Szmodics return | Brady, Manning or... Murphy? | Devoy for Ireland | What World Cup moment are you most looking forward to? | OUTSIDE THE BOX
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What are the biggest stories in Irish football this week?
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That game is unbelievable. What is the point here? It's right off the tongue. They needed a vibes man. Now that he's hopped on the magical plane across to England. Anything you want to talk about? Oh, topical. Like you just walking past, it's like five Ali G's. It's like the Power Rangers over there. It's one of the bigger characters in the Ireland squad as well. I'm not a back three guy. That's what it says on the team. They don't tend to get things wrong. There's nothing linear at all in any way, shape or form. That's not how the world works. You're managing 11 individuals, 11 men of different ages, of different backgrounds. Hello, hello, welcome back to another episode of Off the Balls Outside the Box, where we'll be outside the box for a little bit longer.
But yeah, it's been a quiet week since we last spoke to you last Tuesday. We had the Minister for Sport, Margaret Thatcher, sorry, I mean Patrick O'Donovan, labelled football fans as thugs and hooligans, and also said that it was his money spent on the pitch at Oriole Park. We all know, though, it was the taxpayers' money. He then wrote back on pausing funding for League of Ireland, the artificial surfaces, on Wednesday for clubs who are looking to build their own Astro pitches we then had FAI CEO David Carell come out on Wednesday despite calls for boycotts that the Irish international team would be fulfilling their fixtures against Israel in the UEFA Nations League despite both Ireland fan groups and the PFAI coming out against it and also surveying their members
ahead of the two games in the autumn time. Correll called it a divisive issue despite over 60% of both factions calling for the games to be boycotted. Keith Andrews was rewarded with a six-year contract at Premier League Brentford, the first ever former off-the-ball presenter to do so. Friday came around again, the League of Ireland once again rebelled and forced with banners being shown calling out Patrick O'Donovan amongst others. Saturday followed Friday and a World Cup host in the United States bombed and killed the leader of Iran, a country who are slated to compete in this summer's tournament, playing its games in Los Angeles and Seattle. And that was all approved by the person who was awarded the FIFA Peace Prize by Gianni Infantino.
It's almost like that was a bad idea. Moving on and Hamerhal Grimson said that the altitude in Yerevan was a contributing factor to that poor performance against Armenia. I was there. I don't think I was. David McGoldrick bagged a hat-trick at the ripe old age of 38 on Saturday afternoon. Could he be due a shock recall to the Ireland squad just as former captain Vladimir Derrida has done for Czechia? Sunday saw Martin O'Neill roll back the years as his changes brought Celtic from two goals down to draw two all with Rangers at Ibrox. Is Mikey Moore the man that Ireland should be chasing? Monday saw Ireland make their pitch at Thales Stadium as narrow as possible ahead of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier with France.
So, all in all, a quiet couple of days and it's just 100 days to the World Cup and 23 days to the playoff in Prague. I'm joined by Matthew Brennan, as ever, and Ben Symes. How are we, lads? Good, yeah. I got a bit of shtick for my long intro last week, but I think you've matched me. Yeah, I think it was about three minutes as well, yeah. I should probably... put these into that little app you can use for words into time I enjoyed it though it definitely covered all bases anyway fair play Ben how are we? I'm all right, yeah. All good. Let's get straight into it. No kissing kind of vibes for Tuesday afternoon.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the biggest stories in Irish football this week?
0:00–6:49
2
Who might be included in the World Cup playoff squad?
6:49–15:40
3
What is the latest on Sammie Szmodics and his potential recall?
15:40–24:22
4
Who should be the left-wing option: Robbie Brady or Ryan Manning?
24:22–32:13
5
What impact did David McGoldrick have in his recent match?
32:13–38:58
6
What are the latest transfers involving Irish players?
38:58–48:47
7
What World Cup moments are the hosts looking forward to?
48:47–53:49
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