Digging up the (recent) past.

By: Eugene | February 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Retro photos ftw!

Dia dhuit everyone, it’s been the better part of a week or so since we (for we, read Denis O’Brien) installed Traps as manager, but I’ve been thinking over the week about what Trapattoni needs to do in order to bring the good times back, and one thing sticks out like a sore thumb, which must be dealt with before anything else. It’s not the solution to all out problems by any stretch of the imagination, but Traps needs to pack his English dictionary and head over to Steve Finnan’s house, because we need him back before the start of the qualifying campaign.

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Tags: FAI, Republic Of Ireland, Steve Finnan, Giovanni Trapattoni, Team News

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By: Eugene | December 5th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

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