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NI boss upstages Irish president
Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez has upstaged Irish president Mary McAleese at a function in Belfast.
Primary school pupils from the Shankill Road at a hotel to meet Mrs McAleese were surprised to spot Sanchez, fresh from the shock 1-0 win over England.
Sanchez said he was pleased to have put smiles on the faces of the pupils at the Wellington Park Hotel and on people throughout Northern Ireland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4225680.stm
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Originally Posted by BBKing
Give them a bit of credit - they had four (count 'em) Premiership players*, which is no worse than many international teams, and are on an upwards roll (unlike Wales, of course). 116th in the world is a reflection of how crap they were the last few years, not recently.
Just for fun, here are the tabloid headlines:
Daily Mail: Sack the Swede
Daily Star: Sack the Swede
The Mirror: Sack the clot
The Sun: Taxi for Eriksson
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The back page of the Sun was "Trashes"
Anyway, I'm was pointing out our lack of depth, our first choice right back can't even get in the first team of a Championship side.
But I agree we are on an upwards roll. We have some promising players. Steve Davis looks like he could develop into a good player and I think Healy can get better, wouldn't be surprised if a prem club comes in for him. Have a few concerns about the goalkeeping, Taylor is 34? now, hopefully he will play on for a few more years as I've lost faith in Carroll.