John Gallen writes:
Fair play to George, I’m no fan but this gave me a laugh! A listener texted the show yesterday asking George to retire… his response…
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He shouldn’t retire because of his age. He should be booted out because he’s the most irritating voice in Irish rugby.
Not any more, Shane Horgan out-irritates Hook all day long.
How does that buzz word merchant keep getting work?
No idea but I can’t stand him. If possible I turn over to BBC to watch games, between him and Nugent I watch very little rugby on RTE and don’t get me started on Dara O’Brien on Against the Head……
RTE use him, Off the Ball use him, Second Captains use him. A wise man speaks when has something to say, a fool speaks because he thinks he has to say something. That’s Shane Horgan and Jamie Redknapp summed up in the second clause.
Side note: I do like his sister and I’ve found the first two episodes of Catastrophe with herself and Rob Delaney quite enjoyable.
@Mikey, and Pulling was an excellent show.
That was a disappointment. When he started on the injection idea, it sounded promising.
He should retire, not because of his age per se, but becuase he’s been around so long and is so much a product of his maleness, class and colour that it’s fairly easy to safely predict his response to almost any topic.
In other words, male, stale and pale = boring.
My god, maleness, you say? What a horrible thing to be a product of. And white and middle class? I think Mr Hook needs to CHECK HIS PRIVILEGE.
Broadsheet =\= Tumblr.
Hook serves a purpose for the very reasons you’ve outlined.
To let you know what your up against.
You can safely predict the response of all male middle class white people to that comment Jane.
True. I’d just like to hear from other people sometimes. You know, get some different perspectives. Potentially, possibly, hear about some of the things going on that don’t interest a very narrow group of people. Like, what are those of us who are not fascinated by the contractual wranglings of golfers thinking about?
His has been one of our finest General in the WAR ON WOMEN.
How dare you besmirch this great leader’s name! There will be statues of him lining our Grand Army Plazas when the obstinate terror that is the Third Wave of Feminists are finally obliterated.
He should lose weight.
Loose. On the internet you loose weight.
I have read this often.
With the exception of the ‘piss off’ at the end he responds to that suggestion like that at least once a week. Yes I listen, on my drive home: He’s entertaining and I don’t have nitroglycerin sensibilities.
The day he retires from our screens and our airwaves the our world will be a duller and less entertaining place.
We need contrarians, grumps, and old farts. And if that’s not enough for ya, there’s always Spin FM for the kids to tune into.
…without wishing to conflate this but isn’t it a bit like the Seannad referendum..
I’ve a good feeling that mother nature will settle this argument sooner than later.
old father time, more ya
He sounded drunk.
Glad this was posted up as I heard his outburst on the way home – classic Hookism. He has a great radio presence, his show is interesting and entertaining and oft times madcap. I agree with him in his defence aganist ageism. If I were his age and some whippersnapper told me I should shuffle off and bequeath my position to a younger person I would react similarly. Gwan de Hook.
I have given up on him a while ago. I find his regurgitated bile at his various pet bête noires tedious in the long run. What I would salute however is his particularly sensitive and adroit handling of mental health issues.