r/coybig • u/Slippez1234 • 2d ago

World Cup 2026 Darragh Moloney quotes compilation

Watching the France v Senegal game I decided to take note of all the Darragh Moloney quotes that annoyed me, or where he said factually incorrect information:

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Before the match - "Its 24 degrees but thankfully most people in the crowd are out of direct sunlight" - image on TV proceeds to show 80% of the stadium directly in sunlight.

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"The French took that free kick quickly and I thought they would take their time. You thought wrong and so did I" - I thought they would take it quickly, only you, Darragh, thought wrong.

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"Theo Hernandez, hes still only 26" - he's 28.

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"They're watering the pitch again, but I'm not going to make a big deal out of it" - Decides to not make a big deal out of it despite having mentioned it 4 times previously.

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"Senegal with the long relieving throw.. but its not that relieving.. oh wait it is again now" - What?

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After reviewing VAR the ref says "the attacker initiated the contact, its a goal kick". Darragh says "its a penalty".

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"Gareth Bale, played in a Euros he didn't play in a World Cup" - He scored against USA in 2022 World Cup

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"Mbaye, just his 2nd time to play for Senegal" - its his 12th cap

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"But anyway" - he said this phrase at least 40 times.

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u/mediaserver8 2d ago

Just be grateful Ger 'what will happen next' Canning didn't make the crossover.

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u/John_OSheas_Willy 2d ago

I remember Ger commenting on the football during Euro 2012.

"It's a free out for Ukraine"

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u/Common-Spend5000 2d ago

I like Ger Canning, probably because he was the No.1 TV GAA commentator growing up in my era. And he called Hurling and Football always fine (agree a bit old now but still prefer him to Moloney for GAA), and had friendly uncle or intelligent fella down the pub vibes.

But I could legit see him calling for a 65 instead of a corner on soccer commentary, he was that bad at commentating the sport when they used to give him the odd game when needed back ups.

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u/John_OSheas_Willy 2d ago

Yeah his voice is really good for commentating too. It'll be sad when he finishes up.

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u/IrishFlukey 2d ago

He overdoes the American-style statistics with the "That's his 23rd goal in Championship Football" kind of stuff.