Second Captains Part II

Imagine spending a fiver a month and religiously listening and commenting on a podcast you clearly don't like.

Fanning’s came up with a Cooney-esque argument that Ange being sacked somehow changes how much Spurs fans are enjoying winning the Europa and lording it over United and Liverpool.

It’s fascinating to listen to the journo contrarian wheels in this guy any time a mic is put on front of him from.

"come onto our podcast to justify your hot take from months back" 😀

That was a bit strange alright, I'm not sure how sacking the manager stops fans from enjoying winning a trophy?

I did find it slightly amusing how this competition got bigged up because Spurs won it and then sacked their manager. If Utd had won it it would have just been dismissed as a tin pot trophy.

I had the same pov as fanning before ange was sacked. They never win anything and when they do they sack the manager. What do they actually want. I know levy said they want to win the league but they've never done anything that will help them win the league other than sack managers after they've struggled with a mediocre squad. Where's the depth of squad they need or the replacement for Kane or any of the other top players that left the club in recent years.

if they got to 5th next season and hovered around 3rd-6th over the next 4 years would that be a success? That's the best they can really hope for. If Thomas Frank did that i bet they won't sack him because deep down that's what Levy wants.

Excluding Liverpool, city, utd, Chelsea and arsenal no club has had much success during the Lifetime of most fans. The years they did win are the best moments of their supporting experience. Just enjoy it and realise that even when you're winning it isn't like playing like gods all the time.

I have no doubt that while Frank is a good manager spurs will do what they always do, which is buy players to get them just inside the CL spots some seasons.

That John B stuff was awful ****, Ciillian and Murph going on about it, exaggerating how great it was, you might as well have been listening to the Two Johnny's.. I can't help feeling like the podcast really is going downhill

Just in time to cover the biggest football story of the year.

Duffer is wild as an unbroken horse and this is definitely the full stop on that argument. Big blow for the LoI as he was the biggest attraction by a mile.

if only Duffer was half the manager that Irish football journalists portray him to be we’d be in business

Ive coached underage intercounty players and underage internationals that have gone on to play professional soccer and LOI fwiw. I wouldn't agree with that take at all. There will always be a crossover few but mostly there's horses for courses. They're very different skills required. Someone like Dawson devoy could make most gaa players look completely out of place on a soccer pitch. Body movement and specific skills required are completely different. I've seen the intercounty players transition to rugby much more successfully.

Soccer's difficulty is hugely underrated, probably because of its ubiquitous nature. Someone emailed Joe Molloy last week saying they think they'd score more goals for utd than hojland. Bananas. Take the playground rules out of it and it's a completely different sport.

Jesus, Gerry was talking some load of waffle at the start of that Lions chat... You actually couldn't even parody that.

And now he's saying the Lions is a big deal in Australia. Having been in Melbourne when the Lions last visited, I can tell you now that is pure nonsense from Gerry. You would not even have known the Lions were there given the lack of coverage in the Aussie media. Only that there were ex-pat Lions fans around the place, nobody would have been any the wiser.

Gerry’s on fire, not taking any of Eoin’s guff

i just don't understand why he doesn't setup a second account in Ireland. He's not paying for a sub