OTB's Team 33

Raf Diallo, Joe Coffey, Derek Ryan, Jonathan Higgins and Enda Coll are on this week's show.

The lads talk Scott Brown and the role the Celtic captain played in winding up his Rangers counterparts. They also talk about similar wind-up merchants.

They also go on a tangent to discuss the GAA fortunes of Raf, Joe and Enda's respective counties of Leitrim, Mayo and Donegal.

The Guardian and Spanish Football Podcast's Sid Lowe chats to Raf Diallo at Liberty Hall ahead of the TSF Podcast's live show on March 27th.

He talks Basque clubs, including the early 1980s, when Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad won every title. And at the end, he also talks about his take on the Bale situation.

 

You can also watch the interview on YouTube:

Raf Diallo, Joe Coffey, Derek Ryan and Jonathan Higgins talk fan protests and the best in-stadium atmospheres they've experienced.

Plus Jonathan has had quick chats with ex-Liverpool footballers Sami Hyypia, Robbie Fowler and Luis Garcia among others at a recent Liverpool vs Milan Legends game in aid of the Liverpool Foundation

Former Liverpool, Norway and Blackburn defender Stig Inge Bjornebye speaks to Raf Diallo and Jonathan Higgins about his playing career and his current role as Rosenborg BK sporting director

Raf Diallo, Joe Coffey, Jonathan Higgins and Conor Neville discusses the issue of stadium naming rights, the pros and cons of micing up referees and we also play the interview with former Liverpool defender Stig Inge Bjornebye

 

That interview is also available separately here

Raf Diallo, Ronan Mullen, Jonathan Higgins and Colm Boohig reminisce about Serie A strikers from the 1990s and early 2000s including Gabriel Batistuta and more

 

With Gareth Bale's position at Real Madrid increasingly precarious, Joe Coffey and Killian Woods chat about how two of his team-mates have thrown him under the bus publicly and what we can expect from Zinedine Zidane now that he is back

 

You can also watch the Serie A strikers chat on YouTube: 

 

Raf Diallo, Joe Coffey, Derek Ryan, Jonathan Higgins and Enda Coll discuss Arsenal, Liverpool and cult heroes

 

Plus Raf is joined by Mad Dog Gravesen: Last Of The Modern Day Mavericks author Chris Sweeney

 

You can find that interview from the 24:17 mark

 

Or you can listen on YouTube below:

Raf Diallo is joined by Sam O'Shaughnessy who discusses the experience of playing for Bermudan club Flanagan's Onions. Joe Coffey, Derek Ryan, Killian Woods, Cian Roche, Enda Coll and Jonathan Higgins are in studio to debate Kepa vs Sarri, Liverpool's missed opportunity and Brendan Rodgers' decision to swap Celtic for Leicester City.

The * in the title is somewhat tongue-in-cheek but there was a tangent which sparked an argument about Alex Ferguson and how he would fare in the current Premier League

 

Timings

03:11 Kepa vs Sarri and Chelsea's obvious problems

 

15:45 Liverpool and whether the Man United draw was a missed opportunity and a sign of a downturn

 

32:39 That Alex Ferguson tangent that sparked an argument between some of the lads*

 

47:35 Brendan Rodgers' Celtic depature

 

1:02:00 The Sam O'Shaughnessy interview on Flanagan's Onions

 

If you want to watch the interview with Sam O'Shaughnessy, it's also on the Off The Ball YouTube channel:

Coming soon to Newstalk.ie

Raf Diallo, Joe Coffey and Jonathan Higgins discuss Arsenal and Liverpool's runs to the UEFA Cup finals of 2000 and 2001 respectively

 

You can find the Marcus Babbel interview in full here.