FOOTBALL DAILY: Galway look to overcome Rovers hoodoo, new Blue at Waterford, and McAteer on ‘lazy’ and 'disrespectful' Saipan movie
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Football on Off The Ball. There was an ad for four tickets to the final at a cost of $2.3 million each. $2.3 million each for a ticket to the final, yeah. Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. Off The Ball's Football Daily. Welcome along to Friday's Football Daily, I'm David Wilson. Coming up today we look ahead to a big night in the League of Ireland with all 10 teams in action across the evening. Aston Villa return to their first European final since 1982 after beating Nottingham Forest in the Europa League semi-final and what did Jason McAteer think of the Saipan movie? But first today, Galway United welcome Shamrock Rovers to Eamon DC Park in our live League of Ireland commentary this evening.
The Tribesmen are winless in their last 43 matches with the Hoops, losing 35 of those. At the same time, the Taliside have not beaten Galway by more than two goals in a decade, so the battle remains close. For the Hoops, Roberto Lopez and Galway man Rory Gaffney are likely to miss out. Speaking to Rovers' in-house media channel, head coach Stephen Bradley says that he's expecting tonight's game to be as tough as any other.
Yeah, very tight games. And like I said, we've had really tough games against Galway, Holman away. And we expect Friday to be no different.
John Caulfield's side have just won one of their last five, but aren't beaten in their last three games. Johnny Dunleavy is someone who knows all about Galway manager Caulfield.
What are the highlights of the League of Ireland action this weekend?
And on this week's LOI pod, Dunleavy described what type of man manager the Cork native is. I suppose really it's a testament to John. And as I say, it's totally different when you're on the outside and you're looking in. in how difficult that he makes a team to beat and that's what Galway are they're so so hard to beat and they pick up results and they pick up points I'd say the type of player I was I would have loved to play under Coffey believe it or not but you get the sense you die from or you go to war from he created like I wouldn't even say like a siege mentality but almost that
there's too much and I've actually heard it and I've said it since that football has become very very nice very nice everyone's friends shaking hands there's no real like when's the last game that you watched that was really better that was tough that was difficult there was a bad tackling it just doesn't really happen now and I suppose that was something that he was very keen to stress was that look you can talk to these lads whenever you want there's no problem outside of business hour but when we were playing on a Friday night
there's no room for us being close to these we have to go out and beat them we're effectively going to war with them and that's it and he would put he would send you out on the pitch so motivated so ready to go and like you're following on from that result speak for themselves and i have to say um i thought i thought he was brilliant and i'd always say he was a winner and i enjoyed playing under him and if you want to listen to that back in full you can do so now in your otb football podcast feed for free kickoff tonight in amy dc park is at 7 45 You'll be able to hear live commentary of that game with Stephen Doyle and Johnny Dunleavy on the call. Coverage begins from 7 o'clock on Off the Ball on Newstalk and the Goal Out app.
Elsewhere tonight, Bohemians are seeking to end a run of nine matches without a victory as they face Dundalk in Oriel Park. The Lilywhites surrendered their unbeaten home record last week when they were beaten by Shelburne 2-1. Bows have been on the rut themselves. They're nine points off the top while just being seven clear of the relegation playoff. Alan Reynolds will be like Jordan Flores. There are doubts over the fitness of both Marcus Strauss and Senna Mullen. Dundalk, meanwhile, will be aiming to bounce back from only picking up one point from six last weekend. Ciarán Kilduff's side are still in the top four, levelling points with tonight's opponents. The Lilywhites will be allowed an important centre-half, Maioa and Amasson, through injury.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:27
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What are the highlights of the League of Ireland action this weekend?
1:27–3:49
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How has Galway United performed against Shamrock Rovers historically?
3:49–6:47
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What insights does Johnny Dunleavy provide about Galway's manager?
6:47–14:55
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