{"id":12045,"date":"2025-09-10T11:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/12045\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:28:12","slug":"eamon-dunphy-leads-calls-for-hallgrimsson-to-be-sacked-after-armenia-shambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/12045\/","title":{"rendered":"Eamon Dunphy Leads Calls For Hallgr\u00edmsson To Be Sacked After Armenia Shambles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson’s position as Ireland manager looks untenable in the aftermath of Tuesday’s shambolic defeat to Armenia in Yerevan.<\/p>\n

The Icelander’s contract is up at the end of this World Cup qualifying campaign but as Ireland’s fate is effectively decided after last night’s disaster – deemed by many as the worst defeat in the history of the men’s team – there is nothing to negotiate.<\/p>\n

The FAI now face a decision about keeping Hallgrimsson and his team in a lame duck capacity for the rest of the campaign, or bringing forward the inevitable.<\/p>\n

Ireland will travel to Lisbon to play Portugal and then host Armenia in a month’s time. The mercifully short World Cup qualifying campaign will be wrapped up by mid-November.<\/p>\n

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There were immediate calls from Ireland supporters on social media for Hallgrimsson to be sacked because of the result.<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing in his column in the Irish Daily Star today, Eamon Dunphy provided a damning verdict on Hallgrimsson’s time as Ireland manager and called for him to be sacked by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

He has to go, go this week, and the FAI should appoint a caretaker for the games in October and November.
\nThis campaign is dead so what’s the point in hanging on to the Dentist for another couple of months.<\/p>\n

Dunphy called Hallgrimsson a bluffer and said the defeat was the worst he’s seen in 70+ years watching Ireland.<\/p>\n

A lukewarm endorsement for Hallgr\u00edmsson<\/p>\n

The Ireland team looked shellshocked after the game. When asked about his position by reporters after the game, Hallgrimsson replied:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not concerned about me. When you have a performance like this, the coach\u2019s job is under question, that\u2019s just the name of the game.<\/p>\n

Ireland captain Nathan Collins was asked about Hallgr\u00edmsson’s position after the match while speaking to Stephen Doyle of Off The Ball and gave a lukewarm endorsement after a question as to whether the team still backed their manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to say. There’s a lot of emotion after a match. It’s not the time to be deciding things like that.<\/p>\n

The time for making those decisions will come today and tomorrow for the FAI.<\/p>\n

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