Episode 1490: Forty Crosses And A Funeral, Ken’s Player Ratings, Bieber V Cruise, Is TJ Reid Better Than Henry Shefflin?
Ireland finish the season on 10 points, atop our group table having bested all foes (well ok, we drew with Denmark), but the players were feeling down after last night’s win. Big Mick told them “never mind the quality, feel the points total”. So was last night’s cross-fest a realistic predictor of how we will do against better teams, or a self contained horror show best forgotten?
©INPHO/James Crombie
©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Ken Early was there, questioning his life choices, and he spoke to David Sneyd and Gavin Cooney of The42 after the game. We also discuss Mick’s public face, creativity as something you can fashion yourself – not just a finite resource – and the eternal conundrum of James McClean.
McCarthy expecting better performances against group’s top teams after Gibraltar struggle https://t.co/9KHzFhMoqE
— Gavin Cooney (@gcooney93) June 10, 2019
©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Michael Duignan is on the line to talk to us about the hurling summer thus far, and why Galway/Kilkenny was much more like it after a couple of weekends of blow-out victories. And we ask the question – is Henry Shefflin even the best Ballyhale hurler of all time?
©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Plus there’s Ken’s player ratings Danish TV styleee, The FAI’s genius plan and Bieber V Cruise.
Hey @kenearlys don’t forget the player ratings. Feel free to include the Gibraltar players. Best of luck.
— Eoin McDevitt (@EoinMcDevitt) June 10, 2019
Click the image at the top of the page to play the show. Monday’s shows are free to all. To listen to our programming throughout the rest of the week, join the Second Captains World Service. It’s independent, commercial-free and member-led with feature interviews, breaking news, Richie Sadlier’s Player’s Chair, The Politics Podcast, and lots of added extras.
While many sports were divided along sectarian lines in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, boxing often managed to resist this divide. @donaldgmcrae is in studio to tell us about his new book, ‘In Sunshine and in Shadow’, which tells that very story: https://t.co/Y5neZ7RkGr pic.twitter.com/XBfEcQRuCv
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) June 7, 2019
We talk to the brilliant @HannahTyrrell21 about her incredibly rapid rise from Dublin footballer, to a rugby 7’s contract and then a Six Nations title with Ireland, and how she managed to do all this while battling a serious eating disorderhttps://t.co/ONJe2YE1KX pic.twitter.com/9G4yuC5F4h
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) June 5, 2019
Go to PatreonAnthony Joshua’s shock loss to Andy Ruiz Jnr on Saturday has brought rumours about the Olympic champion to the surface. We speak with @GavanCasey and boxing commentary legend Bob ‘The Colonel’ Sheridan about talk of sparring knockouts and anxiety attacks: https://t.co/rzrBr84VC4 pic.twitter.com/i6oo0iwqgo
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) June 4, 2019