Episode 3366: One Barbecue Is Worth 20 Video Chats
With nine days to go before Ireland’s third World Cup qualifier away to Portugal, Heimir Hallgrimsson has changed about a third of the squad. We talk through some of the ins and outs.
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We also talk about some of last night’s Champions League action, before welcoming Jamie Hamilton back to the pod to discuss the apparent recent evolution of Premier League football into set piece rollerball.
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Why might the dominant positional approach lately be running up against its limits? What new directions might the game take from here, and how can we realistically get there?
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