"This is why we love football, because things like this can happen" - Troy Parrott

Arguably the greatest international break in history comes to a close with one of the greatest moments ever in Irish sport, as Troy Parrott scores a last gasp winner (his third of the game!) away from home against Hungary to bring Ireland to the World Cup qualifier playoffs.

A hattrick against Hungary, and a brace against Portugal for Parrott solidifies his star status.

Heimir Hallgrímsson head must be spinning as it all looked SO over just a few weeks ago when Ireland were easily beaten by Armenia.

We'll worry about the playoffs in March but for now we're just enjoying it mate.

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"You don't win the league in November" were Pep Guardiola's ominous words as Arsenal finally slipped up at the top of the table while City blew past Liverpool 3-0.

Are Man City back? It sure feels like it all of a sudden.

Yet another loss for Arne Slot's Liverpool as the crisis worsens, are the Slot OUT cries growing louder?

Erling Haaland launched a new venture as he started posting to his YouTube channel recently, revealing that he is a fan of pasturising his own raw milk and eating steaks with his hands.

Sunderland moved the advertising boards in to put a stop to "Long Throw Experts" Arsenal, and it maybe worked?

Yet another new era for the pod as we are just going to start spewing out whatever hot takes come to mind with no regard for if anyone will actually ever pull us up on them.

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As the entire Arsenal team was seen sprinting with all of their might back from one end of the pitch to the other 92 minutes in to a 2-0 win over Burnley, it was clear to see why they are now firmly favourites for the league. And maybe they also have something beyond just winning the title on their minds now too?

After a 1-0 loss to Chelsea, Spurs fans booed their team off the pitch, and in the midst of the sea of negativity, captain Mickey Van De Ven and Djed Spence refused to acknowledge manager Thomas Frank. Do they know they are in 6th?

Unai Emery's Aston Villa managed to lose to Liverpool, by playing EXACTLY how Arne Slot asked them to.

The haircut clock resets back to 0 as Man United drew with Nottingham Forest, a not too bad result in a good run of results for United, but is the giant hairy shadow looming over Old Trafford starting to get to the fans?

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Manchester United are back baby.  Rest in Piss the bad times 2013-2025. This is definitely a REAL dawn as Ruben Amorin beat their bogey team Brighton 4-2 at home to make 3 consecutive wins in the Premier League for Man United. What next for The Red Devils and, more importantly, what happens to that guy when he cuts his hair? Smart money is on a sharp veer into the far right.

Liverpool continue to slide down the table as Brentford's long throws and pressure cooker tactics consigned Liverpool to another defeat in the Premier League. I explore the two questions that persist about Mohamaed Salah and Florian Wirtz. Can they play together, and if not, who should be dropped? The man who needs to make this decision is Arne Slot, who seems unable to reconcile with the fact that teams have changed their tactics this year when facing the champions.

The classico between Real Madrid vs Barcelona had all the elements of one of the great games between these two clubs. A galaxy of stars for real madrid vs a team of uber talented La Masia teens and 5'8 and below men (Except for on loan Marcus Rashford) for Barcelona, Plenty of goals red card,s and pr,e pos,t and during the match shithousery from both sides. I recall this game via YouTube short highlights and place both sides in one of three categories of humbleness.

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Who do Man United think they are? Playing a low block and not starting Sesko?

Have they no honour? These were the words of Arne Slot as Man United beat Liverpool in Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since 2016.

The Liverpool spiral continues with it now being 4 games lost in a row and the pressure is starting to mount on Arne Slot, especially with former boss Jurgen Klopp announcing his thoughts on potentially returning on the Diary of a CEO podcast.

Man United were saved once again by the most mentally strong athlete in history, Harry Maguire.

Can Ruben Amorim now go and win 3 games in a row? Or is this the latest in a long string of false dawns.

As No Nonsense Hall of Famer Ange Postecoglou's sacking was confirmed pretty much straight after Forest lost to Chelsea, No Nonsense Hall of Famer Sean Dyche has been confirmed as new manager.

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Ireland managed to just about cling on to World Cup qualifying hopes, with a win over 10 men Armenia in a deathly quiet Aviva stadium.

Ireland also came very close to getting a draw away to Portugal, but it wasn't to be after some questionable refereeing decisions from a ref that seemed to be ecstatic to be on the same pitch as Cristiano Ronaldo.

We cast an eye over some other results in the World Cup qualifiers featuring great performances from Haaland and some not so great performances from Isak and Gyokeres.

Last week, we tried to see if there was a correlation between going 007 in the Premier League and being a great player. This time we're seeing which all time greats did or did not go World Cup 007.

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The Liverpool spiral/finding out/crisis continued as they lost their third game on the bounce, this time to a last minute Chelsea winner. Is it just as simple as the give it to Salah system starting to fail?

Erling Haaland continued his dominant form with a 'proper' goal against Brentford where he showed once again that he is miles ahead of the rest..except for Nick Woltemade that is!

Can Cathal remember the three games he watched this weekend?

Ange Postecoglou's stint at Forest goes from bad to worse as he achieves an unprecedented managerial 007.

Speaking of 007's, we take a look at some famous ones from Premier League history and see is it really as bad an omen for a signing as it seems?

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The curse of games past returned to haunt Liverpool as once again Crystal Palace proved to be their bogey team, with Palace winning 2-1 and now becoming the only unbeaten team in the league.

Does this spell trouble for Liverpool that has been coming for a while? Or is this just a blip before they get back to extending their league at the top?

The unlikable derby delivered once again as Arsenal beat Newcastle with a last minute winner. In a game where Arsenal moaned, punched and kicked their way to success. 

The writing is surely on the wall for Ruben Amorim as he once again failed to win back to back games at Man United. This time losing 3-1 to Brentford's Irish contingent.

Also, the cat was away and so the mouse (Cathal) was hungover and missed most of this weeks football.

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In a season that promised so much in the first few weeks, we have quickly devolved back into 007 and best player in the world right now posts as Liverpool go five points clear after five games played.

Arsenal went conservative against Man City and eeked out a draw thanks to a 90+ minute equaliser from Martinelli. But is their failure to get at the Man City's of the world a sign that this won't be their year once again?

Enzo Maresca had a tough week as he had human rights inspectors banging on the bomb squad door while also arguably throwing away a winnable game against Man United, even with their goalkeeper sent off after just a few minutes.

Liverpool, as mentioned, are the team to beat this year and no one has managed it yet. But is there a big Isak shaped cloud hanging over goalscorer Hugo Ekitiké?

We give you our official 'Players who LOOK like they smoke' starting 11

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The new era of the pod continues with a real honest to goodness in person video episode that gets rudely interupted half way through!

The Premier League is back after the Ireland's international incident, and its like Ange Postecoglou never left! He's cracking jokes, looking down at the floor and his team is getting absolutely torn apart by Arsenal.

You'd fear for Graham Potter and West Ham as they are hammered 3-0 by Spurs. But as they slide toward relegation spots, are the fans thinking at least we aren't mid table?

Big Nick Woltemade arrived on the scene with a debut goal against Wolves, putting many other slow to start Premier League strikers to shame.

We also ponder should we get into IRL streaming and ask is this the worst time ever in history for a World Cup in the United States?

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