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Episode 1598: Switzerland 2-0 Ireland On A Grim Night In Geneva, Connolly Struggles, McClean Muddles On, Mick Tries To Accentuate The Positives

Wed 16th Oct 2019
Eoin, Ken, Murph, Richie Sadlier

It was a fairly sobering night in Geneva for Ireland, as we went down 2-0 to Switzerland, who in truth were just far too good. Richie Sadlier is in studio to talk to us, with Ken Early live from Amsterdam on his way home.

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The team was changed, and there was good reason for those changes – but it didn’t work, and Mick’s insistence on getting James McClean into the starting line-up looked ill-advised from early on.

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Add in Seamus Coleman’s worst game in an Irish jersey, and there were plenty of problems to pick apart.

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But to paraphrase literally **everyone** – if you’d offered us one win to qualify at the start of the tournament, I’d have snapped your hand off…

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