Lee Carsley new Ireland Manager?

[Cork Evertonian]

Lets be honest, no one wants it and the FAI don't have the finance to attract someone.

Yeah that's the reason they hired Stephen Kenny in the first place. It was way cheaper to hire a league of Ireland manager, as opposed to someone with more experience of football at the elite level.

Oh well at least i have my memories of the Big Jack and Mick McCarthy era. We'll be continuing to dine out on that for at least the next two decades imo.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

John O'Shea named interim manager

A Waterford man managing the national team. The near neighbours and relatives there will be happy enough with that at least. Best of luck to him anyway, he'll probably need it!

 

[Neiler]

Yeah that's the reason they hired Stephen Kenny in the first place. It was way cheaper to hire a league of Ireland manager, as opposed to someone with more experience of football at the elite level.

Oh well at least i have my memories of the Big Jack and Mick McCarthy era. We'll be continuing to dine out on that for at least the next two decades imo.

The team wont do anything while the governance is still so bad mate, i dont think people realise the limits on football in Ireland certainly financially, for example the budget for a new coach is 500k per year - its crazy when you think of that in modern football, its a week and a half of a top PL players salary, crazy,

 

[Billy Dean]

The team wont do anything while the governance is still so bad mate, i dont think people realise the limits on football in Ireland certainly financially, for example the budget for a new coach is 500k per year - its crazy when you think of that in modern football, its a week and a half of a top PL players salary, crazy,

Why don't they have any money? Did something happen?

 

[Neiler]

Why don't they have any money? Did something happen?

Its been root and branch corrupt for the best part of 30 years mate, been a big political and ongoing scandal here, it essentially needed a government bail out and it needs continued funding from the tax payer to keep it operational - it continues to run as a scandal, financial oversight is now managed by the governments public accounts committee :

Book that bursts John Delaney's FAI bubble deserves champagne treatment | Barry Glendenning

The Irish bestsellers chart is deservedly dominated by an examination of the incredible financial shenanigans at the Football Association of Ireland

www.theguardian.com

FAI reveals liabilities of €55 million

Former chief executive John Delaney received severance package of €462,000

www.irishtimes.com

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1Y12JN/

Irish soccer on the brink of going bust

With Euro 2020 matches coming up in Dublin, Irish soccer should be in for a windfall. Yet a huge financial scandal at the national association involving its disgraced former CEO has left it on the brink of going bust.

www.dw.com

FAI chief issues unreserved apology over additional payments issue

The payments led to yet another financial scandal at the FAI.

www.irishmirror.ie

Malachy Clerkin: FAI spent their morning apologising and explaining a joke, making a bad situation worse

Jonathan Hill will most likely survive what was ultimately a small scandal with no real consequence other than making the association look embarrassingly clueless and badly governed

www.irishtimes.com

Almost €7m for FAI withheld until payments to chief executive addressed

Jonathan Hill ‘apologised unreservedly’ to FAI staff last week after erroneously receiving over €20,000 in travel expenses and pay

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Littlesue]

Billic one of the faves now according to the Midland press.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Billic one of the faves now according to the Midland press.

That would be a left of field one indeed i have to say.

 

[witchdoc187]

Yeah that's the reason they hired Stephen Kenny in the first place. It was way cheaper to hire a league of Ireland manager, as opposed to someone with more experience of football at the elite level.

Oh well at least i have my memories of the Big Jack and Mick McCarthy era. We'll be continuing to dine out on that for at least the next two decades imo.

Big jack what an absolute legend of a man. What absolutely incredible brothers. Imagine being their parents. The pride

 

[witchdoc187]

Billic one of the faves now according to the Midland press.

Wowsers that's a weird one

 

[Vintage]

Billic one of the faves now according to the Midland press.

That's one name I wasn't expecting

 

[Littlesue]

Don't know how to copy the whole article, says he is main fave at moment

 

[Neiler]

Grim.

 

[Billy Dean]

Brian Barry-Murphy could be an interesting leftfield option

 

[Littlesue]

Brian Barry-Murphy could be an interesting leftfield option

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Brian Barry-Murphy could be an interesting leftfield option

A legendary surname in Cork that is. His father Jimmy Barry-Murphy is a hurling and gaelic football legend.

Lee Carsley is my number one choice for the job, but i'd be delighted for Brian if he gets the job all the same.