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Eamon Dunphy column: Pep 2.0 is here… and he might be better than ever
Pep Guardiola
Arsenal are wobbling. Europe is wide open. And Guardiola now looks ready to reclaim everything
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Eamon Dunphy column: Salah benching could backfire badly as Liverpool face nightmare Saudi exit warning
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah is one of the Premier League’s greatest ever players – yet he now finds himself sitting on a bench and questioning his future. Liverpool may be playing a very dangerous game.
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Eamon Dunphy column: Liverpool’s greatness is gone – and it’s not coming back
Liverpool FC
Mo Salah benched, big-money signings floundering and Arne Slot under pressure – Dunphy says Liverpool have “lost their aura”.
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Ireland fans troll Hungary and Liverpool star with Cristiano Ronaldo comparison made
Republic of Ireland football team
The Liverpool star has come in for some criticism from many Irish fans.
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Eamon Dunphy column: 'I owe The Dentist an apology - he has given us a night we will never forget'
Eamon Dunphy
Ireland were sensational against Portugal and I have never been happier to eat humble pie
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Eamon Dunphy column: It is time for The Dentist's final check-up
Eamon Dunphy
Heimir Hallgrimsson is a nice man and dentistry is a worthy profession. I like dentists but I don't understand why an Icelandic tooth fixer should be in charge of our national football team
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Eamon Dunphy column: Arsenal are winning… but football has died
Arsenal FC
Arteta’s men grind out victories with machine-like precision, but the flair, the chaos, the poetry — all gone. Once dreamers, now drones.
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Eamon Dunphy column: The Slot Machine has stopped working at Liverpool, Arne needs to go
Liverpool FC
“£400m Spent, Confidence Lost” – Big-money signings aren’t fixing what’s broken on the pitch.
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'The A to Z of why I still love Dublin despite the dangers and the dereliction'
Dublin
26 reasons to love Ireland's enchanted capital from its hallowed halls and public houses to its beloved sports stars and characters
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Eamon Dunphy: Ireland have the players but not the manager
Republic of Ireland national football team
Ruben Neves scored the winner for Portugal on 91 minutes. That was five minutes after Seamus Coleman made way for John Egan. These two things are not unrelated. To me, Ireland lost the game because of The Dentist's lack of football knowledge. Sure, Coleman was tiring but you don't change your defence that late on when you're immersed in a rearguard action.
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Eamon Dunphy column: FAI are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic but at least the Titanic had survivors
FAI
Does the Brexit Adjustment Fund (BAF) ring any bells? The FAI want €10m a year to fund League of Ireland academies. That type of funding would have been available from the BAF. So why are the FAI still looking for this money? It's because they missed the deadline to apply to the BAF. Why would the government listen seriously to a body that couldn't get their act together to fill out a form in time?
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Eamon Dunphy column: Ireland failed boss Heimir Hallgrimsson should be kicked out the door this week
Republic of Ireland national football team
Ireland have become minnows. Everybody wants to play against Ireland. A few days ago, Portugal filleted Armenia 5-0. They hadn't kept a clean sheet in three years but they came into this game feeling they could do something. That tells you about Ireland's standing on the international stage now. We're seen as pushovers.
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Eamon Dunphy column: Roy Keane is a bully, an unpleasant character and has turned into a parody of himself
Roy Keane
Roy Keane has been unduly fair on Brentford FC's new manager, Keith Andrews. He needs to look in the mirror.
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Eamon Dunphy's most savage punditry putdowns as legendary RTE analyst turns 80
Eamon Dunphy
Dunphy shone under the spotlight of the TV cameras and very often provided more entertainment than the match itself
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Eamon Dunphy's 'favourite pundit' rarely used by RTE while Roy Keane is 'not a good judge'
RTE
Why the current RTE set-up does not impress Eamon Dunphy
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Eamon Dunphy at 80: His biggest embarrassment and why he regrets saying 'he ran off with a young one'
Cristiano Ronaldo
He called Ronaldo a cod, berated a journalist for running off with 'a young one' and attended John Delaney's 50th birthday bash. But what is Eamon Dunphy's biggest regret?
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John Giles' family life with wife and children as he retires from punditry
John Giles
John Giles has announced his retirement from punditry
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Eamon Dunphy column: We now have a team good enough to qualify for World Cup
Eamon Dunphy
Ireland were outstanding tonight and looking at the World Cup draw, I am not shaking with fear. Hungary used to be a force in world football - but that was 1954. They are rubbish now whereas we are getting better.
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Eamon Dunphy column: FIFA are not guardians of the game but killers of it
FIFA
Player burnout is already the biggest issue in modern football and the game is heading towards the biggest crisis of its history
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Eamon Dunphy column: I won't miss Marc Canham ... in fact I barely even knew he was here
Eamon Dunphy
The FAI's chief football officer is leaving - and good riddance to him. We need to appoint Irish people to these jobs.
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Eamon Dunphy column: The idea Jude Bellingham is a great player just doesn't make any sense to me
Eamon Dunphy
Declan Rice proved his world class credentials for Arsenal against Real Madrid. Jude Bellingham proved to be nothing but a cod.
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Eamon Dunphy column: Our League's future is bright, Ian Harte can f*** off!
League of Ireland
The FAI have a league that is on the up. How much of that is down to the FAI? Precious little. And that is me being generous.
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Eamon Dunphy column: Their manager is a cod and their team a disgrace, this is the worst United team I have seen
Eamon Dunphy
Bruno Fernandes is the worst captain the world has seen since Edward Smith - the captain in charge when the Titanic sank
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Eamon Dunphy column: Finally we have a title race - Arsenal have saved the season for all of us
Arsenal FC
Mikel Arteta's trust in Arsenal's academy system is already bearing fruit - in keeping with the club's best traditions.
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