Dunphy makes regular visceral attacks on players and mangers he watches, for instance;
on 8 March 2006 when speaking on RTÉ television in the aftermath of Liverpool's exit from the Champions League at the hands of SL Benfica. In a characteristically harsh assessment of the Liverpool team, Dunphy said of their Spanish winger Luis García:
"They (Liverpool) should put Garcia where he belongs - in the dustbin."
In the same broadcast, when asked on his views of Chelsea's elimination from the same competition the previous night at the hands of FC Barcelona, Dunphy said of the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho:
"We'll all see through Mourinho. We'll find out he's just a Bengal lancer ["Chancer" -Irish slang word]!"
he also said:
"here we have Cisse, right wing, attempts to put in a cross, BANG...hits the full back, again BANG hits the full back, BANG...off the full back again, and once more, BANG...smacks the full back again.... Millions of euro and he can't clear the first man, I mean...whats he trying to do to the full back here, Kill him??"
He wasn't finished there though. When asked what he thought of Harry Kewell (who had also played for Liverpool that night) he was blunt:
"Fat and a clown. A fat clown for all to see."
During the coverage of Euro 2004, Dunphy told RTÉ viewers
""You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers."
He also informed fellow pundit John Giles:
"Machiavelli was an Italian... Wasn't he, John? Who did he play for?"
Dunphy's hyperbole is widely parodied in the media. RTÉ's Après Match team, who would broadcast skits after games, delivered a mock example of Dunphy-speak:
"No football team will win this tournament. This tournament will be won by the faceless empires of corporate greed. The Jules Rimet trophy has become hijacked by the world of big business *******s, sold to the TV networks of Satan. There will be a final on July 12th. It will have no soul. It will be between Nike and Snickers."
on 8 March 2006 when speaking on RTÉ television in the aftermath of Liverpool's exit from the Champions League at the hands of SL Benfica. In a characteristically harsh assessment of the Liverpool team, Dunphy said of their Spanish winger Luis García:
"They (Liverpool) should put Garcia where he belongs - in the dustbin."
In the same broadcast, when asked on his views of Chelsea's elimination from the same competition the previous night at the hands of FC Barcelona, Dunphy said of the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho:
"We'll all see through Mourinho. We'll find out he's just a Bengal lancer ["Chancer" -Irish slang word]!"
he also said:
"here we have Cisse, right wing, attempts to put in a cross, BANG...hits the full back, again BANG hits the full back, BANG...off the full back again, and once more, BANG...smacks the full back again.... Millions of euro and he can't clear the first man, I mean...whats he trying to do to the full back here, Kill him??"
He wasn't finished there though. When asked what he thought of Harry Kewell (who had also played for Liverpool that night) he was blunt:
"Fat and a clown. A fat clown for all to see."
During the coverage of Euro 2004, Dunphy told RTÉ viewers
""You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers."
He also informed fellow pundit John Giles:
"Machiavelli was an Italian... Wasn't he, John? Who did he play for?"
Dunphy's hyperbole is widely parodied in the media. RTÉ's Après Match team, who would broadcast skits after games, delivered a mock example of Dunphy-speak:
"No football team will win this tournament. This tournament will be won by the faceless empires of corporate greed. The Jules Rimet trophy has become hijacked by the world of big business *******s, sold to the TV networks of Satan. There will be a final on July 12th. It will have no soul. It will be between Nike and Snickers."
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