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http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...apattonig.html
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http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...apattonig.html
Don't think it will happen. There is too much pressure managing a team like Turkey, that Trap doesn't want or need. As his last football job I have no doubt Trap would opt for Ireland over Turkey.
Is it just me or is this them trying to come up with some sort of joke or trying to divert attention in the other direction?Quote:
A report in French magazine L'Equipe has suggested that Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni is being courted by the Turkish FA.
A non story from that shower of .....
He has signed a contract extension for the next two years and have openly stated that he wants to bring Ireland to Brazil in 2014.
Wouldn't imagine there is a hope in hell of him leaving us for Turkey. He has a great little number at the moment, he is paid very well with regular flights from Italy to England and Dublin. He is revered by the players and certainly by the fans. He has spent the last 2 years building a squad of players that have been moulded into a team that can possibly achieve something. He has unfinished business with Ireland having failed to achieve what was initially expected/wanted. There are no guarantees that he would have a similar wage packet and/or success with the Turkish or for that matter any other nation.
You think he has a hard time speaking in English you should hear his Turkish.
Whya You ride the camel and notta the car?
I do not think he will go but its not a non story and L'equipe is a very respected and excellent sports paper to be honest and well worth a read. I have no doubt that the Turkish FA are looking to attract Il Trap but equally I have no doubt that he will stay with Ireland.
Trap has something to prove in the next campaign. He won't leave.
Tardelli rules out Trapattoni for Turkey job: http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...apattonig.html
isn't the Trap the second highest paid international manager (behind Capello)? Turkey would need to rob a few banks for him to even consider it.
Turkey should go for Lawrie Sanchez...!!!!
Roddy's going to be out of a job pretty soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
I have to admit though that its pretty kewl that anonther country is interested in our manager.
Would would they be interested in Stan? :D
Maybe San Marino might be interested in Stan
Doubt it, Kerr did alot better than Stan and he only managed to get the Faroes jobQuote:
Originally Posted by as_i_say
They're interested in trappatoni not our manager.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/tra...nd-441661.html
Bit weird why this story is still about, could understand it if Trap hadnt signed a contract. Thats twice in as many weeks he has had to reaffirm his commitment. Really hope there is nothing behind this.
Wouldnt read anything into elroy - the trap wont be leaving us. He has come out to reaffirm his commitment and i 100% believe that he is true to his word.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
He will be taking us to euro 2012 of that i am sure.
Oh Trappatoni, he used to be Italian but he is Irish now.
A federation looking for a manager would be foolhardy to tap one that is on a 2 year contract @ Eur2m p/a.
I suppose the FAI could make a tidy profit if Trap's heavily subsidised contract was to be bought out.
No danger of the SFA tapping Trap when they were on the prowl for a manager.
I'd be delighted if the Turks came up with the cash to take Trappatoni. He is too old and one game apart (France away) we've been playing awful football.
Turkey would probably then lose 3 - 0 if that happened to us and every other team they played.
How times flies ....... attention time again.
The troll wants to be taken out for walkies.
In fairness the poor fella has had to wait for months for another Trap story to get excited about so let him have his fun and let everyone just ignore :)Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Its worse when nobody wants your manager:p
Ireland boss Trapattoni still on Nigeria’s radar
NIGERIA still have designs on Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni ahead of this summer’s World Cup finals.
Having had to settle for third place in the Africa Cup of Nations under much criticised coach Sahibu Amodu, the Nigerian FA are reported to be prepared to mount a serious bid for the veteran Italian before the Super Eagles take to the stage in South Africa in less than five months’ time.
While there has been speculation in the past linking the Nigerians and Trapattoni – and indeed other reports, dismissed by the manager as "rubbish", linking him with Turkey and Juventus – the Italian newspaper La Repubblica yesterday reported that Nigeria’s football authorities are now prepared to offer a lucrative package, including the use of a villa in the capital Abuja, in a bid to entice Trapattoni away from the Irish job. The deal would also include assistant manager Marco Tardelli and fitness coach Fausto Rossi moving on with Trapattoni.
As it happens, Tardelli was in Ireland yesterday for the launch of Dublin’s year as European Capital of Sport and he took the opportunity to put the latest reports in context.
"If you open the internet every day, it is possible to see many possibilities for Giovanni," he said. "Giovanni is a very good and popular trainer, everybody asks about him."
Asked if Trapattoni is definitely committed to seeing out the next two years with Ireland, Tardelli replied: "From what I know, yes."
If that didn’t exactly sound like a ringing declaration of intent, perhaps some allowances should be made for Tardelli’s still imperfect grasp of English. And, for the rest of a brief update ahead of Trapattoni’s appearance at next Sunday’s Euro draw in Warsaw, Tardelli was certainly speaking as if the continuance of Irish football’s Italian reign was a given.
Surprisingly, however, Tardelli confirmed that, as yet, no direct attempts have been made to sound out any of those English players who would now be available to declare for Ireland under FIFA’s changed eligibility rules.
"We have many players who play with Scotland and England," he said, "but I don’t know if they want to come with Ireland. Maybe it’s possible but I don’t say the names."
Instead, Tardelli concentrated on a handful of players who could be in line for call-ups to the senior squad.
Said Tardelli: "We have many new names, (Greg) Cunningham, (Seamus) Coleman and (James) McCarthy. We need those players to go forward. (Keith) Treacy is a very good player. And I am happy that (ex-Coventry striker) Leon Best goes to Newcastle to play, it is important for us."
Eighteen-year-old Greg Cunningham is the newest of those names, the left-sided U19 international from Galway having made his senior debut for Manchester City as a second-half substitute in the recent 4-2 FA Cup win against Scunthorpe.
Asked about Liam Brady’s future as assistant manager, Tardelli said that while he speaks "every day with Liam" he wasn’t aware that there might be a problem with the Dubliner getting permission from Arsenal to continue in the Irish role. "I don’t know this," said Tardelli, "but I would be delighted if Liam stays with us."
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, February 05, 2010
Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/sport/ireland...#ixzz0ef6LfINj
Razor Trap always said Turkey was his favorite team growing up!
i think trap was keepin his cards close to his chest untill the euro draw was made , and now we have a decent draw hell stay
haha:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Trap was mooted in the Italian media as a possible emergency replacement for Ballardini (who is being sacked as I type) at Lazio. But I would guess Eduardo Reja (ex Napoli, now Haidjuk Split) will replace him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ca/8507179.stm
Apparently Trap is def on the Nigeria shortlist.
Would they all just fcuk off. Sure everyone knows trap is Irish now.
and more here...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ca/8508865.stm
Lazy, flimsy, pointless article. No substance to it. Roy Curtis-esque except for the absence of 7000 similes!Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
I still hope he leaves and they hire sparky. SI liked playing for Sparky.
Oh really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...937835,00.html
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"The last six months under Mark Hughes was very frustrating for me," he told the FA's official website.
Blame the guy who got fired, SI really is a clown!Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
I wonder if there would be many managers interested in signing Stephen Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeside Swagger
You are getting a lot of potential trouble from as of yet an unproven player. He has not produced it over a long enough period of time to say that he is an established premiership player.
One thing in his favour is that as City do not need the money they could let him go on attractive terms.
Might as well stand back and watch the circus act (Is he a Clown) that is Stephen Ireland play out. Perhaps he will become a football artiste !
Would be happy enough if he goes. The players played their own game against France not his negative brand of football. I do like Tardelli, think he is a good enough man for the backroom. Bring in Sparky or Chris Houghton
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Originally Posted by cestlavie
Or Owen Coyle?
Now this I don't like and I'm starting to get a little concerned. I've been mulling over the possibilities of Trap taking the Nigeria job part-time and the more I think abouit it the more I'm against it! This is bad news if there is any substance to it.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...739?ver=global
And, after Ireland failed to make it to South Africa after losing their play-off to France, Trapattoni's agent, Domenico Ricci, has now said he would welcome an approach.
"This is a very delicate issue, but of course Giovanni will be interested," Ricci told Kick Off Nigeria. Ricci confirmed that the Republic of Ireland boss did indeed have a contract allowing him to walk if he receives a 'concrete offer' by March 3.
"He can leave the Republic if he gets a concrete offer, but that would have to come before March 3 and then he can consider it."
Dont agree with this for one second. Trap has been nothing but good for us and it would be a disaster if he goes. From a shambles at the end of the Stan era to a solid well organised team playing with purpose on an strong upward trend. Its rubbish that the players played their own game in France, this has been refuted by many players since, suppose they played their own style in Bari as well and at home to Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by cestlavie
Nonetheless I think Trap will stay, he has continually reaffirmed his commitment and in any case it doesnt look like Nigeria have the cash to match his wages. It would be a disaster for us if he goes. No way would Sparky want the Irish job, doubt Hughton would either. We'd be left with similar candidates that we had last time around before Trap.
I agree with you completely about how important it is to keep Trap, and how good a job he has done for us (the old chestnut about the players playing their own game against France, Italy, Bulgaria away etc is one of the most ridiculously stupid arguments I've ever heard. The Staunton era showed what happens when that Irish team revert to their "own" game!)
But I do think we'd be able to attract a better caliber of manager now. Thanks to Trap we're back on the map again, not one of the plum European jobs by any means but not exactly managerial exile either. We can thank Trap for that, and hopefully he sticks around until 2012, when our qualification further raises our stock.