Another game, another disappointing result for the Irish team. In fairness, the boys in green played out of their skin last night. I'm not the biggest James McLean fan, but he was excellent, along with 'man of the match' David Meyler and most of the lads really. At that level though, route one isn't the way forward.
Iano was inundated with calls from some of our favourite, well-known names, and mini Michael D was first up with a skelp at the qualifier. He began on a reluctant congratulatory tone, but the facade was short lived as his emotions got the better of him. When Ian tried to say the Serbs deserved it, the president lost the plot, "were you watching the same bloody game?". He thought the Daryl Murphy incident was a farce and isn't a big fan of their keeper either, "smug, soggy head on him the dope".
India was the next location, as Robbie Keane gave us a shout to tell us of his experience. He's roasted out there and ended up watching the game on a dodgy box. That's highly forbidden out there so if you were caught you'd be, "spending the rest of your life sharing a cell in Mumbai with a fella called Rajeef".
Eamon Dunphy was called to hear Trappatoni do a Derry accent - much to Eamo's dismay, "I'm goin back to bed...move over Gilesy".
Finally Brian Kerr was on the line to give us some Kerr-isms from the match. He thought it all a bit stringy, but it was one of the breakfast show's listeners requests that had him interested. Someone had suggested that Ian do some commentary on a premier league game as a #Dare2Care challenge - and who better to teach him than Obi Wan Kerrobi. All you need to know is "Eden Hazard", "lovely little ball", "what a strike" and "he's a right dicky dandy"...
Have a listen to the fun in full here:
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