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Whelan fires back at Dunphy.

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  • #102
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    eagle eye wrote: »
    So you have inside knowledge on Hughes' plans for Whelan? No chance that he has been carrying a knock since the first game of the season being the reason for his two substitute appearances?

    Lets see how often he plays. My prediction is that he'll be in the Championship in the Jan transfer window.


  • #103
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    Will S.Ireland be replacing Whelan at Stoke?

    probably - ability wise Ireland is a much more talented player , but Whelan has a lot more application - a combination of the 2 would be nice.


  • #104
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    He played a lot under Pulis, who was known for his, shall we say, agricultural style. He's played 94 mins in 3 games under Hughes. He's being phased out as Hughes gets rid of the cloggers that Pulis had in his team.

    which is more than Hoolahan has at Norwich:confused:


  • #105
    djPSB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭djPSB


    Dunphy is an entertainer. His football knowledge is next to nil.


  • #106
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    naughtb4 wrote: »
    which is more than Hoolahan has at Norwich:confused:

    Whats that got to do with anything in thread called "Whelan fires back at Dunphy"? :confused::confused::confused:

    Plus, its 4 minutes more.


  • #107
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    djPSB wrote: »
    Dunphy is an entertainer. His football knowledge is next to nil.

    he is an entertainer ,a great journalist and author and also is very knowledeable about the game - yeah he is prone to exaggeration - but admits his playing abilities were limited , ala Whelan , but still like Whelan he was good eneogh to be a regular international.


  • #108
    djPSB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭djPSB


    thebaz wrote: »
    he is an entertainer ,a great journalist and author and also is very knowledeable about the game - yeah he is prone to exaggeration - but admits his playing abilities were limited , ala Whelan , but still like Whelan he was good eneogh to be a regular international.

    His journalism is appalling.

    A two year old would write the stuff he comes out with.


  • #109
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,720 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    djPSB wrote: »
    His journalism is appalling.

    A two year old would write the stuff he comes out with.

    yeah right , he has written one of the best books on professional football , easy to snigger online


  • #110
    gosplan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,828 ✭✭✭gosplan


    I really hate the Irish panel.

    I can't bring myself to watch the sad formulaic trash that's passed off as a lively debate anymore.

    Any time I do tune in I'm cringing so much within a few seconds that I have to switch over.

    It's football for the ignorant masses and anyone that thinks there's anything of value to it doesn't have a clue.

    Souness had Dunphy pegged immediately when he was on it and called him out as being full of it. He messed with the script though so they ditched him.

    Now you just get Bill setting up a Junior Cert standard debate between Dunphy and Brady. It's awful awful stuff.


  • #111
    Paul Tergat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,772 ✭✭✭✭Paul Tergat


    gosplan wrote: »
    I really hate the Irish panel.

    I can't bring myself to watch the sad formulaic trash that's passed off as a lively debate anymore.

    Any time I do tune in I'm cringing so much within a few seconds that I have to switch over.

    It's football for the ignorant masses and anyone that thinks there's anything of value to it doesn't have a clue.

    Souness had Dunphy pegged immediately when he was on it and called him out as being full of it. He messed with the script though so they ditched him.

    Now you just get Bill setting up a Junior Cert standard debate between Dunphy and Brady. It's awful awful stuff.

    Spot on with this.

    Its ridiculous people even give it the time of day and when its brought up the standard response is well English tv pundits are boring and sit on the fence. This maybe so but it doesnt justify having these lads as 'experts'.


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  • #112
    devotional1993
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    thebaz wrote: »
    he is an entertainer ,a great journalist and author and also is very knowledeable about the game - yeah he is prone to exaggeration - but admits his playing abilities were limited , ala Whelan , but still like Whelan he was good eneogh to be a regular international.

    Correct up to knowledeable about the game


    Truth is for too long Dunphy has had a free run with his big gob and Bill lets him. Souness was a breath of fresh air. Gilsey was a disgrace the other night too. The abuse Paul Green got was nasty.


  • #113
    wonga77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭wonga77


    The way they all had a collective snigger about Green was cringeworthy and childish, I actually though the lad did well and deserved his motm award.
    Who was the guy that they heavily criticised a few years back, during the Stan years i think, he played for Leeds at the time. Am I right in saying they apologised to him and his family afterwards? My mind is gone blank on the name...


  • #114
    devotional1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 586 ✭✭✭devotional1993


    wonga77 wrote: »
    The way they all had a collective snigger about Green was cringeworthy and childish, I actually though the lad did well and deserved his motm award.
    Who was the guy that they heavily criticised a few years back, during the Stan years i think, he played for Leeds at the time. Am I right in saying they apologised to him and his family afterwards? My mind is gone blank on the name...


    Bang on

    Was Jonathon Douglas


  • #115
    born2bwild
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭born2bwild


    gosplan wrote: »
    I really hate the Irish panel.

    I can't bring myself to watch the sad formulaic trash that's passed off as a lively debate anymore.

    Any time I do tune in I'm cringing so much within a few seconds that I have to switch over.

    It's football for the ignorant masses and anyone that thinks there's anything of value to it doesn't have a clue.

    Souness had Dunphy pegged immediately when he was on it and called him out as being full of it. He messed with the script though so they ditched him.

    Now you just get Bill setting up a Junior Cert standard debate between Dunphy and Brady. It's awful awful stuff.
    I think they ditched Souness because he said that Torres 'raped' Vidic live on TV.


  • #116
    fozz10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭fozz10


    anyone who thinks glenn whelan is a decent footballer is deluded. the comments were over the top but hes complete rubbish.if we had not such a negative coach who wanted limited work horses to limit conceding rather then creating he would of had about 5 caps. its reality


  • #117
    simongurnick
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    daRobot wrote: »
    Regardless of what he said about Whelan, Dunphy initially claiming Del Bosque was on 50k and then 100k was laughably uninformed as a self proclaimed Spanish football expert.

    Also having a dig at Trap for not bringing McCarthy to the Euro's. Someone mentioned McCarthy pulled out and Dunphy responds "sure he could have convinced him!"
    Ridiculous stuff and don't get me started on the Hoolihan is the messiah ****e from him either!


  • #118
    wonderfullife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭wonderfullife


    gosplan wrote: »
    I really hate the Irish panel.

    I can't bring myself to watch the sad formulaic trash that's passed off as a lively debate anymore.

    Any time I do tune in I'm cringing so much within a few seconds that I have to switch over.

    It's football for the ignorant masses and anyone that thinks there's anything of value to it doesn't have a clue.

    Souness had Dunphy pegged immediately when he was on it and called him out as being full of it. He messed with the script though so they ditched him.

    Now you just get Bill setting up a Junior Cert standard debate between Dunphy and Brady. It's awful awful stuff.

    The difference between now and say even 5 years ago is that The RTE Panel, the Trinity of Giles, Brady, Dunphy under God O' Herlihily - they used to compete in an era where if you turned on BBC you had Hansen, Shearer and Lawro, you turned on Sky for Keys and Gray.........and it was all so sychophantic, palsy-walsy, boring stuff that our panel actually looked a) entertaining and b) like a debate.

    However now we've the likes of Carra+Neville, Keane+Dixon etc and not only is there a bit more entertainment elsewhere but the standard of analysis is far better. Even Keane+Dixon don't talk too much sh1te.

    So in comparison our panel looks less entertaining and infinitely stupider.

    Still love them though!! No offence to Richie Sadlier but i'd miss the boys if we got 3 or 4 good pundits like Richie on the show who actually know their stuff!!!!
    thebaz wrote: »
    yeah right , he has written one of the best books on professional football , easy to snigger online
    Can't be understated what a terrific book that is. Read it many times never gets old and is superbly written.

    Whoever claims he is a rubbish journalist is talking through their hats. His writing, use of language etc is incredibly good. If people are slating him for his content & opinions, that's different, but his raw skills as a journalist are excellent.


  • #119
    tdv123
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    He's a terrible player. I can't remember the last time such a crap Irish midfielder got picked on such regular basis.

    Dunphys comments were easy on him if anything he should have stuck it to him harder.


  • #120
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    simongurnick wrote: »
    Also having a dig at Trap for not bringing McCarthy to the Euro's. Someone mentioned McCarthy pulled out and Dunphy responds "sure he could have convinced him!"
    Ridiculous stuff and don't get me started on the Hoolihan is the messiah ****e from him either!

    That would be JamescCarthy, who asked that if he wasn't going to be playing, could he stay at home with his sick dad. If he had of been a regular, or had a chance of starting, he would have travelled. He said as much.


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  • #121
    5live
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    I can confirm that Dunphys statements the last night and resultant controversy were in no way linked to the release of his new autobiography!

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dunphy-to-reap-430k-after-firm-wound-up-29578760.html.


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