Second Captains Part II

The pay comparison is a bit dumb, fair enough, but I think her central point about there being more coverage and perhaps even a resolution at this stage if it was a higher profile athlete was a fair one.

Of course the higher profile the more coverage. Marc Fogel brought in some weed to Russia for personal use and got 16 years. He's 60 and could very well die there. No media outcry because he's just a school teacher, he's not good at bouncing a ball. The whole "it's because she's a black woman" is ridiculous

That's peak skip-on material.

Ya didn't he say that the lad's club is only 2 hours down the road? Bit much to expect people to be driving that far for a club game. Only thing I'd say though is you should at least be joining your local club based on where you are in Dublin, not just the biggest team

I think himself and Andrew Mangan - who does the arsecast/arseblog - are acquaintances - both live in Dublin, work in the media and talk/write about football for a living - rather than Ken being a gooner.

Is it part of Jamie Wall's contract that he has to shoehorn a Simpsons quote into every conversation?

The show has been great the last week or so. Having the Premier League back really lets Ken get back in his stride. And I thought the discussion of the All Blacks yesterday was interesting, Justin Marshall is a good guest, even if he seems a bit blasé about head injuries

Yeah, he was strange indeed, as he did state that concussion is a brain injury.

Was going to post exactly this.

One thing I noticed about this rugby chat was the production wasn't as tight as usual. A lot of people talking over each other, much more than usual...

You better listen to podcasts featuring women only, to be on the safe side

Forget the Man United slating tomorrow, I want the full analysis on the Conte Vs Tuchel handshake fight tomorrow!

Wasn't ken say the exact same thing last year

So hard to listen to Dion 'word fumbler' fanning. 'well i think... I thought... I think it..... I think...I think its the sort of........ Etc.'

What do people think of Murph's take on Paul O'Donovan?

That's fair enough but he also said that he was playing a character and wasn't being authentic? Which I don't agree with at all.

Pretty poor journalism I thought. The guy was talking about how he is studying medicine and also he was really bigging up Fintan as well if you watched the whole interview you could really get a sense of the guy.

Yeah fair argument. I hope for his sake that he is playing a character though. If he goes around all the time with that kind of banter I’d slightly pity those that have to spend a lot of time with him. I know that’s harsh but Jesus it ain’t for me.

I know from living abroad that that kind of Irish humour might not be greeted by the Italians with the greatest of warmth if they heard it. Continental Europeans wouldn’t quite understand that paddywhackery style of humour.

personally speaking I’d much rather hear about the amount of support the lads get in grants from Irish sports bodies. It would be the same for kellie Harrington. I suspect we are a horror show when it comes to supporting international grade athletes but it’s not something the media pursue. The media pursue the aren’t we great with little Ireland beating the big boys. Fcuk that attitude personally.

Is this their first time recording in person properly since the pando? Mad if it is, there was no discernable quality difference (I'm sure if you went back to match 2020 you'd spot it...)

The non football one from yesterday. Around halfway through

Yeah, she was really great