World Cup 2014 - as seen on TV (commentary, pundits, adverts, the whole shebang)

SarahBM

Apres Match was gas!

sigmundv

SarahBM wrote: »

Apres Match was gas!

The one this evening was a re-run, but very good all the same. Well worth the re-run.

wonga77

Ray houghton
"little stepover,just hit the target hit the target"

F uck off ray

Lightbulb Sun

Is there anyone else who can't stand that McDonalds ad on during every ad break? Drives me insane.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Lightbulb Sun wrote: »

Is there anyone else who can't stand that McDonalds ad on during every ad break? Drives me insane.

Which one?

Lightbulb Sun

MrMac84 wrote: »

Which one?

I've only noticed one. It's individual shots of people eating McDonalds, it's mainly the music that irritates me.

NIMAN

Every advert during the WC grates on you after you've seen it for the 1000th time.

The Hyundai one is the worst.
Casillas and Kaka, 2 failures, plus Oscar. Could they not have got any big names?

Casillas "Get in, anyone need a lift to Madrid"
Kaka "Get in, anyone need a lift to the Brazil sub's bench".

Gbear

NIMAN wrote: »

Every advert during the WC grates on you after you've seen it for the 1000th time.

The Hyundai one is the worst.
Casillas and Kaka, 2 failures, plus Oscar. Could they not have got any big names?

Casillas "Get in, anyone need a lift to Madrid"
Kaka "Get in, anyone need a lift to the Brazil sub's bench".

Casillas: "Get een!"
Kaka: "Get een!"
Oscar: "GREUGH RE!"

bmcc10

NIMAN wrote: »

Every advert during the WC grates on you after you've seen it for the 1000th time.

The Hyundai one is the worst.
Casillas and Kaka, 2 failures, plus Oscar. Could they not have got any big names?

Casillas "Get in, anyone need a lift to Madrid"
Kaka "Get in, anyone need a lift to the Brazil sub's bench".

Awful ad it is, Nearly as bad as calling Casillas a failure.

SarahBM

Ray Houghton is so negative, even when something good happens he finds a way to criticize it, always saying, oh he should have done this or that. Jesus, shut up an stop second guessing every single play of the ball!!!

Sorry. Rant over. Well done Costa Rica

dundalkfc10

NIMAN wrote: »

Every advert during the WC grates on you after you've seen it for the 1000th time.

The Hyundai one is the worst.
Casillas and Kaka, 2 failures, plus Oscar. Could they not have got any big names?

Casillas "Get in, anyone need a lift to Madrid"
Kaka "Get in, anyone need a lift to the Brazil sub's bench".

Did you just call Casillas a failure? Every goalkeeper from last 20 years must be a failure too

patmac

The melting Gerrard lucozade ad shown during the water break as well as other ad breaks is just embarrassing at this stage.

Looper007

patmac wrote: »

The melting Gerrard lucozade ad shown during the water break as well as other ad breaks is just embarrassing at this stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhvp-iYR3s

Why can't they make them like this anymore, even Cantona was cool as sh*t in this.

uggybear

Looks like Stephan Alkin forgot to turn off the location on his phone which says "from Dublin City" in all of his tweets: http://twitter.com/stephenalkin/status/483560546755964928

y0ssar1an22

Maybe I'm missing something here but why is the Gooch on the RTE pre-match show?

Lightbulb Sun

Colm "The Gooch" Cooper is a pundit on RTE now.

tastyt

He actually seems like he is pretty knowledgeable. Interesting to hear his views anyway

tastyt

He actually seems like he is pretty knowledgeable. Interesting to hear his views anyway

tastyt

He actually seems like he is pretty knowledgeable. Interesting to hear his views anyway

iDave

Jesus have RTE ran out of actual soccer pundits or whats the story. When will they have BOD on.

Dont be at yourself

Maybe they can get the bauld Bertie back in again?

lassykk

Looper007 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhvp-iYR3s

Why can't they make them like this anymore, even Cantona was cool as sh*t in this.

Maybe I'm too young to remember it but was this actually on TV during normal broadcast hours? Would have scared the bejesus out of me as a kid!

Looper007

lassykk wrote: »

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it was but with the Ian Wright headbutt taken out. It's such a cool ad though, can't imagine it been the same today as Cantona was a enigma. Nothing like that around today.

Laois_Man

The South Korean team got pelted with toffee's at the airport while standing for press photographs after their arrival home from Brazil.

Having toffee's thrown at you is apparently a major insult in Korean custom

Looper007

Laois_Man wrote: »

The South Korean team got pelted with toffee's at the airport while standing for press photographs after their arrival home from Brazil.

Having toffee's thrown at you is apparently a major insult in Korean custom

What were the Korean public expecting? Another Semi Final, pretty bad behaviour really.

Invertpyramid

A good thing that's not an English custom....Wayne Rooney would be snapped stuffing them all into his pockets

Pdoghue

Stephen Alkin thinks Italy won the 94 World Cup.

wonga77

Kerr just gave the ultimate kiss of death there to the nigerian keeper!

Adamocovic

I'm sure the video of Dunphy talking about Argentina and giving out about "Lorenzo" (a player who he made up) has been talked about. I'll post it still just for those who haven't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8pWH-h69nE

But my god to think he gets paid for this analysis. He sounds like a someone who's scuttered drunk in a pub ranting about football and mixing up all the names. Can't seem to accept that not everyone agrees with his opinions too.

Some of the pundits/commentators don't do a lick of research and are making good money. Lawrenson didn't even know who was playing who in one of the games a while back! He had to ask! Is it so much to ask pundits to do some research? In fairness some do but not a lot, Kilbane is surprisingly one of the only I know of that knows about the players and their club performances from the last year.

SarahBM

janny mack the evil eyes Kenny (or should I say Ken) is giving Richie there....... if looks could kill

PD Matuidi should have got a Red for that tackle!

YFlyer

SarahBM wrote: »

janny mack the evil eyes Kenny (or should I say Ken) is giving Richie there....... if looks could kill

PD Matuidi should have got a Red for that tackle!

Haha I seen that when Richie laughed that he had those type of days.

Dempsey

Your ankle is half way up your shin according to Ritchie!

Legwinski

Cunningham talking garbage imo

Turtwig

Kenny that's not a red.

Face palm.

Agent Coulson

I'd get a red card not a yellow if I said what I thought of Kenny Cunningham acting like a....... right now

obezyana

Great fight on RTE, Cunningham is some fool.

Turtwig

Dempsey wrote: »

Your ankle is half way up your shin according to Ritchie!

Think he misspoke through error impulse. Where two or more things are caught in your brain at once.

It contradicted what he had said at least twice.

Deco99

Adamocovic wrote: »

Some of the pundits/commentators don't do a lick of research and are making good money. Lawrenson didn't even know who was playing who in one of the games a while back! He had to ask! Is it so much to ask pundits to do some research? In fairness some do but not a lot, Kilbane is surprisingly one of the only I know of that knows about the players and their club performances from the last year.

Kerr has been excellent with his knowledge, although pronouncing player names is not his forte

Howjoe1

Cunningham has become a laughing stock. Time for RTE to ditch him.

sigmundv

Kenny Cunningham is arguing with someone every time he's on. I'd say the RTÉ doesn't mind as it is some form of entertainment, albeit rather cringeworthy.

take everything

Chiellini:
Lolol.
GTFO

marno21

Bridge93 wrote: »

Anyone know the song that RTE use in the ad that they have for the competition to win a trip away or something? Sounds kind of dancy, quite catchy.

Not sure if this was replied to, it's Royskopp & Robyn - Do It Again

take everything

marno21 wrote: »

Not sure if this was replied to, it's Royskopp & Robyn - Do It Again

FWIW, soundhound is great for that stuff.

Neeson

Brad Friedel scheduled to be on with Bill later.

Davei141

Neeson wrote: »

Brad Friedel scheduled to be on with Bill later.

He is great to listen to.

SarahBM

cant wait to see Brad, Im sure Apres Match will have fun with him too!

corny

Is Bill O' Herlihy aware that Luis Suarez plays for Liverpool. The tone of every one of his questions is that Suarez plays for Barcelona.

Normally not ageist but its about time he's retiring.

Adamocovic

Hoddle on the ITV accidentally calling Algeria, Al Jazeera. Have to say that made me laugh way too much.

"The problem with Al Jazeera now.."

Cleared it up straight away but still found it funny. Somewhere an Al Jazeera reporter was momentarily insulted :P

GLaDOS

Enjoying Friedel's analysis so far

Diabhal Beag

Friedel pronouncing Schweinsteiger could sooth a stupid spoilt child to sleep.