Afleveringen
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Another insane weekend of Gaelic football, and finally we have some teams departing the scene - including, most chaotically of all, Mayo. They conceded a last-second score to a team who needed it not even a small little bit, and they, Derry, Roscommon and Clare are gone. Former Galway player Barry Cullinane is on the line to chart his old team's progress through the Group of Death, and he's joined by Wicklow manager Oisin McConville, fresh from beating Westmeath and blasting the Tailteann Cup wide open. There's also time to discuss Meath's insane hammering of Kerry, a score-fest between Down and Monaghan, and the preliminary quarter-final draw, which managed to keep all the big dogs away from each other.
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Today's football show contains all the meats of the football stew, from local LOI beefs to the state of the world game.First we chat to David Sneyd about where exactly things stand in the League of Ireland season, a season in which Damien Duff and Stephen Bradley are at each other's throats. Why? Because of Italian trance classic, Komodo by Mauro Picotto, of course. Then we speak to The Guardian's Barney Ronay, who's been on the ground in America for the opening weekend of the Club World Cup. We discuss Infantino's ICE World Cup, the dark mood in America and why the Saudi money and American marketing behind it all means it will probably succeed.Plus there's Auckland amateurs, birthday shout-outs and the Kalimotxo King.
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Leinster have won the Pro 12/14/Celtic League a record eight times but in this year's final they face the most successful South African franchise in Super Rugby and the team that's given them more trouble than any other in the URC, the Bulls of Pretoria.We chat to Chris Jones of The BBC and Gerry Thornley of The Irish Times about Leinster's Northampton hangover, the pressure on Nienaber and Leo Cullen to get it right this time, the hatred factor, Prendergast's worrying form, Willie Le Roux's non-contact rugby and why Leinster struggle to motivate themselves for the URC.Plus there's Jake White's sting, Freed From Desire and Permutations Man on the clock.
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There is something inspirational about the way Trent Alexander Arnold manages to annoy Liverpool fans a little more with each successive step in his transfer to Real Madrid. Today he wowed the luminaries of Real Madrid by delivering a speech in Spanish so mellifluous that is is clear he has been steeping himself in the language of Cervantes for some time. Como se dice 'betrayed' en Español? Meanwhile Thomas Tuchel is fluent in several European languages and can be relied upon to blab indiscreetly in all of them. We try to understand how the England manager came to reveal his mother's explosive opinions on Jude Bellingham. Tim Vickery joins us to talk about the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday night. His home city of Rio is sending three teams, the most of any city in the world - but are any of the four Brazilian representatives any good? And how does the FIFA of Johnny Infantino look from the perspective of South America?
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The season is over, the season is about to begin, the transfer window is closed, the transfer window is about to open again.We talk about some of the major transfers of the mini-window before Dion Fanning and David Sneyd join us to talk about the international football. Are Ireland games really not worth panel analysis any more? What does our own panel have to say about last night's game? We also discuss Evan Ferguson's sliding doors moments over the last few months, and also talk a bit about England's defeat at the hands of Senegal who, let's not forget, could not do better than a draw in Dublin.
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Last week Ken asked "What Is A Midfielder?" which has resulted in a bulging Second Captains mailbag. Ken also reads from one of the Roy Keane auto-biographies, and a correction is issued on a claim made in yesterday’s pod regarding a historical presenter falling out.Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner produced one of the sporting moments of 2025 and one of the greatest tennis matches of all time in their French Open final on Sunday. We ask Caitlin Thompson of Racquet Magazine about the comeback, the quality, the rivalry and where this is heading for the next decade or so.And we look at the timing and length of Sinner's ban, French fans, and Coco Gauff's moral certitude.
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Cork won a Munster final that "began at tea-time and didn't finish until bed-time", as Denis Walsh put it on Saturday night - a win on penalties over Limerick after a raucous, controversial, enthralling match that was perfect in its imperfection, as Jamie Wall explains to us. Kilkenny won a sixth Leinster title in a row, but the real headlines from Croke Park yesterday came from Kildare, who won the Joe McDonagh Cup with a bravura performance on their biggest day. We also discuss Murph's insatiable desire for TV appearances, Ken's hatred for "Freed From Desire", and a new documentary "Hell For Leather", coming up on RTE1 tonight.
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The Nations League final four turned out to be pretty good but it's clear that what international football needs right now is to reverse the FIFA diktat to make every emotional stadium moment sound the exact same.We talk about Ireland's draw with Senegal and look ahead to tomorrow's season-closing friendly in Luxembourg, before the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Joseph O'Neill joins us in studio to speak about his 2024 novel, Godwin, a New York Times Best Book of the Year. The novel, partly set in the world of football scouting and agency, explores both the exploitation of young African footballers and a particular brand of ineffective 21st century American liberalism, something Joseph has also written about in his essays for the New York Review of Books. And that is what you call a veritable smorgasbord of a football show.
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When we gazed into our crystal ball ahead of our live show in the Everyman Theatre in Cork, we presumed we’d be looking ahead to a Munster hurling final coronation for Cork’s all-conquering heroes.But by the time we spoke to Jamie Wall, and the manager and star of their last All-Ireland winning team in 2005, John Allen and Diarmuid “The Rock” O’Sullivan, they had been cowed by Cork’s 16-point defenestration at the hands of Limerick, their opponents again tomorrow.Can Cork turn that deficit around? Does it even matter? Why can’t Cork just “get confident, stupid”?Plus there's Cork-Kerry spot the difference, a great email from Earl the GAA loving American, Michael Murphy's sports empire and Frances' tv guide.
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As the European club season winds down into a last international break, Ken returns to one of his obsessions: the failure of English football culture to grasp that midfielders do not need to score a lot of goals to be classed as TOP. We also discuss the Premier League's 'failure' - or you could also call it 'decision not to' - close the PSR loophole that has left the world's top-spending club, Chelsea, in such a losses-tolerant position ahead of the Club World Cup that kicks off in a few days. Gavin Cooney joins us to talk about tomorrow's Ireland v Senegal friendly. Is John (Joe) Patrick (Finn) likely to get a run out? Where is Evan Ferguson at? And nearly a year into Heimir Hallgrimsson's tenure, what can we say about the developing identity and principles of the team?
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The All-Ireland senior football championship only "really" begins next week, we've been told, but some big names could already be saying goodbye. How likely is it that the group stages will see Galway, Mayo, Dublin or Donegal knocked out - Paul Flynn and Conor McManus are predicting some big fallers. After 18 wides in Croke Park, what's going on with the Dubs - Ken has some thoughts. The GAA locking the doors of its biggest stadium gets a mention, but why is Jim Gavin pulling up the ladder behind him? We discuss Carla Ward's image of "Irish football", the many lessons we could pass on to this year's Leaving Cert students... and why Ken is fundamentally disillusioned with his life.
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The (Durban) Sharks scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse gained instant infamy in his side's epic penalty shootout win over Munster with his trash talk, theatric flop, and smug wink to an irate Jack Crowley. We discuss values and rugby's brave new generation of heels.Former Munster and Ireland centre Barry Murphy tells us about his emotional post match and cold light of day reactions (they're identical) to the Sharks' shithousery, Crowley's chutzpah, Munster's defiant display in normal and extra time, the departures of Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray and if the defeat to Northampton broke something in Leinster.We cover the latest PL tittle-tattle with the littlest hobo, who is back from Munich.Plus there's the Flying Scotsman, Linkin Parked and a revenge mission in Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
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PSG are the champions of Europe after crushing Inter 5-0 in the most one-sided final in European Cup history. The night was a complicated mix of emotions; awe at the sheer brilliance of PSG's performance, respect and affection for their charismatic coach Luis Enrique, sympathy for the hopelessly outclassed Inter, unease and foreboding at a second Champions League win in three seasons for a state-owned club, and, if you are into that kind of thing, maybe a little schadenfreude at the expense of Kylian Mbappe.After the game, Ken caught up (in rapid succession) with Miguel Delaney, Jonathan Liew and Diego Torres to hear their thoughts on the slaughter.Plus there's Ken scooting under the influence, Doue's abs and Dembele the destroyer.
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Having set off on Thursday morning on the early train out of Cork, our Littlest Hobo has made it to Munich via a dog-walk in Fairview Park and landing in a not so Munich adjacent airport. Ken and Eoin ponder if the young Premier League slayers of PSG can overcome Internazionale, a club that was winning European Cups before the Parisians even existed. While Manchester United won’t just give themselves a break from creating non-stop humiliating content.Plus, Murph dials in with the Frances Murphy TV Guide and Eoin prepares for a three-way TV ratings battle.
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Last night we righted a wrong and brought a live show to the beautiful people of Cork city for the first time in a very long time. And today we have the first of our interviews from a sold-out Everyman Theatre, with none other than John Egan. We speak about his late dad John, the Kerry football great, choosing soccer over GAA, what playing for Ireland means for him, Declan Rice’s fluid nationality, and setting the Moose loose. Plus there’s a certain Stephen Ward voice note, up close with Ronaldo and deciding whether to play injured or not.
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Donegal are the latest fancied team to suffer a setback in this thrilling All-Ireland football championship, losing to Tyrone in Ballybofey in another cracking game last Saturday evening. Oisin McConville and Paul Flynn reckon it doesn't have to be terminal - and if all the big guns have lost once this season, it might just stand to them in the long-run. We look ahead to Galway v Derry, and wonder aloud why Oisin is feeling a little smug. After the horrific events at Liverpool's victory parade yesterday we examine the inevitable reactions in the wake of tragedies of this nature. Plus there's Wilson's football wedding, electric Murph, Newcastle's flowers and "what would Fergie do".
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Bernie Sanders has been one of the most electrifying figures in American life for half a century, and is one of the most high-profile global political figures of the current moment. He joined us in our studio in Dublin this week for an exclusive interview.Bernie came excruciatingly close to being nominated as the candidate for the Democratic Party in 2016. Now, almost a decade later and as America and the World lives through the second Trump Presidency, he sat down with Ken to discuss how he is organising against Donald Trump, left v right populism and the slaughter in Gaza.
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We're into the time of celebrations, drifting clouds of flare smoke, players grabbing mics and managers maybe dropping them. Palace, Liverpool and Tottenham all celebrated their big trophy wins in the last few days while Katie McCabe has been leading Arsenal's celebrations after winning the Women's Champions League. Spurs fans: we see you, we believe you. We address the concerns of some Tottenham fans who felt Thursday's pod was too focused on the wretchedness of the Europa League final losers, and talk about Daniel Levy's big call. Jonathan Wilson joins us to pour out his heart about newly promoted playoff champions Sunderland AFC, and reveal new information on the table plan for his upcoming wedding. And we hear from Ken and Branno on their big Bernie experience.
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We have our provincial hurling final pairings, but Cork didn't exactly roar into the Munster final, enduring a nervy second half before finally putting Waterford away in Páirc Úi Chaoimh. They'll face Limerick in two weeks' time, and Jamie Wall and Liam Rushe say farewell to All-Ireland champions Clare, while looking ahead to Galway/Kilkenny in the Leinster final. Murph was in Parnell Park to see Dublin struggle under the new-found weight of expectation, and we also explore his new-found love for the New York Knicks... which we then pithily expose as lies and hypocrisy. We also reveal how Ken spent his Saturday - talking to Senator Bernie Sanders in our office!
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Spurs have won the Europa League, defeating Manchester United in one of the worst, best European finals of all time. Few coaches will ever taste the sweetness of the vindication in which Ange Postecoglou now basks. He told us, didn't he tell us? Apparently winning this trophy is not going to save his job - but at this point, who cares? Meanwhile, Manchester United plunge into hell. Mark Critchley and Gavin Cooney join us today to analyse the game. Has Ange taught us the unexpected lesson that to succeed you must renounce your beliefs? What about Ruben? Why does he equate change with weakness? And what mistake will Sir Big Jim make next?
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