THE FAI HAVE said the future of Giovanni Trapattoni as Ireland manager is safe for now, it has been confirmed.
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Following a meeting of the association’s board of management this evening, a statement released this evening from the FAI read as follows:
“The Board of the FAI met today and discussed Ireland’s performances in the World Cup Qualifying campaign to date and the prospects of achieving qualification for Brazil 2014.
“The Board agreed that convening a meeting between the Germany and Faroe Islands matches and/or commenting on the Germany game or the manager’s position prior to last night’s game would have been totally inappropriate.
“Following today’s discussions the Board, while disappointed like everyone with the poor result and performance against Germany and understanding the frustration of some of our supporters, believes the current position in the group means that qualification for Brazil in 2014 remains a realistic and achievable prospect and reaffirmed that Giovanni Trapattoni is to remain in charge of the national team.
“The Board recognises the depth of feeling surrounding the team, the performances, the results and the manager, reflecting the passion which everyone in Irish football has for the game and will continue to work closely with the manager.”
The news of meeting had initially led to intense speculation that the association’s board of management would agree to sack Trapattoni as Ireland manager.
Though some critics correctly believed Trapattoni had done enough to extend his stay as manager, as the team recorded a comprehensive win over the Faroe Islands last night.
Senior figures in the Irish set-up, including Robbie Keane, have also backed Trap to stay on in the position, despite many fans and journalists calling for a change.
F off FAI you gutless, spineless, snakes Delaney you are a disgrace and all your little minions that you keep sweet by giving them pay increases and bonuses every year. What a farce..
What will people say if we sack Trap, hire a new guy, play lovely expansive football with youthful players and end up loosing matches 3:2 and 2:1 and consequently not qualify for anything for a few years?
People will say the existing guy is tactically naiive and we need a world class manager who knows how to get results and get us back into major competitions. Sound familiar?
That’s what was said before with Kerr, and Staunton.
Sometimes you cant win with the Irish. A lot of cake having and cake eating.
What’s most important is for Delaney to go and someone to come in and revamp the Irish Footballing setup.
Niall Quinn anyone? Another out of work football man working as a pundit currently; along with Keane and McCarthy.
By the way, does McCarthy actually want the Irish job back again? Or does Keane for that matter?
Dead right! They should hold a public stoning of Delaney in the Aviva . That’d get the fans in. Then they could sell rocks to throw for 5 Euro. They’d clear the debt easily!
Yous are ridiculous,he was hired to come in and do a job and he has done it, he was asked to qualify for the euro he did it. Yes we got beaten and knocked out but seriously like Spain in the group and Croatia has a better team…we lost against Germany mmmm I’m not thinking this is too much of a shock one of there players has more talent then the whole Irish team. We sit 2 wins from 3 games in the qualifiers…trap has worked magic here cause we ain’t exactly Brazil sure were ain’t even in estonia’s class hardly
Once it is not Rednapp is the main thing , see the players who backed are Robbie Keane and Darren O’Dea 2 players who would not get a look in under a new manager
I really hope that get get rid of him just just for the sake of the fans. It’s not a good feeling when you don’t enjoy watching your country because of their negative style of play .
Maybe someone who at least attends games to watch potential players and doesnt slag off his own players for not being good enough. Would be a good start. Redknapp, Klinsmann, Benitez?
I think it’s more like it was one of those , we had a meeting and realise we are smashed and our 360000 euro a year CEO gave him a contract before the euro championship that’s way too much money for us to stump up to get rid of him , so a vote of confidence and fingers crossed , let things die down and so Delaney is safe now too , despite him being responsible for snookering the organisation in the first place. 360000 a year to organise our football ( more than the spanish head of football ) and it doesn’t matter how much he fkkkks it up he seems untouchable , the mind boggles.
I may be one of the only people to think this but I truly believe that the right decision has been made in keeping Trappatoni on as Ireland manager. Firstly, let’s just forget about the Euros when discussing his performance as manager.. we were in the worst group imaginable and we came bottom of it. Anyone who realistically believed that we’d qualify from that group was kidding themselves.
Clearly people are still hurting from the drubbings we took in Poland but there needs to be a bit of positivity about our team. All I see is people moaning and whinging about every little things. We beat Khazakstan, lost to Germany and beat the Faroes. Those were the results that we expected and it’s what we got albeit the performances were pretty poor throughout. The defeat to Germany being only the second defeat we’ve suffered in the group stages of qualifying for a major tournament since Trap took over, the other being Russia.
We are in the exact position we expected to be in after 3 matches knowing full well that the matches against Sweden are going to decide second place in our group. So now that we know that Trappatoni is sticking around, how about supporting the manager and the team rather than crying and complaining.
I think he has brought this Irish team as far as he can, it’s time for a new manager with fresh ideas & all the players starting on a clean slate!! The problem is that there’s not many managers available at the moment!!
He’s been in charge for 2 campaigns, we qualified from 1 of those, made it to a . We are not a house on world football. We are a minow and are doing very well for what we have. Now lets get out there and do our bit in the friendly against Greece and cheer our team on.
I’d admire the loyal people who want to support Frank Drebin but his style of football is utter torture to watch. Even in the Euro qualifiers – torture. And we qualified for three more 90 minute sessions of total torture. What’s the point?
The brand of football we are playing under Trap is terrible. We need somebody else. If he stays then the Aviva is going to be half empty every home match. It isn’t worth paying lots of money to see us play because our brand of football is awful
If the FAI were really briefing the likes of the Indo behind Trapatoni’s back that he was going to be fired and have now done a U-turn on the back of a win over the mighty Faroe Islands, they are every bit the muppets we are lead to believe they are…
Either way the Fai dug a hole for themselves after extending traps contract before the disaster that was euro2012, we needed change then. I was never a fan of trap so won’t be sorry to see him leave!!
That’s some bad news right there, so much potential in young players been suffocated by bad management and tactics, 2 more years of cox on the left, Keane up front, o dea in defence, whelan and Andrews in the middle, mcgeady on the right, humpy the Bally up the fieldy
It may have been said already but they should have given him an ultimatum:start attending games the players play at club level or go. None of us should keep our jobs if we are not doing what is clearly within the job description
Correct decision. Some people get carried away and think we should be playing like Brazil all the time. Get real. Just look at Wales and Scotland to see how their qualifiers have went so far.
The FAI don’t have the financial clout to get rid of him, so he stays. We’ll be in with a shout until the end of the qalifying campaign and John Delaney will feel justified. Meanwhile the papers will run TRap to quit stories to boost their sales and the forums and phone ins will be full of armchair fans explaining why he should be sacked.
Of course their backing him….sure they cant afford a multi million euro payoff so they see the less painful 27,500 euro a week pay cheque to Trap as managable..but with fan unrest and empty Avivas looming that could end it all very quick…so if your holding out for a cheaper corporate box…give it another 12 months..
Of course some of the players back him! In all fairness when asked in a post-match tv interview “Do you back the current manager?” what eejit is going to say no?? (especially a manager that seems to hold grudges like Trap)
I heard he was ranting at delaney about how he was protected under Croke park…..let’s hope the lazy git actually attends a few games now earning his money & stops taking the mickey out of poor Denis o’brien.
It always staggers me how the word “brand” has sneaked into conversations about football. On a more relevant note, happy enough with that. Rio here we come.
Tickets for the home qualifiers must be selling well: that’s the only logic behind this. With Trap in charge, Sweden will beat us home and away and Austria will fancy their chances against us too, so the FAI are effectively writing off this World Cup qualifying campaign after only two games.
This excuse that he got us to euros irks me, reason we got there was not as much down to anything trap did as it was us getting a lucky draw against easiest team in play-offs, with trap we will continue to scrape results, continue to reduce our small pool of players. What is also clear, is that apathy to our national team will continue to grow, next friendlies will now be empty
john delaney is the biggest best paid wxxker in football in the world right now for doing absolutley nothing….. trap is a close second and the joy is us poor irish ppl let this continue whilst we struggle with real life bills and mortgages loans rent food etc get rid of those two leeches from irish football and start lookin after irish leagues we could have three prise funds for the same cost of a muppett like delany who does less than a man on minimum wage with nk expenses given to sign on
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Should he stay or should he go now? If he goes there’ll be trouble. If he stays there’ll be double!!
come on and let me know. should be stay or should he go.
I don’t know which clothes even fit me?
F off FAI you gutless, spineless, snakes Delaney you are a disgrace and all your little minions that you keep sweet by giving them pay increases and bonuses every year. What a farce..
What will people say if we sack Trap, hire a new guy, play lovely expansive football with youthful players and end up loosing matches 3:2 and 2:1 and consequently not qualify for anything for a few years?
People will say the existing guy is tactically naiive and we need a world class manager who knows how to get results and get us back into major competitions. Sound familiar?
That’s what was said before with Kerr, and Staunton.
Sometimes you cant win with the Irish. A lot of cake having and cake eating.
What’s most important is for Delaney to go and someone to come in and revamp the Irish Footballing setup.
Niall Quinn anyone? Another out of work football man working as a pundit currently; along with Keane and McCarthy.
By the way, does McCarthy actually want the Irish job back again? Or does Keane for that matter?
Dead right! They should hold a public stoning of Delaney in the Aviva . That’d get the fans in. Then they could sell rocks to throw for 5 Euro. They’d clear the debt easily!
Yous are ridiculous,he was hired to come in and do a job and he has done it, he was asked to qualify for the euro he did it. Yes we got beaten and knocked out but seriously like Spain in the group and Croatia has a better team…we lost against Germany mmmm I’m not thinking this is too much of a shock one of there players has more talent then the whole Irish team. We sit 2 wins from 3 games in the qualifiers…trap has worked magic here cause we ain’t exactly Brazil sure were ain’t even in estonia’s class hardly
We were haunted to win the first game and 2 wins from 3 games against the two weakest teams in the group is no argument for Trap’s retention.
He looks like Leslie Nielson so maybe make a movie “Irish Squad”
Dremmel returns….
I hate being pedantic but its Frank Drebbin
@ Les Rock… Mybad !
But i do agree Mike, he is a wingers for Leslie Neilsen and don’t call me Shirley
Pedantic, ringer.
And about as effective as Drebben
I hate being overly pedantic but it’s actually Drebin (1 b)
Let him stay on till the Qualification campaign is over. It makes no sense to sack him during the qualification campaign.
I’m delighted he is staying on. :)
Once it is not Rednapp is the main thing , see the players who backed are Robbie Keane and Darren O’Dea 2 players who would not get a look in under a new manager
I really hope that get get rid of him just just for the sake of the fans. It’s not a good feeling when you don’t enjoy watching your country because of their negative style of play .
ah stop it! serious sid. Dogs on the street know he’s gonners
If anyone should be getting the boot, it’s that plank John Delaney.
Who else would come in and do a better job ?
Harry rednap, mick mcCarthy, Chris Hughton, Owen Coyle , to name four
But there is no transfer market for the wheeler dealer.
Maybe someone who at least attends games to watch potential players and doesnt slag off his own players for not being good enough. Would be a good start. Redknapp, Klinsmann, Benitez?
I think it’s more like it was one of those , we had a meeting and realise we are smashed and our 360000 euro a year CEO gave him a contract before the euro championship that’s way too much money for us to stump up to get rid of him , so a vote of confidence and fingers crossed , let things die down and so Delaney is safe now too , despite him being responsible for snookering the organisation in the first place. 360000 a year to organise our football ( more than the spanish head of football ) and it doesn’t matter how much he fkkkks it up he seems untouchable , the mind boggles.
Staunton only reason he got the job was he is Delaney’s mate , this is just the FAI looking after the FAI as always and stuff the fans
I may be one of the only people to think this but I truly believe that the right decision has been made in keeping Trappatoni on as Ireland manager. Firstly, let’s just forget about the Euros when discussing his performance as manager.. we were in the worst group imaginable and we came bottom of it. Anyone who realistically believed that we’d qualify from that group was kidding themselves.
Clearly people are still hurting from the drubbings we took in Poland but there needs to be a bit of positivity about our team. All I see is people moaning and whinging about every little things. We beat Khazakstan, lost to Germany and beat the Faroes. Those were the results that we expected and it’s what we got albeit the performances were pretty poor throughout. The defeat to Germany being only the second defeat we’ve suffered in the group stages of qualifying for a major tournament since Trap took over, the other being Russia.
We are in the exact position we expected to be in after 3 matches knowing full well that the matches against Sweden are going to decide second place in our group. So now that we know that Trappatoni is sticking around, how about supporting the manager and the team rather than crying and complaining.
I think he has brought this Irish team as far as he can, it’s time for a new manager with fresh ideas & all the players starting on a clean slate!! The problem is that there’s not many managers available at the moment!!
Be major surprise if they are just having a meeting to confirm their support for him.
Major surprise given!
How that gormless clown Delaney is still in charge beggars belief.
Just give him to NAMA ha
Lansdowne will be a ghost stadium against Greece.
He’s been in charge for 2 campaigns, we qualified from 1 of those, made it to a . We are not a house on world football. We are a minow and are doing very well for what we have. Now lets get out there and do our bit in the friendly against Greece and cheer our team on.
I’d admire the loyal people who want to support Frank Drebin but his style of football is utter torture to watch. Even in the Euro qualifiers – torture. And we qualified for three more 90 minute sessions of total torture. What’s the point?
The brand of football we are playing under Trap is terrible. We need somebody else. If he stays then the Aviva is going to be half empty every home match. It isn’t worth paying lots of money to see us play because our brand of football is awful
Trap staying – just confirmed.
you cant make a race horse out of a donkey
If the FAI were really briefing the likes of the Indo behind Trapatoni’s back that he was going to be fired and have now done a U-turn on the back of a win over the mighty Faroe Islands, they are every bit the muppets we are lead to believe they are…
Either way the Fai dug a hole for themselves after extending traps contract before the disaster that was euro2012, we needed change then. I was never a fan of trap so won’t be sorry to see him leave!!
That’s some bad news right there, so much potential in young players been suffocated by bad management and tactics, 2 more years of cox on the left, Keane up front, o dea in defence, whelan and Andrews in the middle, mcgeady on the right, humpy the Bally up the fieldy
Twas a nice dream while it lasted
& the image above makes him look Papal,which is a weakness.
O shit ,,there goes a hour praying for Trap to get the boot ,,a well better get back on my knees again
It may have been said already but they should have given him an ultimatum:start attending games the players play at club level or go. None of us should keep our jobs if we are not doing what is clearly within the job description
I give up
Who cares !
So basicly we have no money we can’t sack him.Useless shower the Fai!
Ah FFS this is unreal why don’t they just get rid of him and get Big Mick in I can’t believe they are backing him!
If they kept him on based on them beating an amateur side on an astro-turf pitch; they’ve learned nothing.
Trapped
I hope those guys in the Faroes kept their “TRAP OUT” banner
No probs fai ,,enjoy ur empty staduim..in d near future..interesting to see how quick it acts when their pockets are lighter..
Blind leading the blind
Correct decision. Some people get carried away and think we should be playing like Brazil all the time. Get real. Just look at Wales and Scotland to see how their qualifiers have went so far.
If he does get the sack then maybe he will have more free time to go to watch Premiership matches
The FAI don’t have the financial clout to get rid of him, so he stays. We’ll be in with a shout until the end of the qalifying campaign and John Delaney will feel justified. Meanwhile the papers will run TRap to quit stories to boost their sales and the forums and phone ins will be full of armchair fans explaining why he should be sacked.
Of course their backing him….sure they cant afford a multi million euro payoff so they see the less painful 27,500 euro a week pay cheque to Trap as managable..but with fan unrest and empty Avivas looming that could end it all very quick…so if your holding out for a cheaper corporate box…give it another 12 months..
Of course some of the players back him! In all fairness when asked in a post-match tv interview “Do you back the current manager?” what eejit is going to say no?? (especially a manager that seems to hold grudges like Trap)
germany 4 0 up drew 4 4 will they sack there manager dont think sooooo
Major surprise it is
I heard he was ranting at delaney about how he was protected under Croke park…..let’s hope the lazy git actually attends a few games now earning his money & stops taking the mickey out of poor Denis o’brien.
Wily old Fox.
It always staggers me how the word “brand” has sneaked into conversations about football. On a more relevant note, happy enough with that. Rio here we come.
Is this one of the “the chairman and the board have full confidence in the manager!” Type statements??
Tickets for the home qualifiers must be selling well: that’s the only logic behind this. With Trap in charge, Sweden will beat us home and away and Austria will fancy their chances against us too, so the FAI are effectively writing off this World Cup qualifying campaign after only two games.
This excuse that he got us to euros irks me, reason we got there was not as much down to anything trap did as it was us getting a lucky draw against easiest team in play-offs, with trap we will continue to scrape results, continue to reduce our small pool of players. What is also clear, is that apathy to our national team will continue to grow, next friendlies will now be empty
The man is a genius, he should be pope.
john delaney is the biggest best paid wxxker in football in the world right now for doing absolutley nothing….. trap is a close second and the joy is us poor irish ppl let this continue whilst we struggle with real life bills and mortgages loans rent food etc get rid of those two leeches from irish football and start lookin after irish leagues we could have three prise funds for the same cost of a muppett like delany who does less than a man on minimum wage with nk expenses given to sign on
That could be very true Stephen