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After last week’s international friendly with Wales in Cardiff, co-editor Barry Landy caught up with Republic of Ireland defender Darren O’Dea to talk qualification hopes and why the players back Giovanni Trapattoni.
Barry Landy reviews and rates the players from Wednesday night’s international friendly with Wales.
Barry Landy is manning the MBM chair tonight with the clash between Poland and Russia in Group A.
Barry Landy of Down In The Box gives his thoughts on Emmanuel Adebayor’s loan switch to Spurs and what it means for relations in North London.
The weekend’s on field action wa completely overshadowed by events at Anfield where Roy Hodgson departed Liverpool to be replace by Kenny Dalglish, and Barry Landy from the Down in the Box blog gives his reaction to the whole debacle.
Swansea currently lie in third place in the nPower Championship, just three points behind Welsh rivals Cardiff City in the race for automatic promotion, and Barry Landy looks at how maximising the young talent of a Premier League giant could get them to the promised land.
Fabio Capello’s performance as England manager has been the subject of much scrutiny since the World Cup, and Barry Landy looks at the Italian’s situation.
Giovanni Trapattoni battles benchings and bruisings as Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign gets underway, and Barry Landy is here to give us a preview.