FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[Itchy]

Delighted for Martin O Neill and James Mc Lean. The northern lights of this team. O Neill takes so much stick from RTE and the Southern media and plenty on here. What do you think of that lads? How important is the Northern influence in your eyes? Laois lad et all.

What's all this north South shite. They all Irishmen, end of story.

[ONeill]

That was exhilarating.

Just glad your country could join ours in losing in the play offs.

[An Watcher]

Tremendous stuff, proud of all the players but being from the north west I'm particularly happy for McClean and Duffy.  Great lads.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Delighted for Martin O Neill and James Mc Lean. The northern lights of this team. O Neill takes so much stick from RTE and the Southern media and plenty on here. What do you think of that lads? How important is the Northern influence in your eyes? Laois lad et all.

What's all this north South shite. They all Irishmen, end of story.

Sometimes you wouldn't know it given the anti-Ulster commentary you see from the mainstream Southern media and commentators that is repeated by the common folk.

[Hound]

Northerners certainly get a tough time from the Southern media, I think you'd need to have your head in the sand if you can't see it.

Utter nonsense. The fact that McClean, Duffy and O'Neill are from Derry rather than Cork or Dublin is totally irrelevant to anyone in Ireland in terms of praise or criticism dished out (to anyone apart from those in the 6 it seems)

[Syferus]

Northerners certainly get a tough time from the Southern media, I think you'd need to have your head in the sand if you can't see it.

Utter nonsense. The fact that McClean, Duffy and O'Neill are from Derry rather than Cork or Dublin is totally irrelevant to anyone in Ireland in terms of praise or criticism dished out (to anyone apart from those in the 6 it seems)

Don't feed the cries for attention any more than you have to.

[Hound]

Italy in the playoffs? Who else can we meet?

Playoff seeds: Croatia, Denmark, Italy & Switzerland/Portugal

Non seeds: Northern Ireland, Sweden, Rep Ireland & Greece/Bosnia&Herzegovina

I make it Northern Ireland are seeded. They are ranked 20, Denmark only 26

[ONeill]

Can't agree. RTE panel v reluctant to give O'Neill praise tonight even though the fact that he'd steered a very middlin outfit to the play offs was right in their face. Throw in McClean and Duffy were their key players tonight........

[Hound]

What was Dunphy's "What would we do without Londonderry" comment about then?

Think he was just winding you up.

Dunphy loves McClean.

[laoislad]

Italy in the playoffs? Who else can we meet?

Playoff seeds: Croatia, Denmark, Italy & Switzerland/Portugal

Non seeds: Northern Ireland, Sweden, Rep Ireland & Greece/Bosnia&Herzegovina

I make it Northern Ireland are seeded. They are ranked 20, Denmark only 26

Seeds to be decided from the next rankings not present. N.Ireland lost their last 2 so may drop a few places.

[foxcommander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-sPKMCo3xw

I've never forgotten this little gem of a clip.

[ONeill]

So it seems like all Ireland needed was a bit of Ulster efficiency.

[BennyCake]

This has 0-0 written all over it.

Guaranteed

Right you two. I'm never listening to anything you say again, ever.

But I explained myself just after that post.

[Hound]

Can't agree. RTE panel v reluctant to give O'Neill praise tonight even though the fact that he'd steered a very middlin outfit to the play offs was right in their face. Throw in McClean and Duffy were their key players tonight........

That's because we play shite football FFS. Not because of where he is from. They praised Duffy and McClean to high heaven. Dunphy also praises Michael ONeill hugely. Goes on about him being a great manager on his podcast all the time. Along the lines of getting a very average bunch of players to hugely over achieve, and while playing football the right way too.

[rrhf]

Can't agree. RTE panel v reluctant to give O'Neill praise tonight even though the fact that he'd steered a very middlin outfit to the play offs was right in their face. Throw in McClean and Duffy were their key players tonight........

Yes very similar caper to their GAA counterparts. O Neill doesn't like talking to them, mc Geeney doesn't talk, mickey Harte doesn't talk. 3 men like that can't be all wrong.