Quoteclassic it was!
as for dunphy....what a ****
http://football365.com/mediawatch/0,...172967,00.html
Football365 singing Bill's praises. As they have been for sometime. living over here, I really miss RTE coverage.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
classic it was!
as for dunphy....what a ****
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Maybe Lineker and Richard Key's will follow suit and start asking difficult questions?!
My bro lives in Scotland and he had some mates over here and they were watching The Premiership and they couldn't believe how much better and honest the analysts were and no joking they were both saying how they would try and get the RTÉ coverage on satellite because of the lameness of the BBC pundits.
its on the rte site nowOriginally Posted by PAURO 7
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Watching Bill last night ...and the lads actually, It once again struck me that they're a national treasure. Yes they're prone to self-parody at times and all that but nonetheless -they won't be truly appreciated til their gone and we've Conor Mac or someone trying to extract wisdom from Matt Holland, Kenny Cunningham and some celebrity in their own press release*.
I still believe that if seventeen months ago Cyprus V Ireland had been on RTE rather thav TV3 then Stan would've been sacked in the days after it -neither he nor the FAI able to withstand the pressure that started with Bill and the boys withering disection -made while theirs and the nations anger and disgust was raw and new.
*Celia Holman Lee? That C*** who presents the weather on TV3? a string of rugby players? current eurovision/you're a star finalist?
When the day comes it'll be dumbed down ...all the way down to Channel 5.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Is this the hero who laughs at everything Dunphy says, fails to point out his contradictions and with himself, Giles and Dunphy lead scurrilous campaigns against Charlton and McCarthy without contradiction for well over a decade.
Same old cr+p about the panelists being "honest". What does that mean? A clown spouts off the first thing that comes in to his head with no basis in logic and the host laughs as if it was the funniest thing he's heard in ages. The clown then says the total opposite the next week and the host laughs. Brilliant honesty.
After the Sheffield Utd vs Millsboro game last week on BBC, Hansen said that was totally forgettable. That's honesty. No total bullsh*t being spouted about the Italian game or congratulating Mutt and Jeff for their part in appointing Trappatoni.
Souness I like and is a decent pundit.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Agreed they are great entertainment and I for one will miss them when they are gone.
Not sure if the lads had enough sway to get Staunton fired after the Cyprus game but maybe its a good thing Staunton wasn't fired back then as it was unlikely we would have got anyone like Traps and would have had to settle for the best of whatever was available back then
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Dunphy little rant about how he always feels good about himself was priceless.
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If you want a decent presenter who actually know something about football and challenges the pundits comments, try Paul Dempsey from Setanta (and once of Sky) and who doesn't laugh inanely at every comment.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Brilliant boxing presenter as well. Sky haven't recovered since he jumped ship.
Seriously?! Dempsey is one of the worst out there, he knows nothing about football and even less about boxing. On top of which he has zero personality. I would be more inclined to think he was made walk the plank rather than jumped ship. I'd even put Linaker ahead of him in the presenter stakes.
http://www.personallyspeaking.ie/paul_dempsey_70.html
Paul joined Setanta Sports in August 2006 and is currently presenting the Irish sports channel’s live Barclays Premiership, Champions League and UEFA Cup coverage. Paul capably leads the live on-air studio discussion on Setanta Sports and he certainly knows what he is talking about having played professional soccer in England, Ireland, France and Switzerland. He speaks French, German and Spanish.
I think that a slight step up from a advertising and pr executive. Okey dokey?
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
who did he play for?
Always look on the bright side of life
You're getting a bit *****ly there, is he a relative of yours or something? I wasn't aware that having played football automatically translates into the ability to present a television programme. So presumably you think someone like Alan Smith who has played the game at a higher level is correspondingly more insightful and interesting in his analysis of the game than Dempo and Billo put together?
http://www.personallyspeaking.ie/paul_dempsey_70.html
Paul joined Setanta Sports in August 2006 and is currently presenting the Irish sports channel’s live Barclays Premiership, Champions League and UEFA Cup coverage. Paul capably leads the live on-air studio discussion on Setanta Sports and he certainly knows what he is talking about having played professional soccer in England, Ireland, France and Switzerland. He speaks French, German and Spanish.
I think that a slight step up from a advertising and pr executive. Okey dokey?
I was responding to your comment that he knew nothing about football. Self-evidently he does and if you listen to his comments it is obvious he does and no, he's not a relative of mineHe certainly knows a lot more than laughing Mr. Okey Dokey which quite frankly wouldn't be hard.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Mr Okey Dokey knows plenty about football, but his job seems to be just to set the boys off into a tizzy, which he does to perfection. It may not be your bag but its what he does and he does it very well.
That's true, laughing Okey Dokey (I like that name) plays his part in what is, generally speaking, the best punditry team on TV at the moment. It's not really his job to know the game inside out so I don't find his lack of a footballing backround to be a problem. Setanta is a poor man's Sky - style over substance being the order of the day, an approach which falls flat on its face due to the obvious lack of funds they have at their disposal compared to Murdoch and Co. Having said that, it's the place to be after a hard day's work when Mr. Boring Stubbly Face and AN Other footballing never-was are guaranteed to gently bore you into the land of nod.
And what excatly is stopping you gettting it?????
I live in Belgium and I have all the irish channels (RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and TG4)
For the years that I lived in Brussels I really missed those types of shows but once we bought our own house in Flanders the first thing I installed was Satellite TV.
I love it!
If you want more info on how you can get them, let me know
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Sorry to disagree gentlemen, I believe that Paul and Bill are brill but there is only one true football presenter............
Jeff Stelling
Absolute Legend!
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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