Feb

13

Just what is Don Givens suggesting about Giovanni Trapattoni?

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Have a listen to the first 5 or 6 seconds of this. The word, Don, is ‘interest’.
 Don Givens talks about Trapattoni

Feb

13

Trapattoni’s appointment could be bad news for Arsenal

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If, as expected, the FAI announce later today that Giovanni Trapattoni is to be the successor to Steve Staunton then Arsenal might find themselves looking for a new head of their youth academy.
It’s widely believed that Liam Brady will become his number 2 in the Republic of Ireland set-up. Having played under the Italian during [...]

Feb

3

Trappatoni for Ireland

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Could Giovanni Trappatoni be Ireland’s new manager? Frankly, I couldn’t care less, but if he can provide the same kind of entertainment in his English speaking press conferences as he did in his German ones when manager of Bayern Munich I’ll be quite happy.

Jan

31

No Room For Emotion

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The news of Beckham’s exclusion from the Engerland squad (not a shock to many) for a friendly shows Capello is serious about the job; it would have been easy to bow down to the media and the populace. The biggest problem has to be his fitness; his Engerland performances have not been outstanding, but then [...]

Nov

24

A nation sighs, and wonders if there’s anything else on worth watching…

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As conversation topic starters go, ‘Who do you reckon should get the England job then?’ scores impressively highly on the soon- to- be- in- a- coma- due- to- mind numbing- boredom factor, competing doggedly for Champions League placings with ‘Who’s on Jonathon Ross tonight?’, ‘Guess what Joan at work said about me today’, ‘Did you [...]

Oct

18

What the Irish media think of Steve Staunton

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Forward to about 4 minutes in, listen to RTE presenter Bill O’Herlihy *nearly* say the word most Irish football fans associate with manager Steve Staunton.

Oct

17

It’s not the pitch

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I love the way this morning’s tabloids have blamed the artificial pitch in Russia for John Terry’s injury. You’d swear these pitches were cement painted to look like grass or something.
I play on one every week and they’re brilliant. You can slide and not rip all your skin off, they’re bouncy and not hard on [...]

Oct

17

Squeaky Bum Time

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Back when the draw for the Euro 2008 qualifiers was made, I looked at Group B and thought “Fuck”. Oh well, there was always the World Cup in a few years. Then, after a bit of a rocky start we beat France. To put a hand grenade in the works, Walter fecks off to [...]

Oct

15

Stephen Ireland’s dad is Burt Reynolds?

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Last week Whoateallthepies highlighted Stephen Ireland’s hair - have a look. Now it’s being claimed that his absence from the Irish squad is not down to any of his grannies not dying, nor his girlfriend’s miscarriage, but a rather vigorous slagging from his Irish teammates.
Newspaper reports in Dublin at the weekend claimed that the reason [...]

Oct

11

Would it be wrong…

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…to enjoy Michael Owen ripping a hamstring in two while playing for England?

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