Ciarán Murphy: FAI better off hiring John O’Shea than an average journeyman manager from elsewhere

Republic of Ireland interim head coach John O'Shea gestures on the touchline during an international friendly match at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire’s hunt for a new manager will soon enter its sixth month, and John O’Shea’s stint as interim head coach has not given us any definitive answers.

If you have a high-class up-and-coming candidate from your own club or county, you hire them and you give them everything they need to win. That’s the dream scenario: let’s call it the “Lee Carsley scenario”.FAI better off hiring John O’Shea than an average journeyman manager from elsewhereThat’s not always, or even often the case though. Most of the time, GAA clubs and counties are left with the exact same decision the FAI now finds themselves in.

That’s the coaching profession. You get a tune from some dressingrooms and not others. Fellahs like that they can’t afford to lose too much sleep over why their last job went wrong, because they’re on the hunt for their next one. And if the Uruguayan FA come knocking for Poyet after Ireland win their first eighth games under him, let’s not be too surprised if he jumps ship

Watching Gaelic football for the last few months, it was clear how deeply Kildare’s Glenn Ryan, Meath’s Colm O’Rourke and Cork’s John Cleary felt their team’s losses.

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