The Icelandic view: 'A very pleasant guy but cut-throat as a manager'

'No bullshit, no. What you see is what you get,' said Andrews, who is currently the manager of Vikingur’s women’s team and barring a three-year spell has been based in Iceland since 2008.

NEW COLOURS: Heimir Hallgrímsson was announced as the new Republic of Ireland manager in Dublin on Wednesday. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

What can Irish fans expect from their new manager?

That’s the question now on everybody’s lips following the FAI’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that Heimir Hallgrímsson has been given the role.