Ep 2665: Irish Football's State Of Emergency Enters Nine Euro Meal Stage
The Second Captains Podcast
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The Grief of James McLean
James McLean has just reached 100 caps for Ireland. He was the only senior player who played their last game of the season. There is a loyalty there that he has in him that maybe is lacking in professional football. The talk about his autism diagnosis recently and his daughter's autism I thought was just really interesting. And then he brings, you know, like from a footballing point of view, you might have thought at some point, what does it say about where Ireland are that James McLean is getting 100 caps? But at the same time, the amount of whatever combination of strengths he brings to Irish go out on the pitch,. Unless and until every other player maxed out their potential
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