Nathan Collins' iffy form, the great Jack Moylan debate, Irish football fan culture, and Mexican World Cup fears | OUTSIDE THE BOX
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We've got plenty to get through today after a very busy week of football involving Irish players and a little bit more than that as well. So, over in England, Keith Andrews Brentford, they suffered a somewhat surprising defeat at the hands of an out-of-form Brighton. with Nathan Collins starting the game from the bench once again, coming on in the first half and dropping what can only really be described as a bit of a clanger for Danny Welbeck's goal just before half-time to make the game two goals to nil in favour of Brighton. We'll dive into whether his current form is of any great concern ahead of March and... Speaking of March, who starts up front for Ireland, it's something that is actually becoming a little more unclear as Prague approaches.
On the continent, Evan Ferguson's injury woes don't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, while Troy Parrott, well, he's already been mentioned, he scored again, obviously. Closer to home over in England, Johnny Kenny, well, he's not flying it at Bolton. And Tio Agbena isn't really getting a look in for Sheffield United, but we'll explain why that might be about to change, at least in the immediate future. Could we perhaps see a rogue like Sinclair Armstrong emerge as a starting option? However unlikely that may be, he is continuing to show glimpses of form at Bristol City, but it's just the consistency that is letting him down. We'll dive into that, but we've also got to talk about a man who won't be anywhere near the squad in March.
Unfortunately, we could do with him. But still warrants a few minutes today. David McGoldrick, he's still scoring bangers at the ripe old age of 38 in League One for Barnsley. Been loads of League of Ireland action over the last few days, so we'll fly through some of the biggest talking points from this round of action. You can get some more depth on that on the League of Ireland pod later on this week, including a bit of a messy story around Michael Noonan's links away from Shamrock Rovers and all of the fallout from the loud derby last Friday. of course we'll also touch on the latest developments around Ireland's clash with Israel as well as some concerning scenes in Mexico where of course the boys in green are hoping to be playing come June but before all of that you may have heard of a footballer called Charlie Oatway now Charlie Oatway is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Cardiff, Brentford and Brighton amongst others but a quirk about Charlie is that he was named after QPR's entire 1973 first team squad with his birth cert reading
Anthony, Philip, David, Terry, Frank, Donald, Stanley, Gerry, Gordon, Reginald, Stephen, James, Oatway. So where am I going with all of this? Well, one name that is in amongst those many is David. And David Wilson is here to my left. How are you, David? All good.
Nice intro.
Yeah, the intro's not finished just quite yet. And of all those names I did mention, one that was not in there was Ben. Ben Symes is to my right. How are you, Ben?
Good. I actually delved into this Charlie Elway story a couple of weeks ago. And when I say delved into it, I spent like a full afternoon watching interviews of Charlie Elway. His story is fascinating. He comes from absolutely nothing. He couldn't read or write. So when he started playing football, he didn't know what his contracts were when they were being put in front of him. He now works as a football development officer with Russell Martin's foundation.
Yeah, it's amazing. Because he spent some time in prison for something as well.
Yeah.
What are the concerns regarding Nathan Collins' form ahead of the March squad?
It's a bit of a detail in there where it's not actually... He's not the worst guy in the world in a weird way with what happened.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:53
2
What are the concerns regarding Nathan Collins' form ahead of the March squad?
3:53–6:46
3
Who are the potential strikers to partner Troy Parrott for Ireland?
6:46–10:41
4
What is the significance of Jack Moylan in the current squad debate?
10:41–14:43
5
How does Irish football fan culture impact the community?
14:43–17:20
6
What updates are there on Evan Ferguson's injury situation?
17:20–23:18
7
Why is there growing concern about violence in Mexico ahead of the World Cup?
23:18–28:57
8
What are the implications of Minister O'Donovan's comments on football fan safety?
28:57–1:03:27
Speakers
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