Ireland’s own maestro John Giles still getting right to the point

Things were hot and heavy in the Vincente Calderon on Wednesday night and, for a time, threatened to get even hotter and even heavier in the Montrose cauldron, as Eamon Dunphy and Liam Brady clashed on the merits, or otherwise, of Atletico Madrid’s 2-0 victory over Barcelona in the Champions League.

Like so many of the great head-to-heads in the RTÉ studio, it went from nought to 100 in about 10 seconds flat.

“I’m sad that Barcelona have gone out,” Brady began. “The way they play football and the way Atletico play football, I’d rather have Barcelona 10 out of 10 all the time.”