#kenearly

Ep 2335: Now That's What I Call A Hurling Championship, Meath Spurn The Liam Hayes Way - 16/05/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... Cork were mad as hell and they just weren’t gonna take it anymore… and their defeat of Waterford yesterday has blown the entire championship wide open.  Waterford are now relying on winless Tipperary to do them a favour next week, otherwise the league champions won’t even qualify out of Munster.  And a packed Cusack Park in Ennis was a stark contrast to how spinelessly Meath exited the Leinster football championship - a situation which moved Ken almost to tears.

Ep 2334: City Slip, Treason At Wembley, Newcastle Fly The Flag - 16/05/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... There was little in West Ham's record against Guardiola-era Man City to suggest they would cause many problems to the aspiring champions yesterday, but it turned out Jarrod Bowen and Lukasz Fabianski had other ideas. Meanwhile Liverpool won the FA Cup yet defiled the occasion by booing both the anthem and the second in line to the throne.  Dion Fanning and Gavin Cooney join us to analyse the weekend's action. How confident can Jack Grealish be of getting his hands on the league trophy next Sunday? Why can't Liverpool beat their closest rivals? And why are Everton's matches now appointment television? We also discuss the controversy around Newcastle's Saudi Arabia-style change kit.

Ep 2328: Liverpool's Quad Dream Dies, Pep Doesn't Feel The Love, Klopp's Conte Criticism - 09/05/22 by The Second Captains Podcast ....

Ep 2300: World Cup Draw And Qatar's Tone Shift, Mol An Óige, Frank's New Direction - 04/04/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... Irish talent was dominating at every level this weekend, with Chiedozie Ogbene lighting up the Papa Johns and Michael Obafemi the Championship; as for the Premier League, at this rate it cannot be long before Tottenham rename their ground The Matt Doherty Stadium. We also talk about the World Cup draw, Frank Lampard's new direction and the challenges Graham Potter faces managing the not-helpful suggestions of Brighton fans. We then chat to Miguel Delaney about his visit to Qatar for the World Cup draw. Did it leave him more or less convinced that Qatar is a suitable venue for a World Cup?

Ep 2294: Ireland 2-2 Belgium - 28/03/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... We look back on Ireland 2-2 draw with Belgium's still-pretty-useful B-team. Some inept defending aside, it seems the Irish team is now a river to its people.   Gavin Cooney joins us to give his thoughts on Ireland's progress in the year and a day since we lost 1-0 to Luxembourg.

Ep 2289: Old Men Yell At Clouds - 21/03/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... The weekend saw some spectacular action on the pitch - but very little impresses the men of football's Greatest Generation.

Ep 2288: A Triple Crown For Ireland, All Hail Ange Capuozzo, A Masterclass in Hoggwatching - 21/3/22 by The Second Captains Podcast .... Whatever we expected from the final weekend of the Six Nations, those expectations probably didn't include an amazing win for Italy in Cardiff, sealed by a last minute wonder-try created by a 71kg 22-year-old. On the other hand, a howler from Stuart W. Hogg was far more foreseeable... And after what was a pretty great tournament for Ireland, we chat to Racing 92 coach Mike Prendergast and former Ireland and Lions winger Shane Horgan about the significance of a Triple Crown, why Ireland's attack stuttered against Scotland, how our defence (which only conceded 4 tries all Championship) is now a weapon, how Grand Slammers France still have a lot of improving in them, and how Ange Capuozzo went from looking like a fragile teenager to a lethal attacking weapon on what was, finally, Italy's day in the sun. Plus there's the final Early verdict on Eddie Jones, Italian emotional overload and perhaps the greatest Hoggwatch of them all.

Ep 2283: Howe Football And Politics Don't Mix, Ronaldo Resurrects Brady - 14/03/22 by The Second Captains Podcast ....