FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[seafoid]

GDP per head in Greece is about a quarter of the level in Ireland so an Irish salary could be very attractive for Poyet.

[blasmere]

GDP per head in Greece is about a quarter of the level in Ireland so an Irish salary could be very attractive for Poyet.

Football salaries and GDP have very little correlation I'd imagine.

[Captain Obvious]

Where do we go next? Would any relatively big name want it?

Anyone experienced that's not past his best would be upgrade on Kenny who proved to be out of his depth and kept on longer than he should have been.

A return to a Irish team that others don't like playing against should be the starting point for the next manager.

[Armagh18]

Where do we go next? Would any relatively big name want it?

Anyone experienced that's not past his best would be upgrade on Kenny who proved to be out of his depth and kept on longer than he should have been.

A return to a Irish team that others don't like playing against should be the starting point for the next manager.

100%. Can't see Keane coming back into the fold. Players abit too snowflakey these days for him. Plus he's got it handy with what he's at as a pundit

[weareros]

With the IFA association team leading Denmark 2-0, if this were the qualifying for Euro 28, we'd have actually finished 5th of the 5 host associations, only getting points off Gibraltar. Unless drastic improvement, we won't have a dog in that fight.

[Armagh18]

Sure could be a 32 county team by then!

 How many automatic spots are there for host teams? Be some embarrassment if we didnt get

[weareros]

Sure could be a 32 county team by then!

 How many automatic spots are there for host teams? Be some embarrassment if we didnt get

Likely 2 for the top two that don't qualify. If it were on this campaign, England and Scotland would have qualified via groups, and Wales and NI would have got the two automatic spots.

[Armagh18]

Sure could be a 32 county team by then!

 How many automatic spots are there for host teams? Be some embarrassment if we didnt get

Likely 2 for the top two that don't qualify. If it were on this campaign, England and Scotland would have qualified via groups, and Wales and NI would have got the two automatic spots.

Feck sake. Improvement needed so.

[Hound]

Sure could be a 32 county team by then!

 How many automatic spots are there for host teams? Be some embarrassment if we didnt get

Likely 2 for the top two that don't qualify. If it were on this campaign, England and Scotland would have qualified via groups, and Wales and NI would have got the two automatic spots.

Feck sake. Improvement needed so.

Not that it really matters at this stage as to who had the least worst record, but if this had been the Euro '28 qualifying, ROI would have qualified and NI would not (NI's 4-0 defeat v Finland would have clinched qualification for ROI!).

As NI were in a 6 team group, their results against 6th seeds San Marino would not have counted in comparing records in the group (while ROI had a really poor draw in terms of 1st, 2nd and 4th seeds, we did get the worst 5th seed in Gibraltar).

NI lost twice against each of Slovenia, Finland and Kazakstan, so would only have 3 points in a 5 team group, whereas ROI had 6 points.

[seafoid]

We are very weak due to the lack of a professional league at home and competition in the EPL. It is very hard to develop players.  The FAI have a lot of work to do. 

[weareros]

Sure could be a 32 county team by then!

 How many automatic spots are there for host teams? Be some embarrassment if we didnt get

Likely 2 for the top two that don't qualify. If it were on this campaign, England and Scotland would have qualified via groups, and Wales and NI would have got the two automatic spots.

Feck sake. Improvement needed so.

Not that it really matters at this stage as to who had the least worst record, but if this had been the Euro '28 qualifying, ROI would have qualified and NI would not (NI's 4-0 defeat v Finland would have clinched qualification for ROI!).

As NI were in a 6 team group, their results against 6th seeds San Marino would not have counted in comparing records in the group (while ROI had a really poor draw in terms of 1st, 2nd and 4th seeds, we did get the worst 5th seed in Gibraltar).

NI lost twice against each of Slovenia, Finland and Kazakstan, so would only have 3 points in a 5 team group, whereas ROI had 6 points.

Thanks for clarification, Hound. Didn't catch that Gibraltar and San Marino were 5th and 6th seeds. That's correct.

[Milltown Row2]

We are very weak due to the lack of a professional league at home and competition in the EPL. It is very hard to develop players.  The FAI have a lot of work to do. 

Maybe if they paid the local players a wage in comparison to the southern high economic growth being more than the western world plus with the neoliberal crap ...........   

[Aaron Boone]

Ireland in All Black against the All Whites.

[thewobbler]

Journeyman footballer gets a retirement ball, with a 100 cap legacy somehow safely tucked away.

It's a sorry state of affairs for Irish soccer. It really is.

[Armagh18]

See if every player put as much effort in as James McClean, we wouldn't be worrying about not qualifying for tournaments. A lad who'd put his head where others wouldn't put their boot for the cause.

Happy retirement James McClean and thanks for the memories.