Originally Posted by keenanboy
It was actually Damien Duff Disease...what a feckin pillock!
Yes, it took 80 years, but they've finally appointed a manager who has actually won a major title of some kind. Sure aren't they great, they've really earned their wage...I've always said, just give the FAI a reasonable amount of time, time to make mistakes and learn from them, and then judge them.
Something tells me the credit should be going to Liam Brady.
Love the "startled bunny" photo they used of Giles for that article. Charming!
language...
make them learn Irish......
If they get Trappatoni, it has to go down as a success. So what if the three man panel was a farce, they gotta get some credit if Trap is the man. I am no fan of the FAI after that t wat Staunton got the job last time, but this would be a great appointment, and worth the wait
Hail delaney! Lead us to success Delaney!
It looks like we are about to become the most boring team in Europe. 0-0 every game but thats how most coaches have success at International level eg Sanchez, Charlton etc.
Great appointment but we will still probably finish 3rd in the table. We just don't have the playes Im afraid and thinking that this 1 manager is going to change everything is living in a bubble.
The deepest layer of human thinking and feeling somehow knows that God must exist - Pope Benedict XVI
Now that Trap is almost amongst us I am getting excited about what will be a new dawn for internationl football in this country.....
For some reason it got me thinking about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtxD...eature=related
Surely we can make up a of some sort of chant based on it!!
Maybe it's too far forward into the future, but would any of Trap's Italian staff be manager material in their own right; in that once Trap left there would be a natural successor to take over?
We're relying completely on Dunne in defence but our attack is certainly top 10 in Europe.
Gentile won the European U-21 championship with Italy, speaks English...Maybe it's too far forward into the future, but would any of Trap's Italian staff be manager material in their own right; in that once Trap left there would be a natural successor to take over?
Who knows...
Claudio Gentile is what makes this really juicy. Trapattoni is a fine appointment on his own but Gentile really makes it the World Class team we were promised 3 years ago. Anyway he definitely would be in a position to continue on if/when Giovanni goes through the trap door.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
What are the chances Brady is being set up to continue as Trap's successor? He clearly doesn't have the credentials right now - he's admitted as much himself. But, in 2+ years, after working with Trapattoni and his assistant, working with the Irish players, who knows?
I predict unprecedented interest in the Austrian League being experienced outside of Austria in the next few months...
That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
Help me, Arthur Murphy, you're my only hope!
I said that from the minute that Trappatoni's name was linked with the job I felt the contact was insitigated by Brady as he wanted to be involved with Ireland but he felt he did not have the experience for the job. This is the perfect situation for him and for Irish football
In Trap we trust
Did he learn his German - and his TV manner - from this bloke?
I'm liking him more by the minute.
This is the cooooooooooooolest footy forum I've ever seen!
agree with your remarks about our players. Very average squad with a c*ntish attitude in general but i think that Trappatoni is one of the few mangers who can get the very most out of them - so heres hoping!! On that side of things, well done FAI. (wow...)
Also, to Barney, the mouth of the FAI - the FAI is still a disaster of an organisation who got lucky. Furthermore, the job merely starts here if they are serious about transforming irish football at ALL levels. Their remit is more than finding a manager for the national team and lets not forget that.
I wonder if having the chance to play italy in the 2010 qualifiers had anything to do with him taking the job?
Will make those games very interesting.
Maybe its an elaborate italian sabotage ploy.....
He has Sammarinese heritage, you know...
It's an elaborate plan, ever since they were robbed back in Feb -07, The San Marino F.A. have been constructing this tissue of 'co-incidences' (you didnt really think the FAI could get him normally, did you?) leading to a son of their land taking the Job....
Later this year, mark my words, A Hastily arranged friendly will be announced.
Most newsworthy will be the International recalls for Eddie McGoldrick, Paul Butler & Alan Kernaghan who slot neatly into Trapattoni's "Experimental" defence marshalled by John o Shea...
90 minutes :Ireland 0 San Marino 5.
Revenge for Serravalle.
Walking towards the tunnel, Don Trappa produces a large makeshift banner & waves it in front of the Sky cameras. It features a crude characture of John Delaney with the words "Uppa Yours, Haircut Boy!" emblazened upon, and he promptly legs it with suitcases full of cash to the Airport.
John Delaney later reports the incident as "Oh, undeniably, a temporary setback, but not unexpected", and assures the nation that he has every confidence in the new manager all the way from Italy , Guglielmo "Billy" Daviesini.
On the way into the stadium, an elderly San Marino Steward waved us in and said "Tonight, may the best team win"
And they nearly did.
I'm your man in Austria .. I'll keep yall updated ;-)
Salzburg fans have been calling for his head for most of the season . despite the massive resources, they have struggled. He's been credited with winning the league last season, but in fact he was general manager with Matthaus in charge of picking the team. He's seen as too defensive .. which is understandable with the resources they have they should be winning be a few goals every week.
It might work out for us though .. if we can hold on to leads and stop giving away last minute goals .. then we might even qualify
Personally, I can see parallels between this appointment and Bob Paisley in 1986.. Charlton's CV could not compare with Paisley, but he was the right appointment. Can't help but think that perhaps we should have moved heaven and earth to get Coppell or one of the other younger hungrier managers out there.
But as a few other posters have pointed out, Gentiles and the backroom team, Brady married with Trapps personality and experience are something to get excited about
PS. Should add that papers over here are reporting that Salzburg are glad to be rid of the old dinosaur and are looking for a younger hungrier manager.
Last edited by macdermesser; 12/02/2008 at 9:15 AM.
this is great news for irish football
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