Earlier in the season, a few people said to me that Galway United manager Tony Cousins looked like my long lost brother. When our two images were put side by side on the screen in the editing room, I realised that we did share many features.
Same blue eyes, same grey hair, same body shape, same ruggedly handsome good looks; you can take your pick from any of the above! Little did I expect to be sitting side by side with Tony in studio for programme 4 of MNS.
When the news came through of Tony's sacking by Galway United on Monday afternoon, we knew that we had to get both sides of the story. Galway chairman John Fallon made himself available for pre-recorded interview.
Due to a prior committment he couldn't come onto the programme for a live interview, and only about half an hour before we went on air, I was told that Tony would be coming into the studio.
He was quite measured in his response to the decision to relieve him of his duties, and I wish him good luck into the future. I was delighted that he had the chance to give his side of the story, and it showed once again that if a domestic story breaks on the day of the programme, we'll be on top of it.
The MNS production team work like Trojans each week to get the programme to air, and quite often a match edit is finished just minutes before it's due to be broadcast.
Tony O'Donoghue's Cobh-Cork feature was a case in point this week. The running order for the programme went out the window, and the order of of games broadcast was juggled around a bit.
This keeps everyone on their toes, but sometimes it can be bad for the presenter's blood pressure. Twenty seconds before you're about to lead to the Cobh v Cork report, you're told go to Bohemians instead.
It's ironic, really. I was watching the film 'Broadcast News' the other night, and early in the movie there's a scene where a news presenter is leading to a report, and as he's doing so, a woman is running manically down a corridor tape in hand, and just as the presenters says 'Joe Bloggs reports', she puts the tape in the machine, hits play and everything looks smooth as silk for the viewer.
These days we don't use tapes, but there's still the time it takes for a report to be digitally transferred from the edit suite to the on-air studio, and sometimes that little delay can seem like an eternity.
Because we had so much material to fit into the programme it was
a tricky programme for the analysts. Tony McDonnell, Liam Mackey and Dave Barry were all in the MNS studio for the first time, and they coped really well in the circumstances.
Almost every time we went to them for comment, they knew time was of the essence, and they'd have to make their points with a degree of brevity.
This they managed to do, and if the reaction of our emailers is anything to go by, the vast majority of our viewers appreciate the effort we're all putting into making MNS a must-not-miss show.
As a poker fan, I was really interested to watch the coverage of the Paddy Power Irish Open from Citywest.
With an €800,000 first prize, it was an event that drew a huge entry, but the thing that struck me forcibly, was that for the eventual winner to take the big prize, there was going to have to be some good luck involved along the way to the final table.
The same probably applies to the 2008 eircom league premier division. Luck could be crucial. Avoiding injuries, refereeing decisions that go the right way, flukey goals: all contribute to the recipe for success. But as well as good luck, a manager's ability to gamble could also play a part.
Presenting Friday Sportsnight on RTÉ Radio 1 on last Friday night, I was very struck by the fact that our co-commentator at the Brandywell, Tony O'Doherty , was very questioning of Drogheda's tactics after they went a goal, then two goals and a man down to Derry.
Tony felt that Drogheda should have thrown caution to the wind in chasing the game, but the Louthmen's substitutions didn't suggest that that would be the plan.
Incidentally, I still think that it's way, way too early in the season for Drogheda fans to be getting twitchy about their club's early-season form.
Yes, the goals have been scarce, but look at the players who'll soon be returning to the side: Jason Gavin and Fabio O'Brien to name just two. I know I probably cursed Drogheda by saddling them with my pre-season tip as champions, but I wouldn't be ripping up my docket just yet.
I hope sports fans have managed to make the switch from RTÉ medium wave to LW 252 for their Friday night fix of soccer action on the wireless. We go to great lengths to have commentary teams and reporters at all matches, premier and first divisions, as well as rugby, racing and all the rest that might be happening on Fridays.
We have received emails from all over the world to the programme, and it's really heartening to know that people are listening to the coverage on the RTÉ website, from Uzbekistan to Utah, and everywhere in between.
On last Friday evening's programme, we had a couple of interesting unusual moments.
Eoin Hand, who was assisting Gabriel Egan on commentary at 
Dalymount, was able to report on a pre-match chat between the official Ritchie Winter (one of the better referees in the league in my opinion), and Finn Harps manager Paul Hegarty.
Mr Winter was telling Paul that players would not be allowed wear any jewellery at all. Eoin questioned whether this is totally enforcable if a player couldn't get his wedding ring off. Other than chopping the finger off, the only solution seemed to be taping the ring over.
Later when Mr Hegarty had been sent from the dugout, our sideline reporter Siobhán Madigan was able to report that he had been seen coming out of the Harps dressingroom at half-time.
The match delegate will have to have seen this to put it in his report, as Siobhán later explained that the four match officials only look after what happens on and around the pitch. The match delegate looks after the dressingroom area.
Another top moment came at half-time at the Carlisle Grounds, when Tony O'Donoghue interviewed Brian Kerr on how he felt the game was going for St Pats. (The answer was...very well thanks very much!)
Tony only had one headset with a microphone attached, so in order for us to hear Brian and Tony, they had to get, ahem, intimately close. George Hamilton, who was at the game for MNS, has the evidence on his mobile phone. Joking aside, it is great to hear from people like Brian on the radio during the games.
If you're not a regular listener let me invite you to join us between 7pm and 10pm every Friday night during the season on RTÉ Radio 1, LW 252, on Digital Radio, or on the Friday Sportsnight page on the RTÉ website, where you will be able to click on a link to hear the show live.
And remember to tell your friends: MNS every Monday evening at 8pm on RTÉ Two television and worldwide on www.rte.ie/live
