Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Well, it's only good if he would actually get game time at Juventus. Otherwise it might set him back a bit.

David Moyes is out of our league both financially and standards wise. Would be like him leaving West Ham and taking the Sheffield Wednesday job.

If he takes an international job anytime soon it's only gonna be the Scotland job. Also the fact that the FAI were talking to the likes of Hudson and others with Lennon the only manager publicly begging for the job then we'd be blessed if someone like Moyes showed an interest let alone actually take the job.

An hilarious comment that you quoted there, you’re 100 percent correct Moyes is currently way out of our league because of the chaotic clown shoe outfit that the FAI are right now. The notions some people retain are kind of funny given what we’ve seen over the last several months.

West Ham fans are batshit crazy. Sam comes in and saves them but it wasn't the "West Ham way" (whatever that means). Moyes comes in and saves them, they hound him out. He comes back in and saves them, he wins a European Cup with them and then has a fairly mundane season this year. Gets hounded out again. They could easily slide into a relegation battle next year without him. I don't put an ounce of stock into what they think.

I don't remember Everton fans desperate to see the back of him. He left to succeed Fergie.

We have appointed JOS for the 2nd time as interim manager. The idea we should hold out for a manager playing the "right type of football" is gone. That ship sailed.

They went 43 years without winning anything. It might have been time for Moyes to go anyway but some of their fans apparently have wanted him out for ages even though he was steering them well clear of relegation and actually picking up silverware. As is often the case with sections of collective football fans in a given group of supporters; a chunk of them are often very vociferous but not very smart.

I’m a Celtic fan, I know all about it. We’ve had similar nonsense and noise re Brendan Rodgers.

Huh? Do you understand what I said? I said it was admirable to stick to an overall principle instead of suddenly doing a 180 when an easier option for short term success comes along.

Moyes would be an incredible appointment, mad to suggest otherwise.

It's been a good loan move for him

The Moyes chat on here started a couple of pages ago when a poster was talking about Moyes or Brendan Rodgers. Moyes or Rodgers? We wish.

Neil Lennon is in talks to take the Rapid Bucharest job. Apparently that Marc Canham fella phoned Lennon to tell him he was out of the running for the Ireland job. We should have appointed Lennon in my opinion or at the very least shouldn’t have ruled him out and the idea that there were some in the FAI turning their nose up at the prospect of him as manager alarms me given the situation we’re in now with the national team.

I would have been fine with Lennon being appointed. Even more so when other preferred options fell through and we are now in an absurd situation of offering a new manager zero preparation before our next competitive match.

Happy for Kenny to sign a long term deal with Pats, no doubt he will be a success there.

I do think it confirms a lot in terms of the conversation during his reign. We ideally would have a manager who's natural level is above LOI level.

The way you’re trying to compartmentalise things there doesn’t tell the whole picture. The SPL might not be the same level overall than the English Championship but Idah is playing for a far bigger club than any English Championship club. It’s a challenge that he has risen to. He’s playing under a better manager than he ever has before and he’s playing with better players than he ever has before. His game is improving and has improved for those reasons and because he’s got the personality to take the opportunity. He’s not first pick, he’s usually a sub on the hour mark for Kyogo but he’s getting lots of game time. It’s been a good move for him so hopefully it’ll become a permanent move.

Mikey Johnston V Will Smallbone at the moment in the second playoff semi. Manning on the bench too.

Smallbone puts Southampton ahead with a terrific strike. Started the move too.