Green Is the Colour

[tetsujin1979]

part two covered a much larger timespan than part one, from before World War 2 until the early '80s, so I thought a few points were skipped over.
more time should have been given to the impact of the GAA ban, which is still in effect today
thought it was interesting that the introduction of TV played a big part in the downfall of the league when people started watching Match of the Day instead of going to local games. The obvious question was why RTE didn't have their own version of it?
the other side of the TV problem was that it played a part in the eventual removal of the ban. when they realised it was impossible to monitor who was watching soccer at home!

[Deckydee]

Blocked

[geysir]

The 2nd part is up on Irish Torrents, though atm speed is at a dribble.

[DannyInvincible]

The 2nd part is up on Irish Torrents, though atm speed is at a dribble.

I've managed to download the second episode pretty quickly. Uploading it to Vimeo at the minute. Might last a bit longer there than on YouTube?

[DannyInvincible]

Episode 2:


https://vimeo.com/42763927

[geysir]

I've managed to download the second episode pretty quickly. Uploading it to Vimeo at the minute. Might last a bit longer there than on YouTube?
Are you seeding?

[Comic Book Guy]

Not a bad programme, never realised that the gaa were exempt from dev's entertainment tax while the fai and irfu were hit. It had to have an impact on the development of the sport in this country.

[DannyInvincible]

Are you seeding?

I am. :)

[IsMiseSean]

What a miserable p***k that Archbishop was....
Absolutely ridiculous the amount of power/influence the catholic church had back then!!

[AlaskaFox]

I am. :)

Me too. Both episodes.

[geysir]

Your seeds ain't coming my way.
The line is choked from Irish Torrents to my desktop.

[theworm2345]

Your seeds ain't coming my way.
The line is choked from Irish Torrents to my desktop.
:eek: Danny has a share ratio of .28 while AlaskaFox is .10...for shame (shakes head). Danny has at least seeded Part 2 to a ratio of >1.00. Bet you didn't know I could find that out, eh?

Too bad for you I'm waiting on the HD version, mine is 4.81 :nerd:

[AlaskaFox]

:eek: Danny has a share ratio of .28 while AlaskaFox is .10...for shame (shakes head). Danny has at least seeded Part 2 to a ratio of >1.00. Bet you didn't know I could find that out, eh?

Too bad for you I'm waiting on the HD version, mine is 4.81 :nerd:

My ratio is so dire because I downloaded a few vintage matches last year which no-one else has bothered to download since. :D

[geysir]

Danny has a share ratio of .28 while AlaskaFox is .10...for shame (shakes head). Danny has at least seeded Part 2 to a ratio of >1.00. Bet you didn't know I could find that out, eh?
I do know how to find that out but I wouldn't be so crass as to name and shame :)

I might have been tempted though.

[theworm2345]

I do know how to find that out but I wouldn't be so crass as to name and shame :)

I might have been tempted though.
I wouldn't have either had they not claimed to be seeding (though I guess in fairness Danny was)

My ratio is so dire because I downloaded a few vintage matches last year which no-one else has bothered to download since. :D
Oh its the vintage matches then, shall I post your ratio for Part 2 of GitC? :D

[geysir]

Saying they are seeding just means they are seeding, not remarking about their ratio.
What can they do if there are no takers.

Just for the record, my ratio is a modestly respectable 1.64

[theworm2345]

Saying they are seeding just means they are seeding, not remarking about their ratio.
What can they do if there are no takers.

Just for the record, my ratio is a modestly respectable 1.64
I stand by my pillorying of them and their ****poor sharing ratios :D
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QronbIXSP7w/TbsB_9goLnI/AAAAAAAAAGU/JUaNSFYpJn8/s1600/funny-dog-pictures-sharing-caring.jpg

[Colbert Report]

I'm currently seeding both part 1 and 2, but nobody seems to be downloading. I'm worried about my ratio too, since I've signed up I've downloaded only those two things and my it looks like this:

Up: 18.03 MB
Down: 2.07 GB
Ratio: 0.01

[AlaskaFox]

Oh its the vintage matches then, shall I post your ratio for Part 2 of GitC? :D

I only downloaded it yesterday evening. And nobody is getting it from me.
How's this for a ratio? (On a private US TV tracker)
http://i47.tinypic.com/1i1i74.png

[geysir]

I would never have confused you with Paul.

Colbert, you won't be shafted because of a poor ratio.
Sometimes weird things happen, yesterday the lines were choked even if users were seeding, today it's fine I'm downloading it at 500kBs which is my download limit.

[EastTerracer]

Can't wait to see this tonight. For all Dunphy's faults (and there are many) there is no doubt about his passion for football, and Irish football in particular. This clip illustrates that very clearly...
huBydGvEoWg

Looks like there will be more tears shed on this evening's episode....
09-84HLl0qs

[geysir]

Straw man one appeals to emotion to justify his position, straw man 2 believes we could have achieved at least the same by doing it another way, which he doesn't have to prove or take any responsibility for.

'Whatever didn't work for the footballer, the assumed alternative choice the player had in that circumstance is what he should have done' Ray Houghton (maybe)

[DannyInvincible]

'Whatever didn't work for the footballer, the assumed alternative choice the player had in that circumstance is what he should have done' Ray Houghton (maybe)

Haha, definitely. In Houghton's risk-free utopia, players are only allowed to shoot when they're a metre from goal and 100 per cent certain to score. All games end 0-0.

Given his guiding philosophy, I don't know what he was playing at in the Giants Stadium.

[DannyInvincible]

Just a reminder; episode 3 covering 1980 to 1996 is at 10.20PM. I'll try and get it up on Vimeo when I get a chance.

[BonnieShels]

Cracking show tonight.

Had me cheering for all the memories.

I could watch every second of McGrath v Italy again.

Dunphy's tears were something. Completely agree with East Terracer.

It has absolutely made me giddy for the tournament now.

[geysir]

You've fallen for the oldest Dunphy trick in the book,
throw an ott strop, lash out like a wild man, then later with a tear welling up, 'it's only because I love football', 'I love Ireland'. I


The great Trapattoni comes to manage us and we are back playing relentless hoof ball, at last going to a Finals,
cry me a river :)

[BonnieShels]

Now now. Dunphy was 100% correct in what he said.
You know this. And you know that that was genuine emotion.
It's okay not to hate him 24/7.

[smurfty]

Was Brady's international career finished directly as a result of him not wanting to play as Jack wanted? Surely there was more to it than that? McCarthy seemed to imply it was a direct marker to the rest of the team from Jack i.e. "you do it my way or go the same way as Brady".

[Real ale Madrid]

Can't wait to see this tonight. For all Dunphy's faults (and there are many) there is no doubt about his passion for football, and Irish football in particular. This clip illustrates that very clearly...


His passion for Irish football ? When did Dunphy have anything to say about Irish football other than the national team ? I mean ANYTHING, good or bad.

[Dodge]

Didn't enjoy last night. Went too quick. How do you not show Bonnar's save from Timofte.

Also found it a bit cheeky that Ray Houghton bemoaned the lack of player development in Ireland...

[EastTerracer]

His passion for Irish football ? When did Dunphy have anything to say about Irish football other than the national team ? I mean ANYTHING, good or bad.

I'm not trying to defend his entire record here. He is a 67 year old man who remembers the glory days of the League of Ireland in the 50s and early 60s. Throughout the 80s he slated the "pat grace fried chicken league" because it didn't live up to his expectations of what the league had been previously. I stood in Milltown (and then Dalymount) through those years and despised him for those articles.

I agree he has had nothing to say about the League of Ireland for 20 years (and nothing good for 45 years) but the International team is also part of Irish football and, as I said above, whether you agree with him or not, he does care about it.

[Wolfie]

Didn't enjoy last night. Went too quick. How do you not show Bonnar's save from Timofte.

Also found it a bit cheeky that Ray Houghton bemoaned the lack of player development in Ireland...

Yeah - it was bit like a rush released "Greatest Hits from 1980 to 1996" with a few key tracks missing or edited to such a short degree that their relevance was lost.

I understand its an hour long programme trying to deal with an eventful 16 years but it really was a whistle stop tour.

[SwanVsDalton]

The book is exactly the same. About three quarters is pre 80's. Guess it's because the older days are less well known, which is understandable. More forgivable in book form than on TV, those highlights are great to see.

[geysir]

Now now. Dunphy was 100% correct in what he said.
You know this. And you know that that was genuine emotion.
It's okay not to hate him 24/7.
Of course we played cr'ap against Egypt, for Dunphy it was just another opportunity to exploit.
I can differentiate between a genuine emotion and a pundit tearfully using his supposed sense of sporting 'patriotism' (a self congratulatory quality I might add) as a justification for an OTT personal censorious rant.

[DannyInvincible]

His passion for Irish football ? When did Dunphy have anything to say about Irish football other than the national team ? I mean ANYTHING, good or bad.

To be fair, wasn't Dunphy involved with Rovers' youth sides in the late 70s which, whether rightly or wrongly, resulted in his disillusionment with League of Ireland football?


Yeah - it was bit like a rush released "Greatest Hits from 1980 to 1996" with a few key tracks missing or edited to such a short degree that their relevance was lost.

I understand its an hour long programme trying to deal with an eventful 16 years but it really was a whistle stop tour.

Have yet to see episode 3, but I'm sure the same could be said about the earlier periods covered in episodes 1 and 2. It's just many of us mightn't even have been born then or were too young to remember so we don't have memories of the finer details RTÉ omitted due to time constraints. In saying that, the Charlton era was our most successful so was possibly deserving of some extra time. Maybe even a full penalty shoot-out. I'll reserve judgment until I view it.

[Real ale Madrid]

[QUOTE=DannyInvincible;1600215]To be fair, wasn't Dunphy involved with Rovers' youth sides in the late 70s which, whether rightly or wrongly, resulted in his disillusionment with League of Ireland football?
QUOTE]

Sure if we all abandoned the LOI every time we got disillusioned - the league would cease to exist.

[Stuttgart88]

I don't want to derail this thread but Keith Duggan wrote a good piece on Dunphy recently (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0526/1224316731482.html#)

[bennocelt]

Was Brady's international career finished directly as a result of him not wanting to play as Jack wanted? Surely there was more to it than that? McCarthy seemed to imply it was a direct marker to the rest of the team from Jack i.e. "you do it my way or go the same way as Brady".

That and the fact his ego is huge

[bennocelt]

I don't want to derail this thread but Keith Duggan wrote a good piece on Dunphy recently (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0526/1224316731482.html#)
Ah Stutt just when im starting to enjoy reading your posts then you can ruin it by highlighting that idiot:)

[The Legend]

Anyone post Episode 3 yet anywhere?

[theworm2345]

Anyone post Episode 3 yet anywhere?
Its up and fully seeded on Irish Torrents in standard definition.

[DannyInvincible]

I uploaded episode 3 to Vimeo this afternoon but it still appears to be processing. Not sure what the delay is.

Should appear here at some point:


https://vimeo.com/43180875

Edit: Working now.

[geysir]

Its up and fully seeded on Irish Torrents in standard definition.

Fully seeded? by IP's from the UK, Australia, Norway and Ireland. No IP from the USA showing up on my screen.

[theworm2345]

Fully seeded? by IP's from the UK, Australia, Norway and Ireland. No IP from the USA showing up on my screen.
I didn't download it, I'm waiting on the HD version. Nice try, but you won't find me not fulfilling my seeding obligations ;)

[DannyInvincible]

Episode 3 is up and running on Vimeo now.

[back of the net]

Episode 3 is up and running on Vimeo now.


Hey Danny, many thanks for uploading epsiode 3

By any chance do you have episode 1 uploaded?

Cheers

[DannyInvincible]

I don't, sorry. It was on YouTube originally but RTÉ must have requested its deletion. Each episode I upload to my Vimeo account uses up my maximum weekly upload limit, so it'll be a fortnight before I can upload episode one as I was going to stick up the final episode next week.

Having watched the third episode this evening, I thoroughly enjoyed reliving some great scenes, but did think it ended a bit abruptly and certainly would have been happy watching at least another hour covering the period.

Funny stat, that, about McCarthy being the player who committed the most fouls at Italia '90. Had never been aware of that.

[back of the net]

I don't, sorry. It was on YouTube originally but RTÉ must have requested its deletion. Each episode I upload to my Vimeo account uses up my maximum weekly upload limit, so it'll be a fortnight before I can upload episode one as I was going to stick up the final episode next week.

Having watched the third episode this evening, I thoroughly enjoyed reliving some great scenes, but did think it ended a bit abruptly and certainly would have been happy watching at least another hour covering the period.

Funny stat, that, about McCarthy being the player who committed the most fouls at Italia '90. Had never been aware of that.

No worries mate, many thanks for going to to trouble to upload the remaining 3 episodes to vimeo - great for ppl like myself no longer on home soil.

The McCarthy fact was hysterical......had a great laugh when mick said it.
Seeing Jack getting weepy eyed brought tears to my eyes........great to think we meant so much to him as a nation.


Thanks again Danny

[Stuttgart88]

James Richardson / Guardian has an animated history of the RoI team here

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2012/jun/01/euro-2012-republic-of-ireland-animated-history

though I can't view it at work.

[Wolfie]

Anyone post Episode 3 yet anywhere?

My favourite. Darth Vadar appears at the end.