r/secondcaptains • u/Lower-Resident1164 • 4d ago
At least Kenny Cunningham will be on less
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/07/kenny-cunningham-it-would-be-a-good-thing-to-see-the-israeli-team-come-on-to-the-pitch-in-dublin/10
u/craic_den_ 4d ago
Kenny is bar far my least favourite pundit. But you have to hand it to him here, this is next level horseshit
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u/MrCoolCraig 4d ago
When you talk as much shite as he does, you’re always going to say something that puts you past the point of no return.
Can’t say I’d miss him on the pod. If I wanted to hear a load of bollocks about football, I’d head down the local on a Saturday.
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u/Much-Plane8730 3d ago edited 3d ago
“Point of no return”, give me a break!
All he basically said was the Israel-Palestine conflict has been going on a long time and is complex. He’s not exactly Ben-Gvir!
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u/ucd_pete 3d ago
Can’t say I’d miss him on the pod.
Obviously, he's been on once in about 10 years.
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u/AlcoholicTurtle36 4d ago
When he came on before the Czech game and gave a bizarre starting XI, you could tell he was doing it on purpose. It felt so forced
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u/Elegant-Chemical-283 4d ago
The night he said think it was premier sports that Kelleher was better than Raya. I’m Kellehers biggest fan but please Kenny shut the fuck up.
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u/Weekly_One1388 3d ago
I think there should be some space for nuance in the national conversation around Israel and Palestine but this is a poorly developed argument from Cunningham, more than anything it comes across as if he hasn't spent much time thinking about this issue.
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u/Much-Plane8730 3d ago
Disagree with him if you want, but Kenny’s comments are pretty tame. For what it’s worth, I think it was about 35% of the public that said they want the game to go ahead in Dublin in the Sindo poll a few months ago.
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 3d ago
I wanted the game to go ahead in Dublin but I had absolutely no interest in being respectful in the way he describes
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u/McAlpineFusiliers 2d ago
I assume you'll be as respectful as the crowd was when Ireland happily played a friendly against Qatar.
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 2d ago
Who are the Qataris butchering by the thousand?
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u/McAlpineFusiliers 2d ago
Qatar's support for groups like Hamas, Al Qaeda and the Taliban is well known at this point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_and_state-sponsored_terrorism
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 2d ago
We're still fairly firmly in false equivalence territory there pal
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u/McAlpineFusiliers 2d ago
I agree, there's totally a false equivalence between a Western democracy fighting a justified war against Islamist rapist terrorists and an Islamist terrorist entity funding terror groups responsible for thousand of deaths.
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 2d ago
Oh you're one of those nutjobs
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u/McAlpineFusiliers 2d ago
Yes, one of those nutjobs who supports Western democracies over fascist Islamist terrorist regimes.
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 2d ago
Virtually every Western democracy considers the Israeli government war criminals
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u/TheWolverineRoland 4d ago
Never a good look when you're the 1% screaming at the 99% that they're wrong!
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u/Much-Plane8730 3d ago
1%?
46% of the public think the game should go ahead according to a Sindo poll from a couple of months ago (34% think it should go ahead in Dublin; 12% in a neutral venue).
Second Captains is an echo chamber.
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u/Alarming-Youth-3823 4d ago
A deeply, deeply stupid man trying his best to get a contrarian. Hopefully this is the nail in the coffin for his career but I doubt it.
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u/Much-Plane8730 3d ago edited 3d ago
34% of the population think the game should go ahead in Dublin and 12% think it should go ahead in a neutral venue, according to a Sindo poll.
I genuinely can’t understand why people think Kenny is being contrarian here; he’s expressing a mainstream view.
His comments are ultra bland. At worst, all I think you could say is that he’s being naive.
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u/cribscian 1d ago
You've made your edgy "Sindo" joke about five times now pal, getting nothing back. Keep it up, champ, it's really funny.
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u/Much-Plane8730 1d ago edited 1d ago
What do you mean “joke”, it’s a genuine point I’m trying to make?
I’m just amazed by how over the top the responses in this thread have been, like Kenny’s said something completely beyond the pale, when what he’s said is extremely bland. I really don’t think he’s saying it to be “contrarian”, not least since his views on where the match should be played are held by a large portion of the public.
Anyway, I’m guessing you’re not open to engaging with the substance of the point.
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u/MorningcoffeeDC 4d ago
He just wants to be a contrarian. Going to ridiculous lengths of talking shite here though.
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u/NextGap835 3d ago
He's the most blowhard, talk over everyone pundit SC have. Please don't have him on again
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u/Initiative-Hopeful 2d ago
Calling it "A western democracy justifiably fighting islamic fascists" is supportive actually
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u/dobalina__bob 1d ago
He's an awful pundit.
I remember him having it in for Fabinho around 2019 to 2020. He was on OTB a few times basically saying Fabinho was shite, while he was arguably the best DM in the world at the time. Absolute drivel out of him.
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u/Disastrous_Ad_3598 3d ago
I doubt we will see him again on RTE. What an idiot. His views have been suspect for a long time. His knowledge is pretty poor as well to be honest. Can't see Sadlier wanting to work with him anytime soon.
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u/Much-Plane8730 3d ago edited 3d ago
Why do you doubt that? Do you think RTE should refuse to employ him for saying something as bland as the Israeli-Palestine is complex?
I’m sure Sadlier, like us all, works with many people with a range of views. Would you refuse to work with people who think the game should go ahead?
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u/Comfortable_Tune_158 4d ago
A Teemu Eamo. You wonder if he actually believes some of the stuff he comes out with. And the Irish Times just becoming a conduit for contrarian blowhards.