Episode 3516: Misery For Italy, Ireland’s Future, War And The World Cup
It could be worse. We could be Italian, like Russell Crowe and so many other people.
The World Cup line-up has been completed, still including Iran, who, the FIFA President confidently predicts, will play their scheduled fixtures in LA and Seattle despite the current hail of US-Israeli bombs.
We discuss Ireland’s loser-off against North Macedonia, in which Heimir might have been better advised to get “the future” underway immediately rather than sticking with eight of the players who suffered the biggest disappointment of their international careers five nights previously. But we almost scored and we got to see Troy-mania in full swing.
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In keeping with our forward-looking theme, Nick Ames joins us from Pristina where he watched Ireland’s forthcoming Nations League opponents Kosovo lose their playoff final against Turkey. Are they good enough to knock us down to League C and open up the Sweden route to the 2030 World Cup?
Plus there’s eternal Messi, Bosnia to America, and Bellamy’s stand-up routine.
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