Second Captains Part II

siblers

Bring back John Delaney, he'll sort them out!

Say Your Number

FIFA have made a movie recently

padd b1975

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121957911#Comment_121957911

John Delaney could run anything.

cheese sandwich

Ken calling Duff the Lisan al Gaib of Tolka Park is exactly what I pay my monthly subscription for

dulpit

I listened to yesterday's pod and the chat about the Arsenal and Man City styles of play was some of the wankiest stuff I've heard. I usually really enjoy Jonathan Wilson but only for me wearing work gloves (I was tidying garden stuff) I'd have skipped it.

But then I read Ken's column in the times about the match and it had this line:

Grealish wasn’t the only one feeling that way after 90 minutes of City v Arsenal, in which Arteta and Guardiola served up their latest helping of hyper-systematised, state-of-the-art **** on a stick.

All is forgiven… (link: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2024/04/01/arsenal-and-city-have-now-come-together-to-produce-three-appalling-matches-this-season/ )

(P.S. The new link thing in Board is utter muck)

Still Ill

It was seriously dry alright. I like Jonathon Wilson, but he can be in danger of disappearing up his own backside sometimes. Whenever he starts talking about historical football events/characters I know I'm in for a snoozefest

MercuryBoy

It was nerd nonsense

AdamD

I thought that was pretty much standard fare for Wilson, always a bit painful.

jones

Wilson is a legend and i won't entertain anything to the contrary.

Yesterdays show did go a bit bookish on the whole subject though although i did still enjoy it they could have knocked 15 minutes off that chat easily enough.

siblers

Appreciate them doing a proper podcast on a bank holiday but not sure it needed that much time on such a boring game. I zoned out when they started on about 'Posisitionism'

Arghus

Love Johnathan Wilson. A top man.

Utopia Parkway

The chat about the City v Arsenal game was almost as dull as the match itself. And I usually enjoy Ken and Jonathan Wilson together. Don't feel the other fella added much.

atilladehun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121966105#Comment_121966105

They're kinda stuck with it i imagine. The two lads are probably booked before the weekend based on who is assigned to which match by their paper and who is available at the same time on a Monday.

I'm sure the west ham game was more fun but maybe one of them actually saw it and none in person.

Say Your Number

No doubt those bizarre insurance ads featuring Rob Kearney will get mentioned on the pod

Tucker.Tim

So now it's come out that like Keane and Carsley it's the budget that scuppered any chance of Poyet taking the job. Not enough to hire his preferred backroom team.

It has to bring into serious question the competency of Hill and Canham that over the course of six months they've continually tried to hire managers who are clearly outside the budget they've got. They were always going to end up with a Big John or Lennon level guy and they couldn't bring themselves to face the reality that the job and budget they were offering were not attractive at all.

The FAI are somehow more shambolic post-Delaney. It's truly remarkable.

Did you smash it

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121970611#Comment_121970611

little evidence to suggest carsley’s candidacy collapsed on budget. Maybe if they made him an offer he couldn’t refuse in the millions but that would have been irresponsible and basically wrong a candidate as unproven as carsley.

Carsley just has a great easy job already and the Irish job is not very attractive.

atilladehun

That's pretty shambolic.

Tucker.Tim

Little evidence, apart form every fecking report about the Carsley situation. Give me a break.

AdamD

I don't think I've heard ROC once give an insight on actual rugby, a team or tactics.

allybhoy

Listened to 2906 this morning, am i mad or did Ken let it slip that he supports Villa at 7mins? He said talking about the city villa game "if we are going to lose anyway…."

Did you smash it

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973702#Comment_121973702

he supports Liverpool, a family member of his revealed this to me. I know you are not aware but this has been done to death so please please don’t continue this chat.

I see sheep

Loved Ken's Ronaldinho ramble.

boccy23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121979018#Comment_121979018

I did for a while, but was getting a bit bored of it by the end. Eoin would have definitely cut him off!

Arghus

Thought it was a good old fashioned episode. The type of enjoyable ramblings I used to tune in for during the newstalk days.

Hotblack Desiato

Think he was definitely taking advantage / trying to wind up Ciaran, and the latter seemed to know it too!

Hotblack Desiato

So.. is Eoin leaving the podcast or starting a super secret project 🤣

Smell the glove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121979018#Comment_121979018

Absolute gold.

Smell the glove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121981856#Comment_121981856

Or maybe he just took a week off from his job.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984967#Comment_121984967

Ssssh, now you're starting a rumour! 😉

Tucker.Tim

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2024/apr/06/champions-league-needs-true-golden-eggs-to-bring-back-unmissable-spectacle

Wilson needs to stop using second Captains as the source for all his opinions. Ken can’t love you as much as you love him.