QuotePersonally this couldn't be better for us. They'll be an awkward hurdle in the next campaign, but they'll be a lot more manageable now that he's gone.
Big surprise, thought he would be very eager to face us in the next campaign
Personally this couldn't be better for us. They'll be an awkward hurdle in the next campaign, but they'll be a lot more manageable now that he's gone.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
He must be a big favourite for the NI post now.
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He's been making very cosy feelers towards the IFA, especially since the euro qual campaign began.
He has openly declared he wanted the job recently.
You'd think he was easily the best qualified to be offered the job. But this is the IFA who are deciding.
Tough on the Faroes as they were starting to play good football in this campaign, against NI in Belfast and against Estonia at home.
Maybe they'll find another decent manager, Iceland got the experienced Swede, Lagerback.
Not with Sean Graham. Magilton and Dowie are still ahead of him.Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
Interestingly they have cyclist Mark Cavendish as favorite (11/8) for Brit sports personality of the year, ahead of Clarke and McIlroy.
Depends on the main criterion. If international experience, yes of those quoted as favorites; if whether he's worked in to the top two divisions in England, obviously no.
Irish FA pres Jim Shaw has supposedly said he wants a local man (no printed source for this so it may not be kosher). That would rule out BK too.
The main criterion should be having managed a successful qualification (anywhere in Europe, or at a pinch Africa or Latin America if the guy has fluent English). There's also the faint hope that a Scando or ex-Yugoslav wouldn't feel the need to talk nonsense about eligibility and the GFA.
Last edited by Gather round; 27/10/2011 at 11:22 AM.
Looks like another campaign of below par mediocrity for NI. Two very uninspiring candidates.
I'm sure whoever gets the job will be treated to a crash course in Irish constitutional history from a qualified Elite Player Mentor (EPN).
They're the two best qualified local guys likely to apply. But as I said above it's not clear that the field will be that restricted. Sean Graham also quoted odds for Jean Tigana (16/1).
A better guide to our likely performance might be in the players available. We used 27 in the current campaign, only four of whom are playing regularly in a top league and available for our next game in the new year.
He's likely to have already read it in Dublin's biggest-selling daily newspaper (IND).
Iceland have done really well there with Lagerbäck. Before Trap came on the scene as a possible manager of Ireland, I was a strong advocate of Lagerbäck for the Irish job. He's done an unbelievably impressive job with a Sweden team that was pretty much on a par talent-wise with us, consistently qualifying them for virtually every tournament. Things kind of fell apart in the WC 2010 campaign but that was more down to an ageing squad and various problems that dogged that campaign such as Henke Larsson's brother dying immediately before a massive 6 pointer against Denmark and Zlatan, well just generally being a dick. Theres an argument that he shouldn't be in the squad at all, evidenced by Sweden's 3-2 win over Holland without him.
Last edited by French Toasht; 27/10/2011 at 11:34 AM.
How so? He's from Ireland and is said to have family from the north. That's more local than say, the likes of Dowie.
End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!
A fair point. Being from the South doesn't in itself make him local; having a NI (grand)parent might if he showed a local interest (like any dual-qualified player does when choosing us over England, say). Such a relative makes him equally qualified to Dowie.
Or, more simply: you're local if you grew up or later lived locally, or if not if you played international football for the local team.
Another dead duck of international management, jeez how boring have Sweden played in the last few tournaments
Think you're missing the point - they have played in the last fwe tournamentsAnother dead duck of international management, jeez how boring have Sweden played in the last few tournaments
Can't want til we have "Eligibility for the manager of NI" thread...
Lagerbäck's Sweden Career:Another dead duck of international management, jeez how boring have Sweden played in the last few tournaments
Euro 2000 group stages
WC 2002: Second Round (Won group containing England and Argentina)
Euro 2004: Quarter Final defeat to Holland
WC 2006: Second Round defeat to Germany
Euro 2008: Group stages
WC 2010: Failed to qualify behind Denmark and Portugal
All this achieved with only 2 star players in that era, Henke Larsson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In the same period as Sweden qualified for 5 tournaments, we qualified for one with a similar standard of players.
Last edited by French Toasht; 27/10/2011 at 12:51 PM.
The odds have been slashed today on Sham's MON to get the NI job.
Kerr for Tallaght?
Is there time? We're voting on this today I'm sure..
Norris for NI.
We're having it. Ideal candidate has to be
a) more successful than Kerr (ie having managed a team to qualification)
b) more experienced than Magilton, Dowie and Michael O'Neill
c) fluent in English.
I imagine there'll be a similar field of dwarves.
Sounds like an unusually fast move by the IFA?
Last edited by Gather round; 27/10/2011 at 1:11 PM.
With the "beggars" taking NI's players, they may as well be taking their jobs as well.
End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!
Would you not take the day off from being deadly on your birthday? No doubt there's a twitter feed that needs following or something :-)
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
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