Pat Spillane & Dick Clerkin join Michael after a big defeat for Kerry in the Division 1 League final in a game when Donegal laid down a big marker. Donegal’s clever tactics, Kerry’s lack of excuses for a rare humiliation and the controversy around Michael Murphy’s yellow card (which many say should have been a red) are all on the chopping block.
Plus - Meath and Cork get their act together, Carlow’s joyous scenes and Down’s future prospects.
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Join Michael Verney every week for a breakdown of the biggest talking points in the GAA world. Join us for interviews, club action and inter-county debates, with football analysts including Pat Spillane & Dick Clerkin and hurling insights from John Mullane, Pat Ryan and more from the Irish Independent family.

From talking points, solo-runs and head-to-heads,…

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Kerry have no excuses | How was Michael Murphy not sent off? | Bin the hooter | Pat Spillane & Dick Clerkin

Pat Spillane and Dick Clerkin join Michael to look ahead to the 2026 inter-county championships. New York memories, the failure of Dublin to promote the championships and picks for each province are all on the menu in an energetic look-ahead.
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John Mullane and the newly crowned Paddy ‘the daddy’ Ryan join Michael to look back on the hurling league finals, and the lay of the land as championship approaches.

Are Limerick back? Does Ben O’Connor need to perform ‘a little bit of surgery’ on Cork, in his first big test as manager? Who’s been the player of the league?

The lads answer those questions, and propose some hot takes for the coming provincial championships, on the show today.

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Surgery needed for Cork after the Limerick defeat? | Big Munster calls | Player of the league?

Aidan O’Shea joins Michael as we warm up for Championship season. O’Shea talks about learning to silence the noise, availability being the best ability and what impressed the Mayo squad when training with Kobe McDonald. We also talk about regrets after beating Dublin in the 2021 Championship
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Aidan O’Shea was speaking for AIB at the launch of the 2026 GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. 

Kerry have no excuses | How was Michael Murphy not sent off? | Bin the hooter | Pat Spillane & Dick Clerkin

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