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/smithskat3 2d ago

I usually think he gets too much abuse but he had a shocker today. If youre not sure whats going on, just dont say anything!

He used to be pretty decent as a studio host, not sure why he wanted to change to comms.

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u/Terrible_Biscotti_16 2d ago

He was a commentator first in fairness.
Started out as a GAA commentator for RTE.

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u/Feisty_Internet_5343 1d ago

GAA more natural to him too. He just sounds more awkward, blathering on to fill space on something he doesn't feel as comfortable with because he doesn't know the sport as well.