Door closed for Trap

If you had said after the 1-1 draw at home to Cyprus that we would be at a World Cup play off in two years, and qualify for a tournament two years later, you'd have been laughed off the internet. Yet, that's where Trapattoni brought us.
I'm genuinely sorry to see him go, and I fear for the future of the game here with GAA in the ascendancy again, and rugby still drawing massive viewing numbers, but I have to admit it was one qualification tournament too many.

I think in time, his majority of his tenure will be remembered well.

Thanks for the memories Trapattoni, Paris, Poznan, etc,