Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs US Open fails to excite Beats cause heat in Tolka
Conor McKeon joins Joe and Will for this Tuesday edition of Bits & Bobs led off with talk of Shamrock Rovers' celebrations in Tolka Park last week as Shelbourne learn of their European fate. Meanwhile, an emailer reignites talk of Jim McGuinness and his position as a community leader in Donegal.
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Joey O'Brien not giving up hope of Shelbourne staging Baku fightback
Joey O'Brien is eyeing a victory against Qarabag in Baku tomorrow evening, and the Shelbourne manager believes that nothing is impossible when it comes to turning the tie around. Shelbourne lost the Champions League second-round qualifier first leg 3-0 in Tolka Park last week, where two late goals gave the visitors a real cushion to take back for the second leg in their home ground. Now the Reds will look to complete the challenging task of somehow reversing that scoreline, and O'Brien believes that the team will be fighting on two fronts at the Tofiq Ismayilov Stadium. Not only are Shelbourne coming up against a quality outfit like Qarabag, who have been regular participants in UEFA group stage football for the past decade, but the Dublin side will also be battling the elements of a mid-summer's evening in Azerbaijan. At the pre-match press conference, O'Brien was asked whether he believed in football fairytales, when it was put to him that his side would need a miracle to qualify for the next round. "For us, it's about getting the game-plan ready, and then every game we play, we try to win, and that doesn't change tomorrow," he said. "I don't think anything is impossible," added O'Brien, when asked whether Shels could go through. Shelbourne need to win by three just to take the game to extra-time and a potential penalty shoot-out, and O'Brien emphasised that the team would need to take a pragmatic approach to the task at hand, and not go gung ho from the opening exchanges against quality opposition, while factoring the conditions into the equation. And he hopes that his side will have learned from an away game in Zurich last summer, when a first-minute concession made an already difficult task much harder, losing 3-0 on the night. "It's pretty warm, but to be fair, at the stadium, at this stage (kick-off time), it looks like the sun will be gone down. It's still warm in the air, obviously, but the sun won't be out, so that'll be a plus," said O'Brien. "In these conditions, you have to play them. Wanting to attack last week and getting on the front foot at home is what we always want to do. Over here, it's got to be a little bit more pragmatic, obviously, and the conditions don't allow that, to be going after [the game], and pressing like mad for the 90 minutes. "The game plan is to set up to try and win the game, that's the way it's always going to be no matter who we play. "I suppose the key thing last year to take away was the start we had [in Zurich]. At any level, but especially at this level, and that'll be the same tomorrow, you cannot start off it (the pace of the game) a little bit, or make any individual mistakes at the first part of the game, because you just won't get back into it. "You're down in the game, so you can't go out and start chomping at the bit, going off on a mad one early doors, because you get picked off at this level. "Last year we made a critical mistake at the start of the game, that's great learning, and hopefully it doesn't happen tomorrow, because the lads realise from Zürich how damaging that can be and it can turn into a long, long night, if we make that early mistake and the [opposing] team is getting an early goal." Reflecting on last week's performance, and result, O'Brien appeared a touch rueful coming into the second leg with such a steep mountain to climb, and believes that his side should have been better in that Tolka Park encounter. "You watch back the game, you review it, I just thought the first half we just weren't at full throttle, to be honest, and we just let them go, showed them a little bit too much respect at home," said O'Brien. "I think at home, we knew the conditions, we knew the pitch, had the atmosphere, and we were just a little bit passive at times in the first half. "I thought in the second half, we really got on the front foot, attacked it for large periods, and I thought we were the better team, and just didn't find that equaliser. "But again, at this level, you've got to be on guard all the time, and that bit of quality that they showed, I suppose, for the second goal, and the third goal, obviously, it's a bad mistake, you know, so again, just being concentrating for the whole game, it's a massive part of this level." Whatever happens in Baku, O'Brien knows that this is not the end of the road for Shelbourne's 2025 European journey, with a Europa League fixture guaranteed should they exit the Champions League. And there is a sense that O'Brien is emphasising that to his squad, and to use the Qarabag game, whatever the outcome, to learn for whatever comes next down the road this summer "It definitely is a great experience, regardless of what happens, we're going to be away from home over the next couple of weeks, there's massive games to come. "So I suppose travelling away and stuff like that, and getting used to the hotel, and getting used to the pitch, that's what part of this is, the experience of the group."
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Lara Gillespie makes history by becoming first Irish woman to take podium finish in stage of Tour de France Femmes
Gillespie, riding for UAE Team ADQ, finished third on stage four in Poitiers at the end of a tough stage that saw Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime) claim her second sprint victory in as many days ahead of Dutch race leader Marianne Vos of Team Visma-Lease a Bike. The 24-year-old Enniskerry woman's result was all the more impressive given that she was only called up the Tour team a few days before the start, after a crash at the Elmos Dwars doors het Hageland race in mid-June saw her miss the National Road Championships and other races. A crash also hampered Gillespie's chances at the Tour de France Femmes yesterday. Although she didn't fall, the former European track champion was held up by a crash in the last 4km of stage three meaning she didn't get to go toe-to-toe with the fastest women in the world at the finish. Today, though, Gillespie held her own in the gallop to the line despite being out in the wind for longer than the first two on the stage, both of whom are renowned sprinters. Dutchwoman Wiebes' victory was a record fifth Tour de France Femmes stage win and she continues to lead the green-jersey classification, while second-placed Vos maintained her overall lead. "It's nice to keep the yellow on such a day,' said Vos afterwards before praising stage winner Wiebes. 'You know it's going to be tough. Not only in the final, but actually from the start it was fast and constantly windy, with a high pace in the bunch and then you have to stay in the front and stay in a good position. "That's pretty tough and thanks to the team it worked really well, so I'm very happy. She's [Lorena Wiebes] just the best sprinter in the world, she's a phenomenon in the sprint and every time she shows it again. She's very, very hard to beat. She's a tough competitor, but it's good to have her." As well as Gillespie, current national champion Mia Griffin and last year's title holder Fiona Mangan are also making their debuts at the race with all three looking to first complete the nine-day race, and hopefully build on the experience going forward. Tomorrow's fifth stage takes the riders from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou to Gueret, a distance of 165.8 km (103 miles).
