Return of the Mac shouldn’t keep Delaney in his post
After 14 long years in charge, the FAI chief executive still presides over dysfunction and disconnect
During the week, with the door not fully closed behind Martin O’Neill, and before Mick McCarthy stepped in through the gap, a depressingly pointless if predictable question started doing the rounds. Who should replace him?
At the time there was Chris Hughton, who has worked solid wonders with Brighton. There was Neil Lennon, who would infuse any stale side with a rare passion. There was Stephen Kenny, the best footballing mind we have ...