Episode 2135: Football, It’s Always Been A Results Business
Two out of three of your presenting team were able to grace the Aviva Stadium last night as Murph’s prediction came true and Ireland got a 1-1 draw with Serbia at the end of a fairly bonkers international window.
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We chat to Dion Fanning and David Sneyd about the stand-out individual performances of Gavin Bazunu and Andrew Omobamidele, our midfield problems, and whether last night’s crowd told us anything about the Kenny culture wars.
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18 – Gavin Bazunu made 18 saves from 22 shots on target faced for Republic of Ireland this week:
vs Portugal: 5 saves from 7 shots on target faced
vs Azerbaijan: 3 saves from 4 shots on target faced
vs Serbia: 10 saves from 11 shots on target facedFuture. pic.twitter.com/z6tPXpsuc7
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 7, 2021
Plus there’s the ‘you’re shit’ school of sports psychology, the maturity of youth and we check in on the tenth tier of English football.
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?Work colleagues respecting the hell out of each other
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