John Fallon: Transparency lacking in Eileen Gleeson's FAI fallback arrangement

Refreshing to have old soldier Caulfield shooting from the hip and ground control places Major Canham's plan on standby.

FAI Director of Football Marc Canham with Head Coach Eileen Gleeson. Pic credit: Ryan Byrne, Inpho.

Imagine for just a second a scenario almost 20 years ago whereby Brian Kerr reverted to his previous post as Ireland youth manager after being deemed a failure in the senior post.

Or a more modern example of Stephen Kenny: How convenient it could have been for the U21 brief he flourished in being left open for when he eventually ran out of road on the ultimate dream job.