Episode 2702: Ireland Take A Point, The Case For Vera, Katie’s Emoji Game
Ireland’s World Cup campaign came to an end with a clean sheet, a point, and a public disagreement between the manager and captain.
Gavin Cummiskey joins us from Brisbane to report on Pauw’s last press conference of this World Cup, in which she revealed details of a heated in-game exchange with Katie McCabe about who should get substituted next. As for Katie’s side of this developing story – she’s not giving much away…
We also talk to Oluwashina Okeleji, who looks forward to Nigeria’s likely second-round encounter with England.
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Our crack analysis team of @murphm95 and @Flinto23 talk about why this meant so much to Dublin, mentality monsters, how it went so badly wrong for David Clifford, McCaffrey’s impact and Mick Fitzsimons’ ultimate vindication.https://t.co/KMmYqEy2e0 pic.twitter.com/3ew929niu1
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