Episode 3214: Moyes Man Of Aran, Rule By Ai, VAR Tariff

Today we pay tribute to David Moyes, Goodison’s Man of Aran. We also hear how some people have been querying Ken’s use of AI as a question prop to Salvatore of Lucan yesterday. He points out that he is not the only one leaning on this Tool.

Dion Fanning and Lars Sivertsen join us to talk about the midweek PL round. When are Liverpool FC going to get the credit they deserve? After another VAR fiasco, the usual suspects will scream as usual to get rid of it. But is their belief that binning VAR would somehow improve things actually just hopelessly deluded? And if we insist on having it, then why not introduce some other reality-TV devices to make things more interesting?

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Salvatore of Lucan’s commission of Paul McGrath was recently unveiled in the National Gallery of Ireland, alongside portraits of Gay Byrne, Edna O’Brien and Shane McGowan.

Ken and Salvatore went along for a look, a think and a chat.https://t.co/6fXL477tW3 pic.twitter.com/6QWJE9hbPl

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