World Cup Punditry Gold.

MisterAnarchy

Blobby George wrote: »

Subtitles are needed for Adebayor. I'm not joking either.

Why do the British channels feel the need to have foreign players as pundits when they usually have a vocabulary of around 100 english words ?

carlop

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Why do the British channels feel the need to have foreign players as pundits when they usually have a vocabulary of around 100 english words ?

So true. Remember poor Leonardo in 2006? Nobody could understand a word he was saying, everybody else would just nod and smile when he spoke.

SarahBM

surely since the is gonna be "Englands WC" they would have a few england legends to do punditry on the UK channels. ITV and BBC are both rubbish. ya cant beat bill and the boys. Legends! really looking forward to their comments on USA v Engerland

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Why are the graphics on RTE so fúcking small?

Frank Spencer

Eamo commenting on a Rooney goal for United: "Get in the net you little beauty!"

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Bill : The Americans are annoyed that people are calling their league a Mickey Mouse league

Eamo/Giles/Souness : It IS a Mickey Mouse League

JPA

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Why do the British channels feel the need to have foreign players as pundits when they usually have a vocabulary of around 100 english words ?

Adebayor has perfect english really, it's just he speaks too fast and his accent makes it difficult to understand.

Catenaccio!

Des wrote: »

Bill : The Americans are annoyed that people are calling their league a Mickey Mouse league

Eamo/Giles/Souness : It IS a Mickey Mouse League

Yet another league they're commenting on without having a ****ing clue about it.

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Catenaccio! wrote: »

Yet another league they're commenting on without having a ****ing clue about it.

And?

It's entertainment.

If you don't like it, watch something else. Like ITV or BBC. Literally better.

Catenaccio!

Des wrote: »

And?

It's entertainment.

If you don't like it, watch something else. Like ITV or BBC. Literally better.

No, it's not entertaining for me, that's the point. They're meant to be the knowledgeable ones but come across as idiots 99% of the time. They say these things to entertain some simpletons imo.

I'm watching it on ITV atm, and I don't bother with any half time yap.

lordgoat

Souey '... a back 4 made up of waifs and starifs'

wtf?

Catenaccio!

It's a load of wtf tbh. I just turned it on there for two mins, got the usual 'Gerrard and Lampard ain't working' tripe that those guys read on the papers. They must have a list of things that they have to say when England are playing.

Vanbis

Frank Spencer wrote: »

Eamo commenting on a Rooney goal for United: "Get in the net you little beauty!"

Des wrote: »

Bill : The Americans are annoyed that people are calling their league a Mickey Mouse league

Eamo/Giles/Souness : It IS a Mickey Mouse League

lordgoat wrote: »

Souey '... a back 4 made up of waifs and starifs'

wtf?

Lol, quality stuff

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Bill : Carragher's coming on, but for who

Giles : Heskey

Catenaccio!

Came on for King actually.

Vanbis

Des wrote: »

Bill : Carragher's coming on, but for who

Giles : Heskey

Catenaccio! wrote: »

Came on for King actually.

:rolleyes:

Giles on King coming off, must be a knee injury

Blobby George

Dunphy's state of the nation pieces in the Daily Scar are comedy gold.

Frank Spencer

George displaying his superb grasp of geography with this beauty:

"Stuart Holden born in Aberdeen moved to the States as a child but now back in England playing with Bolton Wanderers"

dreamers75

Andy Townsend on ITV "gerrard had a great game" :eek:

JPA

The word courage has made it's debut.

SarahBM

Eamonn setting up John's analysis and admitting that he was embarassed about being wrong about England!

"we'll show it again, if you dont mind lads!!!" - Giles Legend!

razorblunt

Stuck with Aidrian Chiles here, he's an absolute mug, fawning now "we need reassurances from Capello"

Gareth Southgate is pretty good though I have to say, Vieira is ok and Keegan looks dead!!

Mr Jinx

Gile: Just let me finish Bill

Bill: I thought you had finished

Bob_Harris

Giles: What's that term for a transfer of possession in Rugby.

Dunphy: Scrum Half.

Peyton Manning

Dunphy (about the altitude): Im at 5000 feet all the time (baby) !

seadnamac

They are a national treasure. I actaully feel sorry for all those in Britain who have to put up with the mindless sh*te that passes for punditry and analysis over there. Do they actually think the stuff they get is insightful? I love them. May they never retire!

Souness: (silence)

Dunphy: "Let me finish (to Souness)...

Bill: "He didn't interrupt you."

anonymous_joe

The punditry was much more fun than the match.

The English really are shíte at punditry.

Paparazzo

Anyone here Dunphy taking the piss out of Serie A, saying Senderos went to Juve on a free? Funny stuff!

How long before he goes on a rant about the greats?
"Brian Cody, Bill Shankley, Tony McCoy, Matt Busby"

Laois_Man

Have to say. I can't take Souness seriously. When he's here with RTE, he agrees with everyone about how **** England are. When he's over there, he's part of the hype machine about how excellent england are.

How could you respect him.

OPENROAD

seadnamac wrote: »

They are a national treasure. I actaully feel sorry for all those in Britain who have to put up with the mindless sh*te that passes for punditry and analysis over there. Do they actually think the stuff they get is insightful? I love them. May they never retire!

Souness: (silence)

Dunphy: "Let me finish (to Souness)...

Bill: "He didn't interrupt you."

Think I read somewhere that this might be the last world cup for them, is this true?

If so, rtes coverage will see viewing figures drop big time imo

OPENROAD

Laois_Man wrote: »

Have to say. I can't take Souness seriously. When he's here with RTE, he agrees with everyone about how **** England are. When he's over there, he's part of the hype machine about how excellent england are.

How could you respect him.

He stood up for England a bit in fairness.

Re the hype machine, it really is not as big as some are making it out to be, and hey when rte commentate on Ireland games,(leaving out Dunphy) how biased is the commentary

dreamers75

OPENROAD wrote: »

He stood up for England a bit in fairness.

Re the hype machine, it really is not as big as some are making it out to be, and hey when rte commentate on Ireland games,(leaving out Dunphy) how biased is the commentary

Did you watch ITV? England Gerrard and Heskey were brilliant

Mister men

Laois_Man wrote: »

Have to say. I can't take Souness seriously. When he's here with RTE, he agrees with everyone about how **** England are. When he's over there, he's part of the hype machine about how excellent england are.

How could you respect him.

Very good point. Can't stand the man and that comes from a Liverpool fan.

Paparazzo

Laois_Man wrote: »

Have to say. I can't take Souness seriously. When he's here with RTE, he agrees with everyone about how **** England are. When he's over there, he's part of the hype machine about how excellent england are.

How could you respect him.

Someone on the RTE panel contradicts themselves? :eek::eek::eek:

Laois_Man

OPENROAD wrote: »

Think I read somewhere that this might be the last world cup for them, is this true?

If so, rtes coverage will see viewing figures drop big time imo

I'm sure that was someone guessing on the basis of Giles' age and how he's kinda showing it!

I'd say Dunphy's got a few in him still.

Ronnie Whelan. Hope not. Annoying git!

Mister men

OPENROAD wrote: »

He stood up for England a bit in fairness.

Re the hype machine, it really is not as big as some are making it out to be, and hey when rte commentate on Ireland games,(leaving out Dunphy) how biased is the commentary

The idiot on ITV said England where "serious contenders" for the World Cup without a hint of ironing. "Make no mistake" i think he said :eek:. The funny thing is they actually believe it ffs. England have made what one major tournament semi final in the last forty years and yet we have to listen to this ****e every time they are at a major tournament.

OPENROAD

Mister men wrote: »

The idiot on ITV said England where "serious contenders" for the World Cup without a hint of ironing. "Make no mistake" i think he said :eek:. The funny thing is they actually believe it ffs. England have made what one major tournament semi final in the last forty years and yet we have to listen to this ****e every time they are at a major tournament.

Are you a regular poster on this forum?, many Irish posters have said the same, even Eamon Dunphy said the same before the match, John Giles said it during the week also

OPENROAD

Laois_Man wrote: »

I'm sure that was someone guessing on the basis of Giles' age and how he's kinda showing it!

I'd say Dunphy's got a few in him still.

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Hope they are both on for a long time to come, can't imagine coverage without them

JerryHandbag

Is Jimmy Maggee doing any commentary for this World Cup or has he called it a day? Havent heard him yet

Mister men

OPENROAD wrote: »

Are you a regular poster on this forum?, many Irish posters have said the same, even Eamon Dunphy said the same before the match, John Giles said it during the week also

Oh sorry i did'nt realise i had to be a regular poster on this forum to form my own opinion.

seadnamac

OPENROAD wrote: »

Think I read somewhere that this might be the last world cup for them, is this true?

If so, rtes coverage will see viewing figures drop big time imo

Yea it's mentioned in this interview from the Irish Times recently. A fantastic interview, it's well worth a read, some great moments in it.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0605/1224271911320.html

In it,Bill says that he's finished after the 2012 Olympics and John and Eamonn pretty much say they won't stay on without him. It will be a sad, sad day.

OPENROAD

Mister men wrote: »

Oh sorry i did'nt realise i had to be a regular poster on this forum to form my own opinion.

Where did I say you did?

If you read the rest of my post you would have seen that I said many posters on this Forum have said that England could win

Johnny Utah

SarahBM wrote: »

Eamonn setting up John's analysis and admitting that he was embarassed about being wrong about England!

"we'll show it again, if you dont mind lads!!!" - Giles Legend!

(You fogot to mention) ->>>>>>> "No, we don't mind" says Dunphy.

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A few other gems from tonight's performance:


Before tonight's match, Souness stated: "England are playing against a team of........"
Dunphy (the Spainish expert), jumped in quick as a flash: ".... journeymen!" :D:D





Souness: "England are playing like a team in the lower half of the Premier League....."
Dunphy mutters (barely audible): "Bolton Wanderers...... Stoke"





Bill: "Who's Carragher coming on for?"
The Great John Giles: "Heskey!"






John Giles: "What's that thing they call in rugby?"
Dunphy: "Scrum half" :pac:






Eamon: "Let me finish, Graeme."
Graeme: "I didn't say anything"
Eamon: "Let me finish!"

Peyton Manning

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Is Jimmy Maggee doing any commentary for this World Cup or has he called it a day? Havent heard him yet

He's supposed to be. Keep an eye out for him during Slovenia vs Algeria, or Switzerland vs Honduras.

OPENROAD

Can't believe some of the praise Hansen is giving Gerrard, you would never know Hansen played for Liverpool

Johnny Utah

seadnamac wrote: »

They are a national treasure. I actaully feel sorry for all those in Britain who have to put up with the mindless sh*te that passes for punditry and analysis over there. Do they actually think the stuff they get is insightful? I love them. May they never retire!

Souness: (silence)

Dunphy: "Let me finish (to Souness)...

Bill: "He didn't interrupt you."

I fully agree buddy. I actually wrote a lengthy post last year in appreciation of the fantastic work done by the RTE football panel. I think it's worth reposting here now:





http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055556873&page=7

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Great stuff!





I tune in every week to see Bill & Co. and I have to say that they are the best panel of pundits around by a long way. I would much rather watch the RTE boyos than Gary 'jug ears' Lineker, and his pals Jamie Redknapp, Shearer and Anal Hansen with their PC bollox over on the BBC. Uncle Toms who don't have a bad word to say about anybody. As for Andy Gray and SKY- jesus you'd get better 'analysis' on Apres Match. Brown noses the lot of them over there. The RTE lads aren't afraid to tell it like it is, and imo that is an admirable quality, which is rare enough these days, in a world of hyped-up spivel. An awful lot of nonsense is talked about the game, especially in England, where the arse-lickers hype up even the sh1ttest of average players in the already overhyped premiershp. You know, the dross that play for mid-table mediocrity like Bolton, Wigan etc. The 'pundits' (I wouldn't even call them that) though who ply their trade across the water are a sad joke; has Jamie Redknapp ever criticised a player? Ever? And as for Ian Wright, well the best thing I can say about him is that he has a limited vocabulary.


The RTE lads, on the other hand, see right through the hype, the bull$hit, and tell it like it really is. They have the courage and the honesty to speak the truth, and face it, a lot of the time they're right- Ronaldo is a spoilt brat, Benitez is a clown, and Terry Venebles* is a fukcing fraudster (proven in court so no defamation there); and it seems some people throw a hissy fit when the lads speak their mind. Well guess what, the truth hurts, baby!

* One of Dunphy's many hilarious quotes: "He didn't turn up for his first match because he was doing a gig for the BBC's holiday programme."

hahahahahah.....




And that's what you get with the RTE panel; a sense of humour, honesty, integrity, moral courage, and a strong conviction underlying their beliefs. They aren't afraid to upset the establishment and tell it like it is. Cu#ts like Andy Townsend over on ITV just smile, nod, talk sh1te about the game, and are as dry as a nun's gusset too.


Dunphy is pure class though; an articulate and intelligent man who, quite clearly, cares about the game, and isn't afraid to stand up to the tyranny of hype and crap spouted by the mainstream. John Giles, a former great, and a living legend, is truely brilliant and has a deep love for the game he once played so well. I love his ever exuding nonchalance and his straighforward, no-nonsense analysis of a sport that is actually quite simple when you think about it. Then, there's Bill 'oakie doke' O'Herlihy; an accomplished anchor who is simply quite superb in the way he rouses his troops, and stirs up issues of topical interest for the panel to debate. Compare him to Richard 'apeman' Keys [shudders] or satan-lookalike Jim Rosenthal, and you'll soon realise what you're mssing. Honourable mentions, also, to Liam 'Chippy' Brady (temporarily absent with the Ireland gig, but hopefully should be back sometime in the future), and Graeme Souness.

Lads, in all fairness, we're very lucky to have such great pundits on the RTE panel. It'll be a sad day when they retire.








Well done lads, keep up the good work!

OPENROAD

I love Dunphy and co, but we all know when they are critical of our own teams, then we can be very critical of them and are not so full of praise for them, the stick Dunphy got for being critial of Trap during the qualifying campaign immediately springs to mind.

Catenaccio!

Got to disagree with the majority of that tbh. I was of the understanding that a pundit was to be somewhat knowledgeable in the subject matter he is discussing.

Mr.Nice Guy

seadnamac wrote: »

Yea it's mentioned in this interview from the Irish Times recently. A fantastic interview, it's well worth a read, some great moments in it.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0605/1224271911320.html

In it,Bill says that he's finished after the 2012 Olympics and John and Eamonn pretty much say they won't stay on without him. It will be a sad, sad day.

Damn, that's depressing.

OPENROAD

Just listening to Mick McCarthy on MOTD, love his Barnsley brogue