World Cup Punditry Gold 2014

Slicemeister

21.58 Peter Collins- The only thing Algeria haven't done yet is .......*pause as he realizes the nonce he's gonna show himself up to be again, carries on regardless* score a goal. That counts.

Dope.

Cantstandsya

Get rid of this Friedal guy, this is RTE football punditry, no place for professionalism and competence. You're ruining the laid back buddy vibe for the lads...

murpho999

Enjoying Friedel's analysis. I think the RTE set-up an questioning getting more out of him then the BBC does,

A Dub in Glasgo

'I know all teams work on set pieces on the training ground but that was from the playground'

Ulysses Gaze

Cantstandsya wrote: »

Get rid of this Friedal guy, this is RTE football punditry, no place for professionalism and competence. You're ruining the laid back buddy vibe for the lads...

Really hope they have Friedel on the panel with Dunphy. Would really show up how little Amoan knows.

OldMrBrennan83

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Say Your Number

Liked Brads piece on goalkeeping

Ed Winchester

Brad rocks!

Excellent pundit.

Al Capwned

Keep Friedel.

To hear a goalkeeper talking about goalkeeping is refreshing, rather than the usual suspects just saying "Ah he should have scored, Bill"

Neil3030

Lots of positive feedback for big brad. Is there any videos online yet of his punditry for those not living in ireland?

COYVB

here's one

Davei141

COYVB wrote: »

here's one

Absolutely brilliant punditry. Him, Hamann and probably Richie would be the dream team although Richie is starting to get poor being surrounded by the older lads. Giles, Brady and Dunphy would be ****ting themselves around him, afraid they show the, up

EuropeanSon

Brady embarrassed himself a bit yesterday giving Schurrle no credit. He had the cheek to say Schurrle wasn't a good enough player to score like that on purpose!

Gringo180

Brad Friedel what a man, terrific pundit.

IK09

You definitely get a sense of honesty from Freidel that he has done his homework and is giving you his well researched and educated opinion. Even in the clip above he highlights that what he is saying is from his perspective "it was for me". Very hard to argue with that, the man is giving you his opinion after a long, experienced career.

If he decided to take someone up on something they are saying, I would believe Friedel, it seems he has no agenda, isnt trying to start arguments with anyone, and he genuinely feels they are incorrect.

GBXI

Friedel is very good, as is Sadlier.

It just shows you how poor the punditry on RTE is when people's reaction, particularly to Friedel's introduction, 'is oh my God, that guy knows what he's talking about and is very articulate'.

Brian Kerr might have a good understanding of the game but it is incredibly hard to listen to him and he is not a good speaker. Kenny Cunningham is the same, but without the good understanding of the game! And Ronnie Whelan again, is very poor.

The 3 stooges are all good craic but they are so far past their sell by date. Giles hasn't a clue what he's talking about, and it's clear he watches very little football. Brady, while still being involved in the game up until recently, is the best but I still don't get the impression he watches a lot of football. And Dunphy's saving grace is that he is very articulate, even though he hasn't a breeze. Anyway, I can't wait for them to retire!

GregGoryHouse

Dunphy continuing to refer to fernandez as lorenzo even after Liam corrected him. More of this please.

Invertpyramid

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Brady embarrassed himself a bit yesterday giving Schurrle no credit. He had the cheek to say Schurrle wasn't a good enough player to score like that on purpose!

I like Brady but he is as obstinate as hell. He just wont alter his opinion on players in front of a camera. If Schurrle played for Arsenal, it would be a different story.

Looper007

Davei141 wrote: »

Absolutely brilliant punditry. Him, Hamann and probably Richie would be the dream team although Richie is starting to get poor being surrounded by the older lads. Giles, Brady and Dunphy would be ****ting themselves around him, afraid they show the, up

Ah Davei stop having a moan and just enjoy

Looper007

Invertpyramid wrote: »

I like Brady but he is as obstinate as hell. He just wont alter his opinion on players in front of a camera. If Schurrle played for Arsenal, it would be a different story.

ah here Arsenal fan's have more to complain with Whelan, Houghtan and Kenny, Giles, Dunphy even Hamann taking pot shots at Arsenal players.

Blatter

I'm not sure what people see in Hamann tbh. Very overrated pundit imo, average.

Looper007

Blatter wrote: »

I'm not sure what people see in Hamann tbh. Very overrated pundit imo, average.

He's ok just lacks a personality for me like Kenny. Richie I like he has a bit of a fun side to him that can join in on a joke. That's why Gary Neville is a great Pundit he can rip the piss but he knows his football too. If it was left too many on here we be left with a dour lot.

Corholio

Was once a big fan of Sadlier when he first started as a pundit, but the more I watch him the more it seems he realises he's billed as the 'cheeky, having a laugh' one and plays off it with less and less actual informative, different analysis.

Friedel said more of substance in one show than the entire panel have said in the whole tournament.

Lofty123

Cantstandsya wrote: »

Get rid of this Friedal guy, this is RTE football punditry, no place for professionalism and competence. You're ruining the laid back buddy vibe for the lads...

If this continues who are Apres Match gonna rip the p*ss out of?

Say Your Number

Looper007 wrote: »

If it was left too many on here we be left with a dour lot.

Maybe so, but at least they'd be able to tell you everything you need to know about the Iranian left back

Vanolder

Sadlier- take away all Messi's good moments and he hasn't done much at this world cup....

Yogosan

Vanolder wrote: »

Sadlier- take away all Messi's good moments and he hasn't done much at this world cup....

I thought what he said was, take away all Messi's good moments and Argentina have not done much at the World Cup.

Billy86

Vanolder wrote: »

Sadlier- take away all Messi's good moments and he hasn't done much at this world cup....

And he is right. Messi did basically nothing until the 90th minute against Iran and only played well against Bosnia for 10 minutes. He has still come up big when needed and been their best player easily, but he has not exactly been the best player in the tournament or anything, either.

He was great throughout against Nigeria until he got subbed out though.

Boskowski

Mueller > Messi so

Say Your Number

Beglin 'I wouldn't put my house it, I'd put my car or garage on it'

EuropeanSon

Invertpyramid wrote: »

I like Brady but he is as obstinate as hell. He just wont alter his opinion on players in front of a camera. If Schurrle played for Arsenal, it would be a different story.

Probably would be, yeah. Not nearly as bad as Whelan, Dunphy and Giles though. At least he has some smatterings of knowledge, even if he is fairly biased.

Turtwig

COYVB wrote: »

here's one

Tony needs to stop interrupting! Does it far too often on every show. Annoying as fck!

Neeson

Pundits dream team tonight.

Utopia Parkway

Kenny being contrary again.

Looper007

Neeson wrote: »

Pundits dream team tonight.

Neeson having an orgasm here.

Poor Kenny far too serious, smile you moany git.

Neeson

Looper007 wrote: »

Neeson having an orgasm here.

Poor Kenny far too serious, smile you moany git.

Rather it than Giles Brady and Eamon!

Looper007

Neeson wrote: »

Rather it than Giles Brady and Eamon!

at least you get some comedy.

it's all good but just a little boring but Kenny is great at winding people up though.

Henry9

Turtwig wrote: »

Tony needs to stop interrupting! Does it far too often on every show. Annoying as fck!

I know, Brad was about to say something excellent about left footers and the ****ing spa cut across him.
Why won't they just shut up??

Billy86

Yes Brad yes, make a stand for the keepers!

Always thought keepers tend to get judged to a much higher standard than the rest of their teammates to be honest.

Slicemeister

All Kenny needs to do is throw a biro or something. It bought Dunphy a career:-)

Looper007

Slicemeister wrote: »

All Kenny needs to do is throw a biro or something. It bought Dunphy a career:-)

he's the type that will rub up a few of the other pundits up the wrong way that might lead up for a few punch ups. I'm still convinced he go Travis Bickle one day :pac:

Twiki

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Kenny being contrary again.

I disagree.

troched

Who did Kenny predict as winner? IIRC Brad said Brazil, Didi said France

trashcan

troched wrote: »

Who did Kenny predict as winner? IIRC Brad said Brazil, Didi said France

Kenny said Brazil too. If they pick Will I Am and Fernandinho.

thelad95

Brad Friedel, Didi, Ossie Ardilles have all been an absolute breath of fresh air. I hope we see more of them in the future.

I think Dunphy's hyperbole is becoming pretty tiresome at this stage.

I could take or leave Richie Sadlier, Kenny Cunningham and Ronnie Whelan.

Turtwig

Aww man I really do miss ossie

WilyCoyote

thelad95 wrote: »

Brad Friedel, Didi, Ossie Ardilles have all been an absolute breath of fresh air. I hope we see more of them in the future.

I think Dunphy's hyperbole is becoming pretty tiresome at this stage.

I could take or leave Richie Sadlier, Kenny Cunningham and Ronnie Whelan.

At this stage? Dunphy became boring after leaving Millwall.

Not a good bore but a great bore.

WilyCoyote

Turtwig wrote: »

Aww man I really do miss ossie

Ossie of Tottingham Hotspur?

thelad95

WilyCoyote wrote: »

At this stage? Dunphy became boring after leaving Millwall.

Not a good bore but a great bore.

It used to be funny to hear him write off Manchester United and Ronaldo only for United to win the league with Ronaldo getting the golden boot.

Those were different times though and he is now surrounded by younger, more enthusiastic, more knowledgeable pundits.

Also, once or twice he's been visibly pissed on air which is disgraceful. The night he said Belgium would win the World Cup he was slurring his speech and talking gobbledygook.

Son Of A Vidic

Henry9 wrote: »

I know, Brad was about to say something excellent about left footers and the ****ing spa cut across him.
Why won't they just shut up??

Just watched it and that was very annoying. Just about to get some really good insight from Brad and then bollocks interrupted.:mad: