'It's a funny bubble we're in' - Coleman coping with Ireland's uncertainty

After sticking through Toffees turmoil, the national team captain ignoring managerial delays but he again goes to bat for John O'Shea 

ALL SMILES: Matt Doherty, Seamus Coleman and Robbie Brady at Republic of Ireland Squad Training, FAI National Training Centre, Dublin. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Seamus Coleman is no stranger to noise. The season just passed has been wall-to-wall ill tidings with Everton. Points have been docked, a new ownership plan has disappeared into the Mersey docks where the new stadium is being built and they flirted uncomfortably with relegation from the Premier League.

It is a backdrop that makes the incessant uncertainty around the identity of the next Republic of Ireland manager sound like nothing more than the annoying buzzing of a stubborn bee but England arrive in Dublin in September for a Nations League tie and time is ticking on.