{"id":21241,"date":"2018-11-21T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=21241"},"modified":"2018-11-21T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:35:20","slug":"the-five-potential-candidates-to-become-the-next-irish-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/the-five-potential-candidates-to-become-the-next-irish-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Potential Candidates to become the next Irish Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It\u2019s official: Irish football is in crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s Groundhog Day again, another bad result against a team we should be comfortably beating on paper has seen Martin O\u2019Neill and his assistant Roy Keane walk from the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five years of aggressively mediocre football have finally come to an end. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a look at the five possible candidates to take up the poisoned chalice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Mick McCarthy<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One half of Saipan, made wearing Diadora boots on the sideline cool, and star of the greatest video in YouTube history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vo5qX1Yr-hQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mick-mccarthy-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mick-mccarthy-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mick-mccarthy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it stands, putting money on Mick McCarthy taking over from Martin O\u2019Neill may well be a smart move as it makes the most sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was an underpowered Ian Harte penalty away from a World Cup quarter-final in 2002, but since then has etched out a solid, if unremarkable career in English football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has two Championship titles under his belt, but his life in the top division was always fighting for relegation survival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is now a free agent after six uneventful years at Ipswich, turns 60 in February, and was the face of Penny\u2019s best ad campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the prospect of leading out Ireland on home turf at Euro 2020 a possible career send-off, Mick McCarthy makes too much sense not to be the next Irish manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Owen Coyle<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was linked with the Arsenal job in 2011, he turned down the Celtic job for personal reasons, brought Marcos Alonso to the Premier League and most crucially, played 7 minutes in a pointless friendly for Ireland in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Owen Coyle\u2019s reputation has plummeted from those heady days FA Cup semi-final days at Bolton Wanderers, with his most recent stint at Ross County culminating in 4 wins in 22 league games and walking off the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes after a bizarre foray at the helm of Houston Dynamos and a profoundly mediocre spell in charge of Blackburn Rovers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So naturally, Owen Coyle makes perfect sense to become the next Ireland manager. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Owen Coyle has nothing to lose by taking on the Irish job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin O\u2019Neill was perhaps burdened a small bit by expectation following his incredibly successful time at charge of Celtic and establishing Aston Villa as a top-6 Premier League team, but Owen Coyle, on the other hand, has been known to get the most out of very little.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While his recent CV listed above is enough to make even the most ardent football fan go \u201cyeah, I\u2019d rather have Steve Staunton back,\u201d Ireland loves to hire managers based on past glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giovanni Trappatoni\u2019s career was in the gutter when he took over too, but he won the Champions League as Juventus manager in 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s worth a shot, at least.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Sam Allardyce <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, the man who was fired from the England job after two months is a good pick to become the next Irish manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any man who drinks wine out of a pint glass is already an honorary Irishman in my books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sam-wine-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sam-wine-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sam-wine.png 757w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best of all, he was also manager of Limerick in the 1980\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An old-school manager with proven Premier League credentials and a Limerick connection? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where do we sign up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut wait!\u201d cry the purists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStephen Kenny is right there! We should hire a successful domestic manager!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A valid point, but has Stephen Kenny ever rattled his fellow managers because his team played smash-mouth, attack and grab, win in the 90th-minute hoofball?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Ireland needs now is an unapologetic take-no-prisoners hardman with a proven track record, and they don\u2019t come more old-school than Big Sam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iceland enthralled the world in 2016 with their heroics at Euro 2016, and by knocking out England, they instantly became cult heroes to Irish football fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They followed up their French escapades by topping their World Cup qualification group of Turkey, Croatia, and Ukraine, and brought their trademark brand of gusto and tenacity to Russia this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were desperately unlucky not to get out of their World Cup group, but drawing 1-1 with Argentina is no mean feat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admittedly it was an Argentina team that imploded spectacularly, and Iceland was played off the park by Nigeria and eventual finalists Croatia, but it was still an incredibly spirited performance by the North Atlantic boys. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hallgr\u00edmsson was assistant at Euro 2016 and was involved with the national team set-up since 2011 before his July departure, and while he might be focused on his dental practice, the Ireland job seems like a tempting career move at this stage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If he can get a country of 350,000 people playing like Spartans against a Lionel Messi-led Argentina, then why can\u2019t he get a country of nearly 5 million playing like they give a damn?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21243\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21243 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/clap-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/clap-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/clap-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/clap-358x239.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/clap.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who doesn&#8217;t want to see this at the Aviva?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a fantasy scenario where Ireland can attract successful foreign managers, Klinsmann would top my list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made America fall in love with football at the 2014 World Cup and guided his native Germany to a third-place finish at the 2006 tournament. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want international pedigree, you got it.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21244\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21244 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Making dads tut at their TV\u2019s since 1994\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive-230x144.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive-115x72.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dive.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making dads tut at their TV\u2019s since 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only significant factor against Klinsmann is the circumstances in which he left the American job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were demolished 4-0 by Costa Rica, effectively kneecapping America\u2019s World Cup qualification hopes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering how aggressively bland and defensive Costa Rica were at the 2014 and 2018 tournaments, one must wonder what went wrong to let such a lean and defensive team run riot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s also his disastrous spell in charge of Bayern Munich to consider, but at this stage, it\u2019s either having a good German manager in charge or watching Shane Long try to play football.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_21241\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"21241\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 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Day again, another bad result against a team we should be comfortably beating on paper has seen Martin O\u2019Neill and his assistant Roy Keane walk from the job. Five years of aggressively mediocre football have finally come to an end. Let\u2019s take a look at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_21241\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"21241\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10746,"featured_media":21247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":41,"today_views":0},"views":2078,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/14197481.jpg","wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10746"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21249,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21241\/revisions\/21249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}