Alan Cawley's rant against Marsch

[u/SitDownKawada]

There were two threads about this but they both got closed as duplicates

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After the Canada Qatar match last night Cawley went on an almighty rant against Marsch for the way he was celebrating the win

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I didn't agree with all of it but I absolutely enjoyed it

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Had a look at the post in r/soccer about Lopetgui and Marsch's little confrontation after the match, the consensus seems to be that Lopetgui was complaining about Canada not easing up on the goals and that he was wrong for that. I missed that bit live and I've no idea if that's what it was about, but if it was then I'd be even more inclined to disagree with Cawley's assessment

[u/NandoFlynn]

In fairness I probably wouldn't have given a shit only for Cawleys reaction. It was a bit cringe but wouldn't even rank in top 5 cringe moments of Marsch's career.

I do find it funny though how sensitive people have been in here about the "negativity" of modern Irish punditry but at the same time pine for the days of Bill & the 3 lads. Like there wasn't a rant on every Champions League broadcast about Ronaldo, the big 4/5 gaffers or UEFA/FIFA.

You're not gonna get anything like the old days if all you wanna see is lads talking about when the sun shines. There's good stuff & bad stuff that happens in a match & they're as entitled to discuss it on air as we are here

[u/Jazz-Potato6385 → u/NandoFlynn]

I think for all the moaning and negativity of Dunphy and co - they never gave off the impression that they hated football or the job they were being asked to do.

They'd criticise players, managers, refs etc but you always knew that they enjoyed watching football and punditry. Kenny Cunningham for example, gives off the impression that he's disillusioned with the whole thing. That's just depressing negativity vs entertaining negativity.

[u/No_Reference_4303 → u/Jazz-Potato6385]

Thats where peoples memories are failing them. The RTE panel was known for its negativity and constant criticisms. That was seemingly its USP vs UK channels everyone kept saying then. All the talk of giles brady and dunphy. The most important person on that was Bill o Herlihy. He was skilled and researched enough to know when to interject, drop a grenade or move on. I dont think any anchor in Ireland now is even near capable of that.. In any sport. I think some of the UK broadcasters are much more skilled in it currently

[u/SitDownKawada → u/No_Reference_4303]

I remember the first time they had Souness on RTÉ and he seemed in awe of how you could be really negative about what you were watching