Chris Hughton, the quiet man of football, appears to be more than happy working under the radar, but his achievement of taking Brighton & Hove Albion to the Premier League is about to awaken a wider audience to his coaching talents and must surely place him on the FAI’s list of potential future appointments.

I like to call it the chocolate cake versus apple tart debate, because that’s how I roll. I keep the metaphors on the basic side, me.

When you really stop and think about it, Giovanni Trapattoni’s comments on Monday night were pretty startling.