Dunphy after Pool-Benfica

**Naitch** · 16/03/2006, 12:06 PM

What would we do without him, giles and bill? Best football commentary on t.v. imo!

Some classic dunphy from last wednesday night..

ON Cisse - " here we have Cisse, right wing, attempts to put in a cross,
BANG...hits the full back, again BANG hits the full back, BANG...off the
full back again, and once more, BANG...smacks the full back again....
Millions of euro and he can't clear the first man, I mean...what's he
trying to do to the full back here, Kill him??"

On Kewell - "Eamon, how did you rate Harry Kewell ?"

- "Fat. And a clown. A fat clown for all to see."

On Fowler - "An overweight has been. He's got more money than Liverpool!"

Mourinho didn't escape either :

"A bluffer who just got found out. Will never be at the tactical level of
Milan or Barcelona, doesn't even have the footballing intelligence even to
know why Barca beat him. Look at his claims that the best team didn't win.
Ridiculous. He's a bengal lancer"

ON Cisse and Garcia - " It was Ragball Rovers out there with Cisse and
Garcia. Look at Cisse. Somebody thought he was worth �14 million at some
stage. He's no left foot and no right. �14 million and counting. They
bought him a big mansion in Cheshire and now he's no more than a part of
the landed gentry. Absolute rubbish "

On Garcia - "What do you do with Garcia, I'll tell you what to do with
him, he should be put in a rubbish bin where he belongs "

Id much rather watch Bill,Dunphy and Giles than any other station they are pure comedy

**pete** · 16/03/2006, 12:24 PM

Dunphy was previously saying how Barca had no chance at the CL. Now Barca are tactical geniuses?

**OwlsFan** · 16/03/2006, 12:54 PM

This is a direct copy of what was posted here:

http://boards.footymad.net/mboard/fm...mid=2137401756

And this was my response there:

The guy is an ars*hole who contradicts himself time in and time out. For instance, you quote him re Fowler:

On Fowler - "An overweight has been. He's got more money than Liverpool!"

Yet, he said Benitez should have started him in the game vs Benfica

If you want entertainment, get Podge & Rodge because they know more about football that Dumphy and Laughing Bill combined.

He's a joke and appeals to the lowest demoninator in the football fan.

**klein4** · 16/03/2006, 12:54 PM

ya cant take him seriously...just sit back and enjoy the comedy..

**The Stars** · 16/03/2006, 4:29 PM

His comments are rarely football based but attacks on players personal life.
Having said that he the one of the only commentators who will have a go and it is excellent TV.

**klein4** · 16/03/2006, 4:59 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

He's a joke and appeals to the lowest demoninator in the football fan.

And how!!!!
its only a bloody game...the analysis on other stations bores the ****e out of me. at least you get an opinion on rte. am sure there are a load of people who enjoy the tactical analysis of andy gray et al and their ****e talk...i think they are called people who cant play football!

**osgood was good** · 17/03/2006, 2:53 AM

I agree with Klien 4, its great to listen to regardless of wheather you like him or not , the man dosent give a rats arse , and why should he .
Im amazed so many people let him get to them , its COMEDY , nothing but , and its the best TV panel around with the exception of Ray Houghton.

Dunphy is excellent TV , I love his rants but im afraid the jury is still out regarding his views , but who cares , i agree with him on the Fowler debate. The Liverpool fans made an absolute show of themselves with their reaction to his return , the guy couldnt get a game at City and struggled at Leeds .
I was waiting for Liverpool to dig up Emlyn Hughes to complete their week.

Owls Fan takes the analysis too seriously , its only a f***in panel, its there to pull in viewers , to get you talking and nobody does it better than Eammo ,and id sooner listen to Dunphy than those clowns on Sky .

As for Bill, well, the man is just an embarassment and knows nothing about the game , you can always tell his questions are scripted and struggles to relate to anything that went on . He is to anchor man what Westlife are to music . Totally useless.

Example...Covering an Ireland home game V Denmark in the early 90's , or maybe late 80's , we were down at half time to a Preban Elkar [ spell check ] goal and Bill comes out with an absolute belter ......''Well John Giles , a bit of a POXY goal to concede '' , Yes POXY , has this man no brodcasting skills ?

As for the lowest common demonator of fan , you can include me in that catagorie because i think he's superb

**CollegeTillIDie** · 17/03/2006, 8:14 AM

Originally Posted by osgood was good

As for Bill, well, the man is just an embarassment and knows nothing about the game , you can always tell his questions are scripted and struggles to relate to anything that went on . He is to anchor man what Westlife are to music . Totally useless.

Example...Covering an Ireland home game V Denmark in the early 90's , or maybe late 80's , we were down at half time to a Preban Elkar [ spell check ] goal and Bill comes out with an absolute belter ......''Well John Giles , a bit of a POXY goal to concede '' , Yes POXY , has this man no brodcasting skills ?

Billo has been living in Dublin too long !

In fairness though the Irish defending that day was melojian

**OwlsFan** · 17/03/2006, 1:29 PM

Originally Posted by osgood was good

IOwls Fan takes the analysis too seriously , its only a f***in panel, its there to pull in viewers , to get you talking and nobody does it better than Eammo ,and id sooner listen to Dunphy than those clowns on Sky .

As for the lowest common demonator of fan , you can include me in that catagorie because i think he's superb

Superb = personal (not football) attacks on McCarthy (pre-Saipan) (because he got the job ahead of his mate Kinnear) and on of course on Charlton whom he portrayed as an Andy Capp type person in one Sunday Indo article. This is the "journalist" who claims the British press is of the gutter variety - as they say "aithnionn ciarog ciarog eile"-roughly translated, "one cockroach recognizes another."
Superb = personal attacks on Liam Brady when he was playing for Ireland
Superb = supported the Kilcoynes in their sale of Milltown (where I spent some of the best days of my life) and almost putting the then top LoI club out of existence.
Superb = constantly getting predictions wrong while holding himself out to be an "expert".
Superb = walked out on RTE because The Apres Match Team did a skit on him - he can castigate people himself but can't then take it.
Superb = attacks people who are not there to defend themselves and then when confronted face to face sticks his head up their a*se.

I think he is a repulsive character whom only the Irish would take to their heart because we love seeing people being jeered. At every painful moment of my football life he's been there spreading his poison.

Krusty the Clown, Podge & Rodge, etc would all do a better job than him on the panel - he is a joke whom the Irish think is "good old Eammo". Pathetic............

**CollegeTillIDie** · 17/03/2006, 2:18 PM

OWLSFAN

He was also the mouth piece of "Wimbledon For Dublin" back in 1996.
Never a friend of the el. Largely because when he came back to play in it he couldn't hack for more than 18 months. He also threw his 1978 FAI Cup winners medal away I believe too. Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes in the end in ENGLAND. SO he got that wrong too

**MervilleUnited** · 17/03/2006, 9:31 PM

Still leagues ahead of the BBC Love in, god those guys are so afraid to say anything controversial just in case they lose thier "Access" to the Gravy Train!

**Risteard** · 18/03/2006, 10:37 AM

Hypocritic fool but entertaining.
Is it true he called Maradona a bluffer and a whole load of hype before the England '86 match?

**Partizan** · 19/03/2006, 1:27 AM

Originally Posted by Risteard

Hypocritic fool but entertaining.
Is it true he called Maradona a bluffer and a whole load of hype before the England '86 match?

Also never forget him saying how Michel Platini was overrated.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 19/03/2006, 9:16 AM

Originally Posted by Partizan

Also never forget him saying how Michel Platini was overrated.

In 1996 he said the English premiership was the best League in the World!
Two Champions League wins for Premiership Clubs in 13 years I don't think so!
In 2006 he says it's rubbish... he's learned something

**OwlsFan** · 19/03/2006, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by MervilleUnited

Still leagues ahead of the BBC Love in, god those guys are so afraid to say anything controversial just in case they lose thier "Access" to the Gravy Train!

So that's the key to being a panelist is it ? To say something "controversial" even though it has no basis other than an individual's bias.

I was very impressed by the RTE Panel for the rugby match yesterday and compares so much more favourably than the soccer one. The host, Tom McGuirk, knows his topic unlike Laughing Bill who is just an advertising executive acting as a soccer anchor man. Hooke is opinionated, but unlike Dumpy, knows his game locally and abroad and has an opinion based on something other than prejudice. Pope is a foreigner so he doesn't have the Irish bias and is very articulate while O'Shea is an ex-player who takes that perspective on the game. Entertaining, educated and none of the "I agree with Eamon", "I agree with John" of the RTE soccer panel and no buffoon of an anchor man laughing at everything the poison dwarf says. It is BALANCED which is what is what the RTE soccer panel with O'H, Giles and Dumpy has NEVER been.

It is also a lot easier for the RTE Soccer Panel to say such and such a player is a "donkey" etc. If the BBC Panel or Sky panels made such a comment, that would be the end of their access to players by the clubs.

**pete** · 19/03/2006, 2:01 PM

RTE football pundits can say what they like because they removed from the league in england so don't have any buddies there. Still think RTEs pundits take it all far too seriously, very stuffy full suit & tie... RTE lads very slow to bring humour into what is only a game...

BBC use players are pundits so hard to be hinest about yout fellow players. On the otherhand its far more relaxed & they don't take it seriously... MOTD2 on sundays can be a welcome change sometimes...

Any way no one remembers what pundits say the next day which allows them to contradict themselves on a weekly basis.

**Clifford** · 19/03/2006, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Any way no one remembers what pundits say the next day which allows them to contradict themselves on a weekly basis.

Which they do in fine style. The two main idiots anyhow.

**KK77** · 20/03/2006, 8:58 AM

I was waiting for Liverpool to dig up Emlyn Hughes to complete their week

AWFUL THING TO SAY OSGOOD HAVE SOME RESPECT PLEASE NO NEED FOR THAT AT ALL.

**Drumcondra_Blue** · 20/03/2006, 12:38 PM

Dunphy is hilarious. He has us in stitches after the match.

He really does worship the ground Roy Keane walks on!

**NY Hoop** · 21/03/2006, 3:17 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Superb = personal (not football) attacks on McCarthy (pre-Saipan) (because he got the job ahead of his mate Kinnear) and on of course on Charlton whom he portrayed as an Andy Capp type person in one Sunday Indo article. This is the "journalist" who claims the British press is of the gutter variety - as they say "aithnionn ciarog ciarog eile"-roughly translated, "one cockroach recognizes another."
Superb = personal attacks on Liam Brady when he was playing for Ireland
Superb = supported the Kilcoynes in their sale of Milltown (where I spent some of the best days of my life) and almost putting the then top LoI club out of existence.
Superb = constantly getting predictions wrong while holding himself out to be an "expert".
Superb = walked out on RTE because The Apres Match Team did a skit on him - he can castigate people himself but can't then take it.
Superb = attacks people who are not there to defend themselves and then when confronted face to face sticks his head up their a*se.

I think he is a repulsive character whom only the Irish would take to their heart because we love seeing people being jeered. At every painful moment of my football life he's been there spreading his poison.

Krusty the Clown, Podge & Rodge, etc would all do a better job than him on the panel - he is a joke whom the Irish think is "good old Eammo". Pathetic............

Couldnt agree more but I find him entertaining though! You cant take him seriously. The most hypocritical human being ever.

See him on the late late? Dummy, the multi millionaire from selling error ridden books, standing up for the "man on the street"

Kudos to the Rovers fan who gave him absolute dogs abuse in a niteclub recently

KOH