Good point about Delaney.
The Irish squad is better than people think - and there are a few players potentially coming through.
Matt Doherty made an interesting comment today - saying 'some of O'Neill's decisions were bizarre'
'negative and boring football' - have you seen an Irish international match recently -
In the past year -
Played 11
Won 1 (2-1 friendly against USA)
Drew 5
Lost 5
Goals for 5
Goals against 15
In competitive fixtures - played 6 won 0 drew 2 lost 4 and only scored 2 goals.
And against Denmark...
Jaysus - I hope not - Kenny is a LOI manager - he managed Dunfermline for a year and was a disaster - and Bruce should retire, he's past it.
Like Hughton, McCarthy is underrated - his first stint with Ireland was his second job - hewas manager of Millwall. He made a lot of blunders when Ireland...
Hughton is reputed to be on about £525K before he signed his recent extension - Martin O'Neill was paid £2million a year - even Roy Keane was on £600K
But Hughton has never struck me as being motivated by money - he seems to be more motivated by the opportunities he is presented with.
Like I...
The Irish team is a decent team and has some young talent coming through - O'Neill was old, staid and relied on older players (often played out of position).
Why would Hughton be more likely to manage England? He was the first black player to play for Ireland, he was hugely popular as an Irish...