Liam Brady's RTÉ departure marks the end of a certain style of punditry, writes paulfennessy21 -
Paul Fennessy THIS WEEK the venerated American director Quentin Tarantino gave an interview to the French publication Liberation in which he lamented how movie criticism has changed over the decades.
Speaking about the decision to end his career as a soccer pundit earlier this week and how analysis has changed over the years, Liam Brady told RTE News at One: Taking an especially harsh, controversial and unorthodox viewpoint in a high-profile public setting amid the overwhelming influence of social media is becoming increasingly rare.
The backlash saw everyone from The Roots’ drummer Questlove to Karen Elson, Jack White‘s ex-wife, weigh in and it subsequently prompted an apology and tweet deletion from the individual in question. Its relative transience dulled its impact and meant that, back in 2005, most of these types of controversies would be largely forgotten about within a day or two.
Yet ‘hot takes’ seemed quite popular not so long ago. At their peak, RTÉ viewing figures showed more people were tuning in for the musings of Messrs Giles, Brady and Dunphy than the actual football matches. The situation appeared even more antagonistic before Brady joined the RTÉ panel and became a mainstay of it alongside Dunphy and Giles.
“LIAM BRADY says that Eamonn Dunphy’s claim that Ireland could win the World Cup was “a cynical ploy” that would allow him to savage Jack Charlton when Ireland were beaten. Brady claims Dunphy knew that Ireland had no chance of winning the World Cup. He dismisses Dunphy’s knowledge of the international game as being ‘limited.
Jack Charlton’s run-ins with Dunphy have been well-documented, while Mick McCarthy would be keen to find out what the panel had said after every game, with Dunphy one of the most vocal Roy Keane supporters amid the Saipan debacle. “How many times have you watched that comedy show? It’s so old, so so antiquated. It’s a funny show and that’s what they do. I’d be disappointed if they didn’t do that. Real football people know what went on tonight.”“If I was listening at all to your punditry team, there would be little chance of us fighting back,” he said at the 2015 RTÉ Sport Awards.
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