Euro 2012 RTE Panel Watch

Renn

Casino.

Jimmy Iovine

Brian called it right. To the right of the keeper.

Skid

Everytime Stephen Alkin says 'Chiellini' it sounds like he is saying 'Cian Healy'.

monkey9

Like this tournament, the RTE panel just keep delivering!! The metaphysics comment was brilliant! And then the discussion about hoodoo's! Dunphy goes "Johnny said to me once in a private conversation...." and you could see Giles sit forward thinking "ah here, what's Dunphy gonna come out with here!!" Great start to the day!!

Mr.Crinklewood

74% of the Irish Public are drunk.

Mars Bar

Bill's face said everything he thought about that poll really!

kitakyushu

74% think we'll get a result against Spain. I feel a lot better now.

Pudsy33

Get those eejits off my tv!

kitakyushu

Good to see a couple of consistent Irish failures just to get us in the right mood for tonight.

Skid

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

74% of the Irish Public are drunk.

I like Bill's shrug of the shoulders when he read that one out.

theoneeyedman

These social media polls and fcukin jerseys.....wtf next????
Btw is there anything those twats are not OMG soooooo xcited about ?

desaparecidos

Mars Bar wrote: »

Bill's face said everything he thought about that poll really!

There's only three possible outcomes to any 90min match.

The poll asked can Ireland get a result, well yes they can.

kitakyushu

I always thought Bilbo figured he was being watched by a shower of eejits, but he never realised the extent until this poll thing started.

Pudsy33

Brian Kerr just said Muka Lodric

BaZmO*

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

74% of the Irish Public are drunk.

The way the polls have been worded is stupid.

"Can Ireland beat Croatia?"

"Can Ireland get a positive result tonight?"

The answer will always be yes they can, in all probability they won't, but they "can" of course

Bill's face was priceless though.

Jayob10

kitakyushu wrote: »

74% think we'll get a result against Spain. I feel a lot better now.

74% will want Trap sacked come 9.30pm tonight.

Possibly even by 8.30pm :rolleyes:

Skid

That Social Media Poll nonsense reminds me of USA 1994, where the RTE Panel were joined by about 15 people sitting in a mocked up stand after the matches.

This forum included a few knowledgable football heads, but it also has people who knew nothing about the game. Probably a vain attempt to appeal to non Football fans (who have no place watching post match analysis IMO)

A sample exchange:

Bill says to a woman "Mary, what did you think of Mexico tonight?"

Mary "Ah, I don't know but the Goalie's jersey was lovely"

Thankfully, the Forum was dumped and never tried again.

Sergio

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Brian Kerr just said Muka Lodric

Brian kerr is probably drunk. I cant stand listening to him commentating as hes an arrogant p***k!

Renn

Yeah clearly RTE have really progressed.

BaZmO*

Skid wrote: »

Thankfully, the Forum was dumped and never tried again.

Nah, I think it became the Boards.ie Soccer Forum

Kamjana

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Get those eejits off my tv!

theoneeyedman wrote: »

These social media polls and fcukin jerseys.....wtf next????
Btw is there anything those twats are not OMG soooooo xcited about ?

kitakyushu wrote: »

I always thought Bilbo figured he was being watched by a shower of eejits, but he never realised the extent until this poll thing started.

Sergio wrote: »

Brian kerr is probably drunk. I cant stand listening to him commentating as hes an arrogant p***k!

Have you all lost the remote control or something,dont like it then changed the channel,simple as.

ben.schlomo

Kamjana wrote: »

Have you all lost the remote control or something,dont like it then changed the channel,simple as.

Thats what ive done, nobod should be putting up with the likes of Alkin, Canning, Collins, Kerr commentating on games, they are woefully bad, names wrong all over the shop. They even make Mark Bright sound intelligent on the Beeb.

~Rebel~

"Certainly Trappatoni likes Cox" - Kerr.

Lol.

Dcully

Agreed about Kerr,he's a Total dick.Thankfully bbc are covering Italy v Croatia too, can't stand listening to kerr

Skid

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Thats what ive done, nobod should be putting up with the likes of Alkin, Canning, Collins, Kerr commentating on games, they are woefully bad, names wrong all over the shop. They even make Mark Bright sound intelligent on the Beeb.

Nobody will ever make Mark Bright sound like a good co-commentator.

Kerr is doing alright.

BigBrownBear

Sergio wrote: »

Brian kerr is probably drunk. I cant stand listening to him commentating as hes an arrogant p***k!

He's many things but arrogant isn't one of them.
Quite a humble man actually

copacetic

Skid wrote: »

Nobody will ever make Mark Bright sound like a good co-commentator.

Kerr is doing alright.

He let us down a bit by not calling Croatia goal in advance, went to sleep there.

Pudsy33

"Looks like he kneed him with his arm" BBC commentator

Sergio

BigBrownBear wrote: »

He's many things but arrogant isn't one of them.
Quite a humble man actually

So you know him well do you?????I had a personal bad experience with the man and trust me hes far from humble!!!

wonga77

Strange comment by Alkin there referring to Eduardo as "the little Brazillian"

Samich

Eduardo is a little Brazilian now according to Stephen Alkin

kitakyushu

Samich wrote: »

Eduardo is a little Brazilian now according to Stephen Alkin

As opposed to the big Brazilian in the Italy team.

BKC

wonga77 wrote: »

Strange comment by Alkin there referring to Eduardo as "the little Brazillian"

Samich wrote: »

Eduardo is a little Brazilian now according to Stephen Alkin

Eduardo is Brazilian born lads.

Jimmy Iovine

wonga77 wrote: »

Strange comment by Alkin there referring to Eduardo as "the little Brazillian"

Well he's little and he's Brazilian. Not sure what's so strange.

kitakyushu

Croatia keep their "80 year" undefeated streak intact.

desaparecidos

Spain will only have 3 points if they beat Croatia, interesting maths by Dunphy.

wonga77

I know he's born in Brazil but unusual to hear it phrased the way it was. The same way it would be strange if they referred to Cox as an englishman

fullstop

How on earth does Dunphy work that out as a good result for us? We're as good as out now unless we win tonight.

Samich

BKC wrote: »

Eduardo is Brazilian born lads.

Plays for Croatia, which in my reckoning, makes him Croatian

Samich

Dunphy says Cox shouldn't play in midfield because he's not a midfield player, yet says he's picked because of his mobility. Contradiction at its finest

cyrusdvirus

fullstop wrote: »

How on earth does Dunphy work that out as a good result for us? We're as good as out now unless we win tonight.

If Croatia had won, then no matter what the results in our last 2 games, if Spain won their last game against Croatia then both of them would go through.

At least this way it's still partially in our hands.

Jimmy Iovine

I've heard of "must win matches". I've never heard of a "mustn't lose match" though. Bill as cutting edge and innovative as ever.

fullstop

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I've heard of "must win matches". I've never heard of a "Mustn't lose match" though. Bill as cutting edge and innovative as ever.

Have you not

Jimmy Iovine

fullstop wrote: »

Have you not

Of course I have. It was a joke. Never heard it really being mentioned by a commentator or someone else.

kitakyushu

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I've heard of "must win matches". I've never heard of a "mustn't lose match" though. Bill as cutting edge and innovative as ever.

Fairly common. Liverpool even had a "must not lose by too much match" once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_0%E2%80%932_Arsenal_(26_May_1989)

blinding

The Spanish may be distracted as they check out the rumours about a long Cox !:p

Mr.Crinklewood

blinding wrote: »

The Spanish may be distracted as they check out the rumours about a long Cox !:p

Playing in the hole.

Hank Scorpio

lol that was funny poor Billo

Mr.Crinklewood

Christ, Mario Rostenstock has let himself go.

cyrusdvirus

That girl waving the flag was nice.