Second Captains Part II

EltonJohn69

kilns wrote: »

Its a sports podcast not a soccer podcast. If you dont want to listen to certain parts, skip forward or unsubscribe and stop moaning here

Have gaa, I’m cool with that, they just need to increase the soccer output, it’s what the people want

kilns

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Have gaa, I’m cool with that, they just need to increase the soccer output, it’s what the people want

Are you having a laugh they talk football probably for 80% of the podcast

It would be good if they actually went deeper into other sports more, not really a fan of Tennis but always enjoy their Tennis talk but thats down to the contributor

EltonJohn69

kilns wrote: »

Are you having a laugh they talk football probably for 80% of the podcast

It would be good if they actually went deeper into other sports more, not really a fan of Tennis but always enjoy their Tennis talk but thats down to the contributor

Closer to 40%

kilns

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Closer to 40%

Yeah right

Obrieski

Did I miss something or what was the Ben Chilwell fixation about at the start of today’s pod? Seemed to go on for a long time so may have zoned out and missed whatever Ken’s point was

Note - did not watch the Chelsea game last night so just wondering what I missed!

Beersmith

Obrieski wrote: »

Did I miss something or what was the Ben Chilwell fixation about at the start of today’s pod? Seemed to go on for a long time so may have zoned out and missed whatever Ken’s point was

Note - did not watch the Chelsea game last night so just wondering what I missed!

It was a very straight forward point. Ben Chilwell was the only Chelsea player doing anything in the game. I didn't watch it either.

EltonJohn69

I expect that if Jose beats Ken’s Liverpool tonight we won’t be getting a foot ball show tomorrow, probably be another GAA show in its place.

Icemancometh

The all Ireland is on Saturday so they'll have to preview it at some stage.

Well I just downloaded today's pod, so that's taken care of!

Loafing Oaf

Bit late catching up, but I thought Monday's podcast was outstanding. Just the right blend of humour and seriousness in the Gerard Houllier obit.

kilns

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I expect that if Jose beats Ken’s Liverpool tonight we won’t be getting a foot ball show tomorrow, probably be another GAA show in its place.

Fantastic

Still Ill

He'll have a field day with Jose's post match comments.

Have to say I didn't quite get the Ben Chilwell stuff today.

frankeee

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

There was an All Ireland final at the weekend which they didn’t cover Monday. Better than another day of “what Patrice Evra said” :rolleyes:

The cynic in me thinks me they left the AI final review untill Tuesday so a few Limerick people would subscribe for it - I know if I wasn't already a subscriber I would have!

dulpit

dulpit wrote: »

You do know that one of the main reasons they left newstalk was because they wanted to move into covering more current affairs stuff and not just sport?

Is that a bit revisionist? I thought it was because they wanted to move more into prime time slots. On Newstlalk they used to be on between 7-10pm if i remember correctly.

In fact they only started doing the Politics bits when they broke away from the Irish Times in 2016, whereas they left Newstalk in 2013.

atilladehun

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is that a bit revisionist? I thought it was because they wanted to move more into prime time slots. On Newstlalk they used to be on between 7-10pm if i remember correctly.

In fact they only started doing the Politics bits when they broke away from the Irish Times in 2016, whereas they left Newstalk in 2013.

I heard the politics thing at the time from someone who works in a different section of newstalk. That person heard it as a rumour though. They wanted 6-9 or something.

Ivefoundgod

It was fairly widely publicised at the time that they wanted to take an hour off George Hooks show and do 6-9. Not sure about the politics side of things when at Newstalk but The Irish Times was never going to let them do politics when they have their own politics podcast and several political reporters so that was never a runner.

al87987

The Pep comparison to a silent movie star was very funny. Ken on good form today. Mourinho always brings out the best of him.

unplayable

Another top top performance from a top top top football pundit today. Mr Ken early.

Hotblack Desiato

frankeee wrote: »

The cynic in me thinks me they left the AI final review untill Tuesday so a few Limerick people would subscribe for it - I know if I wasn't already a subscriber I would have!

They need the 48 hours to produce an in-depth analysis instead of "report on sport" hot takes :pac:

atilladehun wrote: »

I heard the politics thing at the time from someone who works in a different section of newstalk. That person heard it as a rumour though. They wanted 6-9 or something.

Lots of people want 6-9, doesn't mean they'll get it though

lawred2

Andy Moran and Jamie Wall have rescued Second Captains GAA coverage for me..

I had gotten to the point of skipping most of the GAA chats but there's a freshness and wit to both Moran and Wall..

redbuck

lawred2 wrote: »

Andy Moran and Jamie Wall have rescued Second Captains GAA coverage for me..

I had gotten to the point of skipping most of the GAA chats but there's a freshness and wit to both Moran and Wall..

I liked Mike Quirke but Andy is definitely a breath of fresh air.

Utopia Parkway

lawred2 wrote: »

Andy Moran and Jamie Wall have rescued Second Captains GAA coverage for me..

I had gotten to the point of skipping most of the GAA chats but there's a freshness and wit to both Moran and Wall..

Andy Moran is good alright. Not sure about Wall. Bit too many pointles analogies involving either Man Utd or The Simpsons.

den87

Big fan of Andy and Oisin. I like Jamie most of the time but sometimes his stories and analogies are what you’d expect from the older Sunday game lads.

There’s too much awe and hero worship from them towards Moran. I’d rather have Quirke back on as he was actually allowed to be pulled up on something, the same as McConville is.

padd b1975

redbuck wrote: »

I liked Mike Quirke but Andy is definitely a breath of fresh air.

Definitely does a bit of research beforehand.

Ivefoundgod

Not big into GAA but I'm not a fan of Jamie Wall at all, just find him very boring to be honest and as someone said his anecdotes are Stone Age stuff. He had one about the rock playing some club match and it being one trick and some player on his team saying "yeah but what a trick". I must have heard that story a hundred times in various pubs over the years about random teams and players. I actually cringed listening to it and everyone else sounded a bit embarrassed.

EltonJohn69

Should they re name the show Gaa captains ? It’s basically 85% gaa content now.

CiaranW

Haha, give it a rest. It was a big GAA week in fairness. I never listen to GAA myself I skip through it, but now it is over for another year thankfully!

Utopia Parkway

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Should they re name the show Gaa captains ? It’s basically 85% gaa content now.

In fairness in a normal year there would be no GAA around now but changed circumstances this year. They will hardly cover the league much when it starts in late February so that's probably the end of the GAA on the show until late April.

EltonJohn69

I wouldn’t be surprised if they release another gaa podcast instead of a Christmas cabin special.

I’ll be back to two or three episodes a month now the GAA is over, though it’s still worth a fiver for that.