Episode 3489: Czeching In On Our World Cup Playoff Squad, The Build Up to Prague Begins, Ireland Face France In Tallaght
It is now 3 weeks and 2 days before Ireland play Czechia in the World Cup playoff semi-final in Prague. We’ve sorted out the name of our opponents (Czech Republic also fine, but they draw the line at being called Czech), and we’ve found out a little about their new manager. But what about us?
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Damien Delaney and David Sneyd join us today to run the rule over our current squad. Josh Cullen is out through injury, Evan Ferguson’s Serie A travails continue… so what will our starting team be? We speculate, ruminate and articulate.
Ireland’s women’s team play France tonight in Tallaght, and we bring news of Carla Ward’s backroom staff addition with a chequered history. Plus there’s Marcelo Bielsa, Frank Lampard, and Europe’s second-narrowest bridge.
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