Will O'Callaghan
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 28 Jul
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But given this happened 16 years ago, I think it's fair enough to spoil it.
basically going into the world cup uh rahman dominic was the manager who was slightly eccentric i think it's fair to say even by the standards of some of the managers you guys would have worked with like he even admits openly within the documentary that when he was at neon he decided that he had too many players that were sagittarius and that sagittarius don't get on well enough for other players so he sold seven players who were sagittarius as a result he only kept two because that was the amount he was allowed to keep that was the type of territory he used to pick his teams and alignments on the team based on star signs and stuff
based on trial so anyway they obviously got to the final in 2006 which bought him a lot of credit the fact that they lost to Italy do you remember the Zidane headbutt and all that they had a miserable Euros a couple years later in Austria they had a terrible run at the Euros and he proposed to his girlfriend live on air as they got kicked out of the tournament this is the type of character he is so Dominic is a little bit
But I would say unrepentant is the feeling I got from him going back 16 years later where he goes, I don't give a fuck.
It was basically one of his answers.
And he goes to the World Cup.
He decided to ban the media entirely from the camp in South Africa.
Because after the Ireland game particularly, don't worry, Ireland do come into this.
So obviously France took a lot of flack after the Thierry Henry handball at home, which is this is a disgraceful performance.
We had to cheat to get to the World Cup, yada, yada.
He decided, right, don't want the media anywhere near us.
Sick of the media at this stage.
Wouldn't do press conferences, wouldn't let the media in to watch training, any of that type of stuff.
And so eventually it all goes south.
They were horrific in the group stages.
I think a lot of Irish people took joy from the way that they played at that World Cup and got dumped out in the group stages.
But after the Mexico game, Nicolas Nelke was taken off at halftime because Nelke was not playing to Dominic's tactical instructions.
And then there's a debate as to whether Nelke told him to go F himself at halftime or not.
And Nelke was sent home.
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