Second Captains Part II

Miguel Delaney is saying PSG will make pogba an offer he can’t refuse in 2022, cited on the show today. Hard to doubt the king of the scoop.

He has his own podcast on OTB now.

And with Mbappe himself a free agent next summer, if he goes, Pogba is the perfect PR replacement. One French talisman for another.

Possibly but isn't there a really large anti Pogba sentiment from a large part of the PSG fan base

Given his previous comments about Marseille I'm not sure he'd be keen to go there or the fans would want him but money talks I suppose

Thought Ken's trolling game was weak yesterday.

I enjoyed Paul Flynn asking "have you read the rule book?". That backfired when Oisin answered "yes". It was weird hearing the raised voice from Oisin. Such BS from Paul Flynn though and rightly Oisin called him out on it.

Pillar Caffrey was also saying similar stuff, probably worse as he was saying that everyone he spoke to was saying it was a great hit. He was basically laughed at and told that just wasn't right at all

surely there is a Nobel prize to be awarded to Oisin for not being online? Pretty disgusting he wasn’t applauded by the other contributors. He seems to think he deserves it.

I thought that part of the conversation was a shitshow to be honest. Paul Flynn has a point on the abuse of amateur players (and referees) which is getting way too close to the bone. I understand philly mcmahon was abused about his brother and Da dying on Twitter. Dublin fans are no shrinking violets themselves when it comes to online abuse.

but anyway paul flynn got his point across badly and Oisin went in like John small did.

shoulder charge a guy while observing a duty of care towards him. I don’t think that makes any sense outside of a rule book.

because any time you physically monster someone legally (which a shoulder amounts to) you can’t do it in a way that is mindful to the safety of an opponent. You can write those words down in a rulebook but they don’t make any sense.

a shoulder to a head is illegal within the rules so that’s nothing to do with a duty of care. I don’t understand how I can shoulder or be shouldered while a duty of care is being observed. Suppose I am fairly shouldered but still get my shoulder dislocated.... did the opponent observe a duty of care? Talking about a duty of care is rulebook nonsense talk.

that was ridiculous, it should be oisin asking paul has he read the rule book and seen the bit about duty of care.

it made no sense paul asking oisin and when he said yes, passing it as off 'yerra you must have been the only one to read it'. in paul's head everybody is winging it and nobody has any real idea of the rules

Again, It’s set out within the rules that contact with the head (in any attempted tackle) is not allowed within the rules so I don’t get the tacked on “duty of care to an opponent” when as you put it you’re “thundering into them with a shoulder”.

you can’t thunder into someone with a shoulder while observing a duty of care. Its laughable.

if you actually want to go deeper into the rules, a shoulder charge isn’t really legal at all. The scope with which shoulder charges are legal as follows...

• If contact is made to opponent’s head
• If opponent has no opportunity to protect himself
• If contact/impact is excessive or causes injury
• If the elbow/forearm/hurley is part of the contact
• If the player making contact jumps or has two feet off the ground
• If the player making contact had a realistic alternative by way of challenging opponent
• The direction and distance covered by the player who makes contact

So effectively the scope is so limited that Oisin citing the rulebook is virtually meaningless. The rulebook is ridiculous.

if matches were refereed strictly by the rulebook there would be a free every couple of seconds.

The duty of care on the pitch lies with each individual player to act in accordance with the rules. You have a duty of care not to shoulder someone in the head. If you make a mistake and break the rules, you're punished for that. It's not laughable, it's the basis for all the rules.

What you've written in bold there isn't in the rulebook.