El Tel Plans To Sue Eamo

[BigmanCas]

Best news I've heard all day!!!!!

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/get-on-with-your-own-job-delaney-tells-keane-1291250.html

[tetsujin1979]

If he's going to sue Dunphy, why not sue everyone else who said he would be a bad appointment?
Nothing story IMO

[John83]

Win-win scenario!

[shakermaker1982]

most of us on here could be getting a letter then!

[Deckydee]

I will be ruined!

:)

[ifk101]

"..... may lead to further action".

:rolleyes:

[John83]

If he's going to sue Dunphy, why not sue everyone else who said he would be a bad appointment?
Nothing story IMO
I'd like to know what specifically he's talking about suing over. There's fair comment and then there's libel. If anyone is going to step over that line, I would have thought it's Dunphy.

[OwlsFan]

Newspaper talk. Won't happen. I would like it to but it won't. "May lead to action".

Non-story.

[Scram]

Newspaper talk. Won't happen. I would like it to but it won't. "May lead to action".

Non-story.

Yes probably not.

But it would be great viewing, much better that the boring aul Mohammed El Fayed "Prince Phillip murdered my son and slapper daughter-in-law to be" or the one-legged gold digger divorce settlement etc...

Sue him Terry please, and then prove that there is no basis to Dunphy's statements :o

[Wangball]

You can't sue someone for having an opinion, especially not a pundit whose job is to share his opinion

For Venables to be successful he'll have to prove that Dunphys negative comments have in some way prejudiced his attempts to get the Ireland job, which is easier said than done

If the story is true and he is contemplating legal action it would seem that he's just scapegoating Dunphy and should really just accept that he hasn't gotten the job because we've employed a more suitable candidate with a better record and a better pedigree

[Scram]

You can't sue someone for having an opinion, especially not a pundit whose job is to share his opinion

For Venables to be successful he'll have to prove that Dunphys negative comments have in some way prejudiced his attempts to get the Ireland job, which is easier said than done

If the story is true and he is contemplating legal action it would seem that he's just scapegoating Dunphy and should really just accept that he hasn't gotten the job because we've employed a more suitable candidate with a better record and a better pedigree

What are you talkng about :confused: He would be suing him for slander/libel as anyone can do, nothing whatsoever to do with him not getting the job.

[BigmanCas]

Dunphy had no right whatsoever to say the things he said on that fateful Tuesday night. It was slander pure and simple and I hope Venables takes him to the cleaners I really do. Who does Dunphy think he is???????

[osarusan]

What exactly did Dunphy say? Are there any links people could point me to?

[bohsRap]

I would like it to but it won't


Why would you like to see it happen?
Surely if every commentator got pulled for speaking their mind we'd end up with the dullest opinions ever!

[OwlsFan]

Think it's here:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/1127/soccer_av.html

5 minutes in to it about. As you listen to the spiel about the great manager he wants for the Irish people, remember this was the man proposing that giant of management, Paul Jewell.

[OwlsFan]

Why would you like to see it happen?
Surely if every commentator got pulled for speaking their mind we'd end up with the dullest opinions ever!

There's speaking your mind and then there are the personal attacks and vendettas which Dunphy has engaged in. This incidentally from the man who got up and left a studio in a huff when he was being lampooned by the Apres Match people I think it was.

[jmurphyc]

5 minutes in to it about. As you listen to the spiel about the great manager he wants for the Irish people, remember this was the man proposing that giant of management, Paul Jewell.

Paul Jewell could have worked out for us. He took over a very difficult job in Derby. Granted, he hasn't done well in it even by their standards, but it's too early to judge him on that job. Jewell was one of the better options available at the time, but obviously isn't a patch on Trapattoni.

[OwlsFan]

Paul Jewell could have worked out for us. He took over a very difficult job in Derby. Granted, he hasn't done well in it even by their standards, but it's too early to judge him on that job. Jewell was one of the better options available at the time, but obviously isn't a patch on Trapattoni.

Was a disaster at Sheffield Wednesday as well but then, most managers there have been :o Jewell wasn't a great option. I probably would have preferred Vegetables :eek:

[jmurphyc]

Was a disaster at Sheffield Wednesday as well but then, most managers there have been :o Jewell wasn't a great option. I probably would have preferred Vegetables :eek:

Fair enough. I think he could have done okay for us, but it would definitely be a bit of a gamble. By no means would he have been guaranteed success. You could say the same with Trapattoni, but I think it's a lot more likely that he'll succeed.

[NeilMcD]

I think nearly everything Dunphy said there about Venables was spot on. I wonder on what basis could Venables sue Dunphy. The only bit is the bit about the Holiday Show with the BBC

[Tir Oilean]

Dunphy had no right whatsoever to say the things he said on that fateful Tuesday night. It was slander pure and simple and I hope Venables takes him to the cleaners I really do. Who does Dunphy think he is???????

It wasnt slander it was the truth and sometimes that hurts! Dunphy was dead right and said what most of us were thinking anyway.

[HolylandsMan]

Had a listen to what he said. Basically its all fair comment - a critical analysis of his football record. He states nothing but facts about Venables' run ins with the law so I don't think TV would have a leg to stand on in court.

[cavan_fan]

The nearest precedent is Kewell suing Lineker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4072964.stm

but the jury failed to reach a verdict

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4099720.stm

[blobbyblob]

Pretty fine and balanced arguement there by the Dunph.

All his statements supported by facts/examples. Ten days of research behind what he was saying. As a PR expert, Im sure Bill would have drawn him back into line if he thought he was crossing it as he has done before, if not for Eamon, for RTEs sake.

[Drumcondra 69er]

Pretty fine and balanced arguement there by the Dunph.

All his statements supported by facts/examples. Ten days of research behind what he was saying. As a PR expert, Im sure Bill would have drawn him back into line if he thought he was crossing it as he has done before, if not for Eamon, for RTEs sake.

10 days of research, had to laugh when I saw that back at the time!

More likely Eamo spent 10 minutes browsing the Venables thread on here!

[OwlsFan]

10 days of research, had to laugh when I saw that back at the time!

More likely Eamo spent 10 minutes browsing the Venables thread on here!

It would take more than 10 minutes researching Dunphy's own altercations with the law and the many attacks on leading figures in Irish life which ended up in the High Court. He cost the Independent Group well over €600,000 in libel damages during his time at the paper.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.