Second Captains

DrSerious3

Sultan of Bling wrote: »

Ooooooh unlucky son!!!! so close.

If you wete an inter county gaa footballer you'd definitely play for Mayo.

Jayzus dont put that on a Galway man 🀣

Cienciano

DrSerious3 wrote: »

I never comment on this thread but I want to be the 10,000th

I deleted my comment, congratulations :pac:

Sultan of Bling

Cienciano wrote:

I deleted my comment, congratulations

Im going to delete one of my earlier ones also.....purely for spite.

Hotblack Desiato

In before the lock

Arghus

The big 10k.

Say Your Number

This thread was only 165 pages long in February 2017 when they went behind the paywall, after that I thought it would be very quiet in here, certainly didn't see this being locked before the OTB thread, anyway here's to more wonderful nonsense in the next thread.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Really enjoyed the Aussie guy on yesterday, no BS there!
Thought the whole McKenna thing was strange in that they named him straight away, a similar case happened with an Arsenal player last week where they tested positive and then negative a couple days later without them being named publicly.

mcgucc22

Ken talking about Stephen Ireland in today’s podcast is hilarious.

Brock Turnpike

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Really enjoyed the Aussie guy on yesterday, no BS there!
Thought the whole McKenna thing was strange in that they named him straight away, a similar case happened with an Arsenal player last week where they tested positive and then negative a couple days later without them being named publicly.

Never, ever be surprised my the stupidity of a huge number of the Australian population.

Ol' Donie

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Never, ever be surprised my the stupidity of a huge number of the human population.

Haven't even heard that pod, but fixed that for you anyway.

Arghus

I knew Stephen Ireland was a bit crackers, but I didn't realise he was that deluded.

Hotblack Desiato

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Never, ever be surprised my the stupidity of a huge number of the Australian population.

How very dare you, the nation that unleashed the wit and wisdom of Kevin "Bloody" Wilson upon the world.

Youtube "you can't say c*** in Canada" if you're not in the office and the mrs is out of earshot.

Brock Turnpike

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

How very dare you, the nation that unleashed the wit and wisdom of Kevin "Bloody" Wilson upon the world.

Youtube "you can't say c*** in Canada" if you're not in the office and the mrs is out of earshot.

My missus wouldn't have a problem with that tbh.

Beersmith

What a pairing of marcotti and miguel yesterday.

healy1835

Beersmith wrote: »

What a pairing of marcotti and miguel yesterday.

It was fanciful to think we'd heard the last from Marcotti.

EltonJohn69

Marcotri and Early were like two feral cats snarling at each other ! (Claws primed and ready) It is safe to say that juices were flowing !!!

bamayang

kippy wrote: »

The older you get the more you realise watching a football match on TV the more of a complete waste of time it is.
It's meant to be entertainment but the vast majority of football matches are dull.
The more matches you watch the more dull ones you get to see. What's the point after a while?
Much easier talk about the drama, the managers spats, the transfer "speculation" the never ending nonsense that goes on around the PL in particular.

When you are younger and have more time, can have a few pints with a few mates in the pub while you watch, it's a different experience - a side show to life.

My own personal opinion of course.
I get more entertainment from people talking about football and having a laugh than watching it.

This is me. I listen to almost every SC podcast, and I'd say I've watched about 2 full soccer matches in the last 3 years.

Beersmith

bamayang wrote: »

This is me. I listen to almost every SC podcast, and I'd say I've watched about 2 full soccer matches in the last 3 years.

I watch a bit more. The odd champions league game and the international tournaments. Otherwise no as most games are so boring.

Most people i know that big fans watch 'all the games' but don't seem to pay much attend, chatting in the pub or looking at their phones at home.

I do listen to the totally football show to her a bit more analysis of the games that second captains don't go into. Plus they take about the European leagues which SC could cover a tad more I feel, even if just for the stories.

Say Your Number

I do disagree with Murph, I got tired of Klopp's carefully curated "Wacky German" persona a good while ago.

dulpit

Definitely going to miss Isolating, was a great addition and a tonic for the past few months. Hopefully they'll get Doddles back at some point in the future...

dulpit

Definitely going to miss Isolating, was a great addition and a tonic for the past few months. Hopefully they'll get Doddles back at some point in the future...

Ol' Donie

I found myself in the car earlier saying Goooooogle...goooooooogle.....without realising it.

Arghus

Say Your Number wrote: »

I do disagree with Murph, I got tired of Klopp's carefully curated "Wacky German" persona a good while ago.

It was a bit much yesterday. I thought they were going to suggest Klopp could walk on water.

ongarite

dulpit wrote: »

Definitely going to miss Isolating, was a great addition and a tonic for the past few months. Hopefully they'll get Doddles back at some point in the future...

Going to miss it. Hope he does a weekly update on how he sees life in Dublin after 14 weeks on Achill.
The montage at the end was very good. nice work by Mark to put it all together.

thenightman

Jaysus that Marcotti is some pretentious dose. Even the way he was pronouncing the Arsenal players names was cringeworthy.

I have absolutely no idea how Marcotti still finds work. He offers nothing and there’s so much online media now that people should be able to see straight through the pretentiousness.

Ol' Donie

Excellent, I'll just throw the leads on the dogs and grab me headphones for a stroll and a listen to today's tripo...

Ah for f*** sake.

dulpit

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Excellent, I'll just throw the leads on the dogs and grab me headphones for a stroll and a listen to today's tripo...

Ah for f*** sake.

Same. I've gone for a spin with my small fella around the same time each day and have listed to Nobblers. Missed it today.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Great interview with Leon Reid, thought Eoin did a great job. Tough listening at times, amazing he turned out so decent and is happy now.

Obrieski

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Great interview with Leon Reid, thought Eoin did a great job. Tough listening at times, amazing he turned out so decent and is happy now.

A shocking story really, very tough upbringing.
Really shone a light on the work of Marcus Rashford when you hear first hand how he used to walk to school aged 5 or 6 just so he could eat.

Wish him well in his athletics endeavours. Hope he wears the green singlet with pride and distinction

S. Goodspeed

I found some of the recent Shane O’Donnell chat a bit cringy, especially where he described not telling any of his new friends in the US about his glorious hurling past because he didn’t want them to treat him differently.

He does seem genuinely level headed but I can assure you few, if any, people in the US (especially those in Harvard surrounded by Nobel prize winners, Olympic medalists, future Oscar winners etc) give a damn about a lad who won a National championship in an amateur sport they have never heard of.

Hurling is phenomenal and he is a top athlete but his ‘secret’ is not exactly Good Will Hunting-esque...

EltonJohn69

Brave Frank... has fallen.... going to be a rough podcast for Ken tomorrow.

mcgucc22

S. Goodspeed wrote: »

I found some of the recent Shane O’Donnell chat a bit cringy, especially where he described not telling any of his new friends in the US about his glorious hurling past because he didn’t want them to treat him differently.

He does seem genuinely level headed but I can assure you few, if any, people in the US (especially those in Harvard surrounded by Nobel prize winners, Olympic medalists, future Oscar winners etc) give a damn about a lad who won a National championship in an amateur sport they have never heard of.

Hurling is phenomenal and he is a top athlete but his ‘secret’ is not exactly Good Will Hunting-esque...

Jaysus, that's the part of his life that he was keeping hiden from some of his friends? I didn't know who he was but I heard the audio snippet advertising the interview, I thought it was about some athlete coming out as gay or something!

Ol' Donie

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Brave Frank... has fallen.... going to be a rough podcast for Ken tomorrow.

Jesus. I read that and somehow straight away thought of Richie Sadlier's dog. Whatever that's about.

Poor aul Frank.

Brock Turnpike

S. Goodspeed wrote: »

I found some of the recent Shane O’Donnell chat a bit cringy, especially where he described not telling any of his new friends in the US about his glorious hurling past because he didn’t want them to treat him differently.

He does seem genuinely level headed but I can assure you few, if any, people in the US (especially those in Harvard surrounded by Nobel prize winners, Olympic medalists, future Oscar winners etc) give a damn about a lad who won a National championship in an amateur sport they have never heard of.

Hurling is phenomenal and he is a top athlete but his ‘secret’ is not exactly Good Will Hunting-esque...

Am I correct in thinking that they had the same conversation with him previously about not telling his friends about his hurling endeavours? I'm nearly sure they had him on the podcast before and that conversation came up.

ongarite

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Brave Frank... has fallen.... going to be a rough podcast for Ken tomorrow.

Frank seems to be the new punchbag for Ken to be get all worked up on.

Arghus

S. Goodspeed wrote: »

I found some of the recent Shane O’Donnell chat a bit cringy, especially where he described not telling any of his new friends in the US about his glorious hurling past because he didn’t want them to treat him differently.

He does seem genuinely level headed but I can assure you few, if any, people in the US (especially those in Harvard surrounded by Nobel prize winners, Olympic medalists, future Oscar winners etc) give a damn about a lad who won a National championship in an amateur sport they have never heard of.

Hurling is phenomenal and he is a top athlete but his ‘secret’ is not exactly Good Will Hunting-esque...

I don't think he was making it out to be that big of a deal at all. No cringe for me.

I thought the Shane O'Donnell chat was one of the best book chats they've had. You got a sense of the book they were talking about, which rarely happens, and Shane himself was a very articulate and down to earth guest

Ivefoundgod

Arghus wrote: »

I don't think he was making it out to be that big of a deal at all. No cringe for me.

I thought the Shane O'Donnell chat was one of the best book chats they've had. You got a sense of the book they were talking about, which rarely happens, and Shane himself was a very articulate and down to earth guest

Yeah I think the original commenter slightly distorting what he actually said. My takeaway from it was he didn't want people to think of him as a sportsman first and student second or to put it another harsher way, young irish lad in US the stereotype is J1, drinking and a bit of GAA or construction work. Think he wanted to avoid that which is fair enough. He also referenced French lads who clearly wouldn't give a fook one way or the other who he hurled for.

No cringe for me at all and think its very harsh to take that idea that he thought he'd be the big lad or whatever if only people knew about his heroics for Clare, i think its the exact opposite it in fact.

healy1835

I thought the Shane O'Donnell chat was the best book review pod by a distance. He really knew the book inside out and was leading a lot of the conversation as well. My thought afterwards was that I hope they get him back on the podcast in some shape or form in the future as he was a really interesting character.

The stuff about not trumpeting his hurling exploits to his college mates was great. Not every high level sportsperson wants to be defined by that aspect of their lives. I can only the imagine the French guy's face while he tried to take in the footage of a) that crazy 2013 replay and b) the fact that his Irish mate was the star of such an occasion

Beersmith

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

Yeah I think the original commenter slightly distorting what he actually said. My takeaway from it was he didn't want people to think of him as a sportsman first and student second or to put it another harsher way, young irish lad in US the stereotype is J1, drinking and a bit of GAA or construction work. Think he wanted to avoid that which is fair enough. He also referenced French lads who clearly wouldn't give a fook one way or the other who he hurled for.

No cringe for me at all and think its very harsh to take that idea that he thought he'd be the big lad or whatever if only people knew about his heroics for Clare, i think its the exact opposite it in fact.

I think Eoin hyped that part of the secret sporting career up too much the day before. Thought it was weird either way though. I never heard of him and wouldn't be gobsmacked if I found out he won 5 all Ireland's. If he told me as a yank id say good for you. I won a amateur bowling tournaments myself.

elefant

Beersmith wrote: »

I think Eoin hyped that part of the secret sporting career up too much the day before. Thought it was weird either way though. I never heard of him and wouldn't be gobsmacked if I found out he won 5 all Ireland's. If he told me as a yank id say good for you. I won a amateur bowling tournaments myself.

I mean, whatever about his reasons for not wanting to share the other part of his life with new acquaintances, that's a ridiculous false equivalence. This guy is a household name for vast swathes of the country.

Cienciano

ongarite wrote: »

Frank seems to be the new punchbag for Ken to be get all worked up on.

I think Frank Lampard is a bit of an arsehole to be honest. He reminds me of a politician the way he talks. The way his friends in the media cover for him the way they covered for Harry Redknapp probably annoys Ken. So bring on the Frank hate, I love it personally

Beersmith

elefant wrote: »

I mean, whatever about his reasons for not wanting to share the other part of his life with new acquaintances, that's a ridiculous false equivalence. This guy is a household name for vast swathes of the country.

Sure but Americans wouldn't know him just like I don't so I nor they would be star struck or anything like it.

Salvation Tambourine

Cienciano wrote: »

I think Frank Lampard is a bit of an arsehole to be honest. He reminds me of a politician the way he talks.

He has a pattern in his interviews.

Adam Hurrey has a great thread on it

https://twitter.com/FootballCliches/status/539079980391874560

radharc

Beersmith wrote: »

Sure but Americans wouldn't know him just like I don't so I nor they would be star struck or anything like it.

The difference is they could search for him on YouTube and see him starring in front of a crowd of 80,000.

Arghus

On a totally unrelated note, had a look into the off the ball thread in the radio forum... Yikes, it's all got a bit alt-right in there.

Arghus

Beersmith wrote: »

Sure but Americans wouldn't know him just like I don't so I nor they would be star struck or anything like it.

I don't think he was claiming to be a star. Obviously 99% of the people he met in Harvard would have no clue about hurling, but I'm sure that they'd have been interested to know that he was quite well known as a sportsman back in Ireland, famous even, and he'd been the MVP in the finals of a championship played in front of 80,000 people.

Jim Root

Personally, I thought he sounded a bit “up himself” & pretentious, but each his own I suppose.

healy1835

Arghus wrote: »

On a totally unrelated note, had a look into the off the ball thread in the radio forum... Yikes, it's all got a bit alt-right in there.

Some 'interesting' debates going on over there. Definitely not World Service members I'd say

elefant

Jim Root wrote: »

Personally, I thought he sounded a bit “up himself” & pretentious, but each his own I suppose.

As you say, each to his own- I couldn't have come away with more of a different opinion of him!