Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

I think you're clutching at straws. It's definitely strange for negotiations with an international manager to go on this long. The FAI had said at the outset that they were aiming to have a manager appointed for the NL draw which will now pass without a manager.

The idea that they've been negotiating with Carsley for weeks without agreement is fanciful.

Once they choose Carsley and offer him the job and tell him the terms it's a simple yes or no.

The terms of the job are pretty much the terms. The FAI aren't going to magic up more money and they've been clear they want the new man to have a base in Ireland and be involved in the youth teams.

Carsley may have ideas or requests around things like his backroom team or his level of involvement in various things but there should be an acknowledgement that both sides want to do the deal.

The simple answer seems to be Carsley isn't interested in the job.

Saw he scored twice tonight. Thought leaving the championship to go play in the SPL was a bit of a step down for him but maybe could be good for his confidence....he should score a bagful in that league

He missed a sitter from less than a yard, and apart from the penos, looked like he’d won a competition to be on the pitch. I think a lot of people are vastly over rating Idahs level. It’ll be a few more steps down from SPFL until he’s found it.

I think the only thing that clear at this stage is that the FAI don’t want Lennon - he has been interviewed and has been pretty clear about wanting the job. If they considered him viable at all he’d probably have it by now.

Obviously they still feel they can get Carsley, and we don’t have a competitive game for a fair while, so they probably feel they have time to iron out any issues.

England, Finland and Greece for the next round of Nations League

That’s as tough as the nations league could get for us! Avoiding relegation would be a good start for the new manager.

That’s us bottom of the Nations League no matter who we get in as manager.

England

Finland

Greece

I find this very odd.

Are the FAI apologizing to fans because someone suggested that some Irish fans at the Netherlands game were off their heads ?

Is it some attempt to "cancel" anything that would paint some Irish fans in a bad light?

I've been to plenty of away games over the years and have seen my fair share of Irish fans act the bollix due to drink etc.

England will pummel us twice. Greece a tricky draw but their hardly world beaters, every team in that pot was a potential banana skin maybe Kazakhstan aside. But am I missing something with Finland? Their squad doesn't look great and they've lost to Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Denmark in qualifying while narrowly scraping by San Marino and Kazakhstan in the other game. We should be aiming to finish ahead of them.

It’s because some fans who arrived in good time before kick off couldn’t get in and situation got messy.

I’ve no doubt that some dopes turned up a minute before kickoff in a state because I’ve seen some lads make an absolute mess of themselves on aways but it wasn’t the only reason.

I wasn’t there myself but know plenty who were. The truth is probably a mixture of poor organisation and shitheads but it’s easier for the home organisation just to shift all the blame.

That was in the top division though, they'll find life a bit easier in the second division. They also got some stick for not taking the NL seriously, so I'd say they'll be out to go straight back up to the top tier immediately. We should still look to give them a game, in the same way the Scots do, though I wouldn't fancy us actually getting anything out of it. The other games are where we should be looking for points more reasonably.

If Carsley gets the job at least he will have the lowdown on some of England's young guns.

England will thrash us, particularly in Wembley. We haven't one player that would even make their squad never mind taking points off them.

Brings back memories of of the 2002WC 2-2 qualifier there in autumn 2000. Unsure what time to head off from the centre of town we moved along with the bulk of the Netherlands fans, arriving at the gates about 40 minutes before kick-off. Got in as the Robbie Keane was celebrating the opening goal which the internet suggests was 22nd minute. Seems like nothing much has improved in 20 years.