Republic of Ireland General Discussion Thread 2026

Mmostly I think the FAI will be scared shtless of trying to find another manager after the disaster of trying to replace Kenny.

yeah, I think this is true…even if it shouldn’t be. It will be a factor in the decision.

The salary also seems to exclude many top candidates

if we lose 3 nil today then the conversation changes again, we are a bit over eager to discuss the managers positions while the story is still being written or not even half way through

I like HH and admire his personality.

I thought the way he acknowledged Ronaldo - rather than ignoring or being animated - showed a steely resolve and a touch of class as well. To me it was saying 'I'm not rising to this, I'll stand my ground look you in the eye - with some respect - because I'm representing this team' (or something along the lines of that).

I thought it made Ronaldo's reaction all the more ludicrous and to me it seemed to be HH standing his - and his teams corner. Not confrontational but not cowering away from Ronaldo's theatrics. It just showed a quiet confidence I admired and that hopefully the team will also learn from. Just my opinion of course.

In typical fashion today could well be another day where we take steps backwards, but I would absolutely be giving him another campaign regardless of today's result.

Absolutely.

I also like HH but the gameplan seems to be to play like the underdog no matter who the opposition is. That's why I'm not convinced, yet. But I'd give him another two years.

People have ridiculously short memories. We see this sh*t every single time. We play well against a big team and fans believe it's a sign of progress.

If we don't win today, we won't have another game against a big team for two years anyway.

3 red cards in those home matches helped a little bit.

Someone said it was good the campaign wasn’t over after 2/3 games so that is great progress. If we scrolled back on this thread after 2 games the campaign was over.

I think he should be given at least another shot at the euros. Can’t see how changing the manager would be beneficial at this stage. We won’t get better changing managers every campaign.

And there it is "hoof ball".

But we had less possession therefore it was "hoofball".

Clubs are moving on from possession for possession sake.

IIf we lose today we are 3rd same as all the other times. Doesn't matter if we fuked it early or late it's the same result in the end.

Id prefer a more German style of football which is more towards useful direct football than SKs more Spanish style of possession football.

If HH implies more of that style ill be happy enough.

Team's out.

Looks like Taylor swapped for Molumby is the only change.

2 - 1 Ireland.

There was no moment even remotely like Portugal across years of the SK reign.

I'd agree we need more though.