Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni says players were ‘impotent’ at European Championship

@WoundedKnee: I believe also that Trap has to go. Shots on goal for Italy 17-2 and an early pass ratio of 250-60 say so. However in the handball of 2009 by Thierry, this was home and home. The French won in Ireland 1-0. The Irish would then have won 1-0 with Robbie's goal in France and the game would have progressed to overtime. A draw of 1-1 gave the aggregate to the "soiled Red Bull".

Trap's an expert in self-serving half-truths. He says it's 24 years since the country qualified for the European tournament, but in the intervening time they qualified on two (or was it three?) occasions for the World Cup. He says they "could have qualified for the World Cup if it were not for Thierry Henry’s handball", but the fact is that if you take away that handball, Ireland still wouldn't have won. Scrap Trap!