John Fallon: Another FAI wishlist off to a false start

Evergreen Weso still laying on the style at 41 and Long way round to Canada for Cork native Kevin.

FAI director of football Marc Canham during a media briefing for the FAI's Football Pathways Plan at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

We're approaching 20 years since Packie Bonner gritted his teeth — Italian '90 style — and rejoiced at the FAI delivering its first technical plan.

Ireland's legendary goalkeeper was by then their technical director in succession to Brian Kerr and took pride in unfurling a four-year blueprint designed to produce a deeper stream of players.