Niall Quinn: Roy Keane changed a city, he can still do that with Ireland

Could Roy Keane become the next Ireland manager having been sounded out six months before Heimir Hallgrimsson was appointed?

Ireland football legend Niall Quinn has teamed up with FraudSMART, the fraud awareness initiative led by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

As Heimir Hallgrimsson prepares to roll the dice for the final time in this campaign, he clings to the hope that Ireland can profit from a dramatic upturn in fortunes.

Others feel he is just clutching at straws with Ireland’s World Cup ambitions - and his own job - in danger of being snuffed out once and for all.