World Cup Punditry Gold.

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flahavaj wrote: »

BULLSH*T.

HS loves it when they lay into Liverpool.:pac:

So do I tbh, I watch the CL with Pool and United fans, and love it when they fall for the bait Dunphy sets for them.

Mr Alan

lol i seem to remember outright disgust and fury from a lot of Arsenal fans here when Dunphy turned his attention to them for an evening.

Jayob10

what was said in relation to Bill and Liam falling out??

whats the reason?

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Read the thread tbh, post #598

Des wrote: »

Giles had "the hump" because the other two were after being talking to him during the match, and they basically took everything he's been saying off camera, and passes it off as their own analysis

Jayob10

Des wrote: »

Read the thread tbh, post #598

doesnt explain why BILL and Liam would fall out tbh

Bob_Harris

Des wrote: »

Read the thread tbh, post #598

So Bill and Brady had a falling out because Giles had "the hump"?

Headshot

OPENROAD wrote: »

Except when they lay into utd or liverpool

love when they lay into pool alright and iv still have a video of eamo laying into rafa, man they were good times

I laugh it off when eamo lays into utd, iv probably only take the bait once but man he just makes me laugh so much

OPENROAD

Mr Alan wrote: »

lol i seem to remember outright disgust and fury from a lot of Arsenal fans here when Dunphy turned his attention to them for an evening.

Wasn't a dig at any fans in particular, I love the lads even when they knock Arsenal but as you know they have been slated on here during the season when they knock the team that people support and suddenly now they tell it like it is

OPENROAD

Headshot wrote: »

love when they lay into pool alright and iv still have a video of eamo laying into rafa, man they were good times

I laugh it off when eamo lays into utd, iv probably only take the bait once but man he just makes me laugh so much

Oh I agree, when Liverpool knocked us out in the CL a couple of seasosn ago I was close to tears at full time but then Eamos John Cleese and his fight with Liam Brady were brilliant

kronsington

anyone just dear daragh moloney ask someone "are you ok?" as they went to a commercial break?

Beekay

kronsington wrote: »

anyone just dear daragh moloney ask someone "are you ok?" as they went to a commercial break?

He had asked it a few minutes before aswell, think Dunphy was choking on something!

TechnoPool

on itv at half time

''some nil nil games can be good, this isnt one of them''

Pro. F

Eamo: ''The guys up in the Joy are asking to be put back in their cells''
:pac:

quarryman

Dunphy at half time in the Japan game.

"The lads in the 'joy asked to be put back into their cells"

Brilliant.

edit: ffs! Go to hell Pro. F!

Pro. F

quarryman wrote: »

edit: ffs! Go to hell Pro. F!

In ya face!

parasite

lol @ Dunphy going on about his stew of carrots and lentils and stewing beef set to mature after extra-time and penalties

Bob the Seducer

I swear I just heard this on RTE's commentary a minute ago:

"Star striker Salvador Cabanas missing the tournament after being shot in the head, (Paraguay chance) Benitez pulling the trigger..."

DrumSteve

Morzadec wrote: »

ITV are just hilarious.

When Juan's header went in they called it a 'very British goal' and when the second goal went in they barely commented on the nice move by Brazil and finish by Fabiano and instead talked about the brilliant decision by the English linesman Darren Kant not to give offside and how great he'd been all tournament

just read it with a london accent and it gave me a laugh

Zapp Brannigan

lol they're discussing recipes.

Only on RTÉ

SimpleLogic

dandelion soup anyone?

Skid

Eamon recommends Dandelion and Chicken Soup, just now

What was that all about, only caught the end of it?

Paleface

Burner- wrote: »

dandelion soup anyone?

Make sure the dandelions are chopped coarsely or I'm not entertaining it!

That_Guy

What is Dunphy on at all?

Sir Gallagher

That_Guy wrote: »

What is Dunphy on at all?

Off his nut on dandelions.

That_Guy

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Off his nut on dandelions.

I can dig it.

df1985

"Did you do your leaving!!?"

whats he on!?

SarahBM

whats the capital of Paraguay??!??!?!?! LOL

starbelgrade

"The Japanese are not quite so rational as we are"

Eamon Dunphy stirs it like a pot of stew.

TangyZizzle

"I dont want to say I told ya so but eh.. :D,"

The lads were great during that Japan Paraguay match made up for the match actually, haha.

Dublin_Gunner

They're boring with Whelan. Someone get rid of Whelan.

SuperInfinity

The guy with the glasses that was hosting at Paraguay vs Japan said something that annoyed me today.

It was 0-0 and Dunphy said something about remember when Ireland were 0-0 going into the quarter final, it wasn't boring for us. And the host said something like how he's so young he doesn't remember it or is a bit ashamed to remember it.

Well first of all, if he's over 30 years old he should definitely remember it. I hardly think someone over 30 is "old" or "showing his age". I just thought it was a bit much to be saying that to Dunphy who is slowly getting on to the 70 mark when he is clearly quite a bit younger than Dunphy, Giles and also Bill O' Herlihy himself.

What got me about it was that it doesn't make any sense. If it was something that happened 40 years ago, okay, then he can make that joke and they can have a laugh. But not 20 years ago. If you can't remember something sensational that happened 20 years ago then it should be a slight embarrassment to you that you're so young, not the other way around.

Dunphy's not getting any younger, and I just thought it was a bit much for him to say that, when he's probably got multiple decades left (fat as he is).

newballsplease

SuperInfinity wrote: »

The guy with the glasses that was hosting at Paraguay vs Japan said something that annoyed me today.

It was 0-0 and Dunphy said something about remember when Ireland were 0-0 going into the quarter final, it wasn't boring for us. And the host said something like how he's so young he doesn't remember it or is a bit ashamed to remember it.

Well first of all, if he's over 30 years old he should definitely remember it. I hardly think someone over 30 is "old" or "showing his age". I just thought it was a bit much to be saying that to Dunphy who is slowly getting on to the 70 mark when he is clearly quite a bit younger than Dunphy, Giles and also Bill O' Herlihy himself.

What got me about it was that it doesn't make any sense. If it was something that happened 40 years ago, okay, then he can make that joke and they can have a laugh. But not 20 years ago. If you can't remember something sensational that happened 20 years ago then it should be a slight embarrassment to you that you're so young, not the other way around.

Dunphy's not getting any younger, and I just thought it was a bit much for him to say that, when he's probably got multiple decades left (fat as he is).

You dont know what your talking about. You obviously didnt get the banter that was happening between them. The Host is Daragh Maloney...who joked, saying he was only 3 at the time. Obviously having a laugh...and not at all having a go at Dunphy.
Yes the incident was 20 years ago..and they all remember it like it was yesterday, hence the joke/embarrassment at showing their ages.

murpho999

SuperInfinity wrote: »

The guy with the glasses that was hosting at Paraguay vs Japan said something that annoyed me today.

It was 0-0 and Dunphy said something about remember when Ireland were 0-0 going into the quarter final, it wasn't boring for us. And the host said something like how he's so young he doesn't remember it or is a bit ashamed to remember it.

Well first of all, if he's over 30 years old he should definitely remember it. I hardly think someone over 30 is "old" or "showing his age". I just thought it was a bit much to be saying that to Dunphy who is slowly getting on to the 70 mark when he is clearly quite a bit younger than Dunphy, Giles and also Bill O' Herlihy himself.

What got me about it was that it doesn't make any sense. If it was something that happened 40 years ago, okay, then he can make that joke and they can have a laugh. But not 20 years ago. If you can't remember something sensational that happened 20 years ago then it should be a slight embarrassment to you that you're so young, not the other way around.

Dunphy's not getting any younger, and I just thought it was a bit much for him to say that, when he's probably got multiple decades left (fat as he is).

Well I saw it aswell, and they were all laughing in the studio and Darragh was obviously joking and clearly remembered the game....think you should get over yourself tbh

SuperInfinity

murpho999 wrote: »

Well I saw it aswell, and they were all laughing in the studio and Darragh was obviously joking and clearly remembered the game....think you should get over yourself tbh

Okay fine, I just didn't like the joke. Let's face it, they would laugh anyway, whether they found it funny or not.

JohnnyRyan99

SuperInfinity wrote: »

Okay fine, I just didn't like the joke. Let's face it, they would laugh anyway, whether they found it funny or not.

Ye just like they all agree with each others footballing opinions whether they believe it or not!

CorkMan

I loved when the camera goes off balance

Like after the Spain game it was too much above Herlihys head and he was like "WTF" looking at it. Also when it Giles, Whelan and Brady where on screen, you could see too much to the right of Brady. Are the cameramen on the piss or what, going off for a couple when the match is on then coming back.

NeoKubrick

Whelan is very poor, but, again, Brady and Souness can only hold the center, because Dunphy needs someone who will fight back. Dunphy never cuts too deep with Giles, and most of the time, Giles is too busy throwing hand grenades at Bill.

"Any more? Any more? Any more from you, Bill?" - Giles sarcastically said, after the Argentina Mexico game, on English good midfielders.

Vanbis

Whelan is very poor, he should go back to Greece or wherever he manged last.

I'm gonna miss the lads when the world up is over and bill when he retires but Maloney has done a good job and gets involved in the banter. They have given as much entertainment as the world up itself.

This thread is great, laughing all morning reading through the pages

SarahBM

RTE wins hands down. BBC and ITV try to be funny, sorry lads, yer just not. the funniest thing about the Beeb coverage was Mick McCarthy! LOL he was gas. they should get him to replace Ray Houton on RTE doing the co commentary.

I love Darragh having the craic yesterday with eamo about the Dandoline stew, or what ever it was! LOL

SuperInfinity

NeoKubrick wrote: »

Whelan is very poor, but, again, Brady and Souness can only hold the center, because Dunphy needs someone who will fight back. Dunphy never cuts too deep with Giles, and most of the time, Giles is too busy throwing hand grenades at Bill.

"Any more? Any more? Any more from you, Bill?" - Giles sarcastically said, after the Argentina Mexico game, on English good midfielders.

I know, and the way he adjusts his suit then like "How dare you say that to me".

The hilarious thing is that Dunphy and Giles had just before that been going on about how Capello was only picking the big names and trying to fit them into the team without any structure. That he was only going for the big names because that's what he was under pressure to do. That he should pick players that would form a good team, like Germany did.

So Bill just said continuing in that vein of thought: "hmmm, well why doesn't he pick those other players then, and who would he pick instead?" and for some reason (probably because he had no knowledge of any other players), Giles flipped and got very insulted and started attacking Bill. Throwing the question back on Bill while knowing very well Bill wouldn't know. It was actually pretty funny.

I think their best formation is Giles on the left, Brady in the centre and have Dunphy out on the right. If you look at any of the great Dunphy rants over the past couple of years, he's always done his best work wide on the right. As for between Irwin and Whelan, for me it's a toss up. Whelan is a good analyst, if not a superstar.

Brady just pips it for me above those two because of the way Brady speaks. Brady speaks like what he's saying is the wisest, most knowledgeable thing that he is 100% sure about and informing us all about.... when he's often the biggest bull****er and guesser of all of them. But noone can match Dunphy and Giles.

Unfortunately Souness is out for the rest of the world cup, he'll be missed. I didn't consider him as the best analyst myself, but he was a good creative analyst that would sometimes come up with new points, open up the discussion, get something going.

lordgoat

John Fashanu "Sometimes you have to cut off your legs to go forward".

Not technically punditry. He was talking about Ghana pulling out of competitions for two years.

Really John can you explain a little more?

quarryman

lordgoat wrote: »

John Fashanu "Sometimes you have to cut off your legs to go forward".

Not technically punditry. He was talking about Ghana pulling out of competitions for two years.

Really John can you explain a little more?

Jaysus, the Ghana president is kicking them out too? Does that mean Uruguay get a bye to the semi-finals?

lordgoat

quarryman wrote: »

Jaysus, the Ghana president is kicking them out too? Does that mean Uruguay get a bye to the semi-finals?

Eh Nigeria this is what i get for typing and watching highlights at the same time!

fryup

was watching Soccer City on Eurosport (yes i know its pretty sh*te) one night, and on came this really cute roving reporter> french or spanish chick not too sure........well i've been tralling the web looking for a pic of her but can't find any

anyone any idea who she is...her name even????

#15

Can't stand Ronnie Whelan. No real insight, annoying voice, kisses up to the other panelists, makes nonsensical or blatantly obvious points.

Awful stuff. On a par with Ray Houghton, that's how bad he is.

Bodhisopha

fryup wrote: »

was watching Soccer City on Eurosport (yes i know its pretty sh*te) one night, and on came this really cute roving reporter> french or spanish chick not too sure........well i've been tralling the web looking for a pic of her but can't find any

anyone any idea who she is...her name even????

Black girl?

fryup

Bodhisopha wrote: »

Black girl?

ya i know that black girl she's in the studio she's nice too

no this one was latino, a roving reporter out & about with the fans

Turtyturd

"We've seen so many world class player who just didn't turn up, Rooney, Kaka.....Van Persie."

Nice one Ronnie.

noodler

#15 wrote: »

Can't stand Ronnie Whelan. No real insight, annoying voice, kisses up to the other panelists, makes nonsensical or blatantly obvious points.

Awful stuff. On a par with Ray Houghton, that's how bad he is.

I think Houghton is some sort of Angelical bearer of football wisdom by comparison!

SuperInfinity

Liam Brady shows once again what a complete fool he really is.

He says they didn't win it on football, of course they won it on football. They were running circles around Brazil and all Brazil could do was foul. All of the tackles were clear fouls. The stuff the Brazilians were doing at times was almost criminal assault.

If Brazil were going down they were going that way anyway. A single goal doesn't change the physical conditions on the field. The Brazilians were running around in the heat and humidity in the first half like a 100m race, of course they were going to run out of steam at the end especially with a man sent off.