Tale of Fab and Trap shows different style of the Italian jobs

So farewell Fab. And hello again Trap.

There might only have been the width of the Irish Sea separating the two Italian jobs but this week we learned again that there is a world of difference between managing the Republic of Ireland and managing England.

Yesterday, Giovanni Trapattoni was back in the driving seat, laying out the next stage of his European Championship finals plans in Waterford, while his compatriot and colleague was reduced to signalling his disgust from the historical sidelines as English football, with barely a backward glance, got on with the all too familiar business of clearing up another fine mess — and perhaps even creating another one in the process.