My pleasure

Northern Ireland were 88th in the FIFA rankings when he took over. (They have been as low as 122nd). They are now 26th, above - for example - Holland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

In the Euro qualifiers before he was appointed they finished second bottom of their group, behind Estonia and Slovenia.

For the following Euros, last year, they finished top of their group. They had never previously topped a qualifying group in their history and had never played in the Euro finals. It was their first major tournament for 34 years.

They are currently second in their World Cup qualifying group behind Germany.

Posted By: norway on May 1st 2017 at 13:39:16

Message Thread

Michael O'Neil (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, May 1, 10:30:13
- Another uninspiring ant weight. When will Smith learn? (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, May 1, 16:49:50
- O'Neill. (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, May 1, 14:00:54
- O'Neill has done an amazing job. (NCFC) - norway, May 1, 11:39:53
  - Talk me through this amazing job? (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, May 1, 13:21:55
    - My pleasure (NCFC) - norway, May 1, 13:39:16
      - Your well evidenced rationale is hard to argue with (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, May 1, 15:50:43
  - It's his lack of club management experience that would worry me. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 1, 12:32:50
    - Not necessarily, given our proposed model. (NCFC) - norway, May 1, 13:13:27
      - Fair point. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 1, 13:16:31
        
        Yes Rosler feels like a better bet. But can't say I'm certain either way tbh. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 1, 13:17:31
- Because he's cheap (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, May 1, 11:22:17
- had £20 on him at 33-1 when neil was sacked (NCFC) - skippdogg, May 1, 11:01:04
  - I got paid out for Irvine doing 10 games (n/m) (NCFC) - Duck, May 1, 12:13:47
  - Think there will be a new market and they paid in Irvine (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, May 1, 11:01:50
- I assumed it to be nothing more than paper talk (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 1, 10:35:46
  - Which is pretty much all it is. (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, May 1, 11:27:16
    - And, in the main, slag him off because he's not Carlo Ancelotti. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 1, 11:41:38
- Why would Rosler be expensive, he's at Fleetwood so probably on about £100k! (n/m) (NCFC) - shortfatb, May 1, 10:34:18
  - I know Colin and agree, but it doesn't make him an expensive option for us (n/m) (NCFC) - shortfatb, May 1, 16:24:57
  - Fleetwood are hugely bankrolled by a local businessman.. (NCFC) - colincanary, May 1, 12:10:52

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