World Cup Punditry Gold.

Paleface

What did Bill say about Bianca there at the end?

Dunphy loved it!

DB10

I think Dunphy was a bit pissed there.....LOL

Biancha got alot of attention....:pac:

Frank Spencer

Bianca!

Mr.Nice Guy

You should know who Bianca is, Bill.

missingtime

Frank Spencer wrote: »

Bianca!

****ing hell.

Mad_Max

Are you saying Bianca isn't his wife Denis? Huh?

Exclamation Marc

monkey9 wrote: »

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :pac::pac::pac: Who's Bianca??

Dunphy looking at the camera, "goodnight Bianca!!"

Landon Donovan said "Hi Bianca" and blew a kiss to the screen on the post match interview, his ex-wife.

evil_seed

Aidric

Irwin was looking at Dunphy thinking 'what a clown'.

copacetic

Aidric wrote: »

Irwin was looking at Dunphy thinking 'what a clown'.

It's hard to tell with Denis, thats also his 'I wish his shrivelly old ball sac was in my mouth' face.

Stevecw

That was quality!! That is the kind of stuff you would never get anywhere but RTE. Good to see Denis Irwin getting involved too, he is making a good case for stepping in long term for Giles or Dunphy whichever packs it in 1st.

Bianca is a babe tho, fair play to Landon!

"Good night Bianca, baby"!

Aidric

copacetic wrote: »

It's hard to tell with Denis, thats also his 'I wish his shrivelly old ball sac was in my mouth' face.

Or maybe he was holding one in. Good pundit, mind.

Gang of Gin

Roar wrote: »

like he was as a player so...

Great to hear the magnificent Rico doing co-commentary on RTE now..

I find it hard to believe you think this. Jesus, he talks a lot of nothing. Droning on and on. Thankfully he'll be phased out in the later stages.

Aidric

Has Ray Houghton stopped calling Stephen Alkin George yet? I think I heard Trevor Steven calling him George today as well.
Poor ol Steve.

namloc1980

Gang of Gin wrote: »

I find it hard to believe you think this. Jesus, he talks a lot of nothing. Droning on and on. Thankfully he'll be phased out in the later stages.

Anyone who has ever read Rico's programme notes will know the man is a genius!

monkey9

FireballPitcher wrote: »

Landon Donovan said "Hi Bianca" and blew a kiss to the screen on the post match interview.

Ah yeah, i know. I was just quoting Dunphy!!


Irwin: "Well, i know Donovan is having marriage difficulties. I think he got divorced there a while back.

Dunphy: "So who's Bianca then" (turns to someone on the crew laughing) "who's this Bianca?"

Irwin: "Well, someone obviously new then"

Bill: "So Bianca is not his wife then, is that what you're saying?"

Irwin: "Yes"

Dunphy laughs again "Tell us more"

Irwin goes into a speech about Donovan's career.

Bill: "So should we all say goodnight to Bianca then"

Dunphy "Yeah. Goodnight Bianca, See you baby"



Bill finishes it off then by saying "So England face Germany and will be having nightmares about penalties. I hope it doesn't happen to Bianca. Goodnight"

Panel explodes in laughter.


My Gid, RTE are just brilliant!! :pac:

copacetic

Aidric wrote: »

Or maybe he was holding one in. Good pundit, mind.

Yep, he has the same face for them all!!

tommyhaas

Landon donovan: I think we embodied what American's are all about

Cuts back to studio

Bill: Well what did you think of that?

Eamo: I think it embodied what American's are all about

Eamo's a legend

TouchingVirus

Any hope of getting that on youtube? :P

Boskowski

tommyhaas wrote: »

Landon donovan: I think we embodied what American's are all about

Cuts back to studio

Bill: Well what did you think of that?

Eamo: I think it embodied what American's are all about

Eamo's a legend

I missed that. That's actually very good. Respect Eamon.

Vincent Vega

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Any hope of getting that on youtube? :P

on it

Vincent Vega

nvm.

x PyRo

The above one isn't working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRanfddq8A

Vincent Vega

thanks, got a warning when i uploaded it. must be a problem.

Dublin_Gunner

Definitely one of the best / funniest nights with the panel last night! Hilarious!! Dini certainly knows how to get involved and have a laugh, serious respect to him

Eamo must have been off the gargle, he was on the ball all evening!

jethro081

x PyRo wrote: »

The above one isn't working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRanfddq8A

genius

mike65

Just another thing I never imagined I'd witness in my lifetime.

flanzer

Even Clinton stood up to clap Bianca.....duurrrrtyy old fecker

Dublin_Gunner

flanzer wrote: »

Even Clinton stood up to clap Bianca.....duurrrrtyy old fecker

I think she was holding a cigar...

Iang87

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

I think she was holding a cigar...

holding clintons cigar more like

Dublin_Gunner

Iang87 wrote: »

holding clintons cigar more like

You've obviously not heard of the Monica Lewinsky scandal then, the joke went right over your head.....

NabyLadistheman

Slight Difference of Opinion!

We've all had the 'Were you watching the same game as me?' sensation after taking a view on a match, only to find that everyone else in the world is calling you a know-nothing buffoon who shouldn't be allowed near a football ground ever again.

However, the punditry teams on The BBC and RTE seemed not only to be watching a different match, but a different sport. With the wrong glasses on. Upside down. And people kept standing up in front of the telly.

As compiled by The Irish Times, here are some choice cuts from their contrasting analysis of England v Slovenia:



Alan Hansen: "Once England got the goal the confidence levels surged, they were excellent."

Eamon Dunphy: "They just didn't grow in confidence at all after the goal."

Gary Lineker: "The goal really settled them, didn't it? They pushed on from there."

Ronnie Whelan: "You'd think they'd have kicked on from when they scored, but they actually got worse."

Roy Hodgson: "England's crossing has been absolutely outstanding."

John Giles: "Some of the crossing was just awful."

Lee Dixon: "A great performance."

Dunphy: "Shocking...absolutely incredibly bad...pretty awful stuff."

Lineker: "He looked more like the Rooney we know."

Whelan: "Rooney is a major worry, his form, his body language, his demeanour, everything."

Dixon: "Gerrard was outstanding."

Dunphy: "I can't believe how bad Gerrard was today."

Redknapp: "Across midfield we were top drawer."

Giles: "Barry got worse as the game went on, Milner, Gerrard and Lampard the same."

'Arry: "Bring it on! Whoever we play we'll be difficult to beat."

Whelan: "If they don't improve they'll go straight out, it was a very, very inept performance."

kronsington

the honesty of effort of the japs was the best giles has seen so far

was waiting for him to say the line

briany

mike65 wrote: »

Just another thing I never imagined I'd witness in my lifetime.

I wonder how much cajoling it took to get Didi to put on the sombrero?:D

Pretty funny. Won't help refute any accusations of bias when they come up but pretty funny.

Mad_Max

kronsington wrote: »

the honesty of effort of the japs was the best giles has seen so far

was waiting for him to say the line

He said that??

SarahBM

mike65 wrote: »

Just another thing I never imagined I'd witness in my lifetime.

Do you have a link for this??? I missed it.

Skid

SarahBM wrote: »

Do you have a link for this??? I missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXBHATdDYE

Denis and Didi are thinking, do I really need the cash for this?
Hope no-one puts it on Youtube ...

Psychedelic

lol, Johnny Giles "You can tell by his face he's a headbanger"

Xavi6

Aussie presenter - "It's raining cats and dogs"

The Koreans will love that! :pac:

monkey9

Xavi6 wrote: »

Aussie presenter - "It's raining cats and dogs"

The Koreans will love that! :pac:

The South Koreans certainly look more hungry in this second half!!

Zapp Brannigan

Was watching the highlight show on UTV last night and Andy Townsend nearly wet himself while talking about the Germany game on Sunday.

Kept saying England had nothing to fear from Germany and that he couldn't see England losing the game.

I had to crack a smile.

jebidiah

Eamon : i think its important that they (ghana) win

Bill : do you think its important for africa eamon?

Eamon : i think its important for me, and for africa.

BaZmO*

Did Ray Haughton just say that he thought Ghana would line out in a 4-2-3 formation?

lordgoat

BaZmO* wrote: »

Did Ray Haughton just say that he thought Ghana would line out in a 4-2-3 formation?

I think he said 4 2 3 with one up top but can't be certain!

Mr. Guappa

I wish someone would tell Gabriel Egan that the USA are in fact playing Ghana, not the entire continent of Africa. He must have called them "Africa" at least 4 or 5 times at this stage.

OPENROAD

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I wish someone would tell Gabriel Egan that the USA are in fact playing Ghana, not the entire continent of Africa. He must have called them "Africa" at least 4 or 5 times at this stage.

Thats who it was, truly awful, I switched over to ITV

SarahBM

we're watching ITV aswell, cant stick Houton.

ITV commentator goes "Horizontal Howard" you so know he has just been waiting for the oppertunity to say it!!!:D

Skid

SarahBM wrote: »

we're watching ITV aswell, cant stick Houton.

ITV commentator goes "Horizontal Howard" you so know he has just been waiting for the oppertunity to say it!!!:D

Peter Drury on ITV really bugs me.

He has scripted lines prepared for every goal and result.
When South Africa scored in the first match he declared it was 'a goal for all of Africa'. Really? Did it count for Cameroon or Ghana as well?

At least the RTE lads are concentrating on what is happening.

SarahBM

or the "Boys against men" comment! laughable.

OPENROAD

SkidMark wrote: »

Peter Drury on ITV really bugs me.

He has scripted lines prepared for every goal and result.
When South Africa scored in the first match he declared it was 'a goal for all of Africa'. Really? Did it count for Cameroon or Ghana as well?

At least the RTE lads are concentrating on what is happening.

RTE were awful, just had to switch over.