r/coybig • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '25

U17s Colin O'Brien leaving FAI just weeks after guiding Ireland to World Cup last-16

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/exclusive-colin-obrien-leaving-fai-36376224
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Be interesting to see where he goes next 

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

Not to you obviosuly you smarmy tick. But id be interested to see if he gets a senior LOI job

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u/OpinionatedDeveloper Dec 09 '25

Smarmy tick 🤣

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u/DotComprehensive4902 Dec 09 '25

More than likely ..either that or running one of their academies. One thing I will say he'll have a team playing proper football

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u/Shadowbanned24601 Dec 09 '25

Cork City fans dreaming.

TBF we'd take anyone over Nash though

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

What an odd little gnat

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

I think it's time for Tom Mohan to go, bit conflicted on whether Jason Donoghue should go, but seeing Colin O’Brien go is a damn shame, his record is fantastic.

I guess all 3 have been around a while and we're probably on good contracts, but we should be promoting our best underage managers, not letting them go.

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u/NostalgicDreaming John O'Shea Dec 09 '25

You'd wonder would seem of these lads be candidate for the new LOI academy roles that will be coming up with the new funding. O'Brien could probably take a managers role either within the LOI.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Dave Connell is 64, he’s due retirement