Two days on and Munster fans are still seething over their meek European exit on Saturday night.
The former European champions slumped to an embarrassing 27-7 loss to Stade Francais, which added to already increasing pressure on head coach Anthony Foley.
The visitors missed tackles, lacked a creative spark, and generally looked a pale shadow of the blood and thunder sides that Foley himself led so memorably over a decade ago.
Alan Quinlan didn’t spare his old teammate after the game in his comments, and there is an increasing sense that Foley could step away from the position in the summer after his post match comments indicated the Clareman has had enough.
His current deal with Munster runs out at the end of the current season, and despite an offer of at least another year, Foley indicated after Saturday’s loss that he may not be sticking around.
“It’s about results. I have said it before and I am clear on it, if I don’t feel I can get results there is no point in being here.
“I have been brought up through here. I have been here a long time, come through the schools and everything. It’s about winning. It’s not about people. It’s about getting results.
“It doesn’t matter, sport has no memory, no conscience. It doesn’t care. You have got to be able to do a job and make sure you get results.”
Foley’s departure would be a huge blow to a province already short on confidence and missing leaders in all areas of the pitch after an autumn witnessed the departure of Paul O’Connell, and the long term injury to Peter O’Mahony.
