Ben Symes

for both sides and Galway maybe putting a little bit of gap between themselves and the two at the bottom and the Shamrock Rovers will host Slugger Rovers in the Bat Letter Rovers in Tala Stadium from 8pm on Friday evening you can listen to our live and exclusive League of Ireland commentary this Friday night the loud derby Droddy United against Dundalk Steve will be alongside Key Tracy for that one

hopefully less fireworks off the pitch and more on the pitch maybe than there was last time in Oreo Park and then League of Ireland late night will be on Friday night myself and Shane Keegan Vinnie Perth Gareth McGlynn thanks very much for joining us this afternoon lads thanks man and go raibh míle maith agaibh for you for listening take care folks

I think it's mental I think not giving her a send off is absolutely insane and I get obviously this contract situation that comes into it but to know to announce it like 24 hours after the game

like it's not like you would have you would have been somewhat aware of the decision last night I also think for someone who like 305 appearances for Arsenal she has won quite literally every trophy possible that you can win at Arsenal she won the Champions League she won the WSL title she won the FA Cup she won the FIFA Champions Cup last year as well so

to not give that type of player the send-off she deserves.

And, you know, I'm lucky enough to cover the women's national team here in Ireland and every time you get a chance to speak to Katie, you realise she is a bona fide superstar.

And Arsenal fans, I think, realise what they've had with Katie over the last 10 years.

And they are well within their rights to be fuming that they're not going to give her the send-off that she deserves at the Emirates.

I think whatever is next for Katie, she deserves that move to hopefully another top-level Champions League club in Europe.

And whatever contract that may come with that, I think she's well within her rights to deserve it.

Welcome along to another episode of The Green Scene here on Off The Ball, your place for all things Irish football.

And we're here at Match Week again.

Who would have thought just a couple of weeks after the game in Prague that the boys in green will be back once again.

Yes, Eimear Halgrimson's Republic of Ireland men's national team are going to be facing Grenada in a friendly at the Nuevo Condomina Marcia.

in Spain muy bien gracias on Saturday evening 5 o'clock kick off time Irish time but 6 o'clock local time nice sunny Spain on Saturday evening I can think of worse places that you could be in the month of May so we're going to go over basically the outlook of the squad and that game over the next 45 minutes or so and how a couple of other players and managers are getting on around Europe I'm delighted to say that I'm joined as usual

by Matthew Brennan Matthew how are you doing I'll go Ben how are you getting on very well David Wilson how are you flying it flying it the green scene on off the ball is brought to you by Cadbury a proud sponsor of the Republic of Ireland football teams it is match week what's the kind of general feeling towards this is it apathy is it excitement is it nervous like what is the actual feeling towards this game going ahead Matthew I'll start with you maybe

this time around we're not going to get to see Boston Lawal so that is a little bit it's unfortunate it was bound to happen to some degree but I think to this degree is a little bit of a let down as far as the experimentation side of it goes It's a funny point to make about the Welsh team because obviously Wales were one of the teams that Ireland tried to play in this camp at the end of coming to fruition but when I associate Wales I always think of

Over the last 15 years, I always think it's the likes of Ethan Ampadu and Harry Wilson and Ben Woodburn, those players who were brought through at young ages of 16, 17, 18.

This is kind of our equivalent of that.

And maybe this is a chance for us now to bleed these young players into the camp.