Upping the Ante: My money would have been on McNamara for the long haul
No one was surprised by Ireland’s football duo getting the boot, but it was a shock to hear that Robbie McNamara, the renowned Limerick horse trainer, was quitting
In the end, there was still something vaguely unsettling about it all. After so long bemoaning the direction we were taking as a football nation under Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane – if, indeed, there was a direction – there were no tears in this corner when the duo were relieved of their posts during the week.
Even allowing for the dearth of talent in our squad, Ireland not only failing to score, ...
