By Darragh Burke Confidence on the ball, trust in your team mates and a plan to break down your opposition? These footballing concepts were seemingly alien to Martin O’Neill and his Irish squad. We’re more familiar with hoofing the ball as far up the pitch as possible, as we’re not good enough to actually pass the ball to each other. A group of players who have reached … [Read more...] about Stephen Kenny is an ideal future Ireland manager
Martin O'Neill
Martin O’Neill might be nearing the end, but his time as Ireland manager was still a success
By Mark O’Connor I think the majority of Irish fans understand who we are as a footballing nation. We are traditionally a mix-up of Premier League and Championship level footballers whom, for the most part, fall under the category of 11 work horses. We simply don’t have the “raw materials” that other countries do. We haven’t been blessed with players such … [Read more...] about Martin O’Neill might be nearing the end, but his time as Ireland manager was still a success
An analysis of the strained relationship between Ireland’s sports stars and the media
Martin O'Neill (Photo credit: Dagur Brynjólfsson on Flickr, Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0) Attention of late has turned to relationship ruptures between sports figures and organisations and the media whose role is to cover them. MTK Global’s pugnacious boycott of Irish media along with high profile spats with Joe Schmidt and Jim Gavin, and Martin O'Neill’s utter … [Read more...] about An analysis of the strained relationship between Ireland’s sports stars and the media