Second Captains Part II

On today's GAA pod, Oisín McConville made a point how Kerry fans had travelled in good numbers for the semi final. Murph then made a very sarcastic comment how Kerry fans should be praised for going to see one of the greatest players to play GAA.

Not really sure why he felt the need to say it but made it him sound like a bit of a dick.

Slightly bad form they gave no mention of Kildare's win. Thought it was a very enjoyable final

The British South American football guy thinking Boca Juniors v Seattle Sounders might offer some alternate pole of world football to Europe is a hell of a take

He's someone who lives under a bridge, I've gone back at him in the past, not worth your time.

I really don't understand anyone who gets their kicks out of trying to wind up anonymous people online. Fair enough winding a mate up in person as you can at least see their reaction but random people that you don't know is just weird.

In relation to Trump's getting his face in all the celebration photos, I was surprised that they never thought of our own example:

The more the years pass the more misguided Kimmage sounds in the audiobed talking about Roche. The degree to which people care about him being on PEDs is at odds with how many people fondly remember his win, and how many people in other sports have been as guilty of the same or worse and it’s easily brushed away. We had people cheering Jannik Sinner to the rafters while winning Wimbledon this very weekend, for christsake. That cycling at the time and, at minimum, decades afterwards was awash with drugs only reinforces that there isn’t much of an asterisk beside what Roche achieved.

We all know Kimmage is full of sound and fury but equally we know it usually signifies very little.

On the segement itself, the journalist they found is desperate to explain how shíte a cyclist Healy is in a way that’s almost Kimmagesque. Winning a stage and becoming only the fourth Irishman to ever hold the yellow jersey is a truly fantastic achievement.

There's not that much to say though. Scheffler had a bit of a monologue on a topic that a lot of new or relatively new parents can relate - work isn't the be all and end all. I think Scheffler is coming to terms with thr fact that golf isn't everything now, but equally - let him take a year off golf and spend it at home and see where his view on his balance is then. It doesn't need to be only golf, but it doesn't need to be only family either. It's just normal.

Fairly disappointing preview of the hurling All-Ireland, was looking forward to hearing from Jamie and Liam.

The politics was made clear in the interview with Brian Hanley, when he claimed that Noraid were on the right side of history.

Given they were dumped even by SF for being too intransigent, I thought it was a crazy statement, but not surprising coming from Hanley. Certainly the documentary portrayed Noraid’s activities as basically all good fun

At least they’re starting to realise Synead is better than the 90% Fanning-Big Migs diet we get in-season. I don’t care if he isn’t even covering the Prem, just have Synead on to talk to get the lads up and at it.

I think he did address it when he referenced his girlfriend. He said at half time, the lead was 'built on sand' and Tipp had x number of wides.

Next Cork hurling manager I wonder?

God bless Eamon Dunphy.

The confidence with which Murph wrongly corrected Ken that Time Gentleman Please was from the 90s when it only began airing in 2000 was good stuff.

Eamon is the father of Second Captains. The dream would be him returning before he hangs up his microphone and pen for good. And this time the topic should be his life and times.