The Stand With Eamon Dunphy

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jay0109 wrote: »

Brace yourself...this World Cup bid is going to bring Bertie to the fore for all the chat shows

The World Cup thing is just another example of BJ’s boosterism and MM joining in saying to the public look at this shinny sh1te over here whilst they feck up covid planning.

applehunter

Maybe those 2 conspiracy theorists on Saturday were onto something afterall.

mcgucc22

Listening to the John McGuirk episode, I think this is the first episode I’ve heard where Eamon hasn’t blindly agreed with everything his guest says.

Utopia Parkway

mcgucc22 wrote: »

Listening to the John McGuirk episode, I think this is the first episode I’ve heard where Eamon hasn’t blindly agreed with everything his guest says.

Eamon is a fully paid up member of the Church of Zero Covid so anything that even pushes against that slightly is going to get his back up.

Made a change anyway from him panting breathlessly "yes, yes, yes" at Tomas Ryan.

Editor of gript... This should be good

ThunbergsAreGo

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Eamon is a fully paid up member of the Church of Zero Covid so anything that even pushes against that slightly is going to get his back up.

Made a change anyway from him panting breathlessly "yes, yes, yes" at Tomas Ryan.

To be fair to Eamonn (and those repetitive Ryan episodes caused me to unsubscribe) it is very obvious he is absolutely terrified of Covid 19.

Your post did make me chuckle

IsosKramer

nialler1978 wrote: »

Not too pleased seeing and hearing Bertie Ahern having crawled out from under his rock in the last 18 months. He has become a frequent contributor on radio shows on all sorts of current affairs. He has recently been involved in some FF branch meetings. This man is a crook and a liar who brought the country to its knees. How he is being allowed to be back on the airwaves assisted by obvious FF supporters in powerful media positions is sickening, it doesn’t matter a toss what involvement or knowledge he has on the GFA, there are plenty of other decent honest people who are just as qualified to comment on the situation in the north. Won’t be listening to the stand anymore.

I presume Dunphy gave Ahern a really tough grilling - like Sean Hannity interviewing Trump .. or Hello Magazine interviewing Kate Middleton.

Arghus

McGurk must figure that now is the ideal time and opportunity to carve a prominent Right Wing Grifter shaped hole for himself on the Irish media landscape.

humberklog

Arghus wrote: »

McGurk must figure that now is the ideal time and opportunity to carve a prominent Right Wing Grifter shaped hole for himself on the Irish media landscape.

I see the word "grifter" popping up a lot in the last number of years across social media and it's alway (or nearly always) used in relation to right wing politions/activists.
I know right wingers haven't the monopoly on Grifting but it's a term now used against them. Like right wingers calling left wingers Paedos.

I thought McGuirk came across well and it was a refreshing opinion clearly expressed that Eamo needed to spruce up the show a little.

Klonker

It's amazing how Dunphy can mention Trump in almost every podcast :pac: Just listened to McGuirk and the Tiger Woods one and he was mentioned in both more than once.

Anyway, on the McGuirk interview. I wouldnt know much about him and the little I read about him since his recent media appearances I wouldnt say we have similar views on a lot. But it's good to hear another opinion in the whole covid debate and in fairness to Eamonn even though he doesn't seem to agree with McGuirk it was an amicable discussion where both came across reasonably well. Bit to much talk about Florida for my liking though, not the best comparison to be using to compare Ireland situation to.

Did you hear someone in Sweden got a tattoo of Anders Tegnell?

dulpit

Just listened to the McGuirk interview. His points were a little dumb at points (eg comparing Ireland to Florida when Florida has twice as many cases at like an additional 80% deaths), but it was refreshing to hear Dunphy fight back as against his usual approach of just agreeing.

Leftwaffe

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did you hear someone in Sweden got a tattoo of Anders Tegnell?

When is he gonna stop this madness

CatFromHue

dulpit wrote: »

Just listened to the McGuirk interview. His points were a little dumb at points (eg comparing Ireland to Florida when Florida has twice as many cases at like an additional 80% deaths), but it was refreshing to hear Dunphy fight back as against his usual approach of just agreeing.

I think that's why it we heard Dunphy argue back, there wasn't much substance to McGuirk's points in general.

nsnoefc1878

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

I don't mind Naomi O'Leary but I always feel like I'm listening to a PR spokesperson for the EU when she's on. Maybe that's where she will end up eventually.

Far too many Irish times employees on.
He had that Mark Paul on debating with Tomas Ryan before Christmas, he was cheer leading the reopening of the economy and we all know how that went. Hasn't been on since. Wherever peoples opinions of Tomas Ryan, he wiped the floor with him.

humberklog

I like Naomi a lot and don't find her PRing at all for the EU. She's hasn't been shy about calling a spade a spade with regards to EU failings.
She's good at the gossip too and blending it with the real politic.

kowloonkev

nsnoefc1878 wrote: »

Far too many Irish times employees on.
He had that Mark Paul on debating with Tomas Ryan before Christmas, he was cheer leading the reopening of the economy and we all know how that went. Hasn't been on since. Wherever peoples opinions of Tomas Ryan, he wiped the floor with him.

I don't even know how someone could really have a negative/positive opinion of Tomas Ryan. He is dealing in facts and trying to avoid politics/economics in the main.

The people who will complain about him, similar to those protesting, are basically the real life equivalent of the simpsons' mob who burned down the space observatory to prevent anymore comets.

omerin

Agree with what was mentioned earlier, he rarely challenges guests now and when i remember back on his tv and radio work, that's what he was best known for and being a loose cannon. Be it he's mellowing or losing interest in the podcast, what really surprises me is that he hasn't addressed the dead elephant, sorry horse in the room. We all know of his love of horse racing but for me, his avoiding the topic reeks of covering for the boys and reeks of putting on the green silks. At least i still remember the days when he had a bit of fire in the belly and gave a dam

Deeper Blue

The soccer episodes really need a shake-up, the last dozen or so have been the exact same thing over and over. They're even more repetitive than they've been in the past.

Brady or Didi need to be brought back. I wouldn't get rid of John but I think a third voice would be no bad thing.

Still Ill

Deeper Blue wrote: »

The soccer episodes really need a shake-up, the last dozen or so have been the exact same thing over and over. They're even more repetitive than they've been in the past.

Brady or Didi need to be brought back. I wouldn't get rid of John but I think a third voice would be no bad thing.

'They'll win matches you wouldn't expect them to win and they'll lose matches you wouldn't expect them to lose' is the new 'He's a one trick pony with a very good trick'.

Deeper Blue

Still Ill wrote: »

'They'll win matches you wouldn't expect them to win and they'll lose matches you wouldn't expect them to lose' is the new 'He's a one trick pony with a very good trick'.

"David Moyes is a great lad, it's great to see him doing well, a real football man" is another one that's repeated weekly

Obrieski

Deeper Blue wrote: »

The soccer episodes really need a shake-up, the last dozen or so have been the exact same thing over and over. They're even more repetitive than they've been in the past.

Brady or Didi need to be brought back. I wouldn't get rid of John but I think a third voice would be no bad thing.

The football podcast is an instant delete each week for me, glad to know nothing has changed and I'm not missing anything.

mcgucc22

Eamon and his guest tiptoeing around the outrageous report that 300 travellers attended a funeral in Carrick on Shannon. It’s their culture, boss.

Utopia Parkway

mcgucc22 wrote: »

Eamon and his guest tiptoeing around the outrageous report that 300 travellers attended a funeral in Carrick on Shannon. It’s their culture, boss.

Eamon has usually been quick enough to have a go at any young people who are even seen looking at each other sideways over the past year.

On the Covid episode today Dunphy was really going full on Joe Duffy

At least twice if not more he implored "But tell me how bad it could be" as he twisted his nipple-ring.

Utopia Parkway

glasso wrote: »

On the Covid episode today Dunphy was really going full on Joe Duffy

At least twice if not more he implored "But tell me how bad it could be" as he twisted his nipple-ring.

I sensed even Gerry Killeen of all people thought Eamon was laying it on a bit thick with the Covid porn.

"We're in a bad place aren't we, Gerry? Aren't we?"

"It's frightening, Gerry".

"We're headed to a bad place, Gerry. Aren't we?"

"Extremely rigorous, Gerry".

ThunbergsAreGo

Can we all stop pretending Eamonn is a journalist and is now a worried OAP?

JoeA3

He’s on Tommy Tiernan tonight. Landed on stage with a chin warmer mask, a serious Covid belly and a wild head of hair. He’s aged 10 years in 12 months.

Utopia Parkway

JoeA3 wrote: »

He’s on Tommy Tiernan tonight. Landed on stage with a chin warmer mask, a serious Covid belly and a wild head of hair. He’s aged 10 years in 12 months.

The wild head of hair definitely puts a few years on him.

JoeA3

JoeA3 wrote: »

He’s on Tommy Tiernan tonight. Landed on stage with a chin warmer mask, a serious Covid belly and a wild head of hair. He’s aged 10 years in 12 months.

Dunphy was 60 since he was 40 but remained at that age it seemed for a long time. Now he's 75 and 75.