Martin O'Neill...

I don't see what the big rush is in getting a new coach. Sooner would be better but this should be seen as a long term appointment, 5 years +, so if we have to wait to get the right man then so be it.
I also don't see the need for the manager to be Irish. If the best man available on the planet is Irish then fair enough.
The only area in International football where you are given a totally free pick (nationality) is the management team. Obviously the playing squad need to be Irish or Irish qualified but we have completely free reign with the nationality of the management. Why we would impose unnecessary restrictions on who we could appoint is madness.
Bigger countries than us have looked beyond their borders for a manager (Portugal, Russia, England etc..). There is no shame in it, it is just common sense.

horsebox wrote: Similar style of play to Trap - we may end up again hoofing the ball to 2 big lads upfront.

Roberto Baggio wrote: horsebox wrote: Similar style of play to Trap - we may end up again hoofing the ball to 2 big lads upfront. We dont have any big lads who are strikers and good enough to be starting.  Long and Doyle are decent enough in the air but neither is over 6 foot.

Sammon and Walters.

Long is not tall but very good in the air.

jinky wrote: Ibaraki wrote: jinky wrote: People should be delighted if o'neill gets the job,its not exactly a highly sought after job in football   We've never had a problem getting someone to do the job before   oh yeah I forgot,Steve staunton and Brian kerr

....Tony Mowbary

Comparing O'Leary at Leeds and O'Neill at Celtic is bizarre considering the legacies left behind. Leeds are in the poorhouse and Celtic in the CL group stages again........

I hope O'Neill gets the job, he'll get the best out of our players.  Hughton would be a good choice but doubt we'll get him, he's a young manager who sees his future in the EPL for the next few years.  Mick McCarthy? he did a good job when here before but you should never go back. 

Go for O'Neill, he'll put confidence back into the players.  We'd certainly qualify for Euro 2016 with O'Neill and we'd give a good account of ourselves there as well, we'd fear no-one.

jinky wrote: seanyshuffler wrote: jinky wrote: Ibaraki wrote: jinky wrote: People should be delighted if o'neill gets the job,its not exactly a highly sought after job in football   We've never had a problem getting someone to do the job before   oh yeah I forgot,Steve staunton and Brian kerr ....Tony Mowbary he wasn't Ireland manager

I don't think you're that stupid to get what I'm pointing out?

RogerMilla wrote: jinky wrote: Ibaraki wrote: jinky wrote: People should be delighted if o'neill gets the job,its not exactly a highly sought after job in football   We've never had a problem getting someone to do the job before   oh yeah I forgot,Steve staunton and Brian kerr     jack charlton , bobby robson, trap

Eoin Hand

Drumcondra 69er wrote: O'Neill plays a pretty uninspiring style of football and wouldn't be my first choice. His reputation is overhyped and his achievements at Celtic over rated. It was Wim Jansen who knocked Rangers off their perch and brought Larsson to the club. O'Neill had a huge budget regularly spending sums in the region of 6m which were big fees back then. His failure to finish top 2 in any of his Champions League campaigns concerns me as does the two last day SPL failures when the pressure was on.

Wim Jansen did stop the 10, but hardly knocked them off their perch  Even if he did resign straight after, Rangers won the title at ease the following year, in a season Celtic were carried by Larsson's devastating form up front. He only managed 16 goals in his first season under Jansen. It was under Venglos where Larsson really showed his true form and this was still the case when Barnes arrived in 99. However, that leg break had the potential to ruin his career. Instead, the following year he recovers to scores 53 goals in O'Neills first season. He formed memorable striking partnerships with Hartson and Sutton in that time as well. O'Neill deserves some credit for maintaining Larsson's form and getting even more from the Swede.

In his first 2 seasons yes, he spent big money in SPL terms but he had rebuild the squad after the Barnes/Dalglish debacle. The following 3 seasons he spent nowhere near that amount on players. Also, Rangers nearly spent twice the money O'Neill did in this time and could only manage two titles, both won on the final day through goal difference and a late Scott McDonald strike.

With regards to those final day losses, in 02/03 they were in the middle of that UEFA Cup run. Rangers found out themselves in 07/08 how tough it can be to stay in the ascendency in a title race while trying to win a European trophy. 04/05 was disappointing yes, but the man was under pressure outside of football at the time. IMO it would be a bit harsh to question/judge the man's ability to deal with pressure under those circumstances.

O'Neill does have the least impressive Champions League record against Strachan and Lennon, but it is a record hardly to be ashamed of. It was a dubious late penalty that denied Celtic taking a point in Turin v Juventus the 01/02 group stage that would have seen them qualify for the next phase in 01/02. The same happened again in 03/04 against Lyon in the final group stage tie. And this is Celtic we are talking about as well, not some team from a major European league.