FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[Baile Brigín 2]

The best thing that ever happened to Stephen Kenny was getting sacked by the Shamrock Rovers' board after one season, a club run by donkeys, supported by a mob element who didn't have the football brain to figure that Kenny would swing it around and have the team challenging for the title  in the next season.
Despite having relatively good financial resources, SR have stayed on the outside looking in, ever since.

He made an absolute bags of the Rovers job, as he did at Bohs and Dunfermeline. He was also heavily involved in the double contract show at Derry. He turned Dundalk around in spectacular fashion, but you are rewriting history here.

Don't follow the LOI, but would have been aware of Kenny being held in very high esteem in Derry. After having read your assassination of him, I had a look at his managerial history online. You've painted a slightly different picture Paul

Paul?

I think his time at Dundalk absolutely earned him the right to be in tbe mix for the Irish job.  But there are worrying failures along the way too. If he has learned from them, fantastic. But they do exist and fans of said clubs have stories to tell.

But the argument that because manager x was a success at a club that the previous club who fited him are by defintion wrong is just silly.

[Boycey]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

[From the Bunker]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

It was one of the main reasons the FAI moved swiftly to get rid of O'Neill/Keane. Both were proving a bit too toxic for the big show coming into town.

[Aaron Boone]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

The 4 and 5-star hotels doing a roaring trade tonight.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

Hard to miss if you were in Dublin

[Itchy]

Now that was funny, drawn to group of death with Netherlands and Germany but dodge a bullet as 3 host can't be in same group. Then poor old north get into group of death!

[Itchy]

Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Georgia, Gibraltar

[Baile Brigín 2]

Now that was funny, drawn to group of death with Netherlands and Germany but dodge a bullet as 3 host can't be in same group. Then poor old north get into group of death!

Im actually crying with laughter here. The face on O'Neill.

[Boycey]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

Hard to miss if you were in Dublin

Right enough the country starts and ends in Dublin.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Just saw on the news that the eagerly awaited Euro20 draw is on tomorrow. That eagerly awaited I didn't even know it was on 

Hard to miss if you were in Dublin

Right enough the country starts and ends in Dublin.

It does, but its not exactly been hidden.

[From the Bunker]

Not as good a draw as it looks. We are going to struggle with any international setup at the moment. But still better than Group C. Was hoping we'd get into a 6 team group. We need extra competitive games against bottom of the barrel teams to help improve confidence in winning games and they are the easier games to properly cap players with mixed international options.

[seafoid]

This discussion should be in the Meath folder really

« speaking later to RTÉ Sport, Denmark assistant manager Jon Dahl Tomasson says Ireland will have "a  spirit" under McCarthy but noted that "at the end of the day it's the same players who will be playing." »

[Capt Pat]

We had the rub of the green in that draw. The north must be sick.

[Cunny Funt]

A play off for 3rd in the group? as i would expect Switzerland, Denmark to finish ahead of Ireland in the group.

[BennyCake]

A play off for 3rd in the group? as i would expect Switzerland, Denmark to finish ahead of Ireland in the group.

Denmark are no big shakes. Three 0-0 results this last year, two when Ireland were playing absolute dung. Ireland should be aiming for that 2nd spot.