Episode 2181: The Moyesy Reprise Surprise, Liverpool Fragility, Man Utd Control The Narrative
The Premier League signed off for the international break with a bang, or in West Ham’s case a series of shattering hammer blows that smashed Liverpool’s creaky defence into pieces.
West Ham were a point off relegation and had won 2 games in 14 when Moyes arrived at the end of Dec 2019. His net spend is £69m across four windows. The club is unrecognisable now. Beating such a brilliant Liverpool side is another raising of the bar. What a job he’s doing.
— Jonathan Northcroft (@JNorthcroft) November 7, 2021
Dean Smith and Daniel Farke ran out of time at their clubs, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clings on despite a dismal derby defeat and a weekend that saw more soul searching for United over the true nature of their club.
Jacob Steinberg and Miguel Delaney join us to talk about West Ham’s victory, Liverpool’s sudden fragility, and just why so many players now feel the need to apologise for defeats on social media.
Interview with David Moyes on reaching 1000 games as a manager. On his second chance at West Ham, his feelings about Manchester United, crying at Preston, his best moments and how football is changing #whufc https://t.co/1tcUS1PRsc
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) November 3, 2021
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Ken delights in rugby doubling down on its traditional base as a very private-school-Leinster Ireland side take on Japan tomorrow https://t.co/0HDTsMXxPI pic.twitter.com/qDPdvl0rFS
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An Irish Examiner piece by @Cathal_Dennehy about the time he spent embedded in Eliud Kipchoge’s Kenyan training camp exploded on social media over the weekend
Cathal joins us today to talk about what makes Kipchoge the best marathon runner ever (21.20)https://t.co/Z2eiS5c1bq pic.twitter.com/0Ji4eUmfTo
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