As an Englishman, I wish we had someone like him on football panels. The man is clearly great value. We have to put up with cheerleaders always telling us how wonderful the Premiership is, without considering why the national team is so bad.
Best rant iv ever seen. He went out that night and did something that no other tv personality would ever have the balls to do. That panel are priceless, way more down to earth than their snobby rugby counterparts. long may he be on tv
The Australia-Iran qualifier at the MCG in 1997 still grinds my gears. Venables chose to start Steve Horvat - who was without a club at the time and hadn't kicked a football in anger in some time after being released by Hajduk Split - alongside Socceroos Captain Alex Tobin instead of Tobin's long-time club and country partner Milan Ivanovic. As it happened Horvat and Tobin played with zero cohesion at the back and Iran scored two incredibly soft goals accompanied by non-existent marking.
I admire dunphy we need a lot more like him he is definitely not afraid to speak his mind he has absolutely no inhabitions whatsoever I believe he is still a lovely man and a really good person
The panel was so good, often far better than whatever match was on. These kinds of debates would be unthinkable now, dispensed with discussions in favour of inoffensive sound bites and pointless stats.
Terry Venables responded by saying "How can a self confessed cocaine user and convicted drink driver lecture me on character"? Ouch.....the truth is always bitter Eamon.
when billo said "invidious position" I thought , woah bill is a smart man but then by the third time he said I was just like , aww he must have learned it off before the broadcast :((
@MasterofSpiders To be fair to his time at Rovers, himself and Giles held an idealogy that he felt was ripped apart by some small minded clubs, with a win at all costs style of football. They wanted Rovers to play beautiful stuff, but felt other teams hindered them. Of course, you're entitled not to just roll over against bigger teams, but it's also not nice to see very short sighted attitudes, that exist not only in League of Ireland football, but many clubs abroad, as well.
Dunphy was assistant manager and Youth Director at Shamrock Rovers when John Giles was manager and couldn't take it. He'll never manage anyone because he's not able to.
dunphy is honest' he speaks his mind. and were all on here argueing bout him! lol! dont you see?? were all interested in what he has to say! so hes gud at his job! crap' or bullshit' he makes u listen' thats what hes paid to do! lol
Venables good points: He got England to the semi final of the European Championships on home ground, beating Holland and Spain on the way. Won the title with Barcelona and got them to a European Cup final the following season. Won the FA Cup with Spurs against Nottingham Forest that was managed by Clough, one of the greats of the game. Players have spoken positively about their experience playing under him and clearly have respect. His bad points: Is a journeyman and mercenary. Didn’t last more than two years in most of his jobs. Failed to qualify for the 98 World Cup with Australia through one game. Courts controversy off the field with mismanagement of money. Financially crippled Portsmouth. Isn’t committed. Didn’t turn up for his first game at Leeds to do a gig for the BBC Holliday programme etc.
Is has to be the best soccer coverage in the world. Where else woud you get pure comedy and drama. Hope we never go to the political correct world of sky and bbc
Terry Venables is one of the biggest crooks, but best PR men in football. His behavior at Portsmouth towards the Gregory family is nothing short of scandalous
Would have loved it if he'd said 'Wheeler dealer' with Harry Redknapp on a discussion panel (we know he gets royally triggered when fans and Press use that phrase in his direction)
@TheLillywhiteArmy well said, i never thought about tht..i remember watching this rant an agreeing..but just thinkn about it maybe this rant put the fear of god in the fa an made them deliver with trap
Venables is overrated but he is not representing reality here. The Barcelona that Venables had not been to any European cup final for 25 years. People looking in 2017 at the fact they lost to Steau in the final are putting a distorted view on an old situation.
The final was played in Spain and Barcelona failed to win it unlike the European trophy the club won two years before he became manager. the 86 European cup final was a BLOODY AWFUL game of football and Barcelona managed by Terry Venables were not good enough to win it
As an Englishman, I wish we had someone like him on football panels. The man is clearly great value. We have to put up with cheerleaders always telling us how wonderful the Premiership is, without considering why the national team is so bad.
At least you have Keane now
Absolute gold. RTE Panel will never be the same without Bill, John and Eamon.
Bill was a master of riling them up, an absolute master, just knew exactly how to light the match and let them go.
"Be too late then John... we're buggered." Where else would you hear such a legend.
Bill's smile at 2:20 haha. Miss seeing him on RTE was a great shit stirrer and character
RIP Bill. Miss you a lot.
roytheboy68 I miss Bill too
Best rant iv ever seen. He went out that night and did something that no other tv personality would ever have the balls to do. That panel are priceless, way more down to earth than their snobby rugby counterparts. long may he be on tv
"Little Paddy Land", hahaha, gifted!
"Why did HE do it?"
Bill was the best at stirring the pot 😂😂
Goat
Haha yeah, brilliant
4:55 "The savage loves his native heath" oh man fucking brilliant
Best days of my life were spent watching Eamon, John, Bill and the lads.
Grew up watching them on rte on champions league nights and ireland games. The best there ever was. Honorable mention to apres match aswel
RIP El Tel whose passing has brought me back to this compelling punditry
HAHA!!! I love the bit at 2:20 when it cuts to Bill and he's smirking away at the lads arguing.
QUALITY!!!!!!!
The way they talk on these panels is so refreshing
Miss them
Dunphy makes a very compelling argument here.
Long Haired Messi at the end there, proper champions league nights those were.
2:20, brilliant cut away
I really miss these discussions. Miss you Bill.
This has aged well still watching in 2024
Eamon Dunphy is a legend and always will be.......
2.21...the look on Bill's face...he's lovin' it ! "We're buggered"...classic Dunphy!!!
love it!! proper passionate dabate on football, never get anything like this on sky sports
The Australia-Iran qualifier at the MCG in 1997 still grinds my gears. Venables chose to start Steve Horvat - who was without a club at the time and hadn't kicked a football in anger in some time after being released by Hajduk Split - alongside Socceroos Captain Alex Tobin instead of Tobin's long-time club and country partner Milan Ivanovic.
As it happened Horvat and Tobin played with zero cohesion at the back and Iran scored two incredibly soft goals accompanied by non-existent marking.
I admire dunphy we need a lot more like him he is definitely not afraid to speak his mind he has absolutely no inhabitions whatsoever I believe he is still a lovely man and a really good person
Dunphy after being calmed down: FECK! ARSE! SUGAR! BUNG!
This is fucking priceless.
5.50.. John Giles... "not every night!" 😂
5:32 Who's the punter?😂
Great stuff from Eamon that night.
''The savage loves his native shore'' hahahahahaha
When hes concentrating on his football hes very very good 🤣🤣🤣
What a panel! Wonderful analysis and entertainment when compared to the bores we have on football panels on RTE now.
The panel was so good, often far better than whatever match was on. These kinds of debates would be unthinkable now, dispensed with discussions in favour of inoffensive sound bites and pointless stats.
Terry Venables responded by saying "How can a self confessed cocaine user and convicted drink driver lecture me on character"? Ouch.....the truth is always bitter Eamon.
Chris Lacey literally nothing too do with football tho is it?
A bit of Jimmy White about him..😂😂
very tenables good man john
Would love to see bill john and eamonn one last time on tv 😣
I haven't seen Souness say so little since he was on Sky Sports
when billo said "invidious position" I thought , woah bill is a smart man but then by the third time he said I was just like , aww he must have learned it off before the broadcast :((
rooney2cantona: can u upload the old rants when stauton was in charge or do you even have them anymore, I would like to watch them again.?
Good oul Bill - the face face of impartiality 0:10 fixing his hanky...he loves it lol
@MasterofSpiders
To be fair to his time at Rovers, himself and Giles held an idealogy that he felt was ripped apart by some small minded clubs, with a win at all costs style of football. They wanted Rovers to play beautiful stuff, but felt other teams hindered them. Of course, you're entitled not to just roll over against bigger teams, but it's also not nice to see very short sighted attitudes, that exist not only in League of Ireland football, but many clubs abroad, as well.
dunphy is a legend----brilliant
RIP Bill 🙏 he is very badly missed
RIP El Tel and Bill. Glorious punditry entertainment on show here.
Who's the punter?
pigriser me
Should've got him. His personality to put players at ease mixed with Irelands honesty and hard work attitude; could've been a winning combo
Dunphy was assistant manager and Youth Director at Shamrock Rovers when John Giles was manager and couldn't take it. He'll never manage anyone because he's not able to.
whats goin to happen when these lads retire??
Hold On! Hold On! Hold On!.... Eamons catchphrase
dunphy is honest' he speaks his mind. and were all on here argueing bout him! lol! dont you see?? were all interested in what he has to say! so hes gud at his job! crap' or bullshit' he makes u listen' thats what hes paid to do! lol
Little paddy land 😂😂😂😂 Dunphy is a gas man! Poor old Bill too, what a loss!!
When you look at the Venables records you can't really argue. For some reason I thought he had won an awful lot more.
Venables good points: He got England to the semi final of the European Championships on home ground, beating Holland and Spain on the way.
Won the title with Barcelona and got them to a European Cup final the following season.
Won the FA Cup with Spurs against Nottingham Forest that was managed by Clough, one of the greats of the game.
Players have spoken positively about their experience playing under him and clearly have respect.
His bad points: Is a journeyman and mercenary. Didn’t last more than two years in most of his jobs.
Failed to qualify for the 98 World Cup with Australia through one game.
Courts controversy off the field with mismanagement of money. Financially crippled Portsmouth.
Isn’t committed. Didn’t turn up for his first game at Leeds to do a gig for the BBC Holliday programme etc.
Thank doG we don't have to worry about El Tel anymore.
Ah the good old days.
0:48 seconds Giles nearly said very terrible!!!!
Not in Ireland, where there are three popular kinds of football.
Is has to be the best soccer coverage in the world. Where else woud you get pure comedy and drama. Hope we never go to the political correct world of sky and bbc
Eamon Dunphy recently called Roy Keane a "politician and a bullshitter".
A week? That’s being optimistic, he might just make it 10 minutes before he would be escorted by security from the building ;-D
He was only fired by association 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good man bill
I almost wish Venables had gotten the job; the analysis would have been absolutely priceless!!
Haha! Bill laughing at 2.21.
Terry Venables is one of the biggest crooks, but best PR men in football. His behavior at Portsmouth towards the Gregory family is nothing short of scandalous
Dunphy was on fire here 😂😂😂
I dont know Very Tenables! 😅
1:47 Hitler like fist gesture from Heir Dunphy!
Would have loved it if he'd said 'Wheeler dealer' with Harry Redknapp on a discussion panel (we know he gets royally triggered when fans and Press use that phrase in his direction)
Great Dunphy exposing that crook El Tel..
sounds like dunphy has something personal against venables
Verry Tenables.
"must have been after a libel case" how ironic...
Alex McCleish got Birmingham and Aston Villa relegated.
Bill's face @ 2:20. Fuckin gas!
3:44 no you're right the first time eamon shitty city
It must be Venables accountant
He was going for the job at the time, he was in an awkward position.
@andymacceltic exactly, well said
Bill s. Grinning face true all this. Proves.= what i always belived. Hes a shit stirrer.. Lol. He starts them off
Berry Terribles
@TheLillywhiteArmy well said, i never thought about tht..i remember watching this rant an agreeing..but just thinkn about it maybe this rant put the fear of god in the fa an made them deliver with trap
6:03 sums up dunphy. The world's gone crazy and he's the only sane one left
ahaha "little paddy-land"...
Yeah of course we're in worse shape, that's why we had to lend you billions eh?
very Tennables! LOL
Damn good punditry. Damn good TV. The golden age
he should have Fairly Shitty, the worst drama on telly
Venables is overrated but he is not representing reality here. The Barcelona that Venables had not been to any European cup final for 25 years. People looking in 2017 at the fact they lost to Steau in the final are putting a distorted view on an old situation.
The final was played in Spain and Barcelona failed to win it unlike the European trophy the club won two years before he became manager. the 86 European cup final was a BLOODY AWFUL game of football and Barcelona managed by Terry Venables were not good enough to win it
No place for silly, woke cows on the football panel in those days.
Very untenables
I love Dunphy!
Dunphy is as high as a kite
Beaten home and away by Dundee United... not Dundee.
Same thing really
Iv been wrecking my head for years. cant decide if i hate dunphy r like him. Just cant fucken make tat decision. Lol
like i said about dunphy all the time...he is A XHANCER
The smile on Bill 😂😂😂😂 he was just so good.
Come Eamon don't say soccer please, its footy footy football
Souness is like wtf
okey doke ..
@cbak12sg amen! we love him
I dont know verry tenables😂