Ireland & Trapattoni discussion

Stick

The only Swedes I'll see us getting stuck into on Friday are the turnip variety.......

Decotron

Madrid,Barca, PSG and City all chase Delaney

FAI Chief Executive John Delaney admits to turning down a job three times his current salary

As of now Delaney is happy to remain on as boss of the FAI FAI chief executive John Delaney has defended his current salary, while also stating he turned down a job that would have tripled what he now earns.

Delaney, who has presided over stringent cutbacks which have affected even Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni and his coaching staff, reportedly earns around €340,000 a year.

However, he has revealed he could have left for a better-paid post and believes his wage is commensurate with the FAI's income, with the country still in the grip of a difficult economic situation.

Delaney told Sky Sports News: "I was offered a job three times the salary that I'm currently on, and that's a fact.

"I didn't take the job, I didn't want the job. I'm very happy in this job.

"I think the turnover of the FAI in the mid-90s, 1996,97, was about €7million. Last year it was north of €40 million.

"We are in a tough economy in Ireland at the moment and anybody who is on a big salary is going to grab media attention."

"I was offered a job three times the salary that I'm currently on, and that's a fact" - John DelaneyDelaney also defended the FAI against accusations from Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill that they have poached players born in the North to represent the Republic.

He said: "The way I look upon it is we have never asked anyone to play for us who didn't want to play for us, so the players come and declare.

"That can be historic roots too - players like James McClean and Darron Gibson from Derry, they want to play for the Republic of Ireland, that's what they want to do.

"They may have played underage football for the North - and I'm respectful of that - but ultimately it comes down to the players' choice."

However, Delaney admits he would happy to see a team one day representing the whole of Ireland, as their rugby union colleagues do.

He said: "That's something I would personally like to see. I think anything like that is inextricably linked to a solution for the whole island. I don't think that can happen aside of that."


fucking Arse nugget...

Still ill

Actually, John, Gibson doesn't want to play for us. Not to split hairs, like.

Decotron

fixed for you...

lem8sh

Ireland striker Kevin Doyle unhappy to be dropped for Ireland squad by text

Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle has expressed his disappointment with being dropped from the Ireland squad and the manner in which it was handled.
Doyle, a virtual ever present in the Ireland squad for the last seven years, was named in an initial provisional squad for the crunch World Cup qualifier double header with Sweden and Austria.

However was absent from the final 23-man group named on Saturday.

The Wolves striker revealed that he found out he had been dropped via text message and that he feels let down that he had not, at the very least, received a phone call.

"I was very disappointed to come in after the game to a text message saying I wasn’t to travel to Ireland to join up with the squad,” Doyle told his club’s website.

"I have been in every squad when I have been fit for seven-and-a-half years so it was disappointing. I thought I might get a phone call but it wasn’t to be and I haven’t spoken to the manager about it."
"Maybe he will speak to me about it in the future and for now I just have to get on with it."

Despite his omission from the squad, Doyle is determined to fight his way back into manager Giovanni Trapattoni’s plans and will continue to do all he can to play for his country.

"I’ve been in squads for seven-and-a-half years and certainly never took it for granted and have always found it a great pleasure and privilege to play for my country," he said.

"I feel I have always given 100 per cent in terms of showing the right attitude and dedication with Ireland in every training session and every match as I do here at Wolves."

“I will carry on doing that and hopefully get another opportunity to do that again in the future,” he added.

Assistant manager Marco Tardelli claimed that Doyle remains part of the Irish set-up and that he could earn a recall at some time in the future.
Tardelli said: "We love all the players who have given us many successes and all players deserve the same things. The boss can't call all the players.
"But for us, it's not finished, the time for Kevin Doyle. We know he is a good player and we know in the future, it is possible for him to come back."

Doyle is the latest in a string of Ireland internationals to raise question marks over the way players are treated by the Irish management.

Manager Trapattoni has had a recent spat with Stephen Kelly, questioning his desire to play for Ireland and sparking a war of words with the Reading defender who hit back in the strongest of terms.

Darron Gibson remains in a self-imposed international exile after falling out with the manager over his Euro 2012 selection policy, while Kevin Foley, Shane Long and James McClean have all had their issues with Trapattoni's man management.

Decotron

Whatever about some of the other runs in's that we've sort of half passed off the above is just further evidence of the massive hole in the management of the the national side. Brady handled this side of things initially, wasn't replaced and rest is history.

Feel sorry for Doyle. Carried us when Keane was struggling badly. His own form has disappeared badly at club level. Although looking at Wolves, they have him and Blake there who are former top goal scorers in the championship but now cant hit a barn door.

Hope Saunders might have a postive effect on him (he scored last w/e).

Broyphs

Stag. At which one of the activities will be surfing. I doubt I'll bother, though. Surfing's a load of balls.

moyses

moses nails it.


Which is a nice change.



On various levels.

Ringo 07

I know it would never happen but you wonder whether Delaney would even be aware of the fact that our next manager should be someone that knows how to get their teams playing the right way while also developing centers of excellence, while also teaching kids at a very young age how to play the right way. There needs to be a 10 year plan. Owen Coyle will probably get the job and he certainly will be a great motivator...but in the long term....there simply has to be a vision to make sure the kids of today are growing up with the skills drilled into them as to how to keep possesion and how to make one touh pass's in tight spaces. Maybe someone working at the Barcelona or Swansea for examples youth teams would make a great director of youth football in this country but will never happen

golden_blunder

Brian McDermott is available now

could do a lot worse, has worked with Doyle, Hunt, etc

Broyphs

Plus he could whip up some snail porridge if the players are feeling peckish.

londonredmaniac

Christ the Sweden game will be fun.

jakec

I'd like Randolph to get a shot in goal, but Forde's been doing well for Milwall.

Decotron

Not a fucking chance, he's probably our worst keeper. Have you watched him? Henderson is a superior keeper. Westwood is by far our best at the moment.. Hope the fai are looking at Bunn off Norwich. Doyles career has stalled badly it seems

SilentWitness

Does Coleman have a good chance of starting? Might give it a watch to see how he does if so.

Kid Cunto

He should be starting, yes.

Name Changed

Elliot's playing for Newcastle at the moment. He's at least as good as Forde in my opinion.

Name Changed

Sweden are not that good. But Trap will do his best to lose it.

Apparently the first team played the second team in training. The second team hammered the first. The seconds had Hoolahan and McCarthy in the middle and allegedly they ran the show.

Broyphs

McCarthy on the seconds'? Seems odd.

Name Changed

Green has played the last two days with the firsts. Now unless he is going to play a 3 in the middle. Most of the journalists are of the opinion that Green is starting. And Whelan will if fit.

I'd still expect Long with Keane behind him. That would mean no McCarthy, which would be absolutely shocking.

Broyphs

And yet completely expected.

Name Changed

If Green starts over McCarthy, I'm turning it off.

Broyphs

IMO our best midfield is McCarthy - Hoolohan - Gibson. If we got those three together we'd have the players to pass the ball, despite what the Trap apologists say.

Decotron

If he starts Keane we're fucked

Broyphs

Actually, on that theme, I think, if used properly, we have a spine of young players who could have the makings of a decent international side going forward, if only he'd give them games together:

GK
RB Coleman
LB Wilson
CB Clark
CB
RW
CM Gibson
CM
CM McCarthy
LW McClean/Brady/Pilkington
ST Long

Name Changed

Keane's the first name on the team sheet.

moyses

That's the thing that makes the last 18 months so tragic.

Name Changed

Yep. The best form of defence is possession. Having the centre backs kicking it forward bypassing the midfield will not help. Keane won't hold up the ball. Long might, but the midfielders won't have the legs to support him. Even if we try play it through the middle, Green cannot pass the ball. Whelan can, but who can he pass it to realistically?

It should definitely be Gibson and McCarthy with Hoolahan in front of them. I'd fancy us to beat Sweden with that.

Gibson won't come back with Trap in charge though. Imagine wasting your whole Summer going to a tournament, not to play a minute and to see a completely inferior player like Paul Green come on instead of you knowing that you are the best midfielder in the squad as it is. I don't blame him for being disillusioned, I don't blame him for refusing to join the squad. He is right.

Name Changed

He may have got us to the Euros but he has set us back years.

Mr Anderson

We all see it and know it. I don't get what goes through Traps mind.

Aboutreika18

Paul Green hasn't been a regular central midfielder since 2009/10.

Whenever I watched Derby he'd be playing on the right side, either as a full-back or a winger and now he's being used as a right-winger at Leeds.

If two tactical geniuses () like Clough and Warnock can see he's not fit to play in the middle then why on earth is he being picked there at international level?!

Straight from the Tony Pulis masterplan of "Fuck it, we'll be bypassing midfield anyway so might as well put a couple of runners in there."

sullydnl

So it's looking like the team v Sweden will be:


There's maybe five players in that team I wouldn't pick.

moyses

Don't mention the Euros. The debate on here was typical of Ireland, qualification meant he could do no wrong and anybody saying otherwise was a dreamer. Now to a man, I bet they all have changed their minds.

I don't mind us being shite, as long as we are as good as we can be.

nahealai

Forde, Brady, Green and Whelan would be four obvious ones for me.

Broyphs

Is Westwood out of the team because of lack of football? Suppose you can't really argue if so.

jakec

That's why I wouldn't have him in.

jakec

I forgot Bunn was eligible.

sullydnl

Exactly, plus I'd prefer to play with three cm's for this game which would mean leaving Keane out too.

Decotron

In the past when faced with this scenario we played the better player. Alan Kelly, Kiely and even Given all played when not 1st team regulars. Westwood has to start imo

Mr Anderson

Oh really? Never knew that.

That midfield is terrible if we start with that. Im scared of what happens once whelan and green have that ball and get pressed, thus the inevitable hoof it up towards a 4ft robbie keane....

Away from home we need lads confident on the ball to try frustrate the opposition. Not 2 donkeys running around who constantly punt the ball forward under pressure, and tend to be sloppy with their passing anyway.