As a journalist he seems fine, it's when he tries to act like a transfer nostradamus that gets very annoying.
Pilib de Brun
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He’s got his sweethearts on this forum. Think it’s an Irish stick together thing. Some get really offended if you question his chops.
I'm Irish and I think he is full of it .
Paul Merson could also get interviews with people in football very easily. Doesn't mean he has an inside line into the latest news.
I think he’s a twat, I call him Pleb
In fact I’ve campaigned for his tweets and links to be banned from the transfer forum
That’s the Irish spelling of his name, and it sounds cooler than Phil Brown
You're a man after my heart.
You had me at hello
I’m Irish and I think he’s full of BS.
Just reading that name Pilib de Brun is infuriating.
I believe they are mocking the guys dead wife and such though, at least thats what I read somewhere? Kinda explains why he would lose the plot
This guy just appeared to be replying to his tweet about Utd signing 2 more players. Was a bit of a harsh reaction.
Never heard of this gentleman before but more journalists need to respond this way to people who go out of their way to insult them.
I've noticed that Irish journalists tend to be far more confrontational, is that a cultural thing?
Is he Irish trying to be Belgian? Or Belgian trying to be Irish? Seems like an odd bloke either way.
Don’t think he’s a journalist
Never heard of this gentleman before but more journalists need to respond this way to people who go out of their way to insult them.
I've noticed that Irish journalists tend to be far more confrontational, is that a cultural thing?
his name is in Irish it literally means Phillip Brown
From what I understand he claims to have sources inside Utd. Whenever I’ve heard him on video it feels like I’m listening to a guy who’s just crawled out of a pub. I’m pretty sure he does some of his live videos while drunk or high.
Never heard of this gentleman before but more journalists need to respond this way to people who go out of their way to insult them.
I've noticed that Irish journalists tend to be far more confrontational, is that a cultural thing?
Similar to Delaney, decent journalist who for whatever reason hasn’t a scoobie when it comes to transfer scoops and is very insecure and prone to lashing out about it.
I still don’t get it. Do all Irish names have an ‘English’ translation?
Such an odd insult
never heard face like suicide bomber one beforeTo be fair the other guy set himself up for that
Portuguese/Spanish has Felipe, French has Philippe, they’re just variations
The other guy might have been serious though. He might have had a well informed milkman who had close ties to Fabrizio Romano.
all Names have translations loosely. For example my own name Karl in English Is charles . Or you could look at it the other way Charles in German is Karl .
Was kind of my point, mate!
What is he then?
So touchy, just like his fanboys.
I think @Samid point is that a German Karl wouldn’t really go around freely alternating between Karl and Charles. I bet you Felipe Luis never thought of using “Phil” for his Twitter handle.Was kind of my point, mate!
It is weird whatever way you want to look at it.
It's really not that weird. If he associates with both names for whatever reason, then big deal. He might have grown up in Ireland using the Irish iteration of his name and then found when he moved to the US that it was easier to go by Philip.
How come this guy and that Goldbridge guy have big following? Looks like any cnut can become famous on social media if things go right. I should give it a try.