FAI board of management is meeting tonight

Statement from FAI Board of Management meeting expected in the next half an hour.

ringing the banks right now ....

Stays

I wouldnt mind seeing the back of him unless we had someone lined up to take over from Trap. Do we have anyone in line to take up the position?

Would love to be a fly on the wall at the meeting.

Wait. I am a fly!

BREAKING NEWS: FAI board of management confirm Giovanni Trapattoni is to remain in charge of the national team. Report to follow.

The Football Association of Ireland has confirmed that Giovanni Trapattoni will continue as Republic of Ireland manager.

A statement from the FAI said: "The Board of the FAI met today and discussed Ireland’s performances in the World Cup Qualifying campaign to date and the prospects of achieving qualification for Brazil 2014.

"The Board agreed that convening a meeting between the Germany and Faroe Islands matches and/or commenting on the Germany game or the manager’s position prior to last night’s game would have been totally inappropriate.

"Following today’s discussions the Board, while disappointed like everyone with the poor result and performance against Germany and understanding the frustration of some of our supporters, believes the current position in the group means that qualification for Brazil in 2014 remains a realistic and achievable prospect and reaffirmed that Giovanni Trapattoni is to remain in charge of the national team.

"The Board recognises the depth of feeling surrounding the team, the performances, the results and the manager, reflecting the passion which everyone in Irish football has for the game and will continue to work closely with the manager."

cheers ad...u got a laugh....i love this little italian attitude..........fck em and fck em all

ffs

a couple of yrs ago,i met the trap and in transit to croke  park,his english is very good actually.i am delighted for him

you couldn't make it up ffs....his english is very good....your a clown of the highest order and thats the final proof.....his english is very good ffs.....

I noticed over the past week that the quality of his English improves vastly after a good result.

ss...

i remember the night well.i was there.....were u?

Only for Manuella.

Good man kingrat!

you a fooking joke mate....a classic ..his english is very good ....

i think its called character,and the trap has it in spades.who the fck are u?

dont doubt he has ..but brilliant english.......you fooking clown....

why do u hate him?

his english?

i dont hate anyone son...but for you or anyone else to say his english is good ..is a fooking classic....the world and its wife is laughing at you ffs....

absolute fooking joke that this old goat is going to be left in charge

ah, yre losing it son

agree moneypenny , lack of funds the only reason he's still there....

ratty , you've already lot it....his english is brilliant.......gob****...

well ,delaney got his answer

his english is good
havent laughed so much in a while

guts,brains ,hes still standing and theres nothing you can do about it

but his english......you're some clown ....you 'll be telling us he's giving english lessons next....

did u play?

wonks you are fighting with everyone on here....is it the old age makin ye more twisted iyo....

off to bed with ya , as your dad booby would say...you deffo a chip off the old block...you should be ashamed to appear on here ever again..how can we ever take anything you say seriously after that...his english is good ffs........

old age , i'm a grumpy old man....

I'm bi-lingual, English and Greek, and i know when i get excited my second language, Greek, goes a little astray. No biggie but i know where he is coming from.

oh jesus h christ ive heard it all now....greek......

you couldn't make it up....

Kalanikti Rocketfingers.

workrider im blamin you for the way this thread is turnin....lol....do u speak greek as well w.r...

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It saved an RTE crew and one very well known presenter from getting into trouble in a bar in Cyprus late one night before an Ireland game They were badly outnumbered and a bit drunk i sat in the corner observing then i stepped in, they were stunned but delighted.

Lads not sure why you're laughing at someone being bi-lingual but there you go each to their own.

Surprised there there with ya RF,should have got that easily phonenetcally,just enough in there to stop you googling it.

kalimera rocket...i'm off to bed ....

You're a bit early with that WR, i think Pa is more correct at this time of that day

UNBELIEVABLE STUFF........rocket just a matter of interest how many tablets a day would it take to get in2 your current mental state?id say quite a few....

Efaristo.

I've just proved it you fool ^

Ohi Kala Pa

google translator.....jesus this is just beyond a joke at this stage like....

hows it going pp pa?if you dont mind me asking ,are you giving the workwank 1

Moron get what any of us said via google translate so. Absolute the biggest brain dead on here.

Thelis na kleplosis?

King Prat you are simply deranged.

sadly i'm really tired , i would love to stay , as i think this thread could turn into a greek classic....

hows that working out for you pp pa?

^ fs cmon even trap would make a better fist than the above

excellent,good man!

PLAYER power helped Giovanni Trapattoni to retain his position as manager of the Republic of Ireland after a dramatic 24 hours.

irishindependent.ie

The Irish Independent has learned the intervention of key senior players in the aftermath of the 4-1 win over the Faroes swayed the FAI board towards standing by their man.

It is understood that captain Robbie Keane -- who strongly backed Trapattoni this week -- played a leading role in pulling the players together and approaching the FAI as a group with a view to keeping the Italian in his job.

The association was willing to part company with the 73-year-old, with this newspaper revealing that senior FAI figures were on the verge of sacking Trapattoni before the end of this week after a board meeting was arranged for last night to discuss his future.

However, the Italian has succeeded in riding out the storm, and will be in the dugout for next month's friendly against Greece at the Aviva Stadium.

"Trapattoni deserves to be given the opportunity to prove himself against Sweden in March and put the record straight," said one FAI official after last night's board meeting.

"It was nothing like the Steve Staunton defeats when FAI headquarters was besieged with phone calls for his sacking. There was only a handful of football people saying Trapattoni should go ."

Earlier, one board member who spoke to the Irish Independent said there was widespread concern about Trapattoni's lack of fluency in English, his refusal to travel to England to watch Premier League games and his handling of the and Stephen Kelly issue.

The FAI, who would have been forced to shell out a significant sum to terminate the contract of Trapattoni and his back-room staff, will be hoping that the Irish public respond by turning out for that fixture.

Disillusionment with Trapattoni reached a peak after his team suffered the worst competitive home defeat in Irish football history at the hands of Germany last Friday night.

An improved display in Torshavn, in tandem with a rally from leading players, contributed significantly to the FAI's change of plan.

Aware of the manager's precarious position, the players sought out the FAI hierarchy to make their case to the FAI.

Captain Keane said after the game against the Faroes that the Italian was "everyone's man", while Keith Andrews went further by saying that he would be "devastated" if the veteran left his post.

Last night, a statement from the FAI has confirmed the manager's retention.

"Giovanni Trapattoni is to remain in charge of the national team. The board recognises the depth of feeling surrounding the team, the performances, the results, and the manager, reflecting the passion which everyone in Irish football has for the game, and will continue to work closely with the manager," the statement said.

This newspaper revealed earlier on this week that the FAI board had lost confidence in Trapattoni and would hold an emergency board meeting when the team and officials returned from Torshavn.

It had been expected that the coaching staff would get the sack, but following a spirited second half performance in which Ireland scored four goals and the subsequent pleas from the players, he has now won a reprieve, for now.

a rare occasion when player power results in a manager keeping his job

The main players to support him were keane, andrews and o'dea. These players would surely lose their spot in the team (maybe even the squad) if trap was replaced.

To be fair Andrews was our best player at the Euro's

its called loyalty......when the going gets tough ,u know who yre friends are....now enough of this nonsense and get behind the trap and the team

If its true that players had a say in keeping Il Trapp in employment then it really is gone beyond the beyonds. If memory serves me right Robbie Keane appeared on the Late Late once pledging his support for Staunton. Some of the same players calling for Trapp to stay are the very ones who would most probably be turfed out if he was replaced. Darren O Dea coming on telling us all how hes behind Trapp. FFS. Is there another manager on the planet who would have o dea in the team? It is positively ludicrous that our 3 best players vs the Faroes Coleman, Wilson and McCarthy were not even in Poland. Two of them were only playing because of injury to others.

Decision has been made so time to move on. Hopefully he surpises everyone and changes his ways a bit .If he doesnt we're Fooked to high heaven.

now, shut up and put upye traitors were put back in yre box.face facts!

the facts being.....?

the trap is still the man,comprendi?

.....the facts are Dolerat is a mouthpiece who abuses everybody behind his username but i guarantee you he would not say boo to anybody in person.....

Pot calling the kettle black if i ever heard. You're no one to have a go at the way anybody speaks you prize simpleton Shane.

....and here comes LIARfingers..the greek talking fantasist..pretends he is a hot shot..we all know he is on the dole living at home with mammy and daddy..pretends he goes on loads of holidays..yet he spends the majority of the time he is supposed to be on holidays on here talking rubbish..pretends he lives a playboy lifestyle..we all know he wanks off looking at internet porn after downing a flaggin of tesco value cider.....


.....nobody believes a word you say you lieing fool...everybody laughs at your claims..YOU SAD CASE.....

hello! somebody gave shane  a root up the holeget in touch with pp pa and he will give yo u 1

Shane would love nothing more than getting a good root from another lad

Badly caught out again Shane you absolute clown.

kingrat thats a few times you have said that,i,m getting a bit sick of it to be honest. Do it again and i,m going to report it.

shaneboy is in fact correct and right on his ascertians on birdodonnellfingersandtoes whatever he want to call himself under his varied multiple usernames and everyone knows it.....

ah pp pa,dont be like that...

To be fair Pa is a good guy, but Shaneboy is a fool coming on here and going insane when someone tells him he's clueless. As for richters

....i have never claimed to be good..however i caught you out when i proved you sent me a private message and agreed to a tipping challenge but then you bottled it as everybody would then see you are a clueless lieing gimp...just like they can all see from your LAY DIRAR thread..he won at a big price and then yuo triewd to say you didn't lay him..again you where shown up for the lieing laughing stock you are.....


.....WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE A LIAR..WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE A FANTASIST..WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVE NEVER OWNED A HORSE..WE ALL KNOW YOU NEVER WENT TO SANDOWN..WE ALL KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A TRADING ROOM..WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE A SAD CASE.....

indeed!note the capitals

You don't speak for the forum Shane you deluded half-wit you might think you do but you don't you keyboard warrior. I am a man of my word & my word is my bond Shane !!

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..you lie so often you can't even remember them now..you said you would leave the forum if Sligo won the league..they did and you are still here as you are not a man of your word..you are a LIAR..

Yes and i am but i said after the season had finished, i wanted some gloating time !

i blame el gato......now!are u happy?

btw......fwiw when i met  the trap.he gave me a firm hand shake and looked me straight into the eye and i said to myself,this geezer has the cahoonas

I too met the man at an event a few years ago and my initial thought was he looked like a little old man

did u get his autograph?....

kingrat     18 Oct 12 21:29 
btw......fwiw when i met  the trap.he gave me a firm hand shake and looked me straight into the eye.....and said to me .....howa comea you thinka my english is good ratty.....

did u play?soccer or gaa?

wonks ur turning this forum into a side show with comments like that.....

no,i dont think so because yre not good enough.

fck!i dont think you ever were

Formal apology from rte this morning to Delaney. Has Delaney apologised to the clubs in loi and people of Ireland for his pathetic antics in Poland?

His antics in Poland are forgiveable. His maladministration of Football in this country is not.