Episode 3364: Top Gun Arteta, Woltemade Gets It, Can the GAA Learn From The NFL?

Alex Ferguson once looked up at the dark Mancunian sky and found inspiration from the geese flying overhead in rigid formation. Fast forward a few decades and Arsenal supremo Mikel Arteta is also finding inspiration from above.

The GAA has shown itself to be nothing if not amenable to change in the last year, so today we chat to Paul Flynn – who was in Croke Park for the Steelers-Vikings game this weekend – and came away with some further potential ‘learnings’ for the association. 

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Plus there’s Woltemade getting it from the Bayern elites again, true blue Jose and Slot’s set pieces.

And we have two more live shows in the Gaiety for you this year – Wednesday 15th October is already sold out, but tickets are still available for Monday 13th October, so snap ’em up at secondcaptains.com.

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