Episode 1327: Hello Optimism – Mick McCarthy, Stephen Kenny, Robbie Keane – This Just Might Be Crazy Enough To Work?
Ken has this unfamiliar feeling….and he thinks it may be optimism??
Ken Early: There’s a confusing sensation around Ireland, is it optimism? https://t.co/L9BQz6B3zq via @IrishTimesSport
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) November 26, 2018
Seven days ago, Martin O’Neill was preparing his Ireland team to face Denmark in our final Nations League fixture. Since then, he and Roy Keane have left their posts, and the FAI have hired not one but two managers, and a high profile assistant.
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Mick McCarthy is back in charge for one qualification campaign, and one qualification campaign only – before he hands over the reins to Stephen Kenny, who leaves Dundalk to take over the Ireland u-21s for 2 years. What if Mick is wildly successful, or flames out? What if Stephen Kenny gets headhunted by a big Premier League club?
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Maybe it was just Mick’s refreshing perspective-filled press conference that has Ken feeling this way, or the look in John Delaney’s eye!
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We have Joe’s Dion Fanning in studio to talk about what the FAI and John Delaney have done right, and wrong, what Robbie Keane brings to the table and what’s next for Gun For Hire Roy Keane.
Mick McCarthy: I like to play on the attack. It is all about winning football matches. Last time I was here we played 4-4-2, that won’t be happening this time – the game has changed. Dominating the ball in midfield is one of the biggest things in the modern game. #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/dCNhseYoR4
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We have a scumbag of the week – whose attempts at ‘disrespecting’ the haka almost got him turfed out of the Aviva last Saturday, but who receives full-throated support today from Ken
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.@AndyLeeBoxing is in studio with us today. He discusses his gypsy heritage, why both the settled and traveller communities need to adapt, the day he introduced the big love of his life, Maud, to his father, and why he put so much of himself into his bookhttps://t.co/70RlIEeR2K pic.twitter.com/H1fr154T2m
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