Defiant Trap vows to fight on

If Ireland beat the Faroe Islands tomorrow night — and nobody is now considering that a foregone conclusion — then Giovanni Trapattoni will continue in his role as manager for the time being but, barring an unlikely turnaround in team fortunes, it is impossible to imagine the 73-year-old seeing out the World Cup campaign.

Defiant Trap vows to fight on

Anything less than three points in Torshavn, however, and the pressure on the FAI to act immediately will be overwhelming — especially since the manager himself insists that he would not be prepared to jump first.

“Why should I resign?” he asked on Saturday. “We would still have seven games left.”

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