QuoteFixed that punctuation error for you guys:Originally Posted by geysir
Can be summed up with a degree more of (in your face) elegance
Can be summed up with a degree more of (in your face) elegance
Fixed that punctuation error for you guys:Can be summed up with a degree more of (in your face) elegance
But is there one for unnecessary obtuse pendantry...
'Keane plays it cool on Ireland manager’s hot-seat': http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/k...at-244500.html
[Roy] Keane has been touted as a possible successor to Giovanni Trapattoni, but made it clear he is far from champing at the bit to return to management.
“I have not thought too much about it to be honest,” said Keane. “I have more important things to be worrying about.”
Martin O’Neill is the bookmakers’ favourite to land the job and Keane remarked that the Derry man would be a “very good choice”, while also lauding the FAI for not rushing into a snap appointment in the wake of Trapattoni’s exit.
“A lot of managers have been linked with it, a lot of good managers. There are plenty of favourites. I’d know a lot about Martin O’Neill. I think Martin would be a very good choice, a good guy for the job.
“I think the FAI have done the right thing in stepping back and taking their time.
“There are a lot of good managers out there who are out of work. I think the FAI have done the right thing in stepping back and seeing who is out there.”
Ray Houghton and FAI High Performance Director Ruud Dokter have been tasked with headhunting candidates for the role, with Keane admitting there had been no contact on the part of the FAI towards him.
“I haven’t been contacted by anyone, and as I said, I haven’t thought too much about it. I think Martin O’Neill would be a very good choice, simple as that.”
Questioned on whether he believed the association would consider approaching him given the Cork native’s chequered history in the green shirt, the former Manchester United captain responded: “I haven’t a clue, you’d have to ask them.”
Ireland’s bid to secure qualification to the 2014 World Cup in Rio went up in smoke following the recent defeats to Sweden and Austria respectively, but Keane maintained that Irish soccer is by no means in a perilous state, adding the talent is there to reverse the team’s recent poor fortunes. “I don’t think it is as bad as everyone is making out. There is good young players coming through and I think it is a good job for a manager, definitely.”
Phew?
I'm surprised nobody posted this, although I can see you were all distracted by pedantry. The Heddled reports O'Neill was offered the job and asked for more time to think about it, according to Paul "credibility" Hyland.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/fa...-29612965.html
that article, IF true, adds fuel to the concerns also raised by others that even if MON took up the job a subsequent EPL vacancy could lead to him walking away from the Irish job. Not great really
I thought it was pronounced The Herdled.
The odds were on that the FAI contacted MON and he dithered.
Last edited by geysir; 27/09/2013 at 11:15 AM.
We have a very diverse linguistic geography down here in Dublin
I thought it was pronounced The Herdled.
The odds were on that the FAI contacted MON and he dithered.
Will Ruud be the one performing the physicals on the candidates to ensure they are medically able?
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
So it seems MON doesnt really fancy the job and sees it as a reserve choice behind a currently occupied PL role, a backup plan if you like. Given that I think the FAI would be better off picking someone else. Say no PL vacancies crop up between now and the new year and he ends up taking the job, but then in Feb/March a couple of PL strugglers sack their managers in a bid to stave off relegation (like Reading and Southampton did last season), I would say MON would jump at the chance to step in. I know managers have managed clubs and countries at the same time (Hiddink with Chelsea and Russia, Keegan with Fulham and England, Lobanovskyi at Dinamo Kiev and Ukraine) but I don't think that would be a good road for us to go down, even if it would be ideal for MON. If we ever do employ him I would hope the FAI have some sort of deterrent buy-out clause, which might at least mean he would manage us to the end of a campaign.
O'Neill has always been a careerist manager. I'm sure managing Ireland would mean something to him personally but he wants to achieve as much as he can on a personal level and good luck to him, but it's not ideal when you're trying to put together a long-term plan at international level.
It's also been said he would prefer the day to day grind of club management but then again he did allow himself to be interviewed for the England job.
It could be that he feels he has something to prove at club level after being sacked and perceived a failure at Sunderland.
Well...this is very interesting....bookies today have supposedly slashed odds on Alex Ferguson?
What are the odds, and are they slimmer than him being the next Man Utd manager?
Journalist puts a fiver on Fergie at 50/1, odds shorten to 25/1.
Journalist has an exclusive 'odds slashed on Fergie' story.
Good to see Gazza looking a bit better.
Are you sure?
He's too thin to be ever Gazza...
Their alcohol consumption may have crossed though.
Last edited by ArdeeBhoy; 27/09/2013 at 10:19 PM.
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