THE SATURDAY PANEL | The World Cup knockouts are upon us! | England in action tonight | BRIAN KERR
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This is Off The Ball Saturday. John Duggan with you here on News Talk No. 5. And the Saturday panel this week on Off The Ball brought to you by L'Oreal Men Expert. When the pressure rises on and off the pitch, resist the heat with Thermic Resist deodorant by L'Oreal Men Expert. Just the one guest this week. We're delighted to have the former Republic of Ireland boss, Brian Kerr, in studio over the next hour or so to chat about the World Cup. How are you, Brian?
I'm very good, John, yeah. I have to say that I'm struggling to stay with the night games and all that.
Not the only one.
No, I can't be. But I'm amazed that so many people I know seem to be seeing some of the middle of the night games.
What is the Saturday Panel format and who is the guest today?
The one o'clocks are not too bad, but the two o'clocks are a struggle. And the water breaks are killing me. When it gets to the first water break, I'm usually gone. I find myself waking up and maybe 15 minutes to go. Yeah. There was a match the other night and it was a one-all draw. And I thought I watched the match and I heard the score in the morning. I said, I thought that was nil-nil. I didn't know it was one-one Sweden and Japan. And like it was quite good the first half hour I remembered of it. But then after that, I missed all the rest of it. I actually went to bed thinking it was nil-nil draw. It was a one-one draw. There you go. There you go.
I fell asleep after the half an hour to go. I just woke up on the couch and it was over. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's the way it is. The magic of it, Brian, if there is a magic, I suppose when we wake up this morning that Pico Lopez from your neck of the woods, Crumlin area, will be facing Lionel Messi next Friday for Cape Verde. What a story that is, Brian.
Yeah, absolutely fabulous. I heard you talking about it with Shane a bit earlier.
Yeah.
It's just gone on and on. And in the early stages, we all were aware, or those of us that follow League of Ireland, Irish football, were aware. I remember the earliest time when he made the connection with the manager after the LinkedIn message. the translation and that part of it and I watched him in the the two African Nations Championships they'd been in because he was playing otherwise I would not have been watching the Coyote Fair the matches for sure And I had a little bit of a feeling about them understanding that kind of small island thing. I've had experience of understanding how important it is. I mean, we have it here. We're a small island, but we're a bit more attached to the mainland, to Europe and America, even though it's a long way away than many of the smaller countries are.
But it's a fascinating story that he's continued to play for Seán McRobertson play so well and then go off on these massively long treks out to play in qualification games on the other side of the world then come back and play in the League of Ireland I mean the international breaks are quite short now you know I know it can be a two week period between matches for a lot of the leagues around Europe but really it's only one weekend and you're travelling massive distances and then he goes back and plays the League of Ireland guys like you know he was just over in England playing matches but what he's done now and what the team has done has been fabulous I looked through their team and I I think a lot of people here have the image that they're just pure amateurs.
They're like their semi-pro lads. A bit like the standard of some of the lads I had in the Faroe Islands who were playing locally in the league there. When you look down through their team, there's a lot of players who are playing in the half-decent leagues.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:13
2
What is the Saturday Panel format and who is the guest today?
1:13–9:44
3
How is Pico López’s Cape Verde story described and why does it matter?
9:44–25:04
4
What observations are made about the quality and character of group-stage football?
25:04–40:29
5
Why are stadium atmospheres and fan demographics at this World Cup notable?
40:29–56:31
Speakers
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