Mon to manage Republic of Ireland?

[pauliewalnuts]

@patmurphybbc: Mutual admiration between O'Neill & Keane led to MON contact.Appear no serious barriers to the appts.MON intrigued by ying & yang potential

@patmurphybbc: MON taking the Ireland job not dependent on Keane agreeing to hooking up but they've built rapport working for ITV.Who'll play the bad cop?

My take is that he will do a decent job , no transfer market to contend with and he will get the best out of the players at his disposal - a good appointment in my view .

Regarding Keane - an odd choice of number 2 as Keane is very volatile and I'm not sure how they will get on if they disagree over anything - both stubborn men.

My take on it is that Pat Murphy probably struggled to sleep last night, with the permanent hard-on he'll have had at the thought of his hero returning to the game.

[Mister E]

Keane and MON is a partnership which will end in tears.

I can see that too.

[supertom]

A total and utter recipe for disaster. MON isn't the manager he once was and Keano is too volatile and not really cut out for coaching or management. It's going to end badly because it won't take Keane long to start questionning MON's tactics and selections.

[Legion]

Can't wait.

[Monty]

Bringing in Roy Keane? Well, at least he still has his sense of humour.

I actually think that internationals might be where MON finds his best outlet. As Eastie's said, there's no transfer market, and the potential for tactical variation is smaller than at club level because you get next to no time to train with the players. As a result, what an international manager needs above all else is the ability to get his players up and ready to fight on and on, and for all his faults MON is one of the best motivators about.

[Dante Lavelli]

Keane and MON is a partnership which will end in tears.

I can see that too.

Which is great for most of us, watching from the outside.
You'll struggle to find two bigger egos so the eventual car crash will be great viewing.

[Brian Taylor]

MON and Keane is a potentially brilliant combination..brain and brawn. A new order and a new future. Come on the Pods!

[Toronto Villa]

Sunderland fans must be beside themselves with joy at two former managerial heroes coming together like this.

[Monty]

Sunderland fans must be beside themselves with joy at two former managerial heroes coming together like this.

What about Irish Sunderland fans? Barry Glendenning is probably crying quietly to himself in some dark corner somewhere.

[PeterWithe]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Ger Regan]

MON and Keane is a potentially brilliant combination..brain and brawn. A new order and a new future. Come on the Pods!

Have they changed the definition of "brilliant" without telling me?

[Toronto Villa]

MON and Keane is a potentially brilliant combination..brain and brawn. A new order and a new future. Come on the Pods!

Have they changed the definition of "brilliant" without telling me?

Blame the kids. Remember when ill used to define your general well being, then for a bit it meant something that was cool. Now Brilliant means shit. I really can't keep up with it all.

[Legion]

It's sick. I think.

[Mister E]

With MON's idiosyncratic approach to team selection, look out for Ciaran Clark playing centre forward for the RoI and Dunne perhaps having a stint in goal.

[richard moore]

@patmurphybbc: Mutual admiration between O'Neill & Keane led to MON contact.Appear no serious barriers to the appts.MON intrigued by ying & yang potential

@patmurphybbc: MON taking the Ireland job not dependent on Keane agreeing to hooking up but they've built rapport working for ITV.Who'll play the bad cop?

My take is that he will do a decent job , no transfer market to contend with and he will get the best out of the players at his disposal - a good appointment in my view .

Regarding Keane - an odd choice of number 2 as Keane is very volatile and I'm not sure how they will get on if they disagree over anything - both stubborn men.

My take on it is that Pat Murphy probably struggled to sleep last night, with the permanent hard-on he'll have had at the thought of his hero returning to the game.

Murphy is such a grade A tosser. Apart from delighting in the Tesco Bags winning and us losing at every opportunity, he spoke about this on R5 at lunchtime as if he has personally been involved in the dealings and if his view of how it will work out is definitive and unequivocal. He reminds me of that other grade A tosser, Alan Green, in the way he talks with such certainty that only his views count