Mon to manage Republic of Ireland?

[TYLER DURDEN]

Woody Allen and Captain Scarlett managing ROI. Should be interesting.

[danlanza]

At least they cannot spunk shitloads of cash up a wall for average players. Thank f..k.

[pauliewalnuts]

Has anyone told the treacherous bastard he won't be able to bring Steve Sidwell on on 75 minutes any more?

[Ron Manager]

I personally think mon will do well with them, he's better suited to international management than the club game.  No wages or transfer fees to worry about, no long term fitness training requirements, just get a bunch of players together for a few weeks of the year and get them motivated to play for each other.  His tactics are simple enough to get across in that situation as well.  They won't win anything but then would any manager get them to?  They may well qualify for the euros though.

To be honest, I hope he does. I don't mind seeing Ireland do well.

He is very good at man motivation (a skill Lambert patently lacks) is Mon. This unusual pairing shouldnt work which means it just might!
I like Ireland as well I hope they do well.

[aj2k77]

Who will throw a tantrum first?

[peter w]

Graham Taylor was a better manager but couldn't transfer his skills the international stage, just because he's a good motivator I can't see why people think O'Neill will succeed. In any case, he'll only pick a squad of around 18 players and never talk to half of them.

[Legion]

Graham Taylor was a better manager but couldn't transfer his skills the international stage, just because he's a good motivator I can't see why people think O'Neill will succeed. In any case, he'll only pick a squad of around 18 players and never talk to half of them.

Shay Given as striker...

[hilts_coolerking]

I'll be interested to see how his tactics fare against the best international sides.

Excuse me, tactic.

[john2710]

As much as it grieves me to say it, I think MON will do a good job for ROI. Despite what we all know about him, players will want to play for him & the fans will want him to succeed. However, I'm not sure about the combination with Keane. One thing Keane is not is a yes man, how will MON cope with being told he's an outdated cnut?.

[Ger Regan]

I'm probably way off the mark, but I wonder if he chose Keane as his assistant as a fall guy if things go wrong......

[cdward]

I'm slightly bemused at all the bitter comments directed at MON. It makes me smile to think people are still angry at our ex manager.
I wonder when the haters will get over it and move on?

[Monty]

I'm slightly bemused at all the bitter comments directed at MON. It makes me smile to think people are still angry at our ex manager.
I wonder when the haters will get over it and move on?

I don't smile much (well, a little - it's only football) when I think of MON being asked in a press conference about signing Falcao and his replying 'Who? No I think we'll be looking a little closer to home' - and going on to sign Heskey. To name just one thing.

[Hoppo]

Bemused? He left us at the worst time ever, to inflict maximum damage. We have never had any answers to why.. he trousered a couple of million and kept quiet like the petty, pube headed prick he is.

[WarszaVillan]

Good luck martin. I always like it when Ireland have a Villa connectiomn

[eamonn]

I'm quite intrigued about it. Trappatoni's tenure has made me used to the defensive, direct style that MON will stuggle to develop. His whimsical interviews will be a refreshing change to Giovanni's not so much broken as banjaxed grasp of English.

One thing I'm not looking forward to is uninformed gobshites asking again and again after we scrape past the might of Denmark and Hungary "Why were Villa so stupid to let him go?".

I do wonder whether he would have taken this gig if the Euros hadn't been expanded by eight extra teams. Ireland have a fighting chance of qualifying and if we do I imagine O'Neill will consider his reputation firmly restored as he looks for one last big club gig.