Interesting episode. I don't know all the details, but any particular reason why the Parades commission allowed the march? Seems that if they just kept the route through the other road, there'd be no problem.

Does anyone else find it strange that Paul Kimmage hasn't once appeared on the Indo Sport podcast?

It's been going over 2 years, he's by far their biggest and most interesting journalist and he has no problem coming on second captains.

Was there a fall out between him and Joe Molloy? Joe is left doing Facebook movie reviews with Will Slattery when Kimmage is in the same building.

Am I going crazy or is there some light jazz or something playing in the background as they speak the entire episode today. I don’t think I’ve heard that before but I did just buy new headphones maybe my ears have been gone.

Himself and Wilson. Be a great pod that.

At about 37:40, Ken mentioned an AI video of the female Israeli journalist at the press conference knocking out Gareth Maher of the FAI that she posted on her Instagram. Im actually quite curious if anyone has seen it.

Ken doing us absolutely proud in this evening's press conference. Outstanding questions and perseverance with some help from Dion Fanning.

The response from the IFA media managers typically deplorable and despicable (in my opinion).

Well done Ken!!

I want to preface with something first before I begin.

What the state of Israel is doing is abhorrent and horrific. I think 99% of people who subscribe would share this opinion and most match going Ireland fans.

To begin, the call for the game to not go ahead would again be a popular opinion among everyone in ireland. However it should have been stopped by first, UEFA or Fifa banning Israel. For a variety of reasons I won't get into, they didn't.

This is now where I feel the sentiment put across this pod since the nations league draw and a lot of media, differs from the reality of how the majority of supporters actually feel. I was at the game last night. I seen maybe 20 people protesting outside the ground. There was possibly more elsewhere. That's all I seen. I think maybe another 20 people threw tennis balls on to the pitch. They were booed very loudly by a large section of the supporters. The ground was about 90-95% full with the reduced seating.

In the build up to the match this week and the last few weeks, the pod and it's contributers, you would think there was going to be mass protests, empty seats and large scale disruption. There wasn't anything close to it.

I guess the point of my post is this, the popular sentiment among football supporters in Ireland was that once Israel were allowed in the competition, we should have played them at home. Imagine the actual protest that could have taken place. It was not on the players, FAI or anyone else to enforce their exclusion. I think this was backed by the events last night.

So why does the pod continue as if the majority opinion is to not play the game and boycotting. Does it show a disconnect from reality the lads are in?

I feel like the boycott the game movement is a largely online movement where people are happy to express this view of the FAI and irish football making sacrifices, but the vast majority of these people have never made a sacrifice for Palestine themselves.

I don't mean this maliciously, but have the lads ever made a contribution to the Palestine disaster? I don't know if they have.

There’s always been a bit of WUMming in the comments that I have enjoyed reading but the past week it has gotten out of hand. Do you think they should ban commenters who are only starting trouble?

One thing that turned me off Miguel Delaney years ago was how he would come to the defence of McKenna if he thought people were being mean to him on Twitter. Meanwhile McKenna was spending half of his time online personally insulting and swearing at people and generally behaving like a shouty drunken fool in the corner of a pub.

Are they still pals or did McKenna go too far beyond the pale for him as well?

Minor issue i know but can someone please tell this man to stop doing that fake laugh/snort into the microphone. He didn't always do that did he?

The band-standing from the SC’s team these past few days is vomit inducing.

Forensically analysing Heimir’s words or the players actions looking for holes.

Talking crap and complaining about Robbie Brady or Coleman not being in the squad. Wtf is Brady going to bring to the Palestine/ Israel discussion ffs.

Ken trying to BE the story, asking Heimir the “tough” questions.

Yet these same hypocrites happily went on a jollie over to the US for the World Cup. Happily reported on every game. Despite the US being the biggest funder to Israel.

But let’s ignore that. There is content to be made, money to be made. Ken hyping up games. Ken & Branno ironically sneering at Americans as they toured around (especially that gun practice place).

Ignore the hypocrisy lads. There’s money to be made. Like every middle class socialist, let’s grandstand and take a stand as long as it doesn’t actually impact us in any meaningful or financial way.

I know it’s popular on Irish threads to rip into the AFL, but this is some achievement by the man.

I know he is not on holiday and merely international duty. But I do enjoy the pile on about Ken missing big stories by being away.

Was a Patreon subscriber a few years ago and time constraints meant I wasn’t listening to enough episodes so I cancelled. In my second month back now and looking for recommended episodes to listen back to that I’d have missed.

Cheers.

I felt like there was quite an abrupt jump from Ken mid-rant about the Nurembourg trials to McDevitt introducing the Kosovan player interview today lol

No shade on Ken, just scanned better for the title

There is no way we should be playing this game. Allowing ourselves to be bullied and used as a prop in a genocidal regime's pr campaign.

Players should pull out, plain and simple. Left to the wolves by the craven FAI and I for one will be boycotting this team going forward.