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Published 08:45 4 Sept 2019 BST
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Walters recounted a tale about the cunning way some players disguised the fact that they were having a few sups.
"When I first came into the Irish team, Giovanni Trapattoni was in charge and he banned drinking or anything like that. Because we are athletes, but everyone likes a good time, when you first meet up, and to have a drink. He cut it out and said no-one was to do it. "We had some big, big players in there at the time, like Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne, Damien Duff and there were some older players coming to the end of their international careers. "And the way to get around the drinking ban was that we always used in reception. So, we'd come in and there was an Italian guy called Guido that used to look after all the players. And we'd say, 'Guido, do us a favour and put a pint of Guinness in a tea pot or a coffee pot'. "So there we are in the reception and we're surrounded by families and everyone else around. Trapattoni is walking by with Marco Tardelli giving us a wave - Alright boys - thinking we're just having a coffee and being sensible. That there's no drinking in the camp."Poor old Trapattoni, he was never going to change that culture overnight (or over his five-year stint). Also on the show, the panel looked at the row between Liverpool strikers Sadio Mané and Mo Salah at Burnley and discuss some of the team-mates that wound them up most in their career (step forward: Mario Balotelli). WATCH THE FULL LIQUID FOOTBALL EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePNokDSpKs
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