FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[seafoid]

They are so young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLfvda8T3c

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/world-cup-qualifying-review-ireland-evolution-as-bazunu-co-emerge-as-stars-1.4729209

Turns out Duff was on the money when stating on RTÉ last February that the immediate benefit of his departure, just weeks before defeat to Luxembourg in Dublin, was a "better coach than me" could be recruited. Duff may prove at Shelbourne that he possesses the qualities to become a manager of Kenny's stature but Ireland's fortunes and formation since hiring Chelsea first team coach Anthony Barry have been a revelation.

[imtommygunn]

A revelation may be a stretch...

[seafoid]

A revelation may be a stretch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCyFMnhP_94

Good coaches in the football and rugby teams now

[Itchy]

U21s on rte butchering chance after chance. 

But won it with last kick of the game

[seafoid]

2022 World Cup – Automatic European Qualifiers

Serbia
Spain
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Croatia
England
Germany

Draw to be held on April 1st, 2022

12-teams to qualify for playoffs

Seeded
Portugal
Scotland
Italy
Russia
Sweden
Wales

Unseeded
Ukraine
Turkey
Poland
North Macedonia
Austria (via Nations League)
Czech Republic (via Nations League)

Playoff draw to take place on November 26th

[An Watcher]

We're not a million miles off some of those teams.  We are making progress and if we can get our shit together even more and unearth one or two, who knows

[seafoid]

The nation league is an avenue into the playoffs, it should be taken seriously

Unseeded
Ukraine
Turkey
Poland
North Macedonia
Austria (via Nations League)
Czech Republic (via Nations League)

Plus good performances tend to be correlated with qualifying performance

[An Watcher]

Slightly off topic but great result for the harps last night.  Any other year that points total would have kept them up comfortably but fair play to them and fair play to ollie too, doing a good job

[seafoid]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

If they do an australia and switch from uefa to concacaf or asia then qualifying should be a piece of piss. World cup has become a farce

[Ed Ricketts]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

16 spots up for grabs at the next one, though. Who knows what way UEFA will work the Nations League into the qualifying process, but at a glance it shouldn't need too much of a push to have Ireland knocking about 12-16 in the continent.

Scotland and Wales have managed it this time around. And unremarkable teams like North Macedonia, Turkey & Ukraine are also in the mix. We even essentially finished 17th in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 WC, with the north, Greece and Iceland placing ahead of us.

It can be done with an ordinary enough side given some decent organisation and a bit of luck.

[seafoid]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

16 spots up for grabs at the next one, though. Who knows what way UEFA will work the Nations League into the qualifying process, but at a glance it shouldn't need too much of a push to have Ireland knocking about 12-16 in the continent.

Scotland and Wales have managed it this time around. And unremarkable teams like North Macedonia, Turkey & Ukraine are also in the mix. We even essentially finished 17th in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 WC, with the north, Greece and Iceland placing ahead of us.

It can be done with an ordinary enough side given some decent organisation and a bit of luck.

They got through to the playoffs.

We were ranked 19th in 2017 which is a consistent with a poor experience at the Euros

Now we are 37th.

https://www.football-coefficient.eu/coefficient/#table-country-coefficients

[Baile Brigín 2]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

16 spots up for grabs at the next one, though. Who knows what way UEFA will work the Nations League into the qualifying process, but at a glance it shouldn't need too much of a push to have Ireland knocking about 12-16 in the continent.

Scotland and Wales have managed it this time around. And unremarkable teams like North Macedonia, Turkey & Ukraine are also in the mix. We even essentially finished 17th in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 WC, with the north, Greece and Iceland placing ahead of us.

It can be done with an ordinary enough side given some decent organisation and a bit of luck.

They got through to the playoffs.

We were ranked 19th in 2017 which is a consistent with a poor experience at the Euros

Now we are 37th.

https://www.football-coefficient.eu/coefficient/#table-country-coefficients

That is the League of Ireland in 37th in the league coefficient

Iteland are actually in 47th.

[seafoid]

The BIG haven't qualified for the World Cup since 2002. There are only 13 UEFA places so there is no room for mediocrity
Qualifying in first place would be almost on a par with the 1988 Euro finalist team.

16 spots up for grabs at the next one, though. Who knows what way UEFA will work the Nations League into the qualifying process, but at a glance it shouldn't need too much of a push to have Ireland knocking about 12-16 in the continent.

Scotland and Wales have managed it this time around. And unremarkable teams like North Macedonia, Turkey & Ukraine are also in the mix. We even essentially finished 17th in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 WC, with the north, Greece and Iceland placing ahead of us.

It can be done with an ordinary enough side given some decent organisation and a bit of luck.

They got through to the playoffs.

We were ranked 19th in 2017 which is a consistent with a poor experience at the Euros

Now we are 37th.

https://www.football-coefficient.eu/coefficient/#table-country-coefficients

That is the League of Ireland in 37th in the league coefficient

Iteland are actually in 47th.

GRMA

You can see from the playoffs the nature of decent performance. Wales and Scotland were mediocre for years. Now it's our turn