I don't know whether it's by coincidence or design that most big managerial stories that have broken this season seem to have done so on Mondays. Ideal for a programme that goes out on a Monday night.
It was great to get Tony Cousins into the studio on the night he was called ashore by the Galway United board. Likewise, to get Jeff Kenna into studio on the night he was appointed new boss at Galway.
Then this Monday, 19 May, came the news that Brian Kerr was to part company with St Patrick's Athletic, having steered them as director of football through the choppy waters that saw the club change from part-time, to a full-time professional outfit.
If one thing epitomises the Brian Kerr ethos, it is professionalism with a capital P.
I have no doubt that he'll be sitting at the manager's desk at a new club very soon. Whether that's here in Ireland or further afield remains to be seen.
As a fan of Tenerife in the Spanish Second Division, I've always had a wish that Brian could take charge of that club. Rafa Benitez took Tenerife into the First Division of La Liga, but after his departure the club went on the slide. I genuinely believe Brian could do a brilliant job at a club like that, who play in a league where technique is king.
He'd also get a great tan!
Of course, if 'The Greener' does go to a club in Britain or on the continent, he'd be a massive loss to the league here. Wherever he does end up I wish him good luck, as I'm sure all St Pat's fans will join me in that.
Speaking of Jeff Kenna, - he seems to be coming up with the goods for Galway United. A first win at Belfield against UCD has raised spirits by the Corrib, and it would seem that his experience plying at the top level in Britain is rubbing off on the Galway players. They certainly seem to be well organised at the back of late.
It's great for us when the players and managers make themselves available for interviews straight after matches, but there are some times when a manager might say things in the heat of the moment after a game that he may not say some minutes or hours later.
Arsene Wenger's comments about Birmingham's Matt Taylor after the challenge on Eduardo was probably a case in point. This week, Cobh boss Stephen Henderson made some comments about the officials after the match in Derry that, if he had the chance, he might want to, if not retract, then maybe water down a bit...
The lads on the panel seemed to think that Stephen was a little unfair to the match officials, and let's face it, the referees and their assistants have come in for some heavy criticism of late.
Much of that criticism has been entirely justified, but this time Hendo may have overstepped the mark. I hope the league don't rap his knuckles, because we need honesty from players, managers and everyone involved with the game, and whether you agree with his post-match statements or not, they were made from the heart after a closely fought league match with three massively valuable points at stake.
By the way is there a cooler dressed manager in the eircom league than Stephen Henderson? Week-in week-out, his Don Corleone attire is eye-catching. Almost as good as Roddy Collins' snakeskin shoes!!
I got an e-mail from a friend of mine Paddy, in County Down after the programme this week asking me if it was ok to say 'goolies' on the show? I think so. Nobody has told me that 'goolies' is on the banned list.
We also quoted Brian Murphy's comments about Kieron Westwood's call-up to the Irish squad as a 'piss-take'. It strikes me that Brian is justifiably peeved.
Westwood's claim that he's a good catholic, suggests that this call-up might mean more to him in terms of getting a move to a bigger club, than about pride in pulling on the green jersey and belting out the anthem at Croke Park. (I know as a goalkeeper he'd more likely to be donning a grey or yellow jersey, but you get my drift.)
Brian Murphy's namesake at Shamrock Rovers, Barry Murphy, brought off one of the saves of the season at Finn Harps last Friday. It's great that the cameras are at all the games nowadays, to make sure we capture all the wonderful moments from around the league each week.
I particularly enjoyed Mark Quigley's pinpoint effort that caught team-mate Gary O'Neill on the bonce, as he was about to be presented with his trophy for winning Goal of the Month for April. I'm easily pleased but I can watch stuff like that over and over again without tiring of it.
I remember standing on the terraces for the FAI Cup final in 1983 when Sligo won the cup for the first time. I vividly remember Harry McLaughlin's great chip to win it, but what I hadn't really remembered until I saw the Raiders section this week, was just how bad the pitch was for such a blue riband event.
It looked more like the National Ploughing Championships than an FAI Cup final. That's another of the beauties of summer soccer. You now have the chance to see players like George O'Callaghan, Keith Fahey and Paddy McCourt parade their skills on proper surfaces (with a few exceptions - you know where they are!)
Pat Kenny said on his radio programme on Monday, that Tony O'Donoghue had a great job. If Carlsberg did jobs, Tony's might be it, but he did call me on Monday night to tell me he suffered an attack of the killer bugs, who were all attracted to the lights on his cameraman's camera in Portugal as he reported on Signor Trapattoni's second match in charge.
Ireland v Serbia on Saturday night will be live on RTÉ Radio 1 Longwave 252, and Radio 1 extra on digital. Watch highlights on RTÉ Two and RTÉ.ie (RoI) from 10.30pm-11.25pm on Saturday.
Before that, Friday Sportsnight will have all the action from the night's Premier and First Division matches, also on RTÉ Radio 1 Longwave 252. Talk to you then.
