Episode 1939: Paulie Enters, Duffer Departs, Sports Calendar Shredded
Stephen Kenny has had a highly eventful time as Ireland manager with a penalty playoff loss, a pandemic, a covid close contacts crisis, a video storm, 8 games without a win and now he has lost his assistant coach Damien Duff. Ken journalist is on the case, and he has some strong leads.
Ken Early: Duff’s decision to walk away the last thing Kenny needed https://t.co/RTJtQGJ4Y9 via @IrishTimesSport
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) January 11, 2021
Paul O’Connell is maybe Ireland’s best ever forward, one of our best ever captains, a Lions captain, but besides a curtailed spell in Paris and some short stints in Ireland, he hasn’t got a very extensive coaching CV. We ask Shane Horgan and Gerry Thornley to predict how good he will be, and why.
Plus there’s Roy Keane football manager, mighty Leinster, Connacht butchering a 15 on 13 overlap and Eoin McDevitt’s shredded sports calendar.
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Great interview with @TomParsons_8 and @andypmoran – you'll find a few valuable life lessons in it too! #mayogaa #resilience https://t.co/zrGVhP8ySq
— Anne-Marie (@am_flynn) January 9, 2021
Ken and @JackPittBrooke on how the Kieran Trippier case shows just how eager football is to protect the gambling industry https://t.co/8GNhFmuyY1 pic.twitter.com/H2DUINfY4t
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) January 7, 2021