{"id":81831,"date":"2025-10-15T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/81831\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:00:06","slug":"reeling-in-the-years-wont-want-the-tape-of-irelands-win-over-armenia-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/81831\/","title":{"rendered":"Reeling in the Years won\u2019t want the tape of Ireland\u2019s win over Armenia \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin Cummiskey could have saved himself a mountain of keyboard tapping by simply sending in a one-word report on Tuesday night\u2019s victory over Armenia: \u201cPhew.\u201d<\/a> He expanded further, though, on a game that will hardly make it on to Reeling in the Years, but in these hard footballing times, you\u2019d take any class of win at all.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s Malachy Clerkin\u2019s feeling too, although he asks: \u201cDoes gruel get any thinner than this?\u201d<\/a> This \u201cnervy display\u201d came from a team \u201cthat looks timid and bereft of any clear plan\u201d. Ken Early, meanwhile, was at a loss to understand why Ireland went with that 5-4-1 formation<\/a> in a home game they had to win, leaving him wondering if we even want a trip to the United States\/Canada\/Mexico next summer.<\/p>\n

That trip looks less likely after Hungary managed to draw with Portugal last night, a fact Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson acknowledged<\/a> when Gordon Manning heard from him after the game. Gordon was also tasked with rating the players\u2019 performances<\/a>, nobody rising above a seven.<\/p>\n

No doubt, this Irish side could do with some performance-enhancing, but preferably not of the banned kind. Following Monday\u2019s news that Irish swimmer Shane Ryan will take part in next summer\u2019s Enhanced Games, Ian O\u2019Riordan brings you an explainer on the controversial new event<\/a>. And Malachy gives his take on the matter, concluding that Ryan is a paid stooge of a doped-up circus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In rugby, Gerry Thornley takes a shot at guessing how Andy Farrell\u2019s Irish autumn squad<\/a> might look when it\u2019s named this afternoon, the bulk of the contenders set to feature in Saturday\u2019s URC game between Leinster and Munster at Croke Park. Johnny Watterson talks to Leinster assistant coach and former Munster player Tyler Bleyendaal<\/a> ahead of the game.<\/p>\n

And in his column, Gordon D\u2019Arcy writes about the loss of his father<\/a> in August after a lengthy illness. \u201cIt has led to a lot of reflection on what it means to be a father, in life, and naturally, in sport,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In Gaelic games, Se\u00e1n Moran looks at the GAA\u2019s \u201coutdated and not fit for purpose\u201d rule on amateurism<\/a>, which is \u201cabout as useful as a colander would be for bailing out a flooded basement\u201d. Jarlath Burns\u2019 committee is tasked with sorting it out.<\/p>\n

And in racing, Brian O\u2019Connor writes about Willie Mullins\u2019 hopes of success with Absurde in Saturday\u2019s Caulfield Cup<\/a>, one of Australia\u2019s most famous races.<\/p>\n

TV Watch: It\u2019s another one of those quiet days on the live sporting front, but if you have access to Disney Plus you can tune in to the meeting of Chelsea and Paris FC at Stamford Bridge in the women\u2019s Champions League this evening (8pm). The last time Paris met English opposition in the competition \u2013 Manchester City, in last year\u2019s qualifiers \u2013 they lost 8-0 on aggregate. So, wish them bonne chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Cummiskey could have saved himself a mountain of keyboard tapping by simply sending in a one-word report…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4700,61,60,43,1842,46616],"class_list":["post-81831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-heimir-hallgrimsson","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-republic-of-ireland-mnt","tag-sports-briefing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}