Trapattoni appointed Ireland coach - Confirmed

[Deckydee]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishex...959-qqqx=1.asp

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slu...ters&type=lgns

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldF...080211?rpc=401&

http://football.guardian.co.uk/break...299875,00.html

http://www.eecho.ie/news/story/?trs=mheyidmhqlmh

http://www.ireland.com/sports/soccer...509650009.html

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/Ne...th-Trapattoni/

http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/index....ob-Report.html

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...r-1286806.html

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...p?newsid=30986

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/7238507.stm


Added on Tuesday:

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0211/fai.html

http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/index....i-as-boss.html

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...n-1287528.html

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...507099&cc=5739

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...l-1287531.html

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...e-1287537.html

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_...255843,00.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mai.../sfnroi112.xml

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...er-781107.html

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishex...995-qqqx=1.asp

http://sport.scotsman.com/football/T...ake.3766521.jp

http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/hea...ic_manager.php

[elroy]

Apparently Mick Wallace (the guy behind Wex Youths) has been money forward to pay for the appointment - according to the indo today.

[noby]

Source? <smilie>

Great news.

[Deckydee]

Source? <smilie>

Great news.

I could not give any more sources than that!!

[Hibernian]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishex...959-qqqx=1.asp

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slu...ters&type=lgns

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldF...080211?rpc=401&

http://football.guardian.co.uk/break...299875,00.html

http://www.eecho.ie/news/story/?trs=mheyidmhqlmh

http://www.ireland.com/sports/soccer...509650009.html

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/Ne...th-Trapattoni/

http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/index....ob-Report.html

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...r-1286806.html

At least nobody will be asking you for backup and links!!

[ifk101]

All the above seem to be based on the Examiner's story.

Mick Wallace is rumoured to have offered money to help the appointment process but this money was supposedly offered before Trap's name came into the reckoning.

Maybe soccerc might be able to offer some sort of confirmation???

[Bluebeard]

I really hope this is the case - the Reuters reports seem to emmanate from the Examiner article.

Fingers, toes and other extremities crossed...

[aidz1]

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=KwVSTX...eature=related

trapattoni....trapattoni....trapattoni....trapatto ni....trapattoni....trapattoni....trapattoni....tr apattoni....trapattoni....

[tetsujin1979]

Please God this is true, but I won't believe it until I see him sign on the dotted line

[Bondvillain]

With the exception of The indo, all sources above say "according to the Examiner....", so really, thats one source, 8 times & the Indo.

Edit : The Indo's source is apparently the Examiner too, so thats one source 9 times.

[an_ceannaire]

I will only believe it when its official, until then I am in denial!
Please GOD let it be true, please....but knowing the FAI I still fully expect Billy Davies

[lopez]

I will only believe it when its official, until then I am in denial!
Please GOD let it be true, please....but knowing the FAI I still fully expect Billy Davies

Looking good though...looking f*cking good!

BTW, pardon my football ignorance, and please laugh in your sleeves, but WTF is this Billy Davies I keep hearing about?

[Lionel Ritchie]

Only seeing an incomplete thread title on the index page I thought this was going to be one of those speculative threads where the title is a statement followed by a question mark of which that some of the aspiring Herald editors on here have become fond. I was then going to ask for you to be banned.

Hope you're right.

[John2626]

Please let this be true. It's going to be tough waiting until Wednesday. But still preparing myself for a shock (its the FAI after all).

[Deckydee]

We have a fantastic team, all we need now is a fantastic manager!!

[Claret Murph]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

Still fingers crossed until it's a done deal .

[paudie]

Please God this is true, but I won't believe it until I see him sign on the dotted line

Not until we have the traditional post signing "Holding Irish Scarf Over Head" photograph will it be official.

[John83]

YES! Please let this be true. It'd almost make that ridiculous manager search seem worth it.

[livehead1]

Please, dear lord.

[co. down green]

Hopefully confirmation will come soon and we won't have to wait until Wednesday.

Trapattoni would be a good appointment for Ireland and with a solid nucleus of experience in the squad to build on, progress will happen.