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What are the latest developments in the League of Ireland?
Football on Off the Ball. We see so much about clubs now expecting not managers, but head coaches. You know, Ruben Amorim and Enzo Maresca, maybe the first people ever sacked in English football for their lack of corporate synergy. Whereas City have been very different. City have been kind of a concierge service for Guardiola. So I can imagine that can be a hard thing to give up. Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. The LOI Pod on Off the Ball. Catch live and exclusive national radio commentary of the Men's League of Ireland Premier Division on Off the Ball all season. Welcome along to another episode of the LOI Pod here on Off the Ball. I'm Ben Symes filling in for the off-duty Stephen Doyle this week.
But I'm delighted to say that our A-team of analysts are all back on duty. Gareth McGlynn is fully recovered from his skiing sessions abroad. And Vinnie Perth is back in as well. Lads, how are you getting on? All good, Ben. All good, all good. It's been an absolutely hectic week of League of Ireland action. We've had Friday games. We've had Monday games. We've one more round of Friday games before we go into a huge World Cup playoff for Ireland next week. We've had a lot to get through, lads. But before we get into that, we say this Friday, our live and exclusive commentary game is from Dalyman Park. We'll have Bohemians versus Dundalk with the LOI Pod's regular host, Stephen Doyle. We'll be back for that.
Live on Newstalk from 7pm on Friday. That's, I suppose, we'll start with those two teams probably the two hot teams of the week Dundalk with six goals across the two days but Bohemians still unbeaten after four games in a row a big win against Galway on Friday and then a nil all draw against Sherbourne on Monday probably more happened off the pitch than happened on the pitch with a bit of fracas before the game between the backroom teams off both sides but I suppose first of all Gareth how long can Bohemians keep this up for? Yeah, they're going well. They're looking strong. I mean, they just don't seem to be letting up. I mean, obviously clean sheets are the big advantage for what I see. We talked about it last year.
That centre-half kind of area for them was a big, big problem. They had players in on loan. They were trying players out. They brought in Hickey and Todd this year, and it just looks solid. Mullen has really impressed me at left back, and then he's been in and out, he's been injured. Flores has gone in there and then Power as well. But they don't look to be, they're relenting. And then when you look at the top end of the pitch, I mean, the quality that they have, and that's all without Douglas Taylor as well. Whelan started against Shells again, looked lively. I don't see them taking the foot off the lever. I see them going ahead. I didn't see the game on Monday night, but looking by the highlights, they were probably the better team.
And if anyone deserved it, they deserved it. So going away to Derry, taking all three points, going away to Shelbourne, being the best team, having already beaten Rovers, it's a serious start. You spoke about the attacking options and they added another. Zane Myers made his debut on Monday night, a really rapid, I mean, if you've seen some of the highlights of him, rapid winger, really tricky winger, came in from Hull City. I suppose the last thing defenders from other teams would have wanted to see was another tricky attacking player from Bohemians. Vinny, do you think they can keep this up at both ends of the pitch? Yeah, I do. I think if I had one concern, it would be defensive, but that makes no sense because they've started the season so well.
They're rock solid. They haven't really conceded goals. Obviously, bar those two late goals to Shamrock Rovers, by and large, you've kept clean sheets, which is important. Obviously, Todd is a huge signing and It still makes no sense that they let him go. But Gareth Roy, Mullen and Power have done really well. And when they've needed other people, whether it's been Flores or whoever to go into that full-back position, Moraghan, they've done really well.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in the League of Ireland?
0:00–7:01
2
Can Bohemians sustain their unbeaten run this season?
7:01–13:59
3
Have Derry City turned a corner in their performance?
13:59–26:50
4
What challenges does Dundalk face this season?
26:50–32:47
5
How are Waterford's struggles impacting their season?
32:47–41:32
6
What is Shelbourne's strategy amid injury woes?
41:32–50:24
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