THE FAI HAVE tonight confirmed that Giovanni Trapattoni will remain as Ireland boss for now.
There had been initial widespread speculation that the FAI would sack Trapattoni, after they had called a meeting to discuss his future tonight.
Many fans and critics had urged the association to sack Trapattoni, citing the manager’s negative style of play, his eccentric team selections and stubborn attitude as increasingly unacceptable, particularly after the side were hammered 6-1 by Germany at the weekend.
However Trap’s supporters, encouraged by the team’s 4-1 defeat of Faroe Islands last night, have pointed to the manager’s record as Ireland boss, in which he has only lost two qualifiers during his time in charge as evidence that he should be kept on.
There are rumoured to be other mitigating factors in the decision, with many commentators claiming the FAI cannot afford to pay the compensation to which Trap is entitled should he be sacked.
With all that in mind, what do you think? Have the FAI made the right decision?
Get rid of the Delaneys first then we’ll worry about the Trap.
Well said
No offence to trap, he’s had a great career but at this point in time he’s not the man to move the team forward
This only proves one thing. The f.a.i. have never changed in the last 50 years. Its always stand of nepotism and cronyism. It also proves one thing. John Delaney rules it, there is no board, JUST ONE MAN.
He’s a cowboy and doesn’t have a clue
I freekn hope so I’m fed up listening about how shit he is
Money talks.
No no no no no
All things as they are, the option is to pay his salary rather than pay him off, pay a new salary and hope that the new manager can get better results from the same pool of players. Its highly unlikely Ireland will qualify no matter who is manager, there are some players that show promise but realistically as a group they are simply not good enough to play at the highest level regardless of team selection, formation or manager. Better to leave him at it and then build fresh when is contract is up or pay out put a new manager in, build now and not qualify anyway, not great options but they probably picked the right option.
Correct and right good Sir/Madame!
Spot on. The FAI is mis-managed. They cannot afford to cut Trap and higher a new manager. The FAI hare going to cause a black period in Irish International Soccer in the same way they have not help develop the domestic league. It’s a sad reality for us soccer fans who will be given stick for looking over the water for soccer entertainment.
Glad that the FAI won’t mind an empty Aviva stadium for the games, wonder how much that will cost?
I bet if Trappatoni had a full squad available he would stick with his tried & trusted ie. Whelan,st Ledger, Dunne etc…as soon as they come back, McCarthy, Whelan & Coleman will be dropped to the bench to keep Long company…
He keeps saying ‘I change the team’ then in the next breath he bemoans the absence of his senior players out injured…
Plus ca change…
Exactly…he did say he’d start anew after the euros but Did f*** all.
Good money after bad. Sound Irish for sure but Trap should have been given the door, not another weeks wages.
Not a soccer fan but the words you can’t make a silk purse out of sows ears comes to mind.
You’re real Poll should ask “Should the FAI sack their World Class Clown of a C.E.O. John Delaney”
You all talk as if Ireland is one of the biggest football nations in the world??? Sad that i saw the 6:1 against germany, but that wasnt traps fault. your players are not at the level they need to be and that is a fact. Austria will win and that is not even a great football nation either… Wake up… And face reallity
Money talks, IF The FAI had the money they certainly would have sacked him! In 6 months time this will come full circle and bite them on the hon!
let the man get on with his job! jesus we love to moan dont we??
So just as we were getting our hopes up and thinking that the FAI were about to get the nation cheered up….they bottle it and keep the joker Trap employed. This will come back to haunt them next year.
They should have went for someone like Keane or Mc Carthy or even both, that would be interesting!!!
oh yea cause mc carthy done a great job didnt he ??
Financially the correct decision, but completely wrong from a football point of view. What we’re very quick to forget though is the fact that our players are quite poor too. We’re no world beaters anymore, we’ve got paddy and jimmy average and I think it doesn’t matter what manager is in charge that fact isn’t going to change. That being said I think a manager who picks the right team, players that are playing against quality opposition week in week out, who are in firm and are adaptable is the way forward
is this decision driven by financial reasons? that’s the main worry here!
Nobody can turn our players into world beaters.
Coyle, keane, McCarthy…. All failed managers. Redknapp maybe but he’s all about the money.
I think it was right to keep him for this campaign, then look for a new manager.
Euro2012 told us all we need to know, never mind another campaign.
@Willie, Redknapp is all about the money!!!, what about the incumbent he isn’t doing the job for charity…At least Harry can communicate, he would turn up to watch his players. He wouldn’t be calling his players idiots in public…least we forget we wouldn’t have to pay for Manuella. Wonder who is paying her wages…I bet it’s not trap!
One of Traps major faults is his poor communication and inability to relate to a new generation of footballers. Harry admitted in court last year that he’s never even sent a text! Bringing in Harry instead of Trap would be like selling your record player to buy a Walkman! Both belong to a bygone era and aren’t relevant to modern times
Have agree with de Ross….. We are a small nation, no world class players, but people think we should be mixing it with Spain and brazil!
Have we lost a competitive match we we expected to win yet???
NO!!!
Red knapp s best attribute was wheeling and dealing in transfer market…. Couldn’t do that in international football buddy
Dead bloody right. And everyone moaning about Euro 2012. We got beaten by Croatia, Spain and Italy… Top teams who would be expecting to beat a team of our quality by the scorelines they did…
We’re only bloody Ireland!!!!!
my hole Charles never stopped us doing it before under different managers did it.
It’s not the fact that we lost, it’s the manner in which we lost. Irish teams have rarely gotten the hammerings they seem to be getting regularly under Trappatoni at the moment and I put that down to his ineptitude stemming from his poor communication skills, his outdated tactics, his laziness in refusing to go and watch players, and his knack for rubbing players up the wrong way.
Despite the current climate, the FAI have announced that the seemingly inevitable job losses have been avoided. #trapped
Hopefully this will be a kick up the arse for him and he will start picking his best team and stop falling out with players..il support the team whoever is in charge coybig
Can you let the trap thing go.Bit boring now journal.
They don’t read and comment on the Trap articles
Ask nicely and Roy Keane would do it for free if Delaney is gone
All respect to Trap for his past glories but his genius is relevant to a bygone era. He cannot relate to modern players and, as such, needs to move on. An international manager that refuses to watch prospective players first hand cannot be giving the job the attention it needs.
One quick word on all the Delaney bashing; keep in mind that whether Trap’s tenure can be viewed as a success or not it was undoubtedly a coup for the FAI to get him in the first place. Delaney obviously has strong negotiation skills and the FAI leveraged ‘brand Trap,’ well while he was popular with fans. Im no diehard Delaney cheerleader but I will say that he helped Ardcroney FC, a local club in North Tipperary, raise almost €10k for Cancer Research the summer before last by spending one Sunday at a fundraiser meeting people and bringing some additional attention to a great cause. He had his own little boy and girl with him and he gave a great speech about the importance of kids and ladies football. Changed my opinion of him to see him do that.
I’m not as sure as the vocal ‘Delaney Out,’ brigade are that the FAI would be a better place without him. In fairness… As the old song goes… ‘Used to be a w@#¥€r but he’s alright now!’ #ybig
Are you serious ? Was delaney that got Steve Staunton in , a man that had never managed any club never mind a country ,he also decided to give Trap a new contract even before the euros , where anyone with half a brain would have said, wait until we see how you get on in the euros , this is why were in a position now that we cant affotd to get rid of him . Delaney himself btw is on over 400 thousand a year,
I believe we need to get Niall Quinn onto the board of the FAI for starters then we will have a professional that has played and administered at the highest level in football and not 2 nd administrators that we have at present
Harry Redknapp??? Are ye for real. This is the clown that luckily got someone to buy that other clown Keane and what does he do ?. He goes and buys him back again. The man is a chancer. One miserable trophy (FA cup) if I’m right is all he ever won and only won that cause no opposition in final. A pure waster
c’mon the pool
Yeah Blackpool!!
Name someone better that would realistically take the job Keith?
Gi ve the man a break. We don’t have a game till march. Anyway it will cost too much to sack him.
Is this the Wexford joe who used to be up in urlingford years ago in Kilkenny
Hes too expense to sack