Joe Kinnear? Are you having a laugh. He was a disaster at Nottingham Forest and is out of touch with the modern game. Besides he is a w@nker. If you knew anything about Irish football you would know that Kinnear couldn't give a fcuk about us. The job was his for the taking in 1996 but he wanted to remain at Wimbledon. In November 1999, Ireland were playing a rescheduled game against Yugoslavia in Belgrade. It was the only competitive international being played that Wednesday. Mick McCarthy was entitled to have his players 5 days before the game. However, Kinnear led a protest on behalf of a handful of English managers who refused to release the players. He insisted that Kenny Cunningham and Mark Kennedy play for the club on the Saturday prior to the game. UEFA gave in to the wishes of Kinnear. Ireland lost 1 nil to Yugoslavia the following Wednesday. Interestingly, Alex Ferguson (who I'm not a fan of) left Roy Keane on the bench for 75 minutes of Man United's Premiership game the same Saturday. Ferguson said he was respecting the interests of Mick McCarthy.
I'd prefer to see anybody get the job than Joe Kinnear.
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