Quotes from Eamonn Dunphy during this weeks CL matches.

[Dr Nowt]

3 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

 

Feel like you have to give it up to both of these, particularly the formulation of the latter.

 

That summation of Kewell is magisterial.

[Kevin D]

That level of expert analysis and concision is why they paid him the big bucks and we're just on a forum.

[KMD7]

 

 

[Kevin D]

"Stay out of this Bill, this is a football argument"

 

Ouch.

[KMD7]

7 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

"Stay out of this Bill, this is a football argument"

 

Ouch.

Kev, when the lads were really on their game I (and the other Irish forumites on here will hopefully concur) would look forward to the pre and after match analysis as much as the actual match being played, just for the inevitable arguing. Bill O'Herlihy was a great anchor for the show, RIP.  

 

We got a good 20 years out of Giles and Dunphy (over 30 if you count the World cups and Euro championships in the 80's as well), with Brady a welcome addition in later years and Souey guesting on occasion too. 

 

Magical times 

 

[Kevin D]

Just now, KMD7 said:

Kev, when the lads were really on their game I (and the other Irish forumites on here will hopefully concur) would look forward to the pre and after match analysis as much as the actual match being played, just for the inevitable arguing. Bill O'Herlihy was a great anchor for the show, RIP.  

 

We got a good 20 years out of Giles and Dunphy (over 30 if you count the World cups and Euro championships in the 80's as well), with Brady a welcome addition in later years and Souey guesting on occasion too. 

 

 

There was a period of 3 years of pure chaos that I remember being on the RTE website to watch the post-match analysis. We had Rafa, Man Utd had Ronaldo and Ireland had Trappotini. 

 

Every episode was worth the price of admission; if they weren't calling Ronaldo a fraud, they were laying into Gerrard, then you got international breaks- ie matches they actually cared about - so all bets were off. There was a point when Dunphy was stumping for Venables for weeks, changed his mind and then spent 15 minutes committing all out slander against him and Bill was like hang on, weren't you saying he should get the job yesterday.

[Kevin D]

Yes, I'm not misremembering here it is:
 

 

[KMD7]

3 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Yes, I'm not misremembering here it is:
 

 

Ha ha brilliant. I'd forgotten about that. 

[Kevin D]

Souness way too smart to leave himself open for a lawsuit.

[Em City]

Venables was 100% going to get the Ireland job until Dunphy spewed his name on national telly. Also, this was a very underrated gem from him.

 

On John Hartson:

"Bill, Hartson is not a 7million pound player...it’s a disgrace, a shambles! This is the state of football today Bill. I have a clip here of why Hartson is NOT a £7million player....Roll it there Bill!(literally 1 second in to the clip) OKAY, HOLD IT THERE BILL!!! (draws a circle around Hartson's arse) Bill, that is NOT the arse of a £7million player!''

[Kevin D]

I'm watching the 2nd part of his takedown and it is as slanderous as I remember it being.

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, Em City said:

Venables was 100% going to get the Ireland job until Dunphy spewed his name on national telly. Also, this was a very underrated gem from him.

 

On John Hartson:

"Bill, Hartson is not a 7million pound player...it’s a disgrace, a shambles! This is the state of football today Bill. I have a clip here of why Hartson is NOT a £7million player....Roll it there Bill!(literally 1 second in to the clip) OKAY, HOLD IT THERE BILL!!! (draws a circle around Hartson's arse) Bill, that is NOT the arse of a £7million player!''

Ha ha fucking hell 

 

I remember Dunphy really pushing for King Kenny to get the Irish job (I think around the time of Kev's clip posted above. It never gained any traction though from what I remember and I think Trappatoni was already in the frame for it anyway.

[Kevin D]

Bill: You didn't support Jack Charlton.

Eamon: Wrong. For the first 18 months, me, him and John were out drinking every night.

John: Not every night.

 

Brilliant.

[Kevin D]

"He's a disgrace to the game"

 

 

[Dr Nowt]

3 hours ago, Kevin D said:

 

There’s just so many things to love about it. Perfectly observed, right down to the outfits of each band member, their respective body language, the clapping of the keyboard player, the singer’s wink after ‘he’s a gentleman’, the earnest vocals, etc. I think the singing on ‘Eamonn, that’s out of order ’ does take it though. 

[Em City]

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

"He's a disgrace to the game"

 

 

 

There's a sports bar in Dublin that has the "this Ronaldo fella is a cod" painted in huge white letters on the building.

 

 

[Kevin D]

"Saipan was right...

"Treachery is a ....

"Oh"

[Kevin D]

On 21/11/2021 at 13:31, Dr Nowt said:

There’s just so many things to love about it. Perfectly observed, right down to the outfits of each band member, their respective body language, the clapping of the keyboard player, the singer’s wink after ‘he’s a gentleman’, the earnest vocals, etc. I think the singing on ‘Eamonn, that’s out of order ’ does take it though. 

Eamon that’s out of order, Eamon that’s out order, Eamon that’s out of order.

[Dr Nowt]

4 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Eamon that’s out of order, Eamon that’s out order, Eamon that’s out of order.

 

[joeyk]

Okey doke. We'll leave it there then so....

[KMD7]

After we drew against Egypt in the 1990 world cup.

 

 

[Kevin D]

No, I’m not going to listen to him being called a thug, by you.

[Kevin D]

On 11/03/2006 at 13:48, rondeco said:

Here's an idea of what Dunphy is like...days after keane was given the flick.

 

After all the libellous comments, Bill stops after Dunphy says “go down to the Olympia and deny Keano”.

 

Does that mean something specific or has Bill just heard enough?

[No2]

5 hours ago, Kevin D said:

After all the libellous comments, Bill stops after Dunphy says “go down to the Olympia and deny Keano”.

 

Does that mean something specific or has Bill just heard enough?

There was a play in the Olympia called Aye Keano, it was about Saipan. 

[Kevin D]

1 minute ago, No2 said:

There was a play in the Olympia called Aye Keano, it was about Saipan. 

Ah, nice one.

 

Always wondered.