article_snippet: One newspaper described O’Neill and his regime manager as ‘bookish and vaguely befuddled’, and noted the ‘carnage’ which follows his assistant Keane.
article_snippet: There has been a definite effort to play down the chaos around his assistant Keane this week and the No 2 gave an untypically subdued and low-key performance in front of the press.
article_snippet: O’Neill ignored the opinion pieces which have called into question O’Neill impact since O’Neill arrived and kept all talk to football.
article_snippet: O'Neill and his assistant Keane take a training session at Gannon Park as the team prepare for Sunday's big match .
article_snippet: One criticism of O’Neill is that he does not know he preferred XI or, indeed, formation.
article_snippet: captain Robbie Keane hands out instructions to the Republic of Ireland players during a training session .