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Newstalk: Off The Ball

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  • #2282
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,344 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I think Joe has what Eoin McDevitt on Second Captains has - an ability to let the conversation flow and be directed rather than him be a key participant in it. It's a harder skill than you'd imagine…



  • #2283
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122452760#Comment_122452760

    I judge value and quality on scarcity and availability. They can arguably pay Will O Callaghan a presumably substantially smaller salary to do a seamless job as he generally has demonstrated when filling in for Joe.

    He's grand. Nothing special and eminently replaceable.



  • #2284
    cmac2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭cmac2009


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122452760#Comment_122452760

    Exactly. Both top class interviewers and huge respected broadcasters.



  • #2285
    BPKS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,192 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    Have they covered the elephant in the room from the Olympics boxing?



  • #2286
    RINO87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭RINO87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122448669#Comment_122448669

    Tell me about your Olympic medals...



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  • #2287
    Gusser09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,699 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    Any show where you still have the likes of Mick McCarthy ass a presenter can't be taken seriously. The guy is dreadful and seems to be on a lot.



  • #2288
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450760#Comment_122450760

    We all know that's a farce. There isn't a media organisation I can think of that doesn't have some political leanings.



  • #2289
    jack747
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭jack747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449725#Comment_122449725

    Hey @sub3wannabe That's really interesting. How do you know this is the case? I seen someone else asked but you haven't responded yet. Havent seen any mention of that from OTB, Kellie or from her camp.



  • #2290
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453311#Comment_122453311

    She's done multiple other Irish media outlets and not OTB. OTB and Ger have basically interviewed all high profile and winning athletes at the games. It's pretty clear and with fair justification given Shane Hannons hatchet job on her in the past.



  • #2291
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    Funny how Shane hannon and otb did a hatchet job on her supposedly when kellies friends in the far right have generated fake memes today regarding how she won't fight any males in the boxing ring. Her buddies have stitched her up good and proper and now any interviewer doing their job will need to ask her for a comment. Then the far right trolls can once again pretend it was a hatchet job. Can't blame arseholes for being arseholes I suppose.



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  • #2292
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453503#Comment_122453503

    She was emotionally triggered by a post that factually reported a rape of a young girl.

    Cornering a working class amateur athlete trying to supplement a modest grant with a bit of work from Spar was and is a disgrace.

    He did it as a virtue signal to progress in a ultra liberal organisation and it backfired spectacularly as he was subsequently doxxed himself. Stones and glass houses Shane my man. That's a basic.



  • #2293
    jack747
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭jack747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453374#Comment_122453374

    Not quite the confirmed BBC/Fergie situation just yet, you are just guessing so. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kellie on OTB again in the future.

    Not a fan of either Kellie or Shane but if I was to guess, I'd say both parties are happy to just leave it go at this stage.



  • #2294
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453545#Comment_122453545

    Zero chance. I know people in domestic irish boxing. She remains aggrieved and Kenneth Egan also no longer contributes for solidarity.



  • #2295
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453523#Comment_122453523

    She had an opportunity to distance herself from an tweet. She made a bags of it and apologised after. It did make her the darling of the far right who assume they have an ally in their cause, rewarding her with a fake meme reinforcing the far right tropes. Best of luck to her. She is being used by scum.



  • #2296
    BPKS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,192 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    Stephen Doyle on twitter is concerned for the mental well being of the Algerian boxer. Says all you want to know about OTB

    Edit: while Will O Callaghans chief concern with this stiry is the possble mis-quoting of Kellie Harrington. I assume he had a straight face on him as he types that tweet.



  • #2297
    jack747
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭jack747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453574#Comment_122453574

    As I suspected and with respect, you are a bit of a spoofer.

    Kenneth Egan was on Off the Ball this morning.



  • #2298
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453586#Comment_122453586

    What's inaccurate about linking mass immigration with an increase in crime? Its been proved in places like France and Sweden. The only reason we can't say for certain it is the same here is that the government refuse to segment this.



  • #2299
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    ..



  • #2300
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453604#Comment_122453604

    Exactly. Shilling for Joes gig no doubt. If you debase yourself into a wolly liberal you'll be in Gers good books.

    The shows political leanings are quite clear and a quid pro quo of anyone who works there.



  • #2301
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    I would think that sort of shite is better places on the site (current affairs).

    But, now instead of poor Kellie who unfortunately inadvertently was triggered by a rape, she was in fact accurately articulating a concern that you and other far right trolls are keen to amplify.

    It is you and your friends that are using her for you and your friends political ends. Putting words into her mouth, and treating her as an ally. You are lying when you pretend to be concerned about Kellie.

    So, stop crying about Shane hannon asking her a question.



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  • #2302
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    “In fairness to the lads in Off The Ball, that’s their job,” she says now. “That’s what they have to do. They’re journalists. They have to do what they have to do. On that day, I just wasn’t expecting it. I was just shocked. And I reacted quite badly. At the time I didn’t think I reacted badly. I just thought, ‘I’m just not going to answer it.’ But once I looked back at it, I do think I reacted badly.

    “I don’t blame him for asking the question. I was annoyed at myself that I didn’t answer it. I was totally shocked that it was coming back up again. I’m not known for politics or for anything other than sport. So I didn’t think that question was going to come back. I know I had put it out there. But I had deleted it. And I thought, ‘Right, that’s gone.’ But it wasn’t. It came back to bite me.”

    I believe that Ireland is for everybody. It should be a place to feel safe and to feel welcome. And that’s regardless of your skin colour, your religion, your gender, your sexuality, or anything like that. Ireland is known as being so welcoming. You should be able to feel safe here. And I’m all for that.

    “We travel away boxing all the time and that is what comes across to the rest of the world everywhere we go and I want us to have that forever. I’m very, very proud of where I come from. I want our country to be known forever as the country and the people that are very, very welcoming. A country that will help anybody who needs help. That’s what I believe.



  • #2303
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,344 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453604#Comment_122453604

    The actual story there is a female boxer is being treated horribly online by a certain cohort.

    What does him being concerned about her say about OTB?



  • #2304
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453755#Comment_122453755

    He has XY chromosomes. He is a biological male. He was banned by other federations and has busted a woman's nose within 45 seconds forcing her to quit and cry.



  • #2305
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453790#Comment_122453790

    I think it doesn't take long to find why all that story is hugely suspect - there didn't seem to be any hassle when Kellie beat her 4 years ago. I guess the Russians hadn't decided she was a man then. As someone who lied about consuming content from a range of different media sources, you seem to concentrate on right wing talking points. It was nice of you to pretend. It's old school trolling technique. Shame it doesn't fool anyone anymore.



  • #2306
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453820#Comment_122453820

    You can strawman my arguments all you like and ignore facts. There's posts with over 40 million views on X absolutely appalled by this but I guess you know best mate.



  • #2307
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,344 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453790#Comment_122453790

    Where's the proof of this? Apart from the highly discredited IBA, has anybody else said this? She is a woman. She has been beaten by Irish boxers in the past and nobody batted an eyelid.



  • #2308
    cmac2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭cmac2009


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453820#Comment_122453820

    How dare you question the legitimatcy of his multiple WhatsApp groups of people with different political and social viewpoints engaging in robust discussions on all these matters 😂.



  • #2309
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453835#Comment_122453835

    Yeah. Obviously as abraham Lincoln said you can't believe all you read on the internet. You are expecting me to take the bot farms and anti-trans rights trolls as evidence. Faking Kellie Harringtons support for it.

    Despite Kellie beating her in the past with zero questions asked, despite transitioning being illegal in Algeria...

    Strawman... hilarious....a clichéd Sam Harris fan I'd guess.



  • #2310
    sub3wannabe
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭sub3wannabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453847#Comment_122453847

    " The highly discredited IBA" LOL the cognitive disonence is strong with this one.

    Defending a bloke brutally beating up women. Is this the hill you want to die on?



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  • #2311
    Morgans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Morgans


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122453851#Comment_122453851

    That made me laugh.

    Sure you hardly need to know more than our faked Kellie Harrington quote.



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