Second Captains Part II

I keep saying Happy Christmas to people in that David O'Doherty voice.

I don't know if they like it.

I think an Emi Martinez/Unai Emery audiobed is merited.

I do wonder what's going on with Collins he's really gone backwards the last year or so.

Well let's just say his errors are more pronounced in the last year and his managers in both club and country have dropped him during this time. Unthinkable especially for Ireland before this time. I feel it's just drops in concentration but they definitely seem to be happening more frequently.

Did you see the match yesterday by any chance? Not a good day at the office for him and I'd say definitely not his normal level

Ps I do think he's been better since the start of the season when fit (apart from yesterday). I'd very high hopes for him so suppose it might exaggerate how well I see him playing. I think he's a great player.

Johnathon Wilson worrying about creating too much coffee grind waste and setting up a worm farm is more of a Waterford Whispers ass parody of a Guardian writer being a Guardian writer than satire could even hope to come up with.

Ken is retiring

Ken actually left the show 6 months ago and has been replaced by AI

No. It is clear he is dead within the next 12 months. It was a deaths door soliloquy. AI KEN should be just as good anyway.

Ken had a good run, best to go out at the top, like Cantona

Simon is excellent when he does the rugby chat. The pod about rugby yesterday was the best in a long time and better for the absence of their usual rugby lads.

Eh. I think Horgan is great honestly and suits the vibe of the show well. Kinsella is one of the better rugby journalists, here or abroad. It's always better when they chime in.

On today's show Ken's rant about the Christmas game schedule seemed like a problem stemming from compulsion or committment to watch as many games as he can for his work. From a purely armchair viewer's perspective a steady stream of games on different days that you can pick and choose from is better.

Did they ever post up Ken’s Napoleon review?

Yeah they've been at this nonsense for years making out fans couldn't care less. Basically what they make out is unless football is played in the premier league and up at the top of it then it doesn't matter and nobody cares. They look down their nose at so much football you'd wonder at times do they even like it properly.