Next Republic of Ireland manager

Wouldnt mind mick taking it again. I dont think keane would take it.

There's plenty of good young foreign coaches out there, I'd hate if we went for an unadventurous appointment if there were better coaches available just because "he's Irish"

"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"

Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan

killer kilbane wrote:

To be honest I hope O Neill stays but if he wanted to go I think Hughton is the stand out of the names mentioned if he wanted it. What bout Neil Lennon. Disaster at Bolton but otherwise has a good record and would certainly bring passion

I wouldn't want him to get it, but Lennon probably should have made the short list.Even David O'Leary almost made it, but lost out narrowly to random French bloke. Smile

Green Devil wrote:

There's plenty of good young foreign coaches out there, I'd hate if we went for an unadventurous appointment if there were better coaches available just because "he's Irish"

Normally I would agree but unless we are getting somebody of a very high calibre we would be better off sticking to someone who knows the British and Irish game , this time around at least. For 2020 we will have another few key retirees in forward positions and we might need someone to be picking out gems in the lower divisions and hoping they can fill the void, unless one or two lads decide to declare for us.

As for Lennon; no chance. Since he has left Celtic it has been very up and down and this year he has achieved the bare minimum playing awful football in a weak division, of course a win tomorrow makes the season look very good indeed but he will be taking them up with less points then the got for coming third last year.Next year will be a big one for him, Hibs will be expecting to be in and around the European spots and competing with Hearts, anything less than that, even with another cup win, and he won't be there in 12 months.

I don't think international management would suit his personality anyway, he seems to be the type of guy who very much enjoys the daily routine of club football. I think international management, in general, suits an old, experienced head.

pre Madonna wrote:

Trap junior wrote:

I always think of this when I see Neil Lennon now

https://youtu.be/LNJe42w5ilA

That is brilliant. LOL

Assuming Hughton is in the EPL at Brighton when the vacancy arises, to suggest he would swap that to manage Ireland is not even a remote possibility. There are very few obvious candidates, I wonder if a Roy and Robbie double act is a possibility. My choice would be Mick.

" BFC always gives me a laugh........ "

Cabra Hoop wrote:

Assuming Hughton is in the EPL at Brighton when the vacancy arises, to suggest he would swap that to manage Ireland is not even a remote possibility. There are very few obvious candidates, I wonder if a Roy and Robbie double act is a possibility. My choice would be Mick.

Agreed. I think most have voted in the poll for who they want to get it and not who they think will get it. If we qualify for Russia and then MON leaves after the finals, the only way Hughton will be available is if Brighton have been relegated/started disastrously and have sacked him, and as someone said earlier then his stock will have fallen.The keane double act could certainly be interesting.

I like others said would really like to see us play good football as the last time an Ireland team did was probably in 2002 under Mick? We played some good stuff under Brian Kerr with Andy Reid pulling the strings in midfield, but not enough as Kerr was much too negative in his one campaign. Good football is probably the one thing that would be guaranteed under Stephen Kenny, but his lack of top level experience and the risky nature of his appointment is probably too much. Still surprised he's got no votes.

If the poll had taken place just after Dundalk went out of Europe, or before the start of the domestic season I think that would be different.

Edited by TonyNotJack - 22 Apr 2017 at 11:09am

Lars Lagerback?

He's already been successful (relatively) in international football with Sweden and Iceland and I doubt he was on the sort of euros MON and Keane are. He's just after joining Norway but they are pretty much out of the running for qualification already

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Poll Question: Who will be the next permanent Republic of Ireland manager?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Roy keane	18	[26.47%]
Stephen Kenny	1	[1.47%]
Chris Hughton	34	[50.00%]
Mick McCarthy	8	[11.76%]
Brian McDermott	0	[0.00%]
John Sheridan	0	[0.00%]
Marcelo Bielsa	5	[7.35%]
some random obscure French lad	2	[2.94%]
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