The Football Spin

London's Calling special: Why Steve Bruce will lose sack race and Jack Byrne's enduring class by JOE

Stephen Kenny's vision for Ireland, how Rice/Grealish could have been avoided & modest Big Sam by JOE

Frank Lampard is Roman Abramovich's new manager at Chelsea but will he get the time to do what he has to do and does he know what he's getting in to?

On The Football Spin, Paddy McKenna, Wayne Farry and Dion Fanning discuss Lampard's appointment and ask if this is going to go as well as some Chelsea fans think it will?

Martin O'Neill was sacked by Nottingham Forest on Friday in a story that might have sounded familiar to Irish football fans. What now for the former Ireland manager and does his fate at Forest illustrate the tolerance and understanding of the Irish football family? On The Football Spin, Dion Fanning and Paddy McKenna discuss O'Neill's legacy and there's also time for Cooking with Noz as Nooruddean Choudry joins the lads to talk about Manchester United and what constitutes a pie.

What is everybody's problem with VAR? On The Football Spin, Dion Fanning and Conan Doherty discuss the latest outrage surrounding the system. Dion argues that VAR is working but Conan and Reuben Pinder aren't so sure. They also look forward to the last sixteen of the Women's World Cup and wonder what is happening to Manchester United this summer.

Paddy McKenna and Conan Doherty discuss the potential next manager of Chelsea. Club legend, Frank Lampard is the frontrunner. What can the man who guided Derby from 6th in the Championship last season to 6th in the Championship this season do that will finally make Roman Abramovich happy? Elsewhere, we talk to Reuben Pinder on the ground at the Women's World Cup. After USA's 13-0 demolition of Thailand, questions have been asked about the quality of the play, but are comparisons to the men's game really that fair? And the Premier League fixtures are out. How uncomfortable will it get for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the Old Trafford hot seat with a hard run of games for Man United to start the new season?

McCarthy v O'Neill, the Matt Doherty question and where is Jeff Hendrick? by JOE

Dion Fanning and Paddy McKenna reflect on another late show from the Republic of Ireland who recovered from going 1-0 down in Denmark to equalise with an awesome leap and header from the towering Shane Duffy.

We also discussed the trouble caused by England fans in Porto and why Gary Neville’s defence of the fans in the stadium was so wrong. We break the news of the biggest transfer of the summer and hear why Steve Sidwell reckons self-contained Frank Lampard needs to replace the giddy Maurico Sarri.

Liverpool are the European Champions for the sixth time. Their supporters won't care that it was one of the worst finals in recent years as the victory is the statement Jurgen Klopp needed to make. With his record in finals, Klopp needed to win, but the victory over Tottenham Hotspur demonstrates how far he has taken the club since he arrived in 2015. On The Football Spin, Tony Evans joins Paddy McKenna and Dion Fanning from Madrid to talk about this victory and where it will take Liverpool in the coming years.

The decision to host the Europa League final in Baku was heavily criticised in the run up to the game. The fact that Arsenal and Chelsea had to travel from London to reach Azerbaijan ensured that many fans decided to stay at home. But now that Chelsea are champions will they see it the trip as being worthwhile or is the club running out of ways to enjoy itself.

Paddy McKenna and Dion Fanning are joined by Reuben Pinder to discuss the Europa League final and what it means for the managers of both clubs. There is also a Champions League final prediction.