'I don’t think there’ll be any halfway house'
But the ex-Liverpool and Ireland ace admits that he thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when the ex-Iceland supremo was unveiled as the FAI 's choice to succeed Stephen Kenny in July - and after an eight-month search.
“We had all these names like John O’Shea banded around. I don’t know anything about him, but that might not be a bad thing. He’s either going to be good, or he’s going to bomb. I don’t think there’ll be any halfway house.
Mark Lawrenson Republic Of Ireland Football Team Stephen Kenny FAI
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