FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[Fuzzman]

It would be nice to get this Scott Hogan lad to play for Ireland too. He's top scorer in the championship at the moment but it doesn't sound like he's too keen to play international football at the moment.

Was listening to Johnny Giles last night and he was saying how poor the other teams are and that we should be pushing ourselves to win this group. If we came 2nd we could end up getting a much harder team in the playoffs.

[stew]

It would be nice to get this Scott Hogan lad to play for Ireland too. He's top scorer in the championship at the moment but it doesn't sound like he's too keen to play international football at the moment.

Was listening to Johnny Giles last night and he was saying how poor the other teams are and that we should be pushing ourselves to win this group. If we came 2nd we could end up getting a much harder team in the playoffs.

Ffs win the group and quit groveling and thinking like a loser!

The group is there to be won, take it!

[armaghniac]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/ireland-have-made-a-massive-jump-in-the-fifa-world-rankings-after-the-famous-victory-in-austria-35241490.html

Up 10 places in rankings to 23rd in World.

[bogball88]

Gareth Bale undergoing ankle surgery this week as well-expected to be out for 3-4 months. Welsh game in Dublin is 24th March

[ashman]

Gareth Bale undergoing ankle surgery this week as well-expected to be out for 3-4 months. Welsh game in Dublin is 24th March

If he misses it will confirm my view that Martin O Neill is the luckiest international manager in history .

[ashman]

Watched Dundalk tonight and was their worst performance in Europe this year TBH .  They were poor in the final third .

[An Watcher]

Dingell have complained all year about playing too many games.  I think they were just too rusty tonight having not had enough games.  Funny how things pan out

[ashman]

Dingell have complained all year about playing too many games.  I think they were just too rusty tonight having not had enough games.  Funny how things pan out

Ya .  Think they are burnt out TBH . 

[Billys Boots]

Interesting news.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0109/843670-world-cup/

[AZOffaly]

Interesting news.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0109/843670-world-cup/

Does he not realise he should be cutting them all out and having 3 tiered competitions. The World Cup for 8 teams, the Intermediate World Cup for 12 and the Junior World Cup for 12. Expanding? Jaysus, sure we all want to see the best teams playing each other, and never mind teams that have no chance of winning the whole thing.

[Esmarelda]

Interesting news.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0109/843670-world-cup/

Does he not realise he should be cutting them all out and having 3 tiered competitions. The World Cup for 8 teams, the Intermediate World Cup for 12 and the Junior World Cup for 12. Expanding? Jaysus, sure we all want to see the best teams playing each other, and never mind teams that have no chance of winning the whole thing.

[OgraAnDun]

And we thought the group stages of this year's Euros were boring...

[Jell 0 Biafra]

At least there'd only be three games in each group, rather than the six with the four team groups, so each one would be done with relatively quickly.

[laoislad]

Georgia currently doing us a massive favour v Serbia.
Hopefully they hold on. 1-1 with 25 mins left.

[laoislad]

Ah feck I cursed it. 2-1 now to Serbia.