FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[rodney trotter]

Yeah that was a great result in Italy. Not the same team that would have played against Germany though. Robbie Brady would still be eligible for u21

[johnneycool]

It's Martin O'Neills job if he wants it as there'll be less money in the pot for a decent manager.

[AZOffaly]

I actually think this might suit Martin O'Neill. A motivator and a lad who gets the most out of limited players. I don't think the players are as limited as they looked under Trap, but they are obviously not exactly the creme de la creme either.

I don't think O'Neill would have us playing flowing passing football either, but he might 'have a go'. It might be a bit agricultural, but a motivated, honest team that are working like dogs and having a real go would still be a team worthy of support and watching.

Not as Charlton as Charlton, but maybe more adventurous than Trap and Kerr. A bit like Mick McCarthy maybe.

[EC Unique]

Looking good for the man from the wee 6. His job to take if he wants it.

[Capt Pat]

If he gets it there will be two O' Neills managing the two Irish teams. Michael in the north and Martin in the South.

[lynchbhoy]

I'm a MON fan and have been since he was a player with forest.

Mon from his comments, wants the job.
He won't come on the cheap.
International mgt would appeal to him though.
Less day to day stuff leaving him time to do other things inc spending time with family.

IMO he would have wanted the Man U or England jobs.

Mon teams are defensively structured but he will try to build a style to suit players.
Prefers big men. Won't go with too many flair players so the hoolihan and Reid fans won't be happy.
Used to prefer a 352 formation

Will be interesting to see how he gets on without being able to buy in players to improve the side.

Despite all that , and that we wont play Spain type flowing style - I'd be delighted to see him get the gig.
Only the fai can balls that up now!

[Syferus]

Given his recent record and lack of employment I'd hope we wouldn't be paying through the nose for O'Neill, though this is The John Delaney Experience we're talking about.

[seafoid]

These new Belguim players may be the in-thing at the moment but none of them would lace the boots of the great Enzo Scifo. Apart from his ultra cool name, he could play.

Oh yeah.  Belgium were robbed v England at Italia '90. Played them off the park with Scifo hitting the inside of a post if I remember. The whole Gazza circus might never have been had Belgium won that as they should.

They weren't bad in '86 either with Ceulemans leading the attack.

Was he related to Mattie Coleman ?  There is a book written by a fella called Norman Mongan who says that the Mannions are descended from a Belgian Celtic tribe.
Scifo was the son of Italian immigrants.

[magpie seanie]

Thank God the depressing Trapp era is over.

Job is tailor made for Martin O'Neill or vice versa. We don't have superstars but we have more than enough quality to be competitive. O'Neill gets his teams working hard and playing reasonably constructively which is what most people want.

[From the Bunker]

Thank God the depressing Trapp era is over.

Job is tailor made for Martin O'Neill or vice versa. We don't have superstars but we have more than enough quality to be competitive. O'Neill gets his teams working hard and playing reasonably constructively which is what most people want.

You can say that! If O'Neill gets it he will attract more lads from Northern Ireland and Scotland to declare for us. He is not long out of the Premiership so he knows a lot of players (that may find a granny) and managers who may accommodate releasing players and not forcing them to fake injury. He know the English game that all these lads play in.

Sick of people saying we don't have the players. Granted we don't have some of the players. With a country as small and underdeveloped in terms of Soccer facilities we do quite well to get what we have. We will never have the full compliment. But we (in the past) have proven you don't need the full compliment to qualify for big tournaments.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Thank God the depressing Trapp era is over.

Job is tailor made for Martin O'Neill or vice versa. We don't have superstars but we have more than enough quality to be competitive

In fairness we were competitive under Trap bar the last campaign. Football might not have been easy to watch but we were certainly competitive.

[rodney trotter]

Thank God the depressing Trapp era is over.

Job is tailor made for Martin O'Neill or vice versa. We don't have superstars but we have more than enough quality to be competitive

In fairness we were competitive under Trap bar the last campaign. Football might not have been easy to watch but we were certainly competitive.

The Euro's  for a manager that's suppose to have teams organized was a desperate showing. Ireland had 3 of the top sides in the tournament in the group. But there was also teams like Portugal, Germany, Holland, France, that would have given Ireland similar hammerings based on how Ireland played.

Players might not have been in the same class as those teams but they weren't near competitive.

[Applesisapples]

while Gibson is no world beater, he had played for United in the PL & CL and was playing regularly in the premier league for everton, where as players such as paul green who where struggling to find a club at all were being picked ahead of him.
Gibson may not be the answer to all our problems but he is a step up from some of the league 1 & championship players Trap was selecting.

Gibson wasn't alone in this, with hoolahan and Stokes also being ignored, although he relented on Hoolahan eventually.

[muppet]

Noel King appointed interim manager according to Ken Early on twitter.

[AZOffaly]

Wha? Was Martin O'Neill looking for too much?