Foot.ie Q&A - Eoin Hand - Questions

** Please note - Questions Only, please discuss in another thread.

Its the off season again so we have lined up another Q&A session.
We, the patrons of foot.ie are invited to compose questions for Eoin Hand.

You will have a week to compose you questions below and we'll pass them onto Eoin, then he'll send back his answers and we'll post them up here, same as usual.

All normal message board rules apply, no abuse will be tolerated, this thread will be policed and not foul play will be permitted.

** Please note - Questions Only, please discuss in another thread.

What do the rest of you on RTE on a Friday night make of it when Con Murphy has one of his trademark giggling fits?

How do you resist the temptation to join in?

With all the financial turmoil going on in the league at present do you think that there will be a drop in playing standards? If so, will this effect our performances in Europe?



Does Eoin believe that a LOI team will ever make the group stages of the champions league?

Apart from yourself, which panelist on MNS do you think is most knowledgeable on the league of Ireland?

Do you get tired of Roddys ramblings?

What team do you like to watch most and why?

Which current player and current manager are your favourite?

Did you think Limerick could've beaten Real Madrid?

The whole football structure in this country seems to be very hap-hazard when compared with other countries with some tiers that seem to work independently of the rest of the organisation. How can the divide between Junior Football and League of Ireland Football be resolved.

Would you ever consider going back into management in the League Of Ireland if the oppurtunity arose?

Does the Irish sports media give fair coverage to the domestic game?

Do you think we would see regularly good viewer ratings of LOI matches if they aired one match live every week ?

do you think the fai has had a positive or negative effect on the league in light of the financial turmoil the clubs find themselves in?
do you think that a ten team league is a good idea?

can you think of any good ideas about how this league can be improved?

Would you favour a return to winter football?

Do you think that the underage structure in Ireland is up to standard?

do you think regional academies should be set up correctly to produce better quality players?

Are you for or against an All Ireland league?

of all the eircom clubs you have managed which have you enjoyed the most??

Can you spare €150,000?

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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

Can you spare €150,000?

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scrolling quickly down through the posts, and this actually made me laugh out loud!!

What do you think needs to be done in order to make this league the priority compared to England/Scotland for the media and also football fans in this country ?

The League of Ireland has eventually made a concerted effort to contribute to the community via the Club Promotion Officers scheme which is a vital means of changing attitude, opinion and perception of our league and where clubs are positioned within the local community. What else do you think clubs need to do as regards this issue?

As a former LOI Ireland player with Drumcondra and Limerick. What are your outstanding memories of playing LOI and who was the best player you played against in the LOI?

Having seen all sides, from the lads who went to England at 15 and played for the national team to those who came home labelled failures and sometimes lost to the game, what advice would you give to a teenager hoping to make a career in the game?
What age do you think is best to go over to England/Scotland? Can Ireland support a professional league, in your opinion, and offer a realistic alternative to players heading over to England?
Would you prefer see our best young players play with LoI schoolboy teams or in the 'nursery clubs' (St Kevins etc)?
Should LoI teams work harder to develop their own talent or should they leave it to the schoolboy teams who have been doing it for years?

Do you think eamon dunphy & john giles were a malevolent influence on the Irish international side?
do you think they are a malevolent influence on the current eircom leagues?
Why didnt we qualify in 1984 with that decent team?

In all other European countries, ex-internationals who go on to work in the football industry all invaribly spend some time in their home country developing the game. With that in mind why is that most of the Irish ex-internationals seem to shun the football system they originally came from? Where is that coming from and how should it be addressed? Or do they not know that value that it would have if they were to contribute something back into the domestic game?

In an authorbiography published in the mid-eighties you mentioned the travel tip of packing golf balls to use in bath plug-holes of variable sizes.
Do you still pack golf balls on away trips?

Do you have any other travel tips for travelling fans?

What do you think of Trappatoni

Any more questions here lads?

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Originally Posted by CelticTiger

Do you think the Fai are doing their jobs right?

Which LOI team do you support?

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what did you think of your dealings with ollie byrne when you were shels manager??

Closing this thread now and i'll send to questions to Eoin.

The answers to all the questions are on the foot.ie Blog

Sorry meant to reopen this thread.

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21. Can you spare €150,000? [Finn Harps fan]

Change that Euro sign to Yen, then ok.

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I worked it out and it comes out as €1294.61.

Nice one Eoin! :)

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Originally Posted by Mr A

I worked it out and it comes out as €1294.61.

Nice one Eoin! :)

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So do we invoice him or just wait for the cheque? :p