We delve into the reasoning that led the FAI to appoint the former Iceland and Jamaica manager.
Gavin Cooney AND SO 289 days after Stephen Kenny left the FAI , a new managerial era officially begins with a Nations League game at home to England.
The most famous moment of Hallgrímsson’s managerial career came when he was in joint charge of his native Iceland with Lars Lagerback, knocking England out of Euro 2016 on their way to the quarter-finals. Another win against England on Saturday would be an astonishing start to life with Ireland, but a truer test of his tenure will be Tuesday’s visit of Greece.
They also expect Hallgrímsson to change the means in which information is imparted to players. Whereas Kenny’s video analysis sessions could be long – sometimes stretching to 90 minutes – it’s expected that Hallgrímsson will deliver less information but more often, rarely in chunks longer than than 15 minutes.
Kenny is believed to have also made contact with McAteer’s former Leicester team-mate, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, now at Chelsea, with a view to representing Ireland. Dewsbury-Hall didn’t have any interest in a switch at that point, but Hallgrímsson might check again. Sunderland left-back Dennis Cirkin is another name to watch in this regard.
Hallgrímsson gave debuts to 27 players aged 23 and under while in charge of Jamaica, an experimentation made easier by his arranging internationals for home-based players outside the official Fifa windows. He wants to import that plan to Ireland. Hallgrímsson informed the Jamaican federation of his intention to stand down a month prior to the Copa, and told the players of his plans on the eve of their final game. Asked by the Jamaican press as to what would be next for him, Hallgrímsson told them he would take a week off before assessing where next to go. One week later, he was appointed as Ireland manager.
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