tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post494699623230265648..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Yay or Nay - do you feel sorry for Eileen in Coronation Street?Glenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-41549753315422080192016-09-21T05:01:13.313+01:002016-09-21T05:01:13.313+01:00This is very typical for Corrie, long time friends...This is very typical for Corrie, long time friends and neighbours turning their backs on one another in favour of some short-term character. The abuse storyline with Tyrone and Kirstie is a good example. Kirstie had just moved onto the street and Ty has been living there for a decade. It's annoying. Ladylaurageenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-12502534599528609142016-09-20T10:00:35.278+01:002016-09-20T10:00:35.278+01:00Nope, don't feel sorry for her even a smidge. ...Nope, don't feel sorry for her even a smidge. She's turned into a nasty piece of work and I can't wait to see her face when she realises. Just hope Jason doesn't lose all of his money!rozzibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207137391881051094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-43115193198793274102016-09-20T05:54:48.323+01:002016-09-20T05:54:48.323+01:00NAY. She'd rather trust somebody she's kn...NAY. She'd rather trust somebody she's known all of 5 minutes than neighbours who are warning her otherwise. Remember how vile she was to Tyrone who she'd known for years over Kirsty who had just moved in. Vicious woman. Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-50431597739013213422016-09-20T01:56:31.916+01:002016-09-20T01:56:31.916+01:00She has been mean & nasty lately and will thin...She has been mean & nasty lately and will think of nothing else of pushing Pat's plans to all her friends and neighbours. Can't wait to see her shame when it all comes to light. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-17199085415853619212016-09-20T01:22:48.280+01:002016-09-20T01:22:48.280+01:00Nope. Never have, never will. Greedy mare doesn&...Nope. Never have, never will. Greedy mare doesn't know when she has it good and always does whatever she can to end up with crap men who treat her badly... or she treats them badly. Eileen's really better suited to friendships and keeping to herself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-18849670320137977692016-09-19T20:27:45.816+01:002016-09-19T20:27:45.816+01:00Nope. Eileen used to be one of my favorite charac...Nope. Eileen used to be one of my favorite characters but they have turned her into a nasty witch. She used to have great one-liners and she's had her share of decent blokes. Maybe Paul will come back after Phelan has chewed her up and spit her out? Not a big fan of what they've done to Sally either, she's heading down the same road.Flohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103011254105323818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-27556772603870008712016-09-19T16:31:18.341+01:002016-09-19T16:31:18.341+01:00I feel a bit sorry for her, especially as she is b...I feel a bit sorry for her, especially as she is being judged on his actions that she knows nothing about. I would disagree with the idea that people will believe friends and family over someone they just met, I've got first, second and third hand accounts for how that is simply not true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-88161252540011710202016-09-19T15:54:51.406+01:002016-09-19T15:54:51.406+01:00I am amazed how characters are 'labeled'. ...I am amazed how characters are 'labeled'. They continually end-up in the same situation/storyline over and over. Eileen always ends up being 'labeled' a fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-19181282597418129822016-09-19T15:19:49.783+01:002016-09-19T15:19:49.783+01:00No, she's stupid! I used like her funny side....No, she's stupid! I used like her funny side. She doesn't have that anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21104388341774801042016-09-19T15:00:41.637+01:002016-09-19T15:00:41.637+01:00I agree, it's not realistic that she would tak...I agree, it's not realistic that she would take the word of someone she's known for five minutes over that of her family and neighbours. I just hate how no one can ever come into any money without being swindled out of it (i.e. Kevin's scratch card winnings being handed over to crooks by Sophie).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-66490517891967715762016-09-19T14:16:07.317+01:002016-09-19T14:16:07.317+01:00No, I have grown to really dislike her character o...No, I have grown to really dislike her character over the past couple of years or so, she used to have some humour, now she's just nasty and deserves everything she gets. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-54804125438413836132016-09-19T13:51:06.087+01:002016-09-19T13:51:06.087+01:00As a longtime Corrie fan (I started watching in th...As a longtime Corrie fan (I started watching in the late 1960s, when it started to air on Canada), I have seen most of the characters swinging on the pendulum from sweet to evil, from down-to-earth to snobby, from the one you love to hate to sympathetic character. It's all part of the soap opera dynamic. <br />David Platt used to be a real rotter and now he is a devoted dad, grieving husband,Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990168803428229771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24661311914934936192016-09-19T13:45:14.955+01:002016-09-19T13:45:14.955+01:00A big NAY from me.
Maricha's got an excellent ...A big NAY from me.<br />Maricha's got an excellent point about Eileen not taking people's advice - people she's known for ages, over a man she's know for all of 5 minutes. She SHOULD be wondering why Anna and Gary avoid him like the plague, and why Owen lost his business.<br />I hope that Eileen gets a big fat letdown, but I hope Jason's money doesn't get squandered C in Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21505140236441569462016-09-19T13:17:00.587+01:002016-09-19T13:17:00.587+01:00That's terribly sad Abercrombie because what I...That's terribly sad Abercrombie because what I loved about Corrie when I first started watching was how everyone knew everyone. Now it feels so impersonal as if these people lived miles apart and it makes for stories like this one where neighbors are oblivious to each other and only get involved to gossip after disaster has struck.Marichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295287855690799143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-69687282016658966822016-09-19T12:29:33.720+01:002016-09-19T12:29:33.720+01:00Because, Maricha, that would make too much sense, ...Because, Maricha, that would make too much sense, Clearly Corrie these days goes for portraying people as having no memory of the past and not an ounce of common sense in the present. Abercrombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316241171736181097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21119336321009175702016-09-19T12:23:37.932+01:002016-09-19T12:23:37.932+01:00Nay, my only regret is that it's Jason's m...Nay, my only regret is that it's Jason's money she'll be throwing down the drain. She won't listen to reason and isn't the least bit curious about why at least two people who knew Phelan from before he turned up ( Anna and her son) have avoided him. These people were in business with him and lost their construction business and home, how us Eileen not wondering how that Marichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295287855690799143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-41691741625219759092016-09-19T11:36:11.844+01:002016-09-19T11:36:11.844+01:00No. She's an idiot. People who don't liste...No. She's an idiot. People who don't listen to their loved ones deserve all they get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-70065674611509244782016-09-19T11:20:25.506+01:002016-09-19T11:20:25.506+01:00NAY - she is judgemental and turns on old friends ... NAY - she is judgemental and turns on old friends and family without a second thought. As already stated, that is the character, and they are certainly about in life...however she has learned nothing for a woman of her age. Doesn't take responsibility for her own misjudgements. Some good points, Humpty, re the pace of the filming, etc. And yes, Derelict Cucumberpatch, the faces she pulls as Abercrombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316241171736181097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-16482560186731365552016-09-19T10:39:44.268+01:002016-09-19T10:39:44.268+01:00It's a desperately sad situation on Corrie. Th...It's a desperately sad situation on Corrie. There are very few characters who merit any sympathy/empathy. Roy, Steph & Andy, Tim & maybe Sally, and I can't think of anyone else. It's not even a case of enjoying their come-uppance, 'don't care' is more what I feel. The filming is done at such a pace that it seems to be left very much to the actors to do what they Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21196171977964108922016-09-19T10:33:02.925+01:002016-09-19T10:33:02.925+01:00Nay from me, I'm afraid, and it saddens me to ...Nay from me, I'm afraid, and it saddens me to say it, as I used to be a big Eileen fan in the early days when she was savvy, sarcastic and funny. Now she's just bitter and judgemental. Cobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-89973201942985999192016-09-19T10:20:20.036+01:002016-09-19T10:20:20.036+01:00I say Nay for the same reason as Derelict. But let...I say Nay for the same reason as Derelict. But let's not forget that while she is the one being taken for a ride, Jason is the one who will lose 85K pounds if Phelan and Vinnie have their way.Catsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532725685271586446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-81208956883329800312016-09-19T10:09:04.850+01:002016-09-19T10:09:04.850+01:00Big fat NAY from me! No sympathy for her whatsoeve...Big fat NAY from me! No sympathy for her whatsoever, she is a nasty bit or work, always has been and always will be.<br /><br />Cannot stand her and the weird faces she pulls that she passes off as acting.Derelict Cucumberpatchnoreply@blogger.com