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Topic: Michael Duignan
Posh Spice
(1,383 Posts)
Posted: 07-May-2008 16:35
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on tv right now jumping up on Brian Clowens back!!

another rake of votes lost!
Hold that Line
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Posted: 07-May-2008 16:36
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Biffos go wild!
Tazz
(442 Posts)
Posted: 07-May-2008 16:53
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Hopefully he knows more about Politics than he does hurling . . . A great hurler a god awful analyist .....
waterford 2-23
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Posted: 07-May-2008 17:11
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Now that`s showboating
Happy Hurler
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Posted: 08-May-2008 15:36
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He should learn the basic rules for a start!
inthenameajaysus
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Posted: 08-May-2008 17:59
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Originally posted by Posh Spice:
Michael Duignan

as analysts go

hes the most biased iv ever seen, doesnt know the rules frequently gets stats wrong and cannot put a dcent sentence together without tripping over his words

oh god and how could anybody forget how he forgot that waterford had to play a semi final last year after the quarter final v cork

wasnt such a great all ireland final between waterford and kilkenny when limerick beat them in the semi
LimerickNomad
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Posted: 08-May-2008 18:10
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Almost every single utterance he`s ever made about refereeing
or/and the rules of the game has been wrong!
zafonic_10
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Posted: 08-May-2008 18:31
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he loves kilkenny....and he especially loves Tommy Walshe.

He`s prob as bad as Brolly who loves to praise Tyrone Armagh Derry etc when he gets going on KK.
T_de_B
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Posted: 08-May-2008 21:00
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Mike has two senior All Ireland medals.

Read `em and weep, children.

How many have youse lot?

Now, ask yourselves truthfully, who knows most about hurling.

On that great Offaly team,

Troy and Johnny Dooley were the magicians

Whelehan was the stylist

Pilkington was its soul

and

Duignan was its cutting edge  (Ask Kilkenny if I`m wrong ) .
count of monte cristo
(463 Posts)
Posted: 08-May-2008 21:01
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cutting edge or bludgeon?

still ive great respect for the man
Billy Whizz
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Posted: 08-May-2008 23:04
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He´s an out and out p****a.
zafonic_10
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Posted: 08-May-2008 23:55
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Originally posted by T_de_B:
Mike has two senior All Ireland medals.

Read `em and weep, children.

How many have youse lot?

Now, ask yourselves truthfully, who knows most about hurling.

On that great Offaly team,

Troy and Johnny Dooley were the magicians

Whelehan was the stylist

Pilkington was its soul

and

Duignan was its cutting edge   (Ask Kilkenny if I`m wrong  )  .

Whatever........This doesn`t change that he is a chronic analyst mainly due to his bias and love affair with KK.

We all respect them for the great team they are but he just brings it to another extreme.

By the way he didn`t stay too long in his role as select or with Offaly did he???? a year I think it was. A good hurler he was alright
Exemplar Hiberniae
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Posted: 09-May-2008 00:20
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I love that man. I would spoon him.
TheMonastery
(154 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 10:06
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Originally posted by Exemplar Hiberniae:
I love that man. I would spoon him.

Met the man once or twice and regardless of his prowess as a commentator he is sound

happy to talk hurling with any man drunk or sober and generally good craic
count of monte cristo
(463 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 10:31
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Whatever........This doesn`t change that he is a chronic analyst mainly due to his bias and love affair with KK.

this is one of my pet peeves, you say hes a chronic analyst zafonic?im not quite sure, how long has he been on the sunday game its a bit early to say hes long term.

other sports broadcasters who are "chronic"
jimmy magee
eamon Dunphy
Bill O
Giles
Lyster
Michael o Mhuireactaigh
ger canning

all the above are long term not so sure about duignan
waterford 2-23
(1,119 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 11:22
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Originally posted by zafonic_10:
he loves kilkenny....

he`s an uncle tom
thedude
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Posted: 09-May-2008 11:46
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Originally posted by T_de_B:
Mike has two senior All Ireland medals.

He only has two All Ireland hurling medals.
Not real All Ireland medals.
Visalia
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Posted: 09-May-2008 12:02
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He is a f**ying jenit. I think hes marginally retarded. He nevers gets calls right and he is obsessed with Kilkenny and Tommy Walsh in particular.

I recall the AI last year when the Angel Walsh brought a hurley full force down on Pat Tobin`s shoulder. He said "ah yea Pat made the most of that injury there now".

A joke.
Marion Jones
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Posted: 09-May-2008 12:10
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I think he`s good telly. Ok I wouldn`t ask him to be my best man but as TdB says the man has two AI`s and sat on the same team bus as some of the greatest players we`ve enjoyed over the last 15 - 20 years.

I think he`s earned some respect.

Besides, by the looks of things around here, we may need him, his howlers and his entertainment as discussion pieces before long.
ABC123
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Posted: 09-May-2008 12:32
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Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
Almost every single utterance he`s ever made about refereeing
or/and the rules of the game has been wrong!

Not quite....

He was right last year about the referee in the A.I. and some of totally biased decisions against Kilkenny and he was correct to state that it was not the referee`s `right` to try and make a match of it.

Also he spotted that Shefflin had `flicked` the sliothar to the net  (for Kilkenny`s 2nd goal )  when his co-commentator was puzzled over whther you could hand-pass the ball to the net or not!!!

He was also honest enough to `clear` Mullane after the incident between Mullane / Curran last year where it loooked like Mullane was `feigning` injury but the camera showed he had got a root into the guts from Curran.

He made a big mistake last year with regards to Waterford and forgetting a certain semi-final against Limerick but shure didn`t Waterford also forgot they had a game also....
ABC123
(624 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 12:35
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Originally posted by waterford 2-23:


he`s an uncle tom

It`s laughable to state that Duignan has any `love` for Kilkenny, I cite his playing career against us as proof.

If you want a `love-in` just listen to Donal O` Grady, Cregan etc talking about Munster hurling for puke inducment.
ABC123
(624 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 12:37
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Originally posted by Visalia:

I recall the AI last year when the Angel Walsh brought a hurley full force down on Pat Tobin`s shoulder. He said "ah yea Pat made the most of that injury there now".

A joke.

When the replay was shown, he did state that it was a free and the `tackle. was high - he makes spur of the moments comments  (trying to follow as fast a game as hurling )  and gets some initially wrong......grounds for hanging allright..
formosa
(695 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 14:16
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Originally posted by Visalia:


I recall the AI last year when the Angel Walsh brought a hurley full force down on Pat Tobin`s shoulder. He said "ah yea Pat made the most of that injury there now".

A joke.

Full Force!!!!

Jaysus, you must be fair soft...
bosco32
(606 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 14:44
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I`m always amazed by the amount of critical comment Duignan attracts. I think he`s very good, makes a lot of comments that others would be afraid to and is generally quite incisive which is badly needed foil to Canning`s aimless meanderings. Compared to the lazy analysis offered by clowns like Mulcahy, Finnerty and Farrell, he`s a breath of fresh air.

Actually, in retrospect, I`m not amazed. Most people round here have massive chips on their shoulders. In fact provoking negative comment in these environs is probably something to be admired. It`s become quite clear over the course of many discussions that a lot of people on this board don`t like him because he cracked David Forde across the midriff in a match that was nearly 10 years ago. And got away with it.
Tazz
(442 Posts)
Posted: 09-May-2008 15:32
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Have nothing against him for that it happens in the heat of battle... Just think he is a p**i poor analyist ...
This message has been edited - 09-may-2008 @ 15:32

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