Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

NickD

I have a few points to make.
UGH, this is going to take FOREVER

BPKS

Take that now Joe.

Yakuza

Bah, what's the problem with a kid not watching some Neanderthals thump the living sh1te out of each other a ball?

Lapin

Little Tommy playing out on the road.

Probably playing soccerball too the litte scroat.

snubbleste

45 minutes advertorial:

Mike Guide 69

Exploding and he mentions New York, as if the poor locals had enough of those things!!!

ThisRegard

Yeah Joe, just hang on a bloody sec would ya, d'ya think this is your show or something !!

withless

Uh oh get rid of this guy quick!!!!!!!

snubbleste

Pocatello Idaho

lucylu

snubbleste wrote: »

45 minutes advertorial:

wasted on me ... will not subscribe

Mike Guide 69

If mentions exploding one more time, the FEDs are going be hawling his a** in..ahem!!

bottlebrush

Why don't a few neighbours or family members all club together and pay for a sky sports subscription in one of the houses so that THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE PUB.

Back in 1962, my parents were the first in the neighbourhood to get a television and on all Ireland Sundays all the neighbours called around and watched the matches so THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE PUB.

NickD

withless wrote: »

Uh oh get rid of this guy quick!!!!!!!

As soon as he pauses for a breath and it'll be a bad phone line, cut him off

snubbleste

lucylu wrote: »

wasted on me ... will not subscribe

I don't have a television.
All this is completely bemusing

PauloMN

Gas thing is, I'd say this deal is worth peanuts to the GAA, when compared with the ludicrous amounts of wedge involved in the Sky deal with the Premiership.

ThisRegard

Wow, for once Joe doesn't let an oul dear go off on a mad story that happened 50 years ago, he usually loves those type of things.

Mike Guide 69

"A lovely little story", and Joe cuts her off, only good thing he has done so far...

signostic

ThisRegard wrote: »

While wearing the jerseys and tracksuits.


Today is the epitome of Liveline, outraged people who don't actually know what they're outraged about.

Maybe even protesting.

An Claidheamh

Irish people abroad have been watching GAA matches over the internet for years!

It's patronising to suggest Sky are "bringing GAA to the Irish abroad", or helping the Oirish grow their sport.

JM Skipton

So let me get this straight not one single person in a rural area has Sky Sports? evidence please caller!

lazygal

Stop painting all older people as helpless woman.

Lapin

I'm getting really pissed off now with people in rural areas playing the victim here and saying they can't get SKY Soprts.

Utter bollox.

Dargull

Ah I wanted to hear the story about Gainey and Guiney up on their bikes 50 years ago!!

snubbleste

Joe does not have SkySports

ThisRegard

Again with the stupid old country people. I now realise that the oul bog man from Ireland is not a stereotype perpetuated by Hollywood in the 40s and 50s, but it originated from the Irish themselves and it's still being done today.

signostic

snubbleste wrote: »

Joe does not have SkySports

lets have a whip around

artful_codger

The culchies had no technical difficulties getting Saorview digital boxes, but they know nothing of this Internet thing that has been around for two decades.

ThisRegard

snubbleste wrote: »

Joe does not have SkySports

On the Joe Metre that's a sign he has been hit hard in the recession and can't afford his property tax.

snubbleste

This guy is also a bachelor oap and listening

Mike Guide 69

Lapin wrote: »

I'm getting really pissed off now with people in rural areas playing the victim here and saying they can't get SKY Soprts.

Utter bollox.

Yep and especially the way that one was saying that theres elderly people living in the countryside. To a person outside of our country, must be thinking we have the oldest rural geriatric dwellers in the world!!!!:p

An Claidheamh

While I agree that Sky have got only 14 games. Most of them are not crowd pullers.

But, they have 2 exclusive quarter-finals, if that's going to come back and haunt the GAA from the counties involved in the Sky screened match. (particularly Dublin v Kerry).

Mike Guide 69

signostic wrote: »

lets have a whip around

A whip sounds soooo much better (Joe might even enjoy it)

withless

Joe doesn't have it. But I bet Claddaghgreen Ltd had it installed in his house.

ThisRegard

An Claidheamh wrote: »

if that's going to come back and haunt the GAA from the counties involved in the Sky screened match. (particularly Dublin v Kerry).

Not those in Dublin anyway, it's only people outside the pale that can't Sky Sports apparently.

ThisRegard

You came from the rural Ireland of the 1940s caller, I would certainly hope the GAA are well out of touch of that era by now.

SEPT 23 1989

Old Father Time on Line 1

ThisRegard

Joes going to go to town on Tom, poor Tom doesn't know what he's letting himself in for by going against Joe.

snubbleste

Go on Tom!

and
"yeah well anyway"
he got cut off!

CountyHurler

Imagine you did have Sky, and on quarter final day there's a knock on the door and it's Joe Duffy and the three twins..

ThisRegard

There you go, Joe wouldn't even debate the point with Tom, just makes his usual smart comment before hanging up on him. No surprises there.

An Claidheamh

How many people in Ireland have Sky Sports?

Not Sky! Sky Sports. A few hundred thousand?

JM Skipton

After hearing today's callers I now know that Rural Ireland IS really like this

SEPT 23 1989

Dont watch the ugly game

but i look forward to how professional Sky will present it

ThisRegard

Did he say it's 3 grand for Sky ?!?

scargill

Joe takes a couple of thousand of those license fees.

goose2005

BPKS wrote: »

When I was young only the all Ireland semi finals and finals were on TV. And if I wasn't at them I did watch them religiously.

RTE never bothered thinking that maybe people would want to watch anything other than big-ticket games. TG4 realised this, and it's because of them that we have televised colleges, league, women's, club, etc. games

snubbleste

ThisRegard wrote: »

Did he say it's 3 grand for Sky ?!?

Yep - that's for commercial premises.

PauloMN

Lol, ad for Sky.

snubbleste

A Sky advert!

LandonRicketts

ha! first ad on after the break is for sky!