FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[An Watcher]

Get what you're saying about the friendlies and seeding but Ireland play tougher friendlies and it's puts them in good stead when they face the big guns in qualifying or tournaments.  The likes of Switzerland climb the rankings by playing crap teams and do bigger all at the tournaments

[Cunny Funt]

With half an hour to play Switzerland will be in the play off draw instead of Portugal.

[Wildweasel74]

Dunphy any Tyrone Blood in him, the republic version of Gregory Campbell? about time he took of the air before Derry people weigh him down and throw him in the Foyle.

I hear this Londonderry crap ever day in at work in Belfast when i mention Derry city or the county by non-gaa people shall we say, it aint going to end well!!

[Itchy]

Those players are well capable of playing better football than what O'Neill has them playing.
None of them are superstars but they can all play football.
As Declan says above results is all that matters but this notion that he has turned a bunch of rubbish players into a team on the brink of World Cup qualification is nonsense.
Ireland should have won that group. It's O'Neills fault they didn't.

When have Ireland ever won a qualifying group? What's nonsense is this notion that the team can go out and play attractive football against the "minnows" and then change tact for the better teams. I'm sure with the limited time MON has the players for, the last thing on his mind is playing some champagne football against f**king Moldova just so a few critics back home can have some entertainment. Some people are just never pleased though.

Topped group in euro 88 qualifiers

[ashman]

Dunphy any Tyrone Blood in him, the republic version of Gregory Campbell? about time he took of the air before Derry people weigh him down and throw him in the Foyle.

I hear this Londonderry crap ever day in at work in Belfast when i mention Derry city or the county by non-gaa people shall we say, it aint going to end well!!

To be fair to Dunphy he said it in the context of a bit of sarcasm .   

[JPGJOHNNYG]

So croatia, italy, switzerland or denmark. Bring it on.

[JoG2]

Those players are well capable of playing better football than what O'Neill has them playing.
None of them are superstars but they can all play football.
As Declan says above results is all that matters but this notion that he has turned a bunch of rubbish players into a team on the brink of World Cup qualification is nonsense.
Ireland should have won that group. It's O'Neills fault they didn't.

When have Ireland ever won a qualifying group? What's nonsense is this notion that the team can go out and play attractive football against the "minnows" and then change tact for the better teams. I'm sure with the limited time MON has the players for, the last thing on his mind is playing some champagne football against f**king Moldova just so a few critics back home can have some entertainment. Some people are just never pleased though.

Topped group in euro 88 qualifiers

Mind it well. 2 groups of 4, right? We could have won it with a bit of luck!

All 4 teams will pose a serious threat. I'd probably take the Italians tbh

[macdanger2]

This is an interesting piece about how Wales (and Romania)  apparently put careful consideration into what friendlies they play / don't play in order to optimise their world ranking

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/1009/910952-wales-republic-of-ireland-rankings-coleman/

They wont be able do that anymore with this European Nations League starting which will put an end to organised friendlies.

Is that going ahead? Heard it announced but wasn't sure if it was a done deal or not

[clarshack]

Denmark or possibly Switzerland is our best chance of going through.

[laoislad]

This is an interesting piece about how Wales (and Romania)  apparently put careful consideration into what friendlies they play / don't play in order to optimise their world ranking

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/1009/910952-wales-republic-of-ireland-rankings-coleman/

They wont be able do that anymore with this European Nations League starting which will put an end to organised friendlies.

Is that going ahead? Heard it announced but wasn't sure if it was a done deal or not

Yeah its starting next year after the World Cup.

[Syferus]

Denmark or possibly Switzerland is our best chance of going through.

Denmark the easiest but Switzerland's form probably makes them a greater threat than Croatia. Italy the obvious one to avoid.

[laoislad]

Those players are well capable of playing better football than what O'Neill has them playing.
None of them are superstars but they can all play football.
As Declan says above results is all that matters but this notion that he has turned a bunch of rubbish players into a team on the brink of World Cup qualification is nonsense.
Ireland should have won that group. It's O'Neills fault they didn't.

When have Ireland ever won a qualifying group? What's nonsense is this notion that the team can go out and play attractive football against the "minnows" and then change tact for the better teams. I'm sure with the limited time MON has the players for, the last thing on his mind is playing some champagne football against f**king Moldova just so a few critics back home can have some entertainment. Some people are just never pleased though.

Topped group in euro 88 qualifiers

Mind it well. 2 groups of 4, right? We could have won it with a bit of luck!

All 4 teams will pose a serious threat. I'd probably take the Italians tbh

Yeah I'd like Italy also.

[Il Bomber Destro]

The Swiss by far the easiest draw.

They aren't that great, Djourou manning the defence is an obvious positive. Denmark would be fairly well equipped to handle our route one football and have a lot of class in the midfield. A lot of those Swiss lads like Lichsteiner, Xhaka, Shaqiri are of the flaky variety.

[SHEEDY]

Denmark or possibly Switzerland is our best chance of going through.

Denmark the easiest but Switzerland's form probably makes them a greater threat than Croatia. Italy the obvious one to avoid.

switzerland are no world beaters, they had very good form in what has to be the weakest group in history. they had hungary, latvia, andorra and the faroe islands in their group. hardly the group of death. watched them tonight against portugal and thought they were very ordinary.

[BennyCake]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.