Wahey, they did one!
It was funny hearing Eoin get defensive after being rightfully called out on his bluffing. Not sure he was quite the wrestling fan he was trying to make out he was.
If you know nothing about the Attitude era, and can’t even recognise Eddie Guerrero, you ain’t no wrasslin’ fan
He mustn't have seen the irony in trying to justify it by saying that wrestling is only for children anyway, poor Eoin.
If Eoin didn’t watch the best Hell in a Cell match ever at the weekend between Drew and Punk he’s no wrestling fan
Also, from growing up on a farm, calling what Collins did cowlike insults the intelligence and speed of cows
Catching up with the politics pod from (I think) Wednesday and the interview with Sally Hayden is excellent but the book excerpt that Ken reads for the last few minutes of the episode stopped me in my tracks. Absolutely chilling and essential listening. I hope they make that episode free to all.
If Greece win again I’m going to start a petition for the Brits to keep the Parthenon marbles
Richie is addicted to human suffering. They luckily steered him back on track before he kept digging deeper.
I don't mind him but he is the Joe Duffy of punditry.
Going to say the same about Richie. He's good but by god he's very grim.
Have you watched Ireland play football at any point over the last five years.
Lads are actually happy with us not taking an absolute hammering like usual when we go down by a goal, that’s how low the expectations have became.
Heimir at least took charge of the team this window and they looked like they were trying to do something but that’s about it. Finland for all the joy of the win were a team ranked below us so it’s akin to holding par rather than a bright new dawn.
I think you took the post you quoted up wrong. Sadlier lingered on the emotional and psychological affect of George Baldocks death longer than he needed to before being moved on.
I knew once I heard Richie's voice that he wouldn't be able to resist mentioning the tragic death of Baldock, thank God the lads pulled him away from it. Is Richie still doing his own pod these days? I'd imagine a sub to that comes with a prescription for antidepressants.
Sexton is class
Simon: "I heard you're not a fan of being questioned about your record with concussions...well here's 8 questions on that very topic"
Sexton: "anyway..."
Eoin: "enough about that, let's move on to your parents' divorce"
With the silly parochialism I see in the GAA and the success someone like Faz has had with the national rugby team it’s hard to buy Rory Smith’s take on Tommy Tuchel and the England job.
The one inevitability for me is when England fail as normal at a tournament the xenophobia will go into overdrive among supporters simply because he’s German.
For you, failure is two second places and a third place but success is a WC QF exit for the rugby lads?
Who the **** Is "Faz"?
Only realised today the pre-2017 podcasts are on the Spotify feed.
It’s bizarre they’ve not been added to the Patreon RSS feed, it would make searching for old events so much easier if they were all together. It can’t just be the Irish Times partnership because it’s literally the same feed they’re still using right now, surely.
Used to have the old ones on SoundCloud as well but they removed them last year.
Still up alright :)
Only half way through today's podcast. Ken got really distracted with the opportunity to talk to someone about Japan.
Thought that bit went on a bit alright in terms of the point of the interview but eventually gets back on track.
To be honest they didn’t spend enough time on Japan when he came back and they’ve done a billion book interviews this week. I was going to skip it until I realised it was the guy who wrote The Damned United and Red Riding.
He also wrote Red or Dead, but don’t hold that against him.
I say that as a Liverpool fan. Although four book shows in one week is far too many, I’m impressed they got Richard Evans on today. I haven’t listened to it yet but he’s usually very good so looking forward to it.
I never wish a player to get injured but I am definitely not going to be too upset about Danny Welbeck being stretchered off. Now or never for Evan.
They both started today though.
First time Evan has started with him all season. First start all season in the league in general.
Liverpool top of the league after beating the in-form team in England, so presumably Ken will spend half an hour tomorrow talking about Ten Hag.
Enjoyed the Richard Evans chat. Ken’s brilliant at taking these episodes beyond just book plugging, and making them properly interesting chats that really engage the guest. The fella must read an insane amount.
God though, Branno can be a bit of a self-righteous dose at times.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2024/10/21/ken-early-liverpool-and-chelsea-showcase-****-on-a-stick-2024-edition/
Pretty woeful take from Early here. Chelsea were a shambles last year so it was easy for Liverpool to rack up chances against them then. They’re a much more solid outfit this season so it’s hardly a shock that there were less shots on goal.
Ken mocks Postecoglou when Spurs are open against top sides and then complains when other managers prioritise defending against their rivals. It’s hard to make out any consistent argument from him, other than trying to be controversial.
