FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[Il Bomber Destro]

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........

Most definitely.

They are the only fourth seeded side who finished in the top two in the group.

MON has Ireland consistently punching above their weight yet consistently comes in for harsh criticism. I'm not just talking about the RTE panel, it protrudes throughout the media to the man on the street.

[MW]

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.

NI won't be seeded. Edged out by Denmark and Croatia.

Both NI and ROI will be hoping to draw the Danes...

[Il Bomber Destro]

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.

NI won't be seeded. Edged out by Denmark and Croatia.

Both NI and ROI will be hoping to draw the Danes...

Or the Swiss.

[tonto1888]

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.

The irony 

[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........

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.

Ahem. You can't see the irony in this?

[An Watcher]

Think there's also a draw for whose home first.
Pity about Meyler missing out, shows how far he's come.  Outstanding from the Serbia game.

[Itchy]

Can ye not just be happy we won and leave that shite out.

[ONeill]

Can ye not just be happy we won and leave that shite out.

No

[laoislad]

Can ye not just be happy we won and leave that shite out.

Sure how could they be happy carrying around big bags of spuds on their shoulders all the time.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Can ye not just be happy we won and leave that shite out.

No

An apology (or at least some admission) for those anti-Ulster nationalist posters on here is obviously too much to ask.

[MW]

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.

NI won't be seeded. Edged out by Denmark and Croatia.

Both NI and ROI will be hoping to draw the Danes...

Or the Swiss.

They'd probably be seen as a better option than Italy, and I'd definitely rather Portugal won that group, but it would make for a very, very tough tie.

On balance, I *think* I'd agree they're a preferable opponent to Croatia.

[ONeill]

Sort of sick and tired of bailing Ireland out.

[Orior]

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

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

LaoisLad's sister? lol

[Puckoon]

Meyler was fantastic this evening - right up until that stupid yellow card. He will be a big loss in that kinda form.

[BennyCake]

Ireland have knocked out qute a few teams who did well in the tournament prvious:

Knocked out Euro 92 winners Denmark qualifying for USA 94
Knocked out 1998 3rd place Croatia in Euro 2000 qualifying (although failed to qualify themselves)
Knocked out 98/2000 semi finalists Holland qualifying for 2002 Wold Cup

And now knocked out Euro 16 semi finalists Wales