The Irish boys were right about this podcast, it is extremely good. This afternoon I've been enjoying the St Stephen's Day edition; hearing John Barnes talk for fifteen minutes is a very pleasant way to see out the year.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:11 (nine years ago) link
Thought the (replayed) dunphy interview on xmas special was exceptional
Hits different buttons to guardian podcast but room for both imo
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Friday, 3 January 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Been relying heavily on those two and The Anfield Wrap to get me through the festive period. I particularly like SC's balance of interesting and a bit of depth. They also drop the odd what-seems-like-an-insider-titbit. Less discretion please.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 3 January 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
I even listen to the rugby segments...which is something
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Friday, 3 January 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
I know; the extended piece yesterday on the problems caused by Welsh secession was fascinating.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 3 January 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
xps that Dunphy interview was beautiful, what a joy. Thanks for the tip, I'd skipped that thinking it was one of the non-footy episodes.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 3 January 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
tell me about "the anfield rap", ismael
― subaltern 8 (Michael B), Saturday, 4 January 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
or WRAP even
― subaltern 8 (Michael B), Saturday, 4 January 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure you could guess. It's a post-match (sometimes immediately post-match) dissection of lfc, either euphoric or despondent as circumstances dictate, featuring lots of people talking over each other and being scouse. I think it's linked to local radio somehow, so is fairly professional, but I don't actually know anyone involved unless they've got Russell Brand or someone on for an interview.
I like it, it's quite amusing without getting in the way of being very in-depth on eg the problems with Johnson or Coutinho.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 4 January 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
haven't been podcasting cos different work/commuting arrangements but threw a few of these on for the flights last week and it really is great stuff
― fedora, wherever it may find her (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Ken Early's sarcastic excited delivery of scorned projected attitudes is so great
I would absolutely d/l audiobooks read by him on p much any subject, the less he liked the material the better
― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 October 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Nobody else? Sad for ye.
Really thought there was scope to get ilf into the GAA via the back door here
― The difficult earlier reichs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Only football podcast I listen to now. Some shit regular contributors but still so much better than anything else out there.
― The story of a Romanian (Blandford Forum), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
never got through more than five mins of the guardian football one. second captains is best, even with the shit contributors and occasional moron like marcotti.
mcdevitt is a brilliant and ken early is generally funny once left to roam. the non-football one is great too - best gaelic football coverage i've ever heard if that's not damning with faint praise. mcconville and moyles are brilliant.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
It's the only football podcast I listen to, bar occasionally listening to the guardian one.
I even occasionally listen to the general sports podcast despite ignorance of GAA, though not if there's too much rugby talk.
Ken Early waxing lyrical on a long monologue about Jose Mourinho or Brendan Rogers or Keane or Moyes is always informative and always a pleasure.
― Cuombas (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Also yes if marcotti is on I tend not to listen. Boring old bloviating neoliberal wwf-fan fuck who knows fuck all about football
― Cuombas (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Fair on marcotti I always assume theyre leveraging some foreign market shit with his involvement.
― The difficult earlier reichs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
I should listen to this more. Its quality.
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Friday, 8 January 2016 12:48 (seven years ago) link
i swear i can tolerate nearly anyone on it but i just turn it off the minute i hear marcotti. he is clueless, arrogant and deliberately obtuse.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Friday, 8 January 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
its may 2017 and i now actually pay for a podcast
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Friday, 5 May 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
sean dyche interview with richie sadlier was vg
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
only recently got into this, love it -- v much a fan of early's analysis
marcotti sucks. he's on ESPN a bunch and i can't stand him
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 12 June 2017 14:07 (six years ago) link
the (subscriber) podcasts on non-sport can be great
the mark blyth discussion is the most interesting political/social analysis ive heard in a long long time
― the clodding of the american mind (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
episode on serena williams meltdown reminds you why theyre the best
― NAGL usa (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
players chair with paul kimmage is super stuff
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 4 January 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
the ongoing argument this week that describing david silva as among the top twenty foreign imports in epl history is not just unmerited but risible has been great
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link
"David Silva is Juan Mata with a manager who believes in him"
This is a very bad take
― . (Michael B), Saturday, 12 January 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
oh theyre all over the place but its not a discussion to enjoy through a lens of truth
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 January 2019 12:49 (four years ago) link
im eager for this episode on FAI shenans
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Friday, 12 April 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
I thought the coverage of the WWC was below the usual high standard - they went on and on about Phil Neville's press conferences, which weren't that interesting - and the analysis of the teams or the play (at least on the freebie Monday podcasts which is all I get) was not up to much, there was basically no discussion of the actual football today.
― Tim, Monday, 8 July 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
havent heard todays but tend to agree about the wwc generally
that said
for the mens game, they will tend to skip over the tactics and often the match itself for a focus on whatever catches kens eye, and a thread like nevilles account-manager-craig utterances does often run over a few shows
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 8 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
― the clodding of the american mind (darraghmac),
Just starting this one on the train
― anvil, Sunday, 13 October 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
This was great!
― anvil, Monday, 14 October 2019 03:58 (four years ago) link
tick.jpg
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Saturday, 26 October 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
how would yerman from the guardian fit in do we think?
id say ken and him would be like strange cats
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
which man?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
as is my habit i remembered since
glendenning
who i think is ok as a foil in the company he keeps, but frankly lazy and disinterested by second captains standards
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
apologies if you're an ilxor baz, as i said you make a good everyman amongst the guardian scarfs like
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
like- he and ken share a tendency to challenge an accepted wisdom with an eg "is he?"
but glendenning will leave it there or follow up with a muttered trickle, whereas ken will launch off a coruscator
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
loathe the man tbh, can't think of anything that would make me unsub quicker, he's like the anti KenKen's rugby trolling the other week was an absolute treat btw, loved the way he'd easily find a new angle of attack and make the other guests gasp anew haha
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
ive heard it's a cracker, but im behind because....im avoiding sports tbh ;_;
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
glendenning is Only Here for the Banter now isn't he. like him fine but wince at every analysis of the week's promising young Bournemouth striker / Leicester midfielder / League Two manager ending in "...and he seems like a thoroughly decent bloke". Rushden era feeling esp phoned in.ken early meanwhile is so fuckin sharp even his most "is he?" takes are a wild delicious ride.basically this football podcast fanfic ends with baz warmly accepting he's out his depth and getting the pints in
― verhexen, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
not a huge fan of kens politics shows- hes a very poor presence with an expert to prod/direct, lacks direction, overly deferential, his intrusions are as unwelcome in this context as they are the lifeblood of the sports casts
but the recent one on the policing of ireland during the rising/independence/civil war etc was utterly essential stuff
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
right on cue, theyve made it free to all
https://t.co/NXOuB1SVqD?amp=1
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
"Fine Gael love policemen like hen parties love policemen strippers" is probably the best reasoning behind the RIC commemoration that I've heard yet tbh
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
mark blyth is back
would listen all day
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Saturday, 4 April 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
ah lads can we not all just sign up and listen to this pls
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Saturday, 4 April 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
the charlton protein clip gets me every time
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 4 April 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
ah man, didn't realize Blyth was back on, missed that - will go back to
just noticed he's about to stream live on TMBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZfoHYyw8jo
He's everywhere lately it seems!
― anvil, Sunday, 26 April 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
Vickery interview today v good
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Greatly enjoyed Ken taking the final(?) opportunity to slag off David Silva with a 13-minute el mago rant at the end of today’s ep
― crisp, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
I gave in and subscribed to this podcast a fortnight ago. Mikel Arteta's mind meld with Prince Andrei from War And Peace on today's podcast was some #TopContent
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 00:08 (two years ago) link
yes love it when Ken goes for a literary reference
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 00:24 (two years ago) link
Frank takedown is great
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
Former ilxor Local Garda has been getting me into this podcast on the sly, the regular Pat Kenny feature might be enough to get me to subscribe, but I still need a push tbh
― scampish inquisition (gyac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Theres a few non-sport episodes referenced above, start there and see maybe?
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
This should suit you down to the ground tbh
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
👀 you know me far too well.
― scampish inquisition (gyac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Very unimpressed with Monday’s SC take on Naomi Osaka’s experience at the hands of Roland Garros / the tennis authorities. Not a million miles from the Sonja McLaughlin BBC one, they basically said Osaka’s issues with press conferences shouldn’t be talked about in terms of mental health when the reason Osaka doesn’t like them is they are boring and annoying to her and what’s more she probably thinks of them as giving away her valuable social media content for free. They said that you don’t get to say press conferences are bad for your mental health if you’re on Twitter and Instagram which is surely worse. And the term mental health is applied too broadly these days. These days. The above is my précis of bits of their discussion, tbf, it’s an 18 minute slot and there’s more depth than that but they’ve pissed me off enough that I’m not going back to get quotes.
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
Yep, but i think it was firstly a im-running-with-this ken angle on the jump to mental health as a kneejerk (not strongly linked to the current case tbh) and the actual possibilities inherent for the superstar eschewing the corporate body sponsorship drives in the social media age, and secondly i think he softened that a bit upon murph reading osakas clearer statement but still was stuck more in a musing on the wider question mode for the rest of the segment
Todays is looking to be a lot better, richie and caitlin thompson with a lot more in-depth look at things from a fairer perspective and in a more thorough way, if the lineup is any indicator
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
Tbh mcdevitt or sadlier wouldve pulled ken on it but murph is a more passive co anchor if its him and ken
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
His line was strongly linked to the current case IMO and fwiw I’m being kind to him in saying so because if he was just having a more general swipe at people being prepared to consider the mental health implications of work in its various guises - at recognising that mental health problems run a lot broader and everyday than “lunacy” or whatever gross shit he invoked - then he was being worse than I thought.
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
I hope tonight’s is better but it’s a subscriber ep and there is literally no chance of me paying to listen to this.
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
And as for his “passive” mate the bit I remember him saying was you don’t get to talk about press conferences affecting your mental health if you’re on Twitter and Instagram, as if there aren’t ways to manage social media to minimise (or remove) damaging effects.
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
This is all quite likely a correct read tbh, i was half listening at best tho yes even then kens departure point was jarringly cynical
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
(I’m not expecting you to answer for this podcast btw Darragh, it just pissed me off and I wanted to express that somewhere that didn’t just throw the whole thing in the faces of people who’ve probably had enough tossers belittling or waving away mental health problems this week. Fuck these guys.)
― Tim, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
If youre skipping the gaa shows you are missing the lifeblood of this podcast imo
Proper spitting argument today after mayo/dub
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
Great stuff from Ken today
― crisp, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
Im demotivated after the spurs/mayo axis of evil
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
sadlier on greenwood predictably excellent- youd want them to go in harder but i think they were staying careful i guess
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 22:11 (two months ago) link