YES, IRISH FOOTBALL NEEDS HUGE INVESTMENT IN COACHES AND FACILITIES, BUT ALSO A NEW ASSOCIATION TO RUN IT TO

They invented the gig economy.

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The difference with these boys is that the gigs are exceptionally lucrative.

The reaction in the media to the disastrous start — and end — to Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign?

Most of the heat has been reserved for the players and the FAI.

Why is Hallgrimsson not getting more criticism?

As a football manager, Hallgrimsson makes a great dentist.

From the start, he struck all the wrong notes.

Remember how it was noted that he wasn't going to games, instead using a software package on his laptop to track players?

Remember the FAI getting special dispensation so that John O'Shea rather than The Dentist would do the first pre-match press conference?

What kind of message was that sending out? It certainly didn't inspire confidence in the man in charge.