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S Tommy Martin: Hallgrimsson double jobbing managing body and mind
The continuing absence of a sports psychologist has generated headlines in the build-up to Saturday’s World Cup qualifying opener against Hungary.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: What would electing Jim Gavin as president say about us?
The presidency is the ultimate honour for any Irish citizen, but maybe Jim Gavin is overqualified.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: Delirium or doom, the return of Sunderland can keep us awake
The return of the Black Cats brings the kind of passionate intensity the Premier League needs

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: Whole new ball game after dud Premier League season when plot got stale
Every top-rated show has one like it – when character arcs run out of steam and the plot seems aimless.

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025

FC Barcelona v Como1907 - Joan Gamper Trophy
S Tommy Martin: Rashford joins a crowded punditry field in nailing United's woes
Just what the club needs, another former player in the punditry game, only this one is, technically, a current player.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: If music was the new football for a mid ‘90s teen, Oasis were your team
As Nick Hornby would explain, you can’t change your team, can you?

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Tommy Martin: Jim McGuinness has been getting a gleeful shoeing but lots of it is small-minded nonsense
Jim McGuinness has been portrayed as chancer-in-chief of modern GAA coaching, a snake-oil salesman.

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

Monaghan v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Tommy Martin: Jim McGuinness is a superhero, but are Kerry his Kryptonite?
Part of Jim McGuinness’ success is in the aura he projects  but on Sunday he faces the county least susceptible to that kind of stuff.

Thu, 24 Jul, 2025

Armagh v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Tommy Martin: In life after tactics, is there a mutant force to stop Kerry roaming the earth?
Is the Tactics Era at an end and has the Age of Talent returned?

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: It'll be a dark day when the Kerry public react calmly to defeat
The Kerry manager’s Golden Cleric speech was a belter, even if none of his critics are condemned to working with pygmies in the South Seas like one of Father Ted’s sworn enemies.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2025

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