Ger, Eoin & Kathleen kick off Thursday's Off The Ball Breakfast with reaction to a difficult night for Liverpool in Goodison Park, as well as a concerning status update on the LOI Academy Structure from Development Manager Will Clarke - with questions being raised around how Ireland has fallen so far behind similarly-sized footballing nations.

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