Episode 977: Rory’s Beef With Roy, O’Neill’s Narrow Focus, Ireland’s Greatest Athlete
Eoin, Ken and Ciaran talk about the upcoming Ireland internationals. Today’s press conference saw Martin O’Neill sounding confident about extending his contract, while the media room at the FAI National Training Centre was also graced by one of the world’s top 100 athletes – but from which sport?
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Emmet Malone of the Irish Times joins us to discuss what approach Ireland should take in the upcoming games and whether it’s time to cast aside our self-imposed restrictions on who gets to be considered for the national team.
Sean Maguire out to create happier Lansdowne memories https://t.co/ap4ufhudBW
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) October 3, 2017
Plus there’s Rory’s beef with Roy, mo money mo problems, MOTD tweets, and whether to be cool, fiery, or conversational.
“It sort of stuck with me ever since.”
How a rejection from Roy Keane impacted on how Rory McIlroy acts today.https://t.co/jdUtkAZ90X pic.twitter.com/FoqMnVkO2W
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 5, 2017
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Go to PatreonKen on Bale-less Wales, Roy’s loathing for Everton and “scientists”, and Brendan Maher says hurlers gots to hurl ???https://t.co/yg4nz6Qakn pic.twitter.com/zP5LL5hP9V
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) October 3, 2017