Linfield in Decline: Irish Cup Exit and a Season Unravelling

About this episode

The episode discusses Linfield's struggles this season and questions David Healy's future as manager.

Are Linfield in crisis? Ross Welsh and Mark McGuiggan assemble to try and answer why this season has gone so badly for the Blues? What lessons can be learnt as fans pounder if David Healy is the right man to turn things around.

People in this episode

Host: Ross Welsh

Guest: Mark McGuiggan

Topics covered

• Linfield
• Irish Cup
• soccer crisis
• David Healy
• season analysis

Keywords

• Linfield
• Irish Cup
• David Healy
• soccer
• crisis
• season analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Linfield

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