Episode 2663: A Buddhist And A Few Realists Preview Greece v Ireland

On Friday night Stephen Kenny’s Ireland take on (Fourth Seeds) Greece. Do we have the right to expect three points? What has Brad Pitt, some SS Mountain-Hiker and the Dalai Lama even got to do with any of this? Does it even matter?

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Meanwhile, in another European Capital, Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham makes football writers the Continent over, feel warm inside. Journalism is back!

While in the shadow of the Acropolis Zen Ken sits down with the42’s Gavin Cooney. They chat about warm-weather training camps, Troy Parrott, ensnaring young Englishmen and what to realistically want/expect from our game against Greece.

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Joined the lads @SecondCaptains to talk a week in Roryland here and what we should expect of McIlroy at the US Open. Also a shout-out for Murph’s Canadian cousins, always on hand with a Sleeman’s for Lowry.https://t.co/pFkmmkyvmC

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