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Arghus

You wonder will Andy Lee be hurrying back to the studio anytime soon. There could be a few uncomfortable questions.

kippy

Arghus wrote: »

You wonder will Andy Lee be hurrying back to the studio anytime soon. There could be a few uncomfortable questions.

Boxing has a lot of uncomfortable questions to answer and all I see with the sport is it getting further dragged into the mire. One wonders whose ultimate responsibility the running of the sport is and why things have gone this far. Would be a good piece on SC

dulpit

Arghus wrote: »

You wonder will Andy Lee be hurrying back to the studio anytime soon. There could be a few uncomfortable questions.

Was thinking the same today...

Raisins

Arghus wrote: »

You wonder will Andy Lee be hurrying back to the studio anytime soon. There could be a few uncomfortable questions.

The Kinahan involvement is a scandal.

Andy Lee doesn’t seem like the type who’d worry about avoiding the pod for that reason. I wouldn’t say he takes the odd podcast in any way as seriously as he takes boxing.

Brock Turnpike

Raisins wrote: »

The Kinahan involvement is a scandal.

Andy Lee doesn’t seem like the type who’d worry about avoiding the pod for that reason. I wouldn’t say he takes the odd podcast in any way as seriously as he takes boxing.

Well there's definitely an interesting conversation to be had next time he's on...

dr.kenneth noisewater

Raisins wrote: »

The Kinahan involvement is a scandal.

Andy Lee doesn’t seem like the type who’d worry about avoiding the pod for that reason. I wouldn’t say he takes the odd podcast in any way as seriously as he takes boxing.

Cant see Andy appearing on SC or OTB as long as he involved with training Fury. Cant imagine he wants to be talking about DK and its going to have to be brought up if he is on. Its a pity as he's a great contributor to both

kilns

He will brush it off saying nothing to do with him, he is only at the training end of the things, promoters and the money are not in his brief etc etc etc etc

EltonJohn69

Andy lee will definitely be on OFTB... they give out about gambling in sport and still have the “paddy power football hour” ..... I think they can do both Andy Lee and criticism of Kinihan

The Davestator

kilns wrote: »

He will brush it off saying nothing to do with him, he is only at the training end of the things, promoters and the money are not in his brief etc etc etc etc

He'd be right too. It's up to the various police forces and governments to lock Kinahan up.

dulpit

The Davestator wrote: »

He'd be right too. It's up to the various police forces and governments to lock Kinahan up.

But no personal responsibility in who you choose to work with or be associated with?

blackwave

dulpit wrote: »

But no personal responsibility in who you choose to work with or be associated with?

I agree here to a point but mtk have a such a stranglehold on Irish boxing it's hard to avoid them. He should still have to answer awkward questions though and deservedly so.

Aidric

The Davestator wrote: »

He'd be right too. It's up to the various police forces and governments to lock Kinahan up.

Kinahan has bought and sold his way to his current position. To bring him down would require the cooperation of the ME police forces. Unfortunately they are in hock to the dollars that this fight will deliver, marking them out as no different to any major fight promoter of the last 20 years.

Still Ill

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I think Ken needs a chill pill ? The lockdown had done him no favours.... maybe they broadcast a weekly session with Richie ? See what’s at the core of Ken’s RAGE !!! And if it can be soothed.....Otherwise I don’t think contributors will continue to appear on the show.... I know for a fact Marcotti refuses to be on the show with Ken after their last “verbal bust up”

Only got around to listening to the Jonathan Wilson WC66 podcast today. Wow.. I'd be shocked if he ever agrees to speak to Ken again! Maybe they'll just have Eoin speak to him in future? Haha... WTF you talking about?!

thenightman

kilns wrote: »

He will brush it off saying nothing to do with him, he is only at the training end of the things, promoters and the money are not in his brief etc etc etc etc

If the lads were to let him away with such an answer I'd be surprised/disgusted. They wouldn't have Rory Best on to promote his book last year, because he refused to answer questions about the Paddy Jackson trial. No different than letting Lee dodge the question of his indirect connection to murdering, drug pushing scum like Daniel Kinahan.

Beersmith

They and Lee might have to be careful though as these are ultimately unproven crimes right?

dulpit

Beersmith wrote: »

They and Lee might have to be careful though as these are ultimately unproven crimes right?

The gardai have given evidence in the high court that Kinehan is the leader of the Kinehan Cartel, so I think they're on solid ground to report on that element.

kilns

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Andy lee will definitely be on OFTB... they give out about gambling in sport and still have the “paddy power football hour” ..... I think they can do both Andy Lee and criticism of Kinihan

OFTB is a joke of a show nowadays, theyd do anything to bring listeners in. I just saw they are doing their Mount Rushmore of every county came to Kilkenny and didnt put Cody or Shefflin in but put in a rugby player from the 70s/80s, horse trainer and camoige player, clickbait of the highest order.

Sorry this is a SC thread

kilns

thenightman wrote: »

If the lads were to let him away with such an answer I'd be surprised/disgusted. They wouldn't have Rory Best on to promote his book last year, because he refused to answer questions about the Paddy Jackson trial. No different than letting Lee dodge the question of his indirect connection to murdering, drug pushing scum like Daniel Kinahan.

Andy is a "friend of the show" for a long long time, Best isnt.

But I wouldnt expect them to let him off lightly but I expect it would be brushed off by Lee, from his point of view if he continues to work with Fury he doesnt want to say anything thats going to piss off a very dangerous man

applehunter

applehunter

Andy Lee advocated for abortion in Ireland.

The guy has no ability to make any moral judgment

Stephen A Smith

applehunter wrote: »

Andy Lee advocated for abortion in Ireland.

The guy has no ability to make any moral judgment

Along with the majority of the population?

Weird post. Extremely weird thing to post about.

Arghus

applehunter wrote: »

Andy Lee advocated for abortion in Ireland.

The guy has no ability to make any moral judgment

Sure, lookit, you're entitled to your absolutely daft opinion.

Hippo

Maybe it's a lockdown thing, but the amount of times Murph says "y'know" in a Ger Gilroy-length question is beginning to get to me.

Cienciano

I hope DOD keeps a weekly or twice weekly podcast up, even on it's own feed. Going to miss it when it's gone. It's great having a short funny podcast to listen to.

Beersmith

Got tired of the DOD pod now and stopped listening the last two weeks. It got very repetitive. 5 times a week is a lot

RedRochey

Think the DOD podcast was better when it was just him rambling away, there's too many specific segments now

dulpit

Cienciano wrote: »

I hope DOD keeps a weekly or twice weekly podcast up, even on it's own feed. Going to miss it when it's gone. It's great having a short funny podcast to listen to.

I was going to say this too. He's being very clear that he's going to stop dead on 29th June, but if comedy clubs can't open up properly maybe he'd keep going in some manner? Or launch his own independent one?

Cienciano

RedRochey wrote: »

Think the DOD podcast was better when it was just him rambling away, there's too many specific segments now

I like the segments. Say My Name is great!

Cienciano

dulpit wrote: »

I was going to say this too. He's being very clear that he's going to stop dead on 29th June, but if comedy clubs can't open up properly maybe he'd keep going in some manner? Or launch his own independent one?

If he did it'd be independent I reckon. Twice a week at 20 minutes would suit it.

RedRochey

Cienciano wrote: »

I like the segments. Say My Name is great!

Oh don't get me wrong, some of the segments are good, but sometimes I find DOD just going from segment to segment to fill up the pod even though his best stuff is when he's just waffling away

Brock Turnpike

RedRochey wrote: »

Oh don't get me wrong, some of the segments are good, but sometimes I find DOD just going from segment to segment to fill up the pod even though his best stuff is when he's just waffling away

Well his pod is driven by the emails and tweets he receives. He then goes off on tangents and/or relates a story of his to what has been sent in to him. Difficult for him to produce something daily that is fully original.

ongarite

Can't wait for tomorrow's football report on sport special on David Luiz. Should be a cracker.

Beersmith

It was a good show. (no Miguel D helped)

Salvation Tambourine

Beersmith wrote: »

It was a good show. (no Miguel D helped)

Cheap shot! Cheap shot!!

NeftDaslari

Nokotan wrote: »

Cheap shot! Cheap shot!!

Go back to lecturing! You have the charisma of a sick bag!

Arghus

No, not you, me.

Loafing Oaf

Boards doesn't normally allow stuff to be posted by scum around the country:P

radharc

And that's only Pat Kenny's second greatest line in the audio beds. It still cracks me up whenever I hear him complaining about the modern players when he would have been well able to play two games of squash in three days.... with Ken grunting noncommittally alongside

Hippo

ongarite wrote: »

Can't wait for tomorrow's football report on sport special on David Luiz. Should be a cracker.

In fairness he put up a pretty spirited defence!

I'm ducking out of today's effort, George Hamilton is not a wonderful commentator and I'm at a loss to understand their apparent adoration.

healy1835

Hippo wrote: »

In fairness he put up a pretty spirited defence!

I'm ducking out of today's effort, George Hamilton is not a wonderful commentator and I'm at a loss to understand their apparent adoration.

The public's adoration for George has very little to do with his skills as a commentator. He's an institution. All of our best (and worst) memories as Ireland fans during those halcyon years are directly associated with him. He was part of it. I never thought he was great but at the same time I never wanted anyone else commentating on the games. If anything his mistakes were endearing; the Baggio brothers, his insistence of using Goodnight Vienna in every game for about 2 years after Ireland went down to Peter Stogers hat trick in the Euro 96 qualifiers, 'close, but no banana!' to just name a few.
And he's a gentleman to boot.

dr.kenneth noisewater

I enjoy George on Ireland games as you can tell he's invested in the team doing well. But he's terrible on CL games and on other sports he's very hit and miss. I enjoyed the chat anyways, didnt relise he had no co-comm at Italia 90

Cienciano

NeftDaslari wrote: »

Go back to lecturing! You have the charisma of a sick bag!

That's probably the one audio bit I laugh at every time. "Oh god...."

Blanco100

radharc wrote: »

And that's only Pat Kenny's second greatest line in the audio beds. It still cracks me up whenever I hear him complaining about the modern players when he would have been well able to play two games of squash in three days.... with Ken grunting noncommittally alongside

i've got to hear that!

Arghus

Think George is great, I don't understand how people don't like him. I don't know really what there is to dislike. He gets a name wrong here and there, so what.

Loafing Oaf

healy1835 wrote: »

the Baggio brothers,

who are not of course related...

Ol' Donie

Arghus wrote: »

Think George is great, I don't understand how people don't like him. I don't know really what there is to dislike. He gets a name wrong here and there, so what.

Nothin but love for George. We'd be listening to him right now on the Euros if it weren't for corona bullshìt.

Say Your Number

Arghus wrote: »

Think George is great, I don't understand how people don't like him. I don't know really what there is to dislike. He gets a name wrong here and there, so what.

The same humourless crowd who would always give out about RTE panel, and would rather some lad saying 'He has a 73 percent pass completion percentage when the sun is facing West and they are wearing their away kit' or some boring crap like that.

Ken's defense of the indefensible was impressive, I wish I had some as blindly loyal as that in my life.

dulpit

Say Your Number wrote: »

The same humourless crowd who would always give out about RTE panel, and would rather some lad saying 'He has a 73 percent pass completion percentage when the sun is facing West and they are wearing their away kit' or some boring crap like that.

A few of my friends would have the opinion that you should always watch football on Sky (or basically any non-RTÉ option), which grinds my gears. Same when you're in a pub and they show the Sky or BBC/ITV option over the RTÉ one (if possible) - not on. :mad:

Ol' Donie

dulpit wrote: »

A few of my friends would have the opinion that you should always watch football on Sky (or basically any non-RTÉ option), which grinds my gears. Same when you're in a pub and they show the Sky or BBC/ITV option over the RTÉ one (if possible) - not on. :mad:

Wow. Your friends are totally wrong. Literally exactly the opposite of right.

dulpit

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Wow. Your friends are totally wrong. Literally exactly the opposite of right.

I agree 100% with you.