QuoteCategorically No.
Remember he also cashed in on the Woodgate and Bowyer court case by having a book published at that time called "Leeds United on Trial: The Inside Story of an Astonishing Year".
On that note I'd like to add my big no thank you Mr O'Leary, and the same goes for you Souness!Originally Posted by NeilMcD
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Categorically No.
Remember he also cashed in on the Woodgate and Bowyer court case by having a book published at that time called "Leeds United on Trial: The Inside Story of an Astonishing Year".
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If the manager has to be an Irishman then O'Leary would do just fine and is probably the best candidate available.
He'd have way more experience than for example Mick McCarthy had on his first day in the job and Mick qualified us for a World Cup and narrowly missed out on two other tournaments.
...and for the mini-multitude still pimping Coppell -I'm still waiting for someone come back to me with the name of any manager who has left an English top flight managerial position to manage any country but England.
If Coppell becomes the first it'll be in no small way due to Reading being in a nose dive and he doesn't want to ignomy and stigma of having taken them down on his CV.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Thats a good point but we have to bear in mind that Mick was given a lot to time with a new squad, what, 5 years in the job before he got us to the World Cup. We can be guaranteed the new man won't be given anything near that amount of time. Things have changed in the last 10 years. Big time.
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He's done a great job at Reading, needed a few signings in the summer but I think he felt his lads deserved a chance after last season. With a few players in in January they should be alright. But at this moment in time will he take this job?
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Good point there re: Souness being touted as the man.
Its not so long ago I remember the massive feeling about Souness being anti Irish. Short memories eh?
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Maybe the only one if Troussier takes up a job with his mysterious african federation. Woud he be so bad?
Pros:
Proven record with young players, brought through Alan Smith, Jon Woodgate, Harry Kewell etc
Had a couple of games gone differently Leeds probably wouldn't be where they are now.
Didn't do much at Villa but neither has Martin O'Neill who has been often lauded as the 'next big thing' in management. After them against Man yoo last weekend O'Leary's Villa looked very good.
Has played for Ireland. Knows what it means to put on the green jersey. (I know Stan also had this but O'Leary backs this up with experience)
Made poor decisions but they were mainly financial and thats not a problem a international level.
When Leeds were good c. 2001 they were one of the best teams in Europe to watch entertainment wise.
Cons:
Could see him falling out with players due to his argumentative nature.
Could beat Delaney at a shirking blame contest.
Would have no regard for LOI.
I'm sure theres more cons that I can't think of right now but I'm you all will add more!
Absolutely no way to O'Leary!!
Bohs Will Be Back!!!
Well McCarthy and Big Jack had f all regard for LOI as far as I can remember (prove me wrong if you can, I won't argue) so thats not necessarily a bad thing. Its a tough one, O'Leary is a chequebook manager at the end of it all.
All the names that have been mentioned aren't doing a lot to sway me, and I honestly don't know who else there could be...
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No, they don't, shame on me
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Am I the only one who thinks Aidy Boothroyd would be a good choice. Never mind O' Leary he aint a good manager never was never will be. As one phillyhughes says what will he do without his checkbook????
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Long ball merchant and we dont even have a big man. Forget it. Never won anything, never managed an international side, we have the money we can get guys who have actually qualified with teams, lets get them, they are out there. Not some long ball merchant that Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling and other muppets from Sky think are good managers.
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If the new manager it must be O'Leary.
As I said before for all the lovers of Coppell, he only lasted a few weeks before walking away because of the pressure. He dos'nt like media attention and has no european experience.
No way......Aidy already has the "Dream Job"
Tact is for people who are not witty enough to be sarcastic
A resounding "NO!!!!!!" to the Ex Factor - O'Leary, Aldridge, Whelan, Houghton, Moran, Sheridan etc etc.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Is it not a clare name. I know of a few Minogues around Lisseycasey way.
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With Sharon and Ossie Osbourne as the back up team?
Quoting years at random since 1975
O'Leary - Played 131 Won 47 Lost 49 Drawn 35
44.78% of points collected
O'Neill - Played 53 Won 18 Lost 16 Drawn 19
45.91% of points collected
Where's the huge improvement?
Foot.ie's entire existence is predicated on the average idiot's inability to ignore other idiots
NO to O'Leary.
NO to long term unemployed ex Ireland players
NO to long term unemployed managers who now earn a crust as media pundits
YES to a qualified and experienced international manager (that's what the job is - right?)
Together with all our hearts.
Yeah Martin O Neill is a curious manager in that the perception is that he was a a better manager at Celtic than Strachan and that he is doing a better job at Villa then O Leary.
But when you actually look at the facts Strachan has achieved more in a shorter space of time and O Leary and O Neill have a near identical record as pointed out above.
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