QuoteYep.
And yet if he does well there and moves up a division, then he could well end up getting a few caps and proving HH right while also showing the LoI is a legitimate player development route
Neil Farrugia moved to League One and we haven't had to pick players from League One for a couple of years now. So, yes.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yep.
And yet if he does well there and moves up a division, then he could well end up getting a few caps and proving HH right while also showing the LoI is a legitimate player development route
Which is exactly what the league should be aiming to be, not a place for current senior internationals, but for future ones.
This Ozhianvuna lad tonight looks like he has the potential to be a future international.
Anyone see Sadlier's comments last night that poured petrol onto this fire? I only saw them on the RTÉ article this morning but they already appear to have edited the article and removed the video from their Twitter page:
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025...-fai-comments/
Definitely has something about him alright, sometimes you can just see it straight away with a player.
He was good when he came on against Bohs too.
Its really not that complicated!!!
Thought he was good v Bohs too but tonight was a bit more of a showcase of his talents. Tighter pitch which meant he had less time to take the ball under pressure and less space to attack when dribbling. But he looks very exciting when doing both due to a combination of pure braveness and what looks like fairly high level ball control. Turned 16 last month...
Yeah very mysterious. He basically said he has inside knowledge that more crap about Canham is going to come out over the next few days.
Oooh, bring it on....
Both Ireland managers on the late late show last night
Segment lasts 13 minutes, which isn't nearly enough time to go into any great detail with either manager
Kielty has the advantage of being a football fan, compared to Tubridy, who had no interest in the game
Completely agree. What's the point in having them on to ask them 3 questions each? Argh RTE drives me completely bonkers
Did Heimir ever move to Ireland after...?
They probably thought they'd be accused of gender bias if they only had Hallgrimsson on. The Late Late is never going to be the place for an in depth interview anyway, it's not that kind of show any more, but likely feeling compelled to go for that kind of setup makes it an even bigger waste of time.
Lads, this is a thread on Heimir Hallgrimsson.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Have to say I thought Hallgrimsson conducted himself well and with a lot of dignity in his media appearances today. On one side he has clearly done a huge amount of work behind the scenes in terms of expanding his knowledge of the playing pool over the winter - both his squad selection and his opening comments in the press conference today show this.
Also he handled his responses to the various comments by Stephen Bradley over the winter very well, an almost "kill him with kindness" approach that he comes out of very well and leaves Bradley, if anything, somewhat embarrassed by the whole thing. He had to deal with it twice in his press conference and then Tony O'Donoghue lead with it in his RTE interview (which probably says more about O'Donoghue than anything). Hopefully Bradley will now stay in his own lane going forward, he's clearly out of his depth dealing with Hallgrimsson.
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Every clip I see online seems to be his reply to Bradley's comments. You're right he handled it well but such BS that it was such a focus for discussion
Its really not that complicated!!!
Tony O'Donoghue is the epitomy of 'got-ya' sports journalism. It's like he's in a time warp where he thinks Eamonn Dunphy is in the wings to pounce on his 'brilliant' tough questions. What he did to Kelleher when get motm last year was the final straw for me. I think RTE has done a decent job on panelists since the old guard retired but this fossil is still hanging around and needs to go.
Curious to peoples views on Hallgrimsson singing the anthem the other night. Its not a big issue or anything, but Ive seen a bit of chatter on the socials about it and how great it was.
Last summer I remember seeing Martinez singing the Portuguese anthem and I thought it was typical of him, in that hes a complete bluffer and it was a way to try ingratiate himself to the Portuguese fans. To me Martinez comes across as they type of fella in the corporate world that is crap at his job but is great at managing upwards and constantly gets promotions based on how hes seen by his bosses rather than the people that work for him. Seeing him singing the anthem just came across to me as so inauthentic.
Now skip forward to Sunday night and we see Hallgrimsson do the same thing. They cynic in me thought immediately that it seemed like something Canham would ask him to do. Canham for me comes across in the very same way as Martinez, but it might be my bias to even consider Canham having a role in it!
The most likely answer is that Hallgrimsson is just a very nice man and he thinks its a nice thing to do, and it is .... kinda! But I cant help but feeling that singing another countries anthem is a bit of a step too far.
Maybe no one cares, and as I said its not an important thing either way.... but not every topic on a forum has to be too serious!
Its really not that complicated!!!
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