The Football Show | Hat-trick Parrott, Head Coach Carrick, the curious case of Xabi Alonso
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an Irish Independent Podcast. Welcome, good football show for you on the way today. We're going to talk to Miguel Delaney and John Broon about a couple of things. Obviously, Michael Carrick is now very much in as head coach at Manchester United. Miguel has some interesting insider info on really the extent to which Jim Ratcliffe really, for all the many executives there now at Old Trafford, is really just running the show. We'll talk about Real Madrid as well, why Xabi Alonso was doomed to fail right from the off. And is Liam Rossini just frankly too nice and too earnest to survive in the murky world of football, the cynical world of football? Will Slattery, hello. A bit like myself, Joe, in broadcasting.
You keep being you.
What insights does Miguel Delaney share about Michael Carrick's coaching at Manchester United?
And Ronan Mullan here as well. Hi, Joe. I saw Rossini had to age some men at the full-time whistle last night because Enzo Fernandes and Martin Zubimendi were getting right into it. And Rossini was right in the middle to defuse the situation. He managed it. Maturity imbued from him. Yeah. So, 70 days to Republic Ireland versus Czechia. Troy Parrott. Another hat-trick. Come on. Yeah. And also in front of Heimer Hallgrímsson. So he came to the game and just... Anytime the two of them are in the same place, goals happen. Yeah.
Why was Xabi Alonso doomed to fail at Real Madrid?
Alkmaar 6, Ajax 0 with the Dutch Cup last 16. He scored his first on three minutes. It was kind of a right place, right time. Knocked in the rebound. 33 minutes was his most eye-catching goal, I suppose.
How does Liam Rossini's coaching style fit into the cynical world of football?
And then with 10 minutes to go again, right place, right time, his third. So look, it's great. He has now scored nine goals this season. So it's a nice jump up from six, there's no doubt. In December, he scored two goals in two games. January, he had played one game, no goal, and now a hat-trick, and against Ajax as well. So, you know, you look around the Eredivisie, top scorer in the league is on 18 goals, but has played 18 games, whereas Paris only played 12. And Paris on nine goals in 12 games, all competitions. Oh, I say Udaya, the Japanese international is the one on 18, but like... Very respectable. Nine goals in 12 games for Troy Parrott. And just in form, like what we saw against Portugal, Hungary.
These are not flashes in pans, Will.
70 days. It's the first time you've given out kind of a timeline that's actually felt like, oh, I can reach it and grasp it now. Smell it. Timing. Perfect timing for Troy Parrott.
Be able to check the weather soon.
yeah it's funny the whole like the Ferguson-Parrott thing obviously we've been like keeping an eye on Ferguson pretty closely he got an injury like most recently like it's very interesting 70 days still enough time for more twists and turns here but if they come to the start line about fit it'll be very interesting to see what Hamer does as we've said before yeah very much so here is Troy Parrott being interviewed afterwards on TV that's right you didn't bring the ball you already took it to a safe place no it's inside I'm just waiting for everybody to sign it so I can take it home
This has been an incredible evening for the club, but for you especially, I think? Yeah, of course. Of course. I think scoring a hat-trick is probably one of the best feelings as a striker. So, yeah, to do it in the way that we won also is really special.
And against Ajax, that counts extra, I think, as well?
I think it's always nice to score a hat-trick. Look, of course, against Ajax, it's a big club, it's a good team. A rival for us, eh? Yeah, for sure, for sure. Yeah, to beat them the way that we did today is really good.
Never seen an interviewer try to give a player just easy brownie points. No, we hate Ajax. Just say we hate Ajax. Yeah, it's extra special. You know, they're a rival.
What is the significance of Troy Parrott's recent hat-trick?
No, it's always nice to score a hat-trick. No! We hate them. Say you hate them. Would you lean anything from the fact that he fired three goals past a Czech goalkeeper? I'm taking everything I can get. It was interesting, subsequently in the interview, he did say that he really liked the first goal and said he needed it. He wouldn't say he's necessarily in a drought, but he was like, well...
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:44
2
What insights does Miguel Delaney share about Michael Carrick's coaching at Manchester United?
0:44–1:22
3
Why was Xabi Alonso doomed to fail at Real Madrid?
1:22–1:37
4
How does Liam Rossini's coaching style fit into the cynical world of football?
1:37–3:48
5
What is the significance of Troy Parrott's recent hat-trick?
3:48–41:47
6
What challenges does Michael Carrick face as head coach?
41:47–1:04:16
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