celebrated the goal wildly; only for me, in my drunken state, to jump up on the table and celebrate the identical second goal, before realising to my horror, much too late, that I was watching a replay of the earlier goal. I’ll never forget the embarrassment. lol.

Ol' Donie · 09-06-2020 10:18pm

Jim Root wrote: »

I was cringing when I was listening to that as something similar happened to me before. I was abroad on a networking event and thought it would be great to bring unfamiliar business colleagues to an Irish pub in Berlin to watch Wales v Ireland, the one were McLean scored the winner in a glorious 0-1 away victory. Plenty of jars in me as we celebrated the goal wildly; only for me, in my drunken state, to jump up on the table and celebrate the identical second goal, before realising to my horror, much too late, that I was watching a replay of the earlier goal. I’ll never forget the embarrassment. lol.

Hands up, I did the same once when Thierry Henry was bangin 'em in for fun against Leeds.

Jesus, I still cringe about it.

Arghus · 10-06-2020 1:53am

Ken tried his absolute best today to get a rise out of Jonathan Wilson. Without much success.

Cienciano · 10-06-2020 8:03pm

Arghus wrote: »

Ken tried his absolute best today to get a rise out of Jonathan Wilson. Without much success.

Ken though he was in court trying to prove his case. He was just short of saying "you want the truth? You can't handle the truth". Funny though, but Wilson is some lad, he has an amazing knowledge of the game

EltonJohn69 · 10-06-2020 11:29pm

I think Ken needs a chill pill ? The lockdown had done him no favours.... maybe they broadcast a weekly session with Richie ? See what’s at the core of Ken’s RAGE !!! And if it can be soothed.....Otherwise I don’t think contributors will continue to appear on the show.... I know for a fact Marcotti refuses to be on the show with Ken after their last “verbal bust up”

Ol' Donie · 10-06-2020 11:33pm

A) How do you know that for a fact?, and,

if it is a fact, that was one of Ken's most valuable contributions to the podcast. Nay, the world.

Edit: if he would only turn up on Golazzo to do that again, everything would be perfect.

healy1835 · 10-06-2020 11:34pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I think Ken needs a chill pill ? The lockdown had done him no favours.... maybe they broadcast a weekly session with Richie ? See what’s at the core of Ken’s RAGE !!! And if it can be soothed.....Otherwise I don’t think contributors will continue to appear on the show.... I know for a fact Marcotti refuses to be on the show with Ken after their last “verbal bust up”

To be fair, I think Wilson and Ken are quite friendly so I'd imagine he was playing along with Ken and was in on Ken's 'rage'.

Marcotti is absolutely no loss. I can't listen to him. He's never, ever, ever wrong. About anything. He can't even countenance the possibility that he might be.

Icemancometh · 10-06-2020 11:36pm

It sounded like two friends having a chat, with one failing to wind the other up.

Ivefoundgod · 11-06-2020 12:29am

What a load of nerd nonsense. The 1966 chat with Wilson was brilliant and very clearly a jokey conversation as others noted with Ken trying his best to wind up Wilson. Love listening to Wilson, anything he shows up on i'll listen to. Such random obscure information he has too.

The comment about contributors refusing to appear on the back of that is laughable to be honest. Also, how can you know for a fact that Marcotti won't appear? Any link to back that up?

Arghus · 11-06-2020 1:11am

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I think Ken needs a chill pill ? The lockdown had done him no favours.... maybe they broadcast a weekly session with Richie ? See what’s at the core of Ken’s RAGE !!! And if it can be soothed.....Otherwise I don’t think contributors will continue to appear on the show.... I know for a fact Marcotti refuses to be on the show with Ken after their last “verbal bust up”

I don't know if you're being serious or taking the piss here.

Ah, the conversation with Ken and Jonathan Wilson was only a bit of a laugh, I don't think Ken genuinely believed about 80% of what he was saying.

I don't believe what you say about Marcotti, but hopefully it is true: absolutely no loss.

Seamy Fitz · 11-06-2020 12:04pm

:eek:

Ken is on fire at the moment. The lockdown has brought out the best in the boys.

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I think Ken needs a chill pill ? The lockdown had done him no favours.... maybe they broadcast a weekly session with Richie ? See what’s at the core of Ken’s RAGE !!! And if it can be soothed.....Otherwise I don’t think contributors will continue to appear on the show.... I know for a fact Marcotti refuses to be on the show with Ken after their last “verbal bust up”

Brock Turnpike · 11-06-2020 12:26pm

Jesus, lads. Most of ye are regular enough on this thread to know that Elton John fella isn't too be taken seriously.

Robert McGrath · 11-06-2020 5:37pm

Seamy Fitz wrote: »

:eek:

Ken is on fire at the moment. The lockdown has brought out the best in the boys.

They never leave home, those boys

Cienciano · 11-06-2020 8:51pm

I listen to a few podcasts recorded in different locations and it's pretty obvious they were in different places. But the sound quality on SC has been excellent, you'd completely forget the lads are recording from different locations.

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