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    #151
    Originally posted by Maestro View Post
    Mate of mine put €150 on Trap @ 150/1 !!!


    He must have had some inside info then ?

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      #152
      Originally posted by johnp View Post
      http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0213/ireland1.html



      Denis O'Brien is picking up half the cost of the management team
      Only in Ireland. Pathetic that they ahd to scrounge money from the public. I know they didn't ask him but they admitted on the news tonight that without that investment, they were shopping in a cheaper market. Disgraceful. No wonder we've been such a mess for the past I don't know how long. Bunch of scroungy idiots running our football
      but then that's no breaking news.

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        #153
        Originally posted by Nic83 View Post
        He must have had some inside info then ?
        Dunno. He could have just been hedging his bets like you were.
        He hasn't replied to my txt yet - he's probably pissed in a gutter somewhere.
        Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it

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          #154
          €150 on a hedge, he must be a very well off man

          He is now anyway!

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            #155
            Originally posted by Nic83 View Post
            Only in Ireland. Pathetic that they ahd to scrounge money from the public. I know they didn't ask him but they admitted on the news tonight that without that investment, they were shopping in a cheaper market. Disgraceful. No wonder we've been such a mess for the past I don't know how long. Bunch of scroungy idiots running our football
            but then that's no breaking news.
            Couldn't disagree more.
            We're not a super power in terms of National team, League or anything else. How do you expect us to get money to get a top coach?
            If Trapattoni didn't happen we'd probably still have needed the money to get Venables/Houllier.
            If it wasn't either of them, we probably could have got by without donations and brought in Billy Davies, or Liam Brady or someone who'd have nowhere near the pedigree of Trap.
            How is that disgraceful?
            And, what about the money the FAI get from the Government?
            How about the GAA getting money from the Government? or McManus giving money to Limerick GAA?
            Well, here we are in a room with two manky hookers and a racist dwarf. I think I'm heading home.

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              #156
              I don't know what goes on behind the scenes at the FAI or about the finances but you would think a country like us with the cost of everything here and our taxes and **** should have enough money to get someone in of a higher calibre than Billy Davies! Government donations are fine, in fact it's they who SHOULD be donating the quan. It's the fact someone from the public had to donate that irks me. The government are cunts.

              You say we're not a super power in terms of national team. You're right, we're not, but we should be. What ever happened to the funds and plans for our new stadium? 2020 now I hear! Sham IMO.

              You probably know more about it than me though as I'm not looking into it too deeply, I'm just saying it how I see it/or read it in the papers so if there are legitimate reasons why we can't get proper funding well so be it but I just can't see why there should be...
              Last edited by Nic83; 13-02-08, 11:27 PM.

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                #157
                Originally posted by Nic83 View Post
                You say we're not a super power in terms of national team. You're right, we're not, but we should be.
                Why? It's a tiny island with less than 5 million people on it....how on earth is Ireland expected to be a superpower?
                Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it

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                  #158
                  I don't get the stance against taking the money from O'Brien. The guy is loaded, he wants the Irish team to do well, much better idea than wasting a hundred times more in a foreign club. Fair play to him. The FAI got lucky with it, but so what.

                  The only problem, that was mentioned last night, was that apparently he was "in the loop" before Staunton was sacked. Which is hardly fair, and may have influenced his sacking. I'd also like to know if he would still have given the money if we hadn't gotten Trap or someone of his ilk.

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                    #159
                    Does no one think that Trappatoni might be yesterdays man? It's not as if he has been poached from a top job and wasn't he a crap Italian national team manager anyway?
                    "The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
                    -- William Blake

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                      #160
                      Originally posted by dww View Post
                      Does no one think that Trappatoni might be yesterdays man? It's not as if he has been poached from a top job and wasn't he a crap Italian national team manager anyway?
                      Who knows. I guess we'll find out in time.
                      He did win the league last year, and is joint top this year. Yeah I know, the Austrian league, not quite Seria A or La Liga, but still.

                      He did also say that he had other offers from clubs, but that he wanted out of club football. He wanted to spend more time with the family (no pun intended ).
                      Well, here we are in a room with two manky hookers and a racist dwarf. I think I'm heading home.

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                        #161
                        Originally posted by Maestro View Post
                        Mate of mine put €150 on Trap @ 150/1 !!!

                        is that 150€ * 150?

                        22.500€

                        i could get drunk on that...
                        "I have decided to escape, to defy the shogun. Today I will begin walking the road to hell. But you will choose your own path. So, soon you may be seeing heaven. Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death."

                        "You would've been happier if you'd chosen to join your mother in her world. " - Ogami Itto

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                          #162
                          Originally posted by dww View Post
                          Does no one think that Trappatoni might be yesterdays man? It's not as if he has been poached from a top job and wasn't he a crap Italian national team manager anyway?
                          Yes - of course that's a worry. But you have to remember that we're talking about the Irish national team. It's hardly the most glamourous, interesting or well paid job in world football, is it? There was 0% chance of the FAI poaching anyone from a top job.

                          He was definitely the outstanding candidate for the job….I mean, look at the alternatives. While England were courting the likes of Capello and Mourinho, there were coaches in the frame for the Irish job of the ilk of Billy Davies, David O'Leary, El Tel and Graeme Souness. That says it all.

                          He's not been out of football and is still achieving results in present role, albeit in the Bundesliga.
                          Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it

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                            #163
                            Originally posted by Maestro View Post
                            Yes - of course that's a worry. But you have to remember that we're talking about the Irish national team. It's hardly the most glamourous, interesting or well paid job in world football, is it? There was 0% chance of the FAI poaching anyone from a top job.

                            He was definitely the outstanding candidate for the job….I mean, look at the alternatives. While England were courting the likes of Capello and Mourinho, there were coaches in the frame for the Irish job of the ilk of Billy Davies, David O'Leary, El Tel and Graeme Souness. That says it all.

                            He's not been out of football and is still achieving results in present role, albeit in the Bundesliga.
                            It's a fair point - I can't think of any obviously superior (and available) candidates.
                            "The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
                            -- William Blake

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                              #164
                              Originally posted by Maestro View Post
                              Why? It's a tiny island with less than 5 million people on it....how on earth is Ireland expected to be a superpower?
                              The underage (schoolboy) football in Ireland is one of the best set ups in the world. The talent is limitless. So the platform is there to be built on. That's why.

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                                #165
                                Originally posted by dww View Post
                                Does no one think that Trappatoni might be yesterdays man? It's not as if he has been poached from a top job and wasn't he a crap Italian national team manager anyway?

                                Agreed. His appointment doesn't exactly fill me with joy but I know f all about him really so i'll reserve my judgement

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