The Stand With Eamon Dunphy

I like all those pundits you mentioned and I'd add Pat Nevin and Tim Vickery to the list as well. Apart from Ken Early there isn't likely to be much robust debate from any of the others though. That may be more to do with the format where its often 1 on 1 (interviewer/guest) or a panel where each persons speaks in turn without much pushback.

The Liam Brady special episodes were very good.

Will check that out. Thanks.

I didn't like their bias on Vera Pauw either. Whether she was right or wrong I thought they were too one-sided on it.

Apart from a few guest slots I haven't missed it much since it went over to subscription. There was a lot of passing-the-time, chatting-amongst-themselves conversations on it I thought.

I would think Liam Brady had a wry smile listening to Eamon waxing on about what a great Footballer/Person/ Author Liam is given his previous criticisms of Brady.No problem anyone admitting they called it wrong but nobody can somersault like Dunphy when it comes to changing his mind.Liam is now one of the greatest footballers of all time ,up there with Platini and Ronaldo ,no doubt.

Its a great shame that Liam didn't appear in a major tournament. Suspension and injury ruled him out of Euro 88 and maybe at age 34 he was just too late for Italia 90, regardless of Jack's priorities.

Venables was in poll position to get the Ireland job until Dunphy's outburst.

It was a shame, I think we missed out on a top coach. A case of what have been

They covered the dunphy thing and life of venables on second captains today. Guardian football weekly will cover venables too.

Ya a shame. Would have been better than Trap I think.

There's no way we'd afford Bruce anyway.

Ironically, their is a clip of Dunphy on Rte around the same time with Delaney and he refers to Delaney as one of the "good guys" in the FAI

How farcical was that

Whatever your politics are, they’ve been Dunphy’s too at some point.

(Unless you’re some sort of far right maniac)

Gilsey wants player booked for going down injured rather than adding on time.

cant see any problem with that 🤨

I used to cringe when Eamon wheeled out Chris's observation for the millionth time. I'd say he was starting to regret ever writing it in the first place, even though it is a fine analogy. He also loves Trump's call to the Proud Boys. I think you might've heard that one once or twice on The Stand. Maybe.

Not forgetting "my Kevin" :D

John thought Leeds finishing 3rd would get them promoted. Eamon told him it only gets them to the playoffs. Eamon glosses over it in a very kind way so that it took the focus off of John's faux-pas. It's really shocking how John didn't know about the play-offs and how promotion works in England. Perhaps it's the beginning of dementia? It left me feeling a bit shocked, but ultimately sad. I really like John, and I even like Eamon.

He’s 83. He’s just old. That’s just what eventually happens to all of us if we live that long.

Yes a well earned break. His output has been quite high all year.

i think the clip is from October. Dunphy looks like he had to climb 10 flights of stairs seconds before the show started. Red faced and out of breath.

He was/is a heavy smoker for most of his life. That’s probably done far more harm than his monthly benders.

I'm well familiar with the condition. My grandmother developed it after decades of heavy smoking and it blighted the final few years of her life. Eamon's appearance, breathing and speaking are giving me flashbacks... I hope he was coming off the back of a cold or something, rather than this being a sign of how things have deteriorated. It also explains why Tomás Ryan's Dr Death shtick scared the living daylights out of Eamon when Covid was still a thing. I remember him continuing to contribute to other radio shows over the phone for some time. This was when other journalists had started coming into studios again.