We're eight matches into the Premier League season and it's given us plenty of surprises alongside the normal Man City inevitable canter towards another title.

We discuss the efforts to date of each team in the league, why some are good (Liverpool) and why some are bad (Crystal Palace).

Gaelic Football as we know it has been criticised harshly in the public realm ever since Pat Spillane uttered his famous "puke football" line all those years ago. The Football Review Committee, led by Jim Gavin, is testing out seven core enhancements to the game that look to revolutionise the sport.

Formula One is so back, with the United States Grand Prix taking place this Sunday. The race at the top is heating up, with reigning champ Max Verstappen and challenger Lando Norris set to battle it out to the bitter end. One DNF will likely cost a driver the championship, making for an incredible finale to a great season.

Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as England manager. Tommy Tuchs is only the third non-English gaffer to take the reigns of the side. His most impressive achievement includes winning the Champions League with a pragmatic Chelsea side that only conceded two goals during the entire knock out phase.

It's only October and there's another international window - luckily, Ireland aren't playing this time. Thank god! No games for Ireland! Nothing to see here! Instead, we look at Pochettino's appointment as USMNT Head Coach, why Brazil are struggling and the European games in the calendar.

Lassanna Diarra is not quite a Barclaysman, but did have a storied career, including stints at Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid and PSG. He's been in the news recently after the European Court of Justice ruled in his favour. We explain what it's all about and what it means for football.

Munster versus Leinster is the most storied game in Irish rugby. Over the last few year, it's been almost totally lopsided, as Leinster have established dominance over the fierce rivals. They meet again this weekend in Croke Park, with a close to sell out crowd expected to witness the next chapter in this intense struggle.

After being sick last week, Cian wasted no time making a number of bold predictions on this week's podcast, including: Chelsea will thump Liverpool in Anfield, beat Arsenal in November and that the Lions will wipe Australia 3-0 in the summer tour. We are committing them to memory to prove once and for all that the bloke knows ball at an above average level (at the very least).

South Africa have won the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2019, losing only to the in form Argentina, who enjoyed their best ever tournament. Los Pumas beat every team at least once, including the All Blacks in New Zealand.

The League of Ireland title race will go down to the wire this year. Shels are in the driving seat but are struggling to get wins together - this would normally be disastrous but nearest rivals Derry are also giving away points for free. It´s opened the door to 5 in a row chasing Shamrock Rovers, as well as Galway United, who just came up from the First Division last year.

Finally, we look at the first six games of the Premier League season. Man United fans, look away now.

The latest international window confirmed the following things: the English manager's job is quite easy in fact, whilst the Irish manager's job is an apparently impossible task. Whoever is in the hot seat, be it a mechanic from Macedonia, a French fireman or even a dentist from Iceland, we're absolutely f**cked. Perhaps a Hungarian hypnotist could be used to convince our midfielders they can actually play football.

Anthony Joshua is fighting Daniel Dubois this Saturday at Wembley. It's the first big heavyweight bout since Usyk vs Fury that has Walk It In excited, with AJ hoping to become a three time champ, while Dubois is looking to consolidate his grip on the IBF title.

The Champions League kicked off this week and the Swiss model saw its first piece of action. It's too early to tell if the format will be successful, but who cares as it is new and shiny and that's what UEFA want. Just don't call it the Super League.

The Ireland men's football team grip on the nation has deteriorated in line with the decline in results achieved by the team to the extent that it would not be wrong to consider us a nation of rugby fans first now. This weekend may be remembered as the date when that decay was reversed with the birth of the extremely successful Halgrimsson era. What does the future hold for our national team? Will it be multiple tournament appearances or another fourth place finish in the qualifying stage with Heimir? Games against England and Greece this week may give us a bit more of an idea.

The NFL returns this week, with the Chiefs looking to make it three in a row. We give a run down on the movers and shakers, the oddballs and the inbetweens, and everything else that makes the NFL a captivating watch.

Team Ireland are sending a huge crew to the Paralympics this week, where we're hopeful of continuing a successful summer in the pool, the track and elsewhere. Coverage kicks off today Wednesday, with RTÉ showing a huge amount of the action. We wish all the Team Ireland athletes the best of luck - Cian has also added some words of wisdom that might help them win a highly-sought after gold medal.

Deadline Day is fast approaching, marking a welcome end to silly season. Finally, players aged under 20 outside of the top five leagues can stop worrying about getting a call from Todd Boehly to pack up their bags and come to Cobham immediately. Big movements happening include a kind of swap deal between Sancho and Sterling is being worked on at the moment, Victor Osimhen has backed himself into a corner and may not find a new club before the clock strikes 11 on Friday night and Liverpool have finally decided to splash some cash.

There's also some transfer news in the now-exciting Formula One. Logan Sergeant has been shown the door at Williams, and his replacement has been ripping it up in Formula Two all year.

RTÉ is Ireland's state broadcaster and has a responsibility to the public to bring things to them free of charge. However, it also needs to make money. It has decided that showing Shamrock Rovers or St. Patrick's Athletic in their European qualifying ties is unprofitable, meaning if you want to watch it, you'll have to head over to the largely good LOITV and watch on a pay per view basis. Is this really the best thing for growing the game in Ireland - not showing its teams performing well in Europe?

We also cover the UFC card from the weekend, which saw the Middleweight belt be up for grabs. The Premier League action has commenced once more too, with plenty of highlights from just one game week.

If you, like us, have said to yourself the following: Olympics is over, what's the point in carrying on any further... well, the answer is the return of the Premier League. Thank god (Richard Masters) (PL CEO).

The Prem's arrival into our lives has snuck up on us after the Euros and the Olympics firmly grasped our attention for a heady sevenish weeks, like your humble local bar that knows its firm, immovable placing within our hearts, that sees us return, year after year, to sample the beauty and simple elegance that is held within. The passage of time and all its crimes. You may ask, hmm, does one season blend into the next? Is the product that the Premier League keeps pumping out, football morning, noon and f**cking night, thank you very much, attracting less and less interest as it becomes even more detached from our already completely broken and bonkers reality, with soaring transfer and wage budgets, extremely corporate overtures that turn Arsenal into the Fly Emirates Visit Rwanda Sobha Realty Football Club (not just an Arsenal problem, of course) and over-priced tickets and merchandise that push away fans (see this week's bastard of the week for more)? Who knows.

Brentford vs Palace is the 2pm kick off on Sunday? Well, I have to watch that.

We also talk about the Rugby Championships - why is Joe Schmidt's Australia so bad? Perhaps South Africa is simply the best team in the world. But we're pretty good at the Olympics.

The Olympics might be holding your attention, but it won't be too long until the football is back. We take a look at the biggest deals of the summer so far.

Formula One is also undergoing its own transfer window. A number of next year's seats are up for grabs now, with the teams taking the summer break as a chance to iron out some deals. Carlos Sainz was the first domino to fall, with the Spanish driver set to throw his lot in with Williams from next season.