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PETITION Bring back Dessie Scahill

Rollo Tomasi

22 Jul 18 17:24

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Commentating is a sedentary job, absolutely no need for Dessie to retire today when he is only 70. He has at least another 10 years of top notch commentating in him (Nap).

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scaredmoney When: 22 Jul 18 17:29

this will be a short list of names imo

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acey deucy When: 22 Jul 18 17:36

Signed.

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MJK When: 22 Jul 18 17:37

Couldn't agree more with op. And ATR a disgrace, they show his interview just before a race is off and cut him off. Shambles.

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Lampus When: 22 Jul 18 18:44

signed

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onlooker When: 22 Jul 18 18:58

Not at all so sure about - "at least another 10 years of top notch commentating in him (NAP)"

Wouldn't back that at 1000 - about anybody,

Peter O'Sullevan went on for far too long - and it certainly showed.

Became embarrassing for everybody, not just himself.

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mouse muldoon When: 22 Jul 18 19:22

Bring back Dessie Wotsisname.

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scaredmoney When: 22 Jul 18 20:04

onlooker knows

went on for far too long...same as John "oh its a goal" Motson

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NOW WE KNOW When: 22 Jul 18 21:25

Ageism is rife RT. 112 is the new 62.

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GEORGE.B When: 22 Jul 18 21:38

Interview in the RP today, he said he genuinely won't miss the racing much, but will miss the cheque at the end of the month

Towards the end of the piece he goes on about money again, saying his wife is now the breadwinner and he'll be a kept man.

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GEORGE.B When: 22 Jul 18 21:39

I admire his honesty.

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Ramruma When: 23 Jul 18 05:42

Now that Dessie's gone, how will we distinguish between in-running players who could read a race (or at least recognise the colours) and those who relied on what the commentator says?

On the one hand, Dessie did make too many ****-ups and should have stepped down years ago. On the other, one can't help feeling sorry for the man about the crass way he has been publicly forced out. On the third hand, one or two of the soft soap interviews have found some interesting reminiscences. Maybe a fast-working Irish ghost-writer can get Dessie's autobiography on the shelves in time for Christmas.

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mouse muldoon When: 23 Jul 18 08:11

fast-working Irish ghost-writer

oxymoron?

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 12:27

Chapman having a cheap shot on his last day was low but typical of him.

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cardenden When: 23 Jul 18 12:28

rather have matt chapman

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 12:30

So would Chapman

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Rollo Tomasi When: 23 Jul 18 13:38

Ramruma
23 Jul 18 05:42
On the one hand, Dessie did make too many ****-ups and should have stepped down years ago

I don't know what you are talking about Ramruna. Anybody knows that when it comes to commentating visibility is key. For your information it rains a lot in Ireland. Add to this their larger field sizes due to less meetings and such as McManus/Gigginstown running 18 horses in the same race, makes commentating there very difficult. Dessie had a 99.27% accuracy rate and I doubt any other commentator would have come close to the maestro.

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jmdc When: 23 Jul 18 13:47

Thanks Dessie - just go now please. The accuracy rate you quote is absolute bollocks!

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Rollo Tomasi When: 23 Jul 18 14:18

jmdc,
I am not Dessie, nor is he me.

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Barton Bank When: 23 Jul 18 15:43

RT is a happy fisherman imo.

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Rollo Tomasi When: 23 Jul 18 16:11

Good afternoon BB.

"Happy" does not describe my mood about the sad demise of a commentating great. I watched a Dessieless race yesterday and wondered if they had recruited the commentator from a mortuary slab, no verve at all.

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Barton Bank When: 23 Jul 18 16:18

Good afternoon, get that hook away from me!

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cardenden When: 23 Jul 18 16:34

at least if they did let chapman do the coms,, he would not be afraid to tell it how it is,, dodgy rides etc

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:13

Jul 23, 2018 -- 4:34PM, cardenden wrote:

at least if they did let chapman

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:18

Jul 23, 2018 -- 4:11PM, Rollo Tomasi wrote:

Good afternoon BB."Happy" does not describe my mood about the sad demise of a commentating great. I watched a Dessieless race yesterday and wondered if they had recruited the commentator from a mortuary slab, no verve at all.

Tony O'Hehir has a great handy number on RTE. Usually when he can't figure a colour out he'll say nothing for a few seconds and listen to Dessies comm to find out. Then we have Pugh, our version of David Fitzgerald, who as a PTP 'expert' thinks he knows everything. And finally Jerry Gannon, who whole commentary is based on how much he can say in five seconds about the winning connections as they pass the post.

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:19

Jul 23, 2018 -- 4:34PM, cardenden wrote:

at least if they did let chapman

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:20

Yeah the way he outs Prescott, Gosden, Spencer, Murphy, Elliott and the rest of his 'friends'.

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workrider When: 23 Jul 18 17:21

Mr O'Brien did a comm at Killarney last week , drab would be my take on it . Hopefully Gary sticks to presenting, Dessie was a superb reader of a race and most times got the finish correct unlike a certain Catt , Matt is totally out of his debt when it come to commentating . A fine art is what it is, and I think one of the artist's has just retired. Happy retirement Des ...

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:42

Jul 23, 2018 -- 5:21PM, workrider wrote:

Mr O'Brien did a comm at Killarney last week , drab would be my take on it . Hopefully Gary sticks to presenting, Dessie was a superb reader of a race and most times got the finish correct unlike a certain Catt , Matt is totally out of his debt when it come to commentating . A fine art is what it is, and I think one of the artist's has just retired. Happy retirement Des ...

Dessie was a commentating artist. We all know what type of artist Chapman is

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workrider When: 23 Jul 18 17:45

Didn't see you yesterday in Waterford...?

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MJK When: 23 Jul 18 17:55

Had a family function on. Typical, Sundays are usually safe.

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workrider When: 23 Jul 18 17:57

You are forgiven so...

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punchestown When: 23 Jul 18 22:36

He was punching the clock for the last few years so it's probably best he does hang up the mic,he will be fondly remembered by most and his impact on a tight finish was tremenjus....

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GEORGE.B When: 24 Jul 18 00:14

I like Jerry Hannon, always feel his enthusiasm is real and he gets a bit carried away at times, and when that happens, kinda sounds like Ian Paisley on speed imo

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acey deucy When: 26 Jul 18 23:39

Quantitativeeasing.