EXCLUSIVE FIRST INTERVIEW | New Ireland Men's National Team Head Coach Heimir Hallgrímsson

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New Ireland Men's National Team Head Coach Heimir Hallgrímsson sits down for his first interview with FAI TV after his appointment in Dublin this afternoon.

[@North_side_cargo]

Good interview. Seems like a nice fella, wish him all the best COYBIG

[@FtblRashfordEditz]

Hope he can bring us to the good old days 🇮🇪

[@jeffd3473]

We've never had any, hope he can fuckin win us something

[@oliver69cork46]

​e had great times in the past in football, its not rugby where its big fish in a small pond as against football which in comparison huge. What do you expect us to win?

[@kevinhiggins5940]

Welcome Heimir 🇮🇪

[@samuelyates2435]

England remember him

[@davidryan9123]

Best of luck in the new role Heimir. We will be supporting you and the team, hoping we can make some progress over the next few years and hopefully qualify for a major tournament.

[@TheIrishKing.]

I won't lie I've never heard of him but he has my backing 🙏👍🇮🇪

[@ps5andstuffhere]

He beat England 2016

[@coloneljessop]

The most exiting manager appointment since Trappatoni. I believe he will mould Ireland into a team nobody will want to play.

[@BBlueSSky999]

I hope we qualify for the next major tournament. That would be nice.

[@RonanStrain1989]

All the best Heimir, glad to have you on board!

[@Gouldinho25]

Welcome big lad…..let’s hope he can get something going!!

[@fitzerelli1]

🇮🇪🙏Best of luck Heimir

[@oakey43]

If he beats England again it will be a good start!

[@dechardy3093]

Football is coming home ..let's get behind our neighbours

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

@@dechardy3093 what?

[@MikeyJMJ]

​@@dechardy3093lol

[@collydub1987]

How about no ​@@dechardy3093

[@hehehe7303]

​@@dechardy3093Hahahahahahahaaaaaa

[@johnhannan4036]

Yep. I’m excited for us. It’ll take a couple of years to get going. I wish him and the squad well. G’luk

[@WenaAdam]

Up the Irish 💚🤍🧡 hope we can qualify for the World Cup in 2026 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@danielgaming1081]

More like the euros

[@danielgaming1081]

In 2028

[@jeffd3473]

World cup mexico america ve something else, fuck the euros

[@WenaAdam]

​@@danielgaming1081 what do u mean 2028

[@Paul05449]

Lets all get behind him, it's not going to be an easy task considering how incredible difficult it will be to be competitive in the nations league with the level that the three teams are at and the world cup qualifiers considering where Ireland is ranked in the world and how hard the teams will be to play against. he clearly did wonders with Iceland and Jamaica by getting them to major tournements. It's been a long while since we were last competitive in a qualifying campagn so lets hope that he can get us competiting like the previous managers did before Kenny's time with the team.

[@jeffd3473]

Kenny was better than the last useless cunts we were beaten by a goal by 2 semi finalists, fuck it hope he can get us t world cup

[@fergusobrien4780]

Best of luck and hoping you bring us success going forward.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Welcome Heimir, we are all behind you .Slainte.

[@aodan3942]

I just met him at the bohemians game

[@oliver69cork46]

Wish this man the best-a nice guy and similarly in the same situation. Respect him,wishe him well and hope for glory

[@paulkelly7305]

Welcome to Ireland Heimir, actually we are closely related from previous generations.

[@JayOnThePitch]

I’m so sad he left us. Hope he does well for you lot

[@NextLevelLFC]

It’s an interesting appointment I have to say. He’ll get us playing high energy level football in a solid cohesive way. Like what he done with Iceland in the euros in 2016. He’s must have done his homework on our squad of players. Half of them under 25 and thought I can achieve something with these players.

[@shaneodonnell2519]

Get us to the World Cup in 2026. I am happy, especially when 48 teams in the next World Cup in the USA , Mexico, and Canada no excuses. Let get behind him COYBIG

[@gridone769]

I must admit I was critical when it was first announced. However, listening to this interview, I've changed my mind. I have a good feeling Heimer will be a perfect fit for us. Welcome 🇮🇸🇮🇪☘️.

[@markc2570]

At least he knows how to manage a qualifying campaign. Good luck.

[@MMATheory_00]

Please just help us qualify again Heimeir 😂

[@StueyTheWiz]

The man the myth the dentist!

[@biggiesmalls3096]

We are so back

[@hurrah5319]

Good luck to you. Would love us to be there in 2026 COYBIG

[@Tzahx_]

Hope he can do a good job welcome ☘️

[@danwebb4418]

He deserves a chance, we gave Stephen Kenny a chance, and we gave John Delaney a chance, and they didn't let us down, so com' on guys , give the Dentist a big Cead Mile Failte..

[@gerh33]

Huh?? Delaney didn’t let us down?? Surely a typo in there?? 😳😳 The f*#ker did his level best to destroy the whole shebang! What’s even more annoying is he nearly succeeded. 🤬

[@davidpryle3935]

But for the Irish edition of the London Times doing the traditional job of the fourth estate, he certainly would have succeeded.

[@tomsmith-tu7dl]

Why is an English man Interviewing for the Fai....did his grandfather wear a green t shirt once too ?

[@RadioNul]

"surely surely" 😂 man speak the patois

[@michaeloconnor8941]

Let get SMILING again

[@michaelfoley9904]

Wish the new manager well , but the whole FAI process is a disgrace. Who is running the FAI now ? I know most if not are new, but it seems to me the FAI are a shambles. I really do hope the Irish team can get results

[@tomgallagher7870]

There a disgrace..and a stain on irish football.leeches and hangers on.invisible when it suits them.

[@davidpryle3935]

The FAI is just made up of people who involve themselves in the boring but essential work of football administration. Anybody in football can put themselves forward for this type of work in the various leagues, and then work their way up. It’s much easier not to bother though, and just criticise the people who do.

[@michaelfoley9904]

@@davidpryle3935 so you think the FAI handled the situation the correct way ???

[@davidpryle3935]

@@michaelfoley9904 Not particularly. But I find all this “blame the FAI” stuff boring and meaningless, and a handy scapegoat which gets us nowhere.

[@michaelfoley9904]

@davidpryle3935 there is such a thing called healthy criticism, if people don't criticise nothing will get better , now of course you can go overboard with criticism

[@lifeofdazz]

Good luck at the Helm buddy i had to do it sorry guys lol

[@edwardjames3054]

The impressionists are licking their lips!

[@EoinJones]

You can really hear a Jamaican lilt to his accent mixed in with the Icelandic. 😂

[@tactictoe]

Hahaha yeah, he's the Icelander in charge of the Republic of Ireland, and he's irie yuh knaa

[@SportsProphecyTV]

I hope The Irish Fans are ready To enjoy 90 minites of Defending 😂😂😂

[@davidpryle3935]

If that’s what it takes, so be it. That’s one good thing about the Stephen Kenny era, it was a bitter yet valuable lesson for the Irish media, that they don’t know as much about football as professional people like Giovanni Trapattoni and Martin O’Neill.

[@Everydayliving_1]

JT, what you doing over here 😂😂

[@ps5andstuffhere]

So who the hell is this and what style he playing?

[@declangaming24]

Qualified dentist in charge of Ireland

[@RadioNul]

Well, going to watch Ireland is like going to the dentist, we may as well have a dentist in charge

[@declangaming24]

@@RadioNul he is a dentist

[@jeffd3473]

😂😂😂😂

[@Steo-The-Red]

Give it a lash Heimir!!! Doesn’t have the same ring to it 😅

[@Pinkpanther100x]

😂😂

[@edwardstleger5202]

Best of luck not going to be easy about time f.a.i. got it sorted

[@paddypenman2682]

Left field appointment but thats not necessarily a bad thing. Would have preferred Sheasy to have stayed in the job but this is what it is.

[@briankean7153]

Who ever was cheap ? . That's it , we are gonna be ranked 109 in the world after this

[@jeffd3473]

We need a dentist in Irishtown, hope that's part of his contract between International breaks, everyones teeth falling out here.

[@ps5andstuffhere]

Stop drinking

[@user-qp1ht8lr5o]

Impressed by the professionalism of an organisation that took how many months to hire a coach ... hmm😮

[@laoch5658]

who?

[@ps5andstuffhere]

He was Iceland manager 2016? Ok. Decent

[@Tzahx_]

Qualify for the next tournament and go from there

[@timbutler2268]

Young and talented 😅😅😅 what has he been watching or what is he on😂😂

[@dazza9859]

Ferguson,Parrott,Banzuno, OShea ,Knight etc

[@jeffd3473]

One striker, cant be relying on a keeper

[@jeffd3473]

Love knight though

[@gridone769]

More talented players than those you mentioned

[@tommaheady5230]

He had me going until I heard him say he liked the administration

[@ps5andstuffhere]

He is not gonna say they are shit lol

[@TiocfaidharlaYmaoHyd]

I am just happy we have now got someone After the Shambles of the F.A.I has Taken to find someone the Time Frame. Look it could be alot worse Managers I'm giving him a Change. A Few Things he needs to do to Win us over: 1. Beat England in Either of the 2 Games Home or Away. 2. Bring back James McClean. (Ofcourse only for Nations League & World-Cup) He will Not last for the Euros 😂 . 3. Get us to the WORLD-CUP. 4. Get us Young Players and Playing Nice Football. We are Not asking for Much haha 🤣 I love John O'Shea would have been Happy if he got the Job Full-Time. But Definitely think it was to Early for Him. He definitely deserves se involvement within the Coaching 100%.

[@broken505rythem_yt]

When was the other guy sacked?

[@dermoooojj255]

8 months ago

[@broken505rythem_yt]

@dermoooojj255 no the guy who got the job for the friendlies. I thought he got the permanent job?

[@hehehe7303]

The 'other guy'. You mean John O Shea 😂

[@stellen11]

His success will depend on the quality of englishman he can entice into the irish set up. Because other than ferguson the irish cupboard is bare!

[@tonyclifton2230]

The guy from karate kid? He couldn't even beat danial son.

[@Fintanflaherty]

Will be hence known as Johnny Lawrence. Hopefully he uses the same training methods.

[@terencemccall9760]

Who

[@dermoooojj255]

Nobody there with him, no press conference... Weird

[@Sean-ik4vk]

Press conference isn’t until tomorrow

[@anthonym3351]

Press conference are you crazy it's not 2007,we might a zoom interview of we're lucky

[@anthonym3351]

Press conference are you crazy it's not 2007,we might a zoom interview of we're lucky

[@anthonym3351]

An English man interviewing a man no ones heard of in an empty room

[@oakey43]

@@anthonym3351 Or more accurately: a man with a somewhat ambigious accent who most likely is and considers himself Irish has a brief interview with the fairly well known and regarded (in football circles) former head coach of the Icelandic and Jamaican national football teams in a small broadcast studio.

[@samwisethegreat23]

​@oakey43 no irish man pronounces Ireland like "Island".

[@RadioNul]

​@@samwisethegreat23what about Clinton Morrison

[@andrewclavin7447]

State of this Always a good sign when you have to google him..

[@colmm5022]

ádh mór a chara🇮🇪

[@gavanduffy6321]

It says alot for where we are as a national team. If we can avoid relegations and finish respective without qualifying and get a few pointless wins against minos or draws against big teams in friendlies, he'll probably last be around for long. A 39% rate seems on the high side with where Irish national team is right now so should be a decent hope for the future. Great job FAI board, 8 months to find a nobody. Fantastic work. You'll probably be getting big bonuses for this now. Well deserved. Let's just hope they introduce a second tier competition for all the shit teams in Europe in the near future. Not saying we'd win it but it would be nice to go to a summer international competition in the future to cheer on our team.

[@rockeee]

Great Irish accent on the interviewer. 👀

[@RadioNul]

Gobshite

[@CamEraFitnessChannel]

Let's hope nobody starts on him already just because he worked in Qatar. The amount of high horse people around today is just hilarious.

[@tirtoananda4348]

Welcome To Ireland Head Coach For Heimir Hallgrimsson. See You Soon In UEFA National League Season 2024-2025.

[@stephengriffith7066]

The interviewer isn't even Irish. How tone deaf are the FAI ??

[@MikeyJMJ]

He must've qualified through the grandparent rule

[@Freedummvlogfc]

Wow wow wow you never see smoke without fire or was it the JFF who messed up SMH

[@andrewkeohan1771]

Was tesco and aldi closed that the fai went for Iceland 🇮🇸 😂

[@oakey43]

@@andrewkeohan1771 Ah here Andy, its mums that go to Iceland. FAI execs just choose their man then head straight down the boozer. Still, HH is no mug..has some tournament experience. Lets hope he does well!

[@thetopofthelist]

The biggest story here isn't that there's a new manager, it's that the FAI have again proved themselves to be an organisation completely unfit for purpose. The fact that a manger is being appointed eight months after the sacking of Kenny (which was known as far back as September) is simply a disgrace. The same old issues will happen again and again, until heads roll at the FAI, and the organisation is completely reformed

[@davidpryle3935]

The heads have rolled. But it still remains a handy auld scapegoat to blame for everything 🐐

[@thetopofthelist]

@@davidpryle3935 👍🏻

[@laoch5658]

is this guy really better than all irish coaches? FAI is just an arm of the government and i just hope this project fails

[@NikCan66]

Limited players with appears a Limited manager

[@nc2933]

Underwhelming to say the least. Heads have to roll in the FAI if this goes tits up. The target is very much on Canhams back.

[@andrewclavin7447]

He is a spoofer Some failed english plodder player. He is saying this lad was first choice. That is lying

[@nc2933]

@@andrewclavin7447 out and out lies. It's actually comical.

[@gridone769]

​​@@andrewclavin7447Well, that's a lie because it's well reported that Carsley was , then they went for Poyet and then Sagnol. We just need to get behind this guy and you never know it could pay off to be the best choice we made. Time will tell.

[@jasonenglish8133]

The FAI are broke and only have a few bob to spend. He has experience working with limited players. None of the other names associated with the gig blew me away anyway. Let's keep an open mind. It cannot be as bad as SK.

[@donalrees6523]

Never heard of him...

[@niallglennon83]

No ones heard of you

[@donalrees6523]

@@niallglennon83 Ah yes that's correct but I'm not being put in charge of the national team am I ?

[@paultyrrell9497]

Who cares

[@MikeyJMJ]

Sent England into meltdown after Euro 2016

[@niallglennon83]

@donalrees6523 No but I don't think you having heard of him is the benchmark. Maybe you weren't listening during 2016 when they were beating England, I'm sure his name was mentioned then.

[@adrianbrennan3791]

Seriously!!!!!

[@darrenshore5853]

Fai scraping the barrel here

[@dazza9859]

Maybe not.Give him a chance.

[@denfis1981]

He did well with Iceland.

[@briankean7153]

Sack the fai board

[@_alienblood]

Please lets get away from that tippy tabby crap we had for the last 6 years

[@gerh33]

Ffs! In favour of what? Lump it up the field, hope that some big guy can hold it and give it to someone he recognises? Caveman football, defending for 90+ minutes, hoping the opponents make a mistake - yeah, that really worked out great in the past. What about a mix of styles, playing to your strengths and amending what you do based on what’s currently in front of you and what players you have etc etc. Tippy-tappy, me arse. 🙄

[@_alienblood]

@@gerh33 Did I say that!!!!! Look kenny tried to turn us into Man City crazy stuff playing out from the back costs us loads of goals, ALL our best performances were when we went back to what we do best direct agressive football doesnt mean long ball,!!! how did the last 6 years under kenny go we are now ranked the worst in decades we were so easy to beat, NOWHERE near close to qualifying, Just trying to try to be like the French Germans we just dont have the players ATM playing to our strenghts isnt caveman football there are many ways to set a team up lets face it the passing experminent was a total failure!!!!!!!!!

[@_alienblood]

@@gerh33 I didnt expect a response just BTW do you ever watch our u21s they play some great stuff agressive direct passing football up to the forward players time after time create loads of chances it was so annoying and boring under kenny 20 to 30 side passing in midfleld football when we needed a goal or 2 no ungency it was awful football.

[@Joseph13163]

I don't think the support is that great,soccer often does not sellout the aviva.

[@DidYaServe]

Icelandic David Moyes.

[@Pinkpanther100x]

Does he know how useless the FAI are

[@michaelfeast9869]

O'Shea looked the goods......Why?

[@primusdeo]

This has to be a joke right. 8 months it took to get this nobody in?

[@MrKorton]

Nobody... as in... you as an youtube commenter? 😊

[@primusdeo]

@@MrKorton that makes absolutely no sense sunshine 😉

[@MrKorton]

​@@primusdeodon't care. Heimir is no nobody, got Iceland in to the Euros 2016 (neat England) and the World Cup 2018. 😊

[@primusdeo]

@@MrKorton he didn't . He was a.joint manager with his Icelandic experience. He's a nobody and will do absolutely nothing for Ireland. The FAI has failed again.

[@laoch5658]

@@MrKorton yeah nobody as in he has a very limited cv..why him over an irish coach?

[@sidwallace6053]

Absolutely ridiculous appointment, ex Jamaican coach,he's on a hiding to nothing,Ireland have not got the players,why didn't the FAl stick with O'Shea, ex Irish player,Ireland as a footie team will never win anything,how long ago did we have the good times,Jack Charlton era probably,this man will get his biggest pay day to date and last as long as Kenny

[@dermoooojj255]

@@sidwallace6053 O'Shea has never qualified for anything. Be like the Steve Staunton era all over again

[@086DEN]

@sidwallace6053 John O'Shea isn't a manager, he is not qualified, this guy got the job on merit, just like Jack Charlton

[@gridone769]

Everyone loves John O'Shea as a player and a lovely guy. However he's not got the experience to get us back into tournaments, where this guy does. O'Shea will be a good coach in the future but too early for him imo.

[@danielgaming1081]

Why is he coach for Ireland, He went from Iceland -> Ireland Greta just great We need a better coach fr Like if u agree 👇

[@jasonodonnell7189]

Give someone else a go at making a balls ⚽️ of it🍺🪠