Lets put things back in perspective,
Well, David Beckham didn't waltz off home in a huff on the eve of the tournament, after slagging off the manager
Roy keane was sent home by Mick McCarthy, sacked as captain, having to make his own travel arrangenments after McCarthy's absolute blunder in handling the situation. This thread has vasilated back and forth and I have to say Ireland's priority should have been to go into this tournament with the strongest team possible, coaches aside its the boys on the park that make the difference. We've lived in the shadow for too long...Keane was right lets get rid of the passengers and write our own destiny. We've made it to the world stage we've proved we can compete with England, Holland, Portugal and Germany...we're not here for the sun and the tan anymore, the luck of the Irish doesn't mean shit.