Indo Sport podcast: The Football Show Why nobody likes the Club World Cup
Dan covers Duff's recent anger towards the Shamrock Rovers boss as well as Drogheda missing out on Europe due to a UEFA ruling.
Jonathan then explains why Gianni Infantino's club competition isn't drawing the crowds he would have liked in its early stages
Football on the Indo Sport podcast is brought to you by Sky Sports.
If you'd like to get in touch with the show, email us at indosportpodcast@independent.ie.
You can subscribe to our dedicated Indo Sport YouTube page here.
Listen on….
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Irish Independent
4 hours ago
- Irish Independent
Shamrock Rovers aim to maintain nine-point lead in Cork City clash
Dan McDonnell and Seán O'Connor preview Friday's five League of Ireland Premier Division games with Shamrock Rovers hoping to maintain their nine-point lead against Cork City, while champions Shelbourne host Derry City at Tolka Park.
The Irish Sun
6 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Stephen Bradley axes Cliftonville friendly as Shamrock Rovers await Euro draw
STEPHEN BRADLEY revealed that a potential July friendly with Cliftonville had to be shelved because they sides may face each other in the Conference League. 2 Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley revealed that the club have shelved plans for a friendly against Cliftonville as they may meet one another in Europe 2 Stephen Bradley also opened up on why Drogheda United's UEFA heartbreak might be the first of many as club ownership models shift across Europe And with the Hoops inactive in the opening weeks of the month after receiving a first round bye due to He said: 'We've had a few of them from the North, and Cliftonville were one of them! So we won't be playing that one. We'll definitely play a couple of games around that time. 'We've had offers from away as well but a lot wanted you to travel which is not what we want at this time. 'We'll definitely stay local, whether it's up the north or staying here, we definitely won't be travelling (for friendlies).' read more on football Meanwhile, And he confirmed that one potential investor in Shamrock Rovers had raised it as a concern if they had put money into the Hoops. Trivela, who were doing the legal requirements to meet Most read in Football But Bradley reckons it will become more common in future, and pointed to Bournemouth investors Black Knight's interest in Rovers last year. He said: 'I think we're going to run into more problems like this. I think it's only going to become commonplace. The Real Madrid adidas home kit for 2025-26 season 'I know one of the companies that were looking to invest in here in the last while, that was one of the concerns. '(Black Knight), that was their concern with Bournemouth. Whether that would happen or not, none of us know but that was one of the concerns and rightly so. 'I think it's going to become commonplace around European football.' As Silkeborg finished seventh in the Danish league and the Drogs were ninth in the League of Ireland, it was the Irish outfit who forfeited their place under And Bradley has nothing but sympathy for the players, management and fans at Drogheda. He added: I'm just gutted for Kevin (Doherty), the players, the staff and the fans because they have done their bit. 'Because someone hasn't done their business right behind the scenes, without knowing it it's going to kill an opportunity for them. I'm gutted for them.'
Irish Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
'Churlish' Rory McIlroy next golf star to get book treatment from Alan Shipnuk
Phil Mickelson's biographer Alan Shipnuck is writing a book about Rory highly entertaining 'LIV and Let Die' chronicled the rise of the rebel golf tour, while his Mickelson tome 'Phil' lifted the lid on the divisive six-times major winner's career. The Californian author is fascinated with the life and times of the sport's newest Grand Slam winner and his book on McIlroy is due on the shelves in March 2026. "I've spent the last year thinking about Rory McIlroy because he's going to be my next book, and I'm probably 60% done," said the famed American writer. "I have many thoughts about Rory. It's been fascinating to watch this existential crisis he's going through since the Masters and everyone has a theory." Shipnuck revealed to the Indo Sport podcast that he had tried to involve McIlroy in the process but the 35-year-old didn't want to be interviewed specifically for the book. "It's going to be fun to read because I'm having fun writing it, that's always my test," he said. "As a writer you have to be your hardest critic but I've had a lot of fun writing it. He's had a big colourful life and has touched a lot of people along the way. "I said this to Rory, that the last two books I did were big and controversial but I'd like this to be a bit more fun and celebratory because I think there's a lightness to his being. I'm not getting sucked into the recency bias, I'm looking at the whole scale of his career and there's been a lot of joy there. It's going to be an intimate portrait. "We actually had a conversation in the parking lot in Oakmont on Sunday that was really fascinating. I've got to save it for the book but a lot of things were revealed, I'll say that, and it told me so much about Rory. It was very helpful for the book. "A huge part of the Rory brand is the down to earth or human superstar - and a lot of us hope he doesn't lose that because then he loses some of his appeal." After winning at Augusta for the first time in April, thus completing the fabled Grand Slam after a 14-year wait, McIlroy refused to talk to the media during the next major tournament - the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. He did a press conference ahead of the US Open at Oakmont last week but didn't talk again until Saturday, when he was uncharacteristically short with his answers and seemed fed up, although he perked up after his final round 67 as he looked forward to The Open's return to Portrush next month. "I think there's a few things going on and he talked about it, it's just the let down of chasing this dream," said Shipnuck. "But when Phil won the Masters in 2004 to break through after about a dozen years of being the best player with a major, and all the questions about him, that was as cathartic a win as Rory's was. "And Phil just kept going, he had his best year that year and came back and won majors the next year and the year after - you don't have to have a huge let down."Rory's an emotional player, just like Phil was, and I think he's just out of emotion. He just looks so flat on and off the golf course. This churlish version of Rory, is this the real Rory and for 18 years it's been this incredible facade and he was so widely admired and so classy and everyone admired him? "We thought that was the real Rory, but was that all pretend? It makes your head spin thinking about how much he's changed in such a short period of time." Shipnuck can't wait to see how McIlroy reacts to his Portrush return after the drama of his missed cut there in 2019. "I think Portrush is going to be fascinating, and he alluded to this as he was leaving Oakmont," he said. "Like, if he can't summon any energy or emotion to play The Open at Portrush, the course where he shot 61 when he was 16 and that really began his legend, and after what happened last time around when he made eight on the first hole and that incredible Friday when the entire island of Ireland was cheering him on to try to make the cut and the tears, if he goes back there and he just doesn't look like he's into it, then you really have to question what is this last act of his career going to look like. "Clearly it would have been better for Rory if the Masters was on in September and he could have just taken six months off. "I can't believe he's playing this week (at the Travelers) in Connecticut, why is he doing this to himself? Why is he putting himself through it? It's incredible. He just looks so miserable on the golf course and obviously it's affecting his play. "Portrush is just going to be fascinating theatre and if he can dig deep and find something if doesn't, I'm definitely concerned for what this means going forward." Shipnuck claimed that the emotional reaction to McIlroy's Masters triumph was less about the golf played than the appreciation of the Holywood man as a person, and how he has carried the burden of trying to complete the slam. "He had worn this burden and had let us into his heart and soul. That's why the Masters resonated so much," he stressed. "It's the way Rory has let us in that has made people so invested in his accomplishments - and his failures. "So it's been interesting to read on social media how people have quickly said, 'I'm kind of over this guy'. Eighteen years of goodwill, a lot of it has been incinerated in two months."He can get it back, of course, but there's been this sense of let down, it's almost taken away from some of the Masters win. The feelings we all had in April, they've been diminished and now there's these weird questions and weird energy. "It's totally self-induced, it just feels like it's not as much fun as it was. Rory made it fun to be a golf fan and it's less fun right now, and it's not good for anyone."
