They are insufferable before and during a tournament. Even the most balanced of people.
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Bizarrely the actual team seem likeable enough.
The majority of my ingerlish pals have little or no interest in the euros tbh.
Theyāre no more insufferable than the Limerick hurling mob.
Thereās a couple in there that are alright. Mrs Moffat has done some long term research with both the menās and womenās sides which is really interesting. Sadly itāll never be publicly published as itāll be easy identify people i.e. Phil Neville
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Id be interested in the research though if you have a pm.
Iām fascinated by that sort of thing
Itās tiresome in the early stages. Lads vociferously urging on Iran or Slovenia. Time enough in the quarters or semis. At least that Jude Bellingham goal saved us the drudgery of a Switzerland v Slovakia quarter-final.
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Iām sorry youāre tired of it mate. I dont think Iāll ever tire of watching england fail while thinking they have some right to win football tournaments.
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Itās better fun seeing them fail in the latter stages. Like when the Dublin footballers arenāt in the latter stages of championship and you donāt have anyone to strongly dislike then.
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Have you watched England play recently?
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Darragh Maloneyās commentaries give GAA matches a ābig match feelā.
Not so much association football.
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I agree with that, especially the football commentary part!
But at least in the GAA commentaries thereās a bit of urgency in his delivery rather than twee ramblings.
I donāt think heās a brill or gorgeous commentator by any stretch but heās better than the other longstanding options.
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A lot of this is about comparisons with the alternatives.
In association football the viewer compares Maloney to George Hamilton, and this comparison is a negative one for Maloney.
The comparisons in GAA are Ger Canning and Marty Morrissey.
Marty Morrissey does not have a big match voice. His voice will always be that of a commentator on Kilkenny v Antrim in the curtain raiser of a Ye Olde All-Ireland hurling semi-final double header, commentating as if heās a concerned parent trying to encourage Antrim. āOlcan McFettridge showing they love their hurling in the Glens of Antrim!ā āOh look at that for skill by Aidan McCarry, they call him Beaver!ā āCiaran Barr, oh look at that for strength! Oh he completely mishits it! What a shame for Antrim!ā
Ger Canning has a better big match voice than Morrissey, but heās Ger Canning.
Maloneyās GAA commentaries are much more frantic than his association football commentaries and I think that frantic style suits him better. Also my primary memories of him doing GAA commentaries tend to be epic All-Ireland semi-finals, usually the football ones involving Dublin, in front of a full Croke Park. He did the Magic Mulligan goal too and the 2018 Cork v Limerick hurling semi-final.
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Exactly. Marty is ideal for the camogie All Ireland final commentary for the same reasons you mention. Talking about incredible skills & unstoppable rockets as duffed shots dribble past a hapless keeper. Frantic is a good description of Maloneyās GAA commentary style. You sense he doesnāt necessarily know the ins & outs of the game but it doesnāt matter versus the competition.
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I like maloney . I think he does know the game . IIRC he played with Vincents in his youth
He was a Dublin minor footballer too
Was he ? Never knew and Vincents defo his club ?
Yeah around 89/90
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I stand corrected.
This is coming true. All the research has shown that the men would break through. I hope itās fucking wrong
Maloney doesnāt really know hurling and the doubt comes out in his voice at times, heāll say something and thereāll be a quiet second as he waits to see does it pass muster.
But heās good for football, heās clearly a biased Dublin fan but thatās no harm as it adds to his excitement. And is far better than Martys āI just happened to be in the home village of named Clare panel member last week and they (who?) tell me heās really up for this gameā shtick
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