Episode 3202: The Plovdcast, Strapping Centre Backs, GAA Shinpads, Tuchel’s England, RIP Eddie Jordan

Ken has been walking around the ancient town of Plovdiv, admiring the statues, wondering what all the holes in the ground are and thinking about how many centre backs Heimir can fit into his team tonight.

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We’re joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke to chat about the start of the Tommy Tuchel England era, whether he can succeed in bringing a club-style tactical approach to international football, and the why-not?-ness of his insistence that England need to win the World Cup.

And we pay tribute to Eddie Jordan and a nostalgia-laden era of Formula 1 (cue Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain).

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Plus there’s famous GAA players wearing shin-pads, Anthony Barry’s 5,000 throw-ins, and artificial psychosis.

Forgetting the most famous inter-county GAA shinpad-wearing man of all @SecondCaptains. #hurtthemkillthem pic.twitter.com/CWooCnJ72N

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Today we discuss Rory’s run, moving the Masters to March 17th and the Moose’s caboose

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