EARLIER THIS WEEK, Ireland and Leinster star Sean O’Brien spoke about how much more professional his attitude has become over the past few seasons.
O’Brien said that he’s changed his relaxed outlook on training in recent seasons, and has had to cut back on the number of visits home to Tullow to help out on the farm.
As Patrick Heavey pointed out, the O’Brien family have had to invest in help.
In a matter of weeks this summer, Roscommon went from Connacht title contenders to planning their summer holidays, and after a year of such hype surrounding the Division 2 champions, there was bound to be a big fallout after their defeat to Fermanagh.
Last week it was announced that manager John Evans would not be seeking a fourth year in charge of the side, after feeling he did not have the support of all in the county.
Speaking to 2fm’s Game On this week, John Evans said that “there was an active canvass then to remove John Evans”, as manager, adding that the politics involved was too much to bear.
Our commenter Sean Lawlor, wasn’t too impressed with John Evans’ comments about John Evans.
Things got a little bit Alan Partridge this week as the beIN Sport treated us to a behind-the-scenes look around Richard Keys’ Doha house.
The Alan Partridge comparisons were endless, although we were pleased to see Daithí Gleeson helping us out with one big one we missed.
After their rivals swooped in to sign Pedro and Nicolas Otamendi, you can’t blame Manchester United fans for thinking their targets are being signed by other teams just to prevent United from having them.
Piotrek Krol is one of those people, and after Thomas Müller dismissed interest from the Red Devils, it got him worried.