Look tv is unforgiving, you make a mistake it's on youtube in 5 seconds... I do think certainly from 70 onwards it is a big ask to anchor a 3 hour long tv programme....Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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Look tv is unforgiving, you make a mistake it's on youtube in 5 seconds... I do think certainly from 70 onwards it is a big ask to anchor a 3 hour long tv programme....Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Sure he's not on the air for most of that.
Your comment was completely ageist.
Jeez maybe I really do need to take a good long look at myself....Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yup.
Absolutely not for you to be deciding what people in their seventies should or shouldn't be doing.
Sorry!
What mistakes is he making that he wasn't making when he was 50?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
I take your point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Anyone see the johnny knoxville movie when he is the grandpa with the mouthy kid?
None really. To be able to chair a comedy programme about football for 30 years and still not have the slightest idea what is going on is some achievement. At least Dunphy rightly pulled him up (assuming we're talking about O'Herlihy and not Giles as the original post has been deleted) on his questioning there being a Japanese referee for the opening game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
How do you know he's no idea? He's on record multiple times as saying that he's not there to give his opinion, he's there to direct the conversation between the analysts
Because he frequently offers his own opinion on games, Irish managers, styles of play etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Interesting to hear Ossie A give his opinion on the Nigeria vs Iran game. He does talk very quickly but I did hear him say there is nothing wrong with the long ball game provided the front man is supported by the midfield. Nigeria tried it but left their centre forward totally isolated. Mind you when they tried passing, they were also totally inept at that as well. Still it was interesting to hear one of the best midfielders of his generation not dismissing the long ball game as a way of getting round (over) six opponents in midfield.
Ossie has been in England too long. He has Stockholm Syndrome.
Had to laugh after the England match when they returned to the studio and Bill goes "I don't know about you lads, but I thought England deserved a draw there." Cue five seconds of silence before he goes "or maybe not."
He says that he's not there to give his opinion, that he's there to direct the conversation between the analysts but unfortunately he goes beyond that most everytime he opens his mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
He just cant hide the sense of his importance of being a sneer.
Dunphy reckons Neymar was "****ing ****ting it" when he stepped up to take the penalty against Croatia. "Are we live?"
Just posting this here as well:Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsNS-p6YX0M
I can't stop laughing at it. Bill's shocked gasp of "oooh!" really makes it.
"There are an awful lot of pundits who don't do their homework, don't look at the players, and just go with the flow."
Eamon's ironymeter is broken tonight.
I had to switch away from George and Ray this pm with their way over the top negativity. I know Sky go over the top with their hype but RTE seem determined to go in the opposite direction. BBC were confirming that it was a poor performance by Brazil but also giving Mexico some praise.
Kenny Cunningham is an excellent panellist with his own ideas. I like Dietmar Hamman as well. It is also interesting that Dunphy is far less sure of himself when Giles isn't with him.
Brazil are now without hope apparently. Useless players. However, they are still the most expensive team in the tournament, just ahead of Spain, as regards what each player's value was at his last transfer so they can't be that bad.
Are you for ******* real, mate?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Dunphy on there being nothing in the game for Lukaku: "There's nothing in the game for Lookookoo."
Vine: https://vine.co/v/MIQUt1HKKeH
Close up of Del Bosque picking his (voluminous) nose. Peter Collins: "Del Bosque has an awful lot on his plate at the moment". Euuuch.
That was my World Cup highlight so far. And he never even flinched a bit saying it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin