Episode 1186: Spain Sack Their Manager! Spain Get A New Manager! North America Will Host 2026 World Cup! General Major Tournament Madness!
So we’re a day away from the start of the World Cup 2018 in Russia, and already it’s a barn-burner.
Wow. Holy effing shit.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) June 13, 2018
Spain have pressed the self-destruct button, by sacking their manager Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the tournament. It’s elephantine Spanish FA egos, it’s sneaky Real Madrid, it’s the Spanish Saipan… and it’s a hilariously good story.
this is what makes the decision so astonishing. rubiales will get all the blame if spain fall apart. understand his anger with lopetegui, but maybe he should have waited till he calmed down to see if booting the coach two days before the first match still seemed like a good idea https://t.co/mNQXJXRu6L
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) June 13, 2018
Dermot Corrigan joins us, along with Ken of course, to pick it apart.
You couldnt make it up https://t.co/lp5x5L6Pfu
— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan) June 13, 2018
The Mexico/Canada/USA bid have successfully won the right to host the World Cup in 2026, ahead of Morocco, and Ken gives us his thoughts.
morocco offered compact geography, TV-friendly time zone, great weather, small carbon footprint, but in the end there were several billion more reasons to vote for the “united” bid
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) June 13, 2018
Plus there’s twirling batons, our man in Moscow gets locked into a toilet, we reveal the Hamilton Academical link to the biggest international football story in years, and of course, we realise that when it comes to batshit crazy storylines, nothing beats the World Cup.
Now it’s a World Cup
— Malachy Clerkin (@MalachyClerkin) June 13, 2018
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