I noticed that I’ve got a stage of only writing about football when something bad happens. I rarely write about a great performance by the Irish team.
Well today is no different, I can’t help but bring myself to moan about another dismal display by Ireland.
Staunton wants us to believe that it’s all part of the rebuilding process that we nearly failed to beat one of the poorest sides in Europe, if not the poorest (I hear they’re 195th in the world rankings). Well I for one don’t believe that and by the looks of things, the team still has no faith in him as a manager.
I think it’s time the FAI realised they’ve made a huge mistake. Someone on the radio asked this morning “Why do we blame the manager, he wasn’t on the pitch”, my answer to that is that he should make himself felt on the pitch through the passion and desire of his team. The team played as bad as they did against Cyprus. They simply didn’t look like they wanted to win.
Anyway, enough of the rant. I enjoyed my trip to Old Trafford last week to see Man United’s thrashing of Watford - that’s my happy news! 