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thischarmingman
14/04/2008, 7:20 PM
...forgot all about it!
I changed the title. Might as well have a new thread for each programme
sligoman
14/04/2008, 7:28 PM
Disappointed with the highlights of Derry/Rovers match, we had more chances than that. Very selective highlights.
Gareth
14/04/2008, 7:28 PM
Its kinda annoying that it clashes with Setanta Cup every week!! I have yet to see MNS due to it!!! Must catch it online some evening.
biscuit
14/04/2008, 7:30 PM
stephen henderson looks like a dodgy lil gangster more and more each week, the wee smig and the chain on him!:D:D
Couldnt understand Kevin Murray!:D
Saw it briefly on TV3 on Friday but the Bohs "penalty" at home to Bray a ludicrous decision. One of the worst ever?
superfrank
14/04/2008, 7:44 PM
I know someone said this before but Doolin's really on the defensive in that interview. He just won the game!
A few nice girls out in Belfield the other night...that'll get the lads in!
Also, the first two Cork goals were soft. That's the Gary Rogers I knew at Bray.
Red&White Rover
14/04/2008, 7:51 PM
stephen henderson looks like a dodgy lil gangster more and more each week, the wee smig and the chain on him!:D:D
Looks more to me like the sixth Village Person.
Looks more to me like the sixth Village Person.
:D:D:D
superfrank
14/04/2008, 7:52 PM
"I don't write this rubbish."
Classic. :D
Some things are predictable...
Roddy when asked about Glen Crowe "I signed Glen..." :D
BohDiddley
14/04/2008, 8:10 PM
Some things are predictable...
Roddy when asked about Glen Crowe "I signed Glen..." :D
I'd let him have that.
But any pundit who uses a platform like MNS to run down the league the way he just did should be shown the door.
He can plead brutal honesty all he likes, but the domestic game is going nowhere so long as nay-sayers like him are given airtime on premium shows.
A face
14/04/2008, 8:16 PM
Roddy Collins (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f352/ifgrounds/CollinsNotWanted.jpg) .... would you ever just go away ..... soon, and forever.
Can people for the love of god email the show and tell them not to have him on again, Jesus wept the damage he does is unreal.
mns@rte.ie
It'll take five minutes lads, please do it.
passinginterest
14/04/2008, 8:16 PM
I'd let him have that.
But any pundit who uses a platform like MNS to run down the league the way he just did should be shown the door.
He can plead brutal honesty all he likes, but the domestic game is going nowhere so long as nay-sayers like him are given airtime on premium shows.
He said the same on Newstalk last Thursday night. Didn't have a positive think to say. Meant to start a thread about it then. He said he didn't think the league had improved at all, in terms of skill, in the last 5 to 10 years.
Don't think it's the kind of thing to be saying, when you're basically supposed to be promoting the league.
Saw it briefly on TV3 on Friday but the Bohs "penalty" at home to Bray a ludicrous decision. One of the worst ever?
Nowhere near Tom Connolly's decision with Rovers v Cork. Yes, that's how bad that decision was.
He said the same on Newstalk last Thursday night. Didn't have a positive think to say. Meant to start a thread about it then. He said he didn't think the league had improved at all, in terms of skill, in the last 5 to 10 years.
Heard that too. Ludicrous to say no improvement since 1998. He said only fitness had improved. :rolleyes:
He said the same on Newstalk last Thursday night. Didn't have a positive think to say. Meant to start a thread about it then. He said he didn't think the league had improved at all, in terms of skill, in the last 5 to 10 years.
Don't think it's the kind of thing to be saying, when you're basically supposed to be promoting the league.
Got to agree with you there, I listened to the crap he was mouthng on about the league and how a Bohs fan said 'he would never go to a game again'. I just can't understand how a muppet like him is allowed to comment on the game on a show like MNS when its there to promote Irish Football. Think I will do something about this ;)
A face
14/04/2008, 8:31 PM
Heard that too. Ludicrous to say no improvement since 1998. He said only fitness had improved. :rolleyes:
The guy is a mumbling idiot ..... if anyone wanted any logical reason for this guy not to be seen again then its this. I wouldn't mind if he had a point but he doesn't. There ARE players knocking on the door. I know it wont open but they are there. As long as they are dredging up guys from division two in england then there are definitely players here worthy of a shout.
The guy is a fool.
deecay
14/04/2008, 8:33 PM
Difficult to watch at times,Con Murphy is a joke and the constant use of the word ''soccer'' hugely fustrates me
sligoman
14/04/2008, 8:36 PM
Difficult to watch at times,Con Murphy is a joke and the constant use of the word ''soccer'' hugely fustrates meBut yet you still watch it every week:rolleyes:.
A face
14/04/2008, 8:38 PM
Difficult to watch at times,Con Murphy is a joke and the constant use of the word ''soccer'' hugely fustrates me
We all know your opinion on it, do you have to keep telling us. The nauseum is driving me insane at this stage, i feel like prizing off my kneecaps to make it stop. You're worse than Roddy.
superfrank
14/04/2008, 8:40 PM
Well everyone's complaining about Roddy, surely he's allowed to complain about MNS too.
Foot.ie would be boring if we all disagreed about the same thing.
deecay
14/04/2008, 8:53 PM
But yet you still watch it every week:rolleyes:.
Sorry for being a LOI fan
We all know your opinion on it, do you have to keep telling us. The nauseum is driving me insane at this stage, i feel like prizing off my kneecaps to make it stop. You're worse than Roddy.
Well Im going to keep leting ye know my feelings on the matter until Murphy is gone
A face
14/04/2008, 8:53 PM
Well everyone's complaining about Roddy, surely he's allowed to complain about MNS too.
Foot.ie would be boring if we all disagreed about the same thing.
Just this question, dont get side tracked, its a yes, no type affair.
Are you seriously saying its OK for him to run down the league the way he did?
A face
14/04/2008, 8:54 PM
Sorry for being a LOI fan
Well Im going to keep leting ye know my feelings on the matter until Murphy is gone
Email him and ask him to go, it might make you feel better about it and you might leave us along for a bit too :rolleyes:
superfrank
14/04/2008, 8:54 PM
Just this question, dont get side tracked, its a yes, no type affair.
Are you seriously saying its OK for him to run down the league the way he did?
I'm not talking about Roddy.
deecay
14/04/2008, 8:55 PM
Are you seriously saying its OK for him to run down the league the way he did?
Wait a sec,are you saying im running down the league?Some joke of a presenter talks bull and I complain about me and im running down the league,the cheek of ya
A Face,im finished replying to you,you are off your head
bray boy
14/04/2008, 8:58 PM
dont know his name but the main presenter is possibly the .....em.......ive actually no words i mean what the hell is that lad doing its a bit of an embarrasment
AND WE WERE ROBBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A face
14/04/2008, 8:59 PM
I'm not talking about Roddy.
Alright, got my wires crossed. deecay, sorry about that fella, you can go back to you're whinge-fest now ..... well, is there any chance you'd reconsider first. Give us a break for a small bit even, seriously .... consider it anyway would ya?
deecay
14/04/2008, 9:00 PM
dont know his name but the main presenter is possibly the .....em.......ive actually no words i mean what the hell is that lad doing its a bit of an embarrasment
He not great alright:)
EDIT:Il lay off him,I hear he's a nice man
A face
14/04/2008, 9:01 PM
A Face,im finished replying to you,you are off your head
Damn it all to hell, i didn't see this post. So close yet soo soooo far :eek:
sonofstan
14/04/2008, 9:07 PM
. I just can't understand how a muppet like him is allowed to comment on the game on a show like MNS when its there to promote Irish Football. Think I will do something about this ;)
Is it there to 'promote' or to 'report'?
If I weren't already a regular at EL matches, i'd be more impressed by a programme that reported honestly on the game here without inflating the quality or appeal beyond what i can see with my own eyes. Part of the reason i almost never watch the Premiership anymore is that breathless 'best league in the world' stuff you get from commentators and analysts - even the supposedly great RTE panel; it's not the best league in the world and outside the top 4, you don't even get particularly good football. I'd rather not have similar guff about our league thanks.
The sensitivity of the El fan at the standard of our competition been questioned is, i think at bottom, due to the fact that most of us know that what Roddy said is true; there aren't any players in this league good enought to play at international level (and given the constraints facing national team managers, that's not a particularly high standard). Sure there's a few that wouldn't disgrace themselves in a friendly, but there isn't one who would offer the team something beyond what a dozen lower league journey men based in England could give it. Probably the only player in the league who could really shine in that context isn't qualified to play for the republic (McCourt).
Roddy may be vainglorious, and his managerial abilities may not match his own opinion of them, but he's not, in this case, bullsh!tting; he's saying what he sees and i think most of us secretly agree, which is why we protest overmuch; if it really were a ridiculous statement, then we'd be taking the p!ss, not fuming.
Slightly tangently, I read something today that set out the wage bills of all the SPL sides for last season; quite a few were lower than similar figures for one or two EL teams. Wages here are inflated by the relatively closed pool of talent; only players here already are on offer, bar one or two returnees every year, which means the slightly better can command wages at a differential well in excess of what the small increment in ability would suggest; until there's real competition from players to get into this league that will continue to be the case - teams will bankrupt themselves to get the best players who aren't good enough for Div. 2 (or even the conference) - and because we're paying them so much, well they must be good, eh?
The qualities this league has to sell to the uncommitted are the passion, inventiveness and humour of the fans, the joy of localism, the fun of away trips and the flash of the very occasional sublime moment in the largely mediocre to ridiculous norm. What has also been notable and refreshing in the first few weeks of MNS has been the honesty, intelligence and humour of players and managers; really refreshing in comparison to the doltishness of the average prem post- match 'exchange' of cliches; I don't want premiership lite, and i don't want paranoid hype - i want what i get from talking about the game at or after the game, or here or on club forums.
A face
14/04/2008, 9:11 PM
Are you saying the Roddy was honest in what he said, and in the way he said it?
I disagree, i definitely think that Joe Gamble would add to the Irish and have him in there over Lee Carsley any day of the week.
passinginterest
14/04/2008, 9:25 PM
I wouldn't necessarily disagree with him in the players not being full international standard. It's saying stuff like the league hasn't improved in the last 10 years that's unnecessary.
Criticism has it's place on MNS just like it should, Roddy just does it for the sake of being controversial. We all know the league is not the most technically wonderful, it's certainly improved though, and the success of players like Fahey and McCourt is proof of this.
Finding it odd every week how key moments are missed, Pats vs harps theres a lob from Quigley that produced a wonder save/lucky save from their keeper. And shortly before a Quigley howler from 8 yards out.
Should be more football on it specially when good bits are left out yet for Drogs they show a sub coming on, thought only Eurosport did that in their highlights.
kdjac
mrtndvn
14/04/2008, 9:35 PM
Disappointed with the highlights of Derry/Rovers match, we had more chances than that. Very selective highlights.
I didnt see it yet myself, but I can confirm you didnt have more chances than what it showed.
I'm actually surprised they found Sligo chances
pineapple stu
14/04/2008, 9:40 PM
I disagree, i definitely think that Joe Gamble would add to the Irish and have him in there over Lee Carsley any day of the week.
Can we not start this rubbish again? Let's have a player signed from the Conference replace a player in a team pushing for Europe again. Yeah, makes sense.:rolleyes:
Missed it tonight; thankfully I have the online to see if those two penalties in Belfield were as bad as everyone said. And I can watch Alan Mahon actually score a goal!
sligoman
14/04/2008, 9:53 PM
I didnt see it yet myself, but I can confirm you didnt have more chances than what it showed.Right, so bascially, you can confirm nothing about it then.
Difficult to watch at times,Con Murphy is a joke and the constant use of the word ''soccer'' hugely fustrates me
He's probably sick of you saying you hate him every week.
I like him...
Frankfurt Hoop
14/04/2008, 9:59 PM
I was amazed that the racist chanting by Cobh fans wasn't mentioned.
harry crumb
14/04/2008, 10:01 PM
Did he honestly say the standard of the league hasn't improved?
Total bull**** if he thinks this is the case. From a Cork City point of view the standard of what is served up at the Cross is of a different class compared to only 5 years ago.
Total rubbish.
Glen Crowe is now an average Premier League striker now Roddy!;)
pól-dcfc
14/04/2008, 10:02 PM
That Finn Harps defence was shocking!
What's the racist chanting lark about? What were they saying?
mrtndvn
14/04/2008, 10:07 PM
Right, so bascially, you can confirm nothing about it then.
Your right, but if they showed two chances, they pretty much coved entire match from a Sligo attacking point of view.
4 in a row
14/04/2008, 10:07 PM
the peice on the sale of miltown was good
im really getting sick of roddy licking rovers hole
**** off you ******:mad:
Dodge
14/04/2008, 10:12 PM
I was amazed that the racist chanting by Cobh fans wasn't mentioned.
No you weren't. What could possible lead you to be amazed when it wasn't?
Paddyfield
14/04/2008, 10:12 PM
Con Murphy knows his stuff (even if he sometimes doesn't know which camera to look at :D ).
Id like to know if he or any of the panel actually attend games every week.
Has anyone seen any of them at a game?
Does Roddy ever go to games when he's not paid by RTE do do so?
pól-dcfc
14/04/2008, 10:13 PM
Interesting piece on Listowel (sp?).
Would be nice to see a Kerry team in the LoI
WoodquayBoy
14/04/2008, 10:27 PM
Absolutely disgraceful decision by ref in Bray game, he essentially robbed Bray of 2 points. Great credit to Gormley for not ripping off his head and sh&tting down his neck after the game
pól-dcfc
14/04/2008, 10:28 PM
Jesus Christ! Bray were robbed! That is the softest peno in the history of football. Is Whoriskey on the take?
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