Green Is the Colour

**EastTerracer** · 31/05/2012, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

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** · 31/05/2012, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by 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...

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** · 31/05/2012, 1:06 PM

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** · 31/05/2012, 1:09 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 31/05/2012, 1:09 PM

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

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?

Originally Posted by Wolfie

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 RT� 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** · 31/05/2012, 1:47 PM

[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** · 31/05/2012, 1:55 PM

I don't want to derail this thread but Keith Duggan wrote a good piece on Dunphy recently

**bennocelt** · 31/05/2012, 6:59 PM

Originally Posted by 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".

That and the fact his ego is huge

**bennocelt** · 31/05/2012, 7:03 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I don't want to derail this thread but Keith Duggan wrote a good piece on Dunphy recently

Ah Stutt just when im starting to enjoy reading your posts then you can ruin it by highlighting that idiot

**The Legend** · 31/05/2012, 7:17 PM

Anyone post Episode 3 yet anywhere?

**theworm2345** · 31/05/2012, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by The Legend

Anyone post Episode 3 yet anywhere?

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

**DannyInvincible** · 31/05/2012, 7:40 PM

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:

Edit: Working now.

**geysir** · 31/05/2012, 9:01 PM

Originally Posted by theworm2345

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** · 31/05/2012, 9:10 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

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** · 31/05/2012, 10:52 PM

Episode 3 is up and running on Vimeo now.

**back of the net** · 01/06/2012, 1:10 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

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** · 01/06/2012, 1:22 AM

I don't, sorry. It was on YouTube originally but RT� 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** · 01/06/2012, 2:33 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

I don't, sorry. It was on YouTube originally but RT� 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** · 01/06/2012, 11:27 AM

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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/v...imated-history

though I can't view it at work.