Off the Ball team quit en masse.....

[johng]

Finally caught a few minutes of the show. Looks remarkably like the sport version of top gear. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of top gear.

However. I did only catch a few minutes.

[Peg Leg]

Finally caught a few minutes of the show. Looks remarkably like the sport version of top gear. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of top gear.

However. I did only catch a few minutes.

I liked top gear in its early guise (before they became adventure programming for the middle aged).
It's banter with visuals... (but maybe a little more relaxed than the interrogation style set-up on Bluestalk)

[johng]

Finally caught a few minutes of the show. Looks remarkably like the sport version of top gear. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of top gear.

However. I did only catch a few minutes.

I liked top gear in its early guise (before they became adventure programming for the middle aged).
It's banter with visuals... (but maybe a little more relaxed than the interrogation style set-up on Bluestalk)

Ah. You mean in the 70s when Noel Edmonds used to do it, and yerman the drummer out of Supergrass's Da?

Yeah. It was good then.

That tosser clarkson got involved and it was only going one way.

Speaking of Bluestalk.........

It was up at half 9 last Thursday. I'd say Dave must be nose down in his cornflakes, snoring.

[Dave Cahill]

Patience dear boy, patience.

[jezzer]

Finally caught a few minutes of the show. Looks remarkably like the sport version of top gear. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of top gear.

However. I did only catch a few minutes.

A friend of mine who saw it had exactly the same comment. Poor man's Top Gear!

[TerenureJim]

Finally caught a few minutes of the show. Looks remarkably like the sport version of top gear. And I say that as someone who is not a fan of top gear.

However. I did only catch a few minutes.

A friend of mine who saw it had exactly the same comment. Poor man's Top Gear!

Even the crowd/dodgy old couch set up is pretty well cogged from T'Gear. Shame they didn't go down the inspired Badiel & Skinner Fantasy Football route (maybe too comedy orientated).

[Peg Leg]

Deserves a
Quality show of late.

[Morf]

Pfft! #Monkeano was barely mentioned.

Fla sending Shaggy into fits of laughter with every word was nice though.

[Peg Leg]

Lets talk a bit about David Moyes and Manchester United

[suisse]

Listening to some OTB podcasts this morning previewing the USPGA. It seems from the original OTB crew (Gilroy) to the guys who do second captions and now the lads who replaced them, everyone on Newstalk or who used to work for Newstalk, talks exactly the same way.

How often do you hear Gilroy and McDevitt say "I suppose" in the middle of a question? And they, plus everyone else, always tries to paint each interview as one that is really deep and thoughtful, when so many are pretty uneventful. "Brilliant stuff there as always......" I didn't find anything brilliant about the interview. It was fine. I enjoyed it. But hardly brilliant.

[Donny B.]

Listening to some OTB podcasts this morning previewing the USPGA. It seems from the original OTB crew (Gilroy) to the guys who do second captions and now the lads who replaced them, everyone on Newstalk or who used to work for Newstalk, talks exactly the same way.

How often do you hear Gilroy and McDevitt say "I suppose" in the middle of a question? And they, plus everyone else, always tries to paint each interview as one that is really deep and thoughtful, when so many are pretty uneventful. "Brilliant stuff there as always......" I didn't find anything brilliant about the interview. It was fine. I enjoyed it. But hardly brilliant.

Brilliant stuff, as always, there from suisse.

[Peg Leg]

Listened to the 1st 10 mins to see what was coming up on the show. Not a fukn mention of the league starting back up...

[TerenureJim]

Listened to the 1st 10 mins to see what was coming up on the show. Not a fukn mention of the league starting back up...

Did you not get the GT Munster email 4 min slot earlier in the week?

To be fair they had to give a good bit of coverage to GAA between football semi and hurling final this week, you'd wonder if they wouldn't be better off splitting out GAA over the summer with one weekly dedicated podcast to the GAA sports so they can still have one show to cover all other sports.

I think whoever the editor/producer is should also draw a harsher line on the constant spill of football topics into the main show. There is a dedicated twice weekly football show. Unless Ireland are in a major championship can we please keep the footie out of the ordinary general podcasts.

[jezzer]

How often do you hear Gilroy and McDevitt say "I suppose" in the middle of a question?

"I suppose" is the new "loike". Drives me feckin ballistic.
I blame ROG. He started it.

[johng]

It's a good culchie one. Some Gah lads can stick it in a sentence several times with unexpected and sometimes funny results.

"We'll say" is another one.

"Yerman Davey Fitzgerald has, we'll say, a habit of, I suppose, talking in, we'll say, a high pitched voice, that, I suppose, gets, we'll say, higher, I suppose, the more, we'll say, excited, he, I suppose, becomes."

[TerenureJim]

It's a good culchie one. Some Gah lads can stick it in a sentence several times with unexpected and sometimes funny results.

"We'll say" is another one.

"Yerman Davey Fitzgerald has, we'll say, a habit of, I suppose, talking in, we'll say, a high pitched voice, that, I suppose, gets, we'll say, higher, I suppose, the more, we'll say, excited, he, I suppose, becomes."

Most annoying voice on radio currently? Actively turn off the ball (see what I did there) when he pipes up.

[johng]

They are the culchie ones. Dub ones include "Y'know" and "Eeeeeh". More generic ones include "basically" in every sentence

One that irritates me is "Yeah" used at the end of every sentence as a question.

"So, we all know what we are doing? Yeah? I will do this stuff over here. Yeah? and you will do all that other stuff over there. Yeah?"

Loike is a bit of a American/d4 one, but Cork people have been doing it for years.

There are other posher ones such as, "As it were" Most of us use some form of it. I have been accused of liking a good Eeeeh myself.

[future international]

CONFIRMED: Newstalk's @offtheball will be broadcast on Setanta Ireland five days a week.

[Hippo]

CONFIRMED: Newstalk's @offtheball will be broadcast on Setanta Ireland five days a week.

Gosh that should be exciting

[Donny B.]

CONFIRMED: Newstalk's @offtheball will be broadcast on Setanta Ireland five days a week.

Gosh that should be exciting

They did that before and it didn't work. God only knows why they're bothering again.

What did people think of Drico's debut as "Guest Presenter"? He was certainly more "Guest" than "Presenter" anyway, but it was a very enjoyable interview anyway.