Mike Kerley Is Gone

[footymad]

I heard from a strong source Mike Kerley is gone.......

[Paddywhackspurs]

I heard from a strong source Mike Kerley is gone.......


Who will take over now.

[Denis The Red]

Ah Jaysus (or is that Jebus) can this club not go through one lousy season without things off the field overshadowing what happens on it. I didn't think Kerley was the second coming anyway but a little consistency would be a useful thing. I thought promotion was a realistic ambition, but now.... ah feck it.

[northsiderkid]

what a load of rubbish just when things were just moving along nicely

I saw Kenny Cunningham in town today maybe he was in for an interview!
Stranger things have happened

[Paddywhackspurs]

Lads, these things happen in football all the time. all we need to do as fans of limerick fc is go to the games back the players/club & new manager ?? all the way so we can have a sucsessfull season & by that i dont mean 5th,4th or 3rd

[sadloserkid]

I presume that NOC is top of the list of people to take over? Because of the timing of Kerley's quitting I don't think you're going to find a huge list of people clamouring towards the doors of Knocklasheen to try and get the job anyway.

I have to say Kerley's gone way down in my estimation. The time to leave was at least a month or so ago, as is he's left the club with something like 2 players officially signed up and precious little time to get in a replacement. Said replacement will then have even less time to get the team organised. I suppose there's a certain symmetry to the whole thing, having gotten screwed over by the club at the time of his first exit, The Magician seems to have decided that he couldn't take his own leave without screwing up the club's pre-season.

Still in terms of positives Kerley was overpaid thanks to the last acts of the Finnan era and the club can almost definitely pay out a little less now. And should it be NOC who does return at least we'll benefit from increased professionalism off the field.

Leaves us in a mess in the short-term though.

[LK37oldskool]

It seems MK was having difficulties with certain players(i honestly dont know who) but he was not interested in resigning White,Sheehan or Tracey(who wants to play for us).

[blue til i die]

I presume that NOC is top of the list of people to take over? Because of the timing of Kerley's quitting I don't think you're going to find a huge list of people clamouring towards the doors of Knocklasheen to try and get the job anyway.


ah not magic mike, was looking forward to him coming down to us again :mad:
but did he quit, or was he sacked?:confused:

[sadloserkid]

ah not magic mike, was looking forward to him coming down to us again :mad:
but did he quit, or was he sacked?:confused:

He quit.

[gael353]

he walked, limerick gave him a chance to restart his coaching career after his failure at waterford. Two weeks before the season, he walks out leaving everyone at Limerick and Waterford with the same question, could Mike ever sign a squad? only time will tell

[blue til i die]

he's still a legend :)

[jaorta]

he's still a legend :)

He is,in his own head:)

[blueblood]

I suppose something like this was bound to happen ,things were sounding too good to be true. We'll be ok as long as we sign the players who are training with us who should have already be been signed. As for a new manager with such short notice i'd prefer to see a player/manager like Tommy Barrett, AFAIK he's been heavily involved in organising training sessions etc and seems to get on well with the players and he's a youth development officer or something too. I'd much prefer this (even temporally)rather than rushing into things for the sake of it and appointing someone like NOC or Danny D:)

[Monkfish]

Iv been very quick to defend Mike last season regarding the Wexford thing and other stuff but have to say over the last few weeks im disgusted with the man, the way he's carried on is an insult to the people in the club who were breaking their balls sorting out the licence.

Replacements? Roddy Collins! :)

[Monkfish]

was not interested in resigning White,Sheehan or Tracey(who wants to play for us).

Yup, the whole Sheehan thing is beyond belief.

[jebus]

Disappointed Sheehan has decided to move on, not so much with Mike he way he has treated the club in the past few weeks

[blueblood]

whats Kerley supposed to have done, besides resigning 2 weeks before the new season?

[GenerationXI]

The man's a failure. Put on a show for half a season and you think you're Alex fcking Ferguson. Good Riddance. We're a small club with facilities which were overburdened with the man's ego. Bring on a professional and get who we need signed next week. :ball:

[LK37oldskool]

Disappointed Sheehan has decided to move on, not so much with Mike he way he has treated the club in the past few weeks

Who has he signed for?

[pimpong]

Lads ye all bite the heads off the junior lads on this site..they posted about Kearly leaving a few days ago and ye all started giving out about them saying ye have no facts but lads the fact is they were right..they are right most of the times imo so ye should take more notice of what they say...Ye all talk givivg out about kearly and ye loved him at the end of the season..ye have to remember ye had the youngest squad in the division and ye beat the top teams in the division handy enough..Kearly done a great job while he was there..Kearly resigns with two weeks before the season starts do ye ever think he was pushed..they had no training facilites how is a manager supposed to put up with that he was right to resign..Its the people behind the seens ye should be blaming not giving the manager the backing he needed and deserved..Im disgraced again this year to see the carry on that goes on down there..Its like a bloody circus...Best of luck to the players for the coming season god no's they need it

[Martinho II]

lads whos in the picture with brian o'callaghan in the limerick scarf???is that noel o'connor??

[redron]

lads whos in the picture with brian o'callaghan in the limerick scarf???is that noel o'connor??

If you just hold the cursor anywhere over the picture for a few seconds, a little context dialog box should pop up with all the details in it!
(In other words, learn how to use a web browser! You DO seem to spend a lot of time on the internet!)

[jebus]

Lads ye all bite the heads off the junior lads on this site..they posted about Kearly leaving a few days ago and ye all started giving out about them saying ye have no facts but lads the fact is they were right..they are right most of the times imo so ye should take more notice of what they say...Ye all talk givivg out about kearly and ye loved him at the end of the season..ye have to remember ye had the youngest squad in the division and ye beat the top teams in the division handy enough..Kearly done a great job while he was there..Kearly resigns with two weeks before the season starts do ye ever think he was pushed..they had no training facilites how is a manager supposed to put up with that he was right to resign..Its the people behind the seens ye should be blaming not giving the manager the backing he needed and deserved..Im disgraced again this year to see the carry on that goes on down there..Its like a bloody circus...Best of luck to the players for the coming season god no's they need it

You have so little a clue it's laughable

[pimpong]

You have so little a clue it's laughable
Ye just wont listen...whats new:eek:

[Monkfish]

Ye just wont listen...whats new:eek:

To what? idle speculation with no backup 24/7? :rolleyes:

[gael353]

Lads ye all bite the heads off the junior lads on this site..they posted about Kearly leaving a few days ago and ye all started giving out about them saying ye have no facts but lads the fact is they were right..they are right most of the times imo so ye should take more notice of what they say...Ye all talk givivg out about kearly and ye loved him at the end of the season..ye have to remember ye had the youngest squad in the division and ye beat the top teams in the division handy enough..Kearly done a great job while he was there..Kearly resigns with two weeks before the season starts do ye ever think he was pushed..they had no training facilites how is a manager supposed to put up with that he was right to resign..Its the people behind the seens ye should be blaming not giving the manager the backing he needed and deserved..Im disgraced again this year to see the carry on that goes on down there..Its like a bloody circus...Best of luck to the players for the coming season god no's they need it

Im disgraced that after a whole year you still cant spell Kerley in the whole piece of ****e that your after writing. he walked pure and simple, hadnt signed a squad and walked end of

[sadloserkid]

Mike Kerley was aware that Limerick had to training ground of their own when he took the job. That's hardly reason for him to walk now. He wasn't pushed. He quit. He was shamefully treated by those running the club in his first spell but he's really returned the favour this time round.

[jaorta]

Yup, the whole Sheehan thing is beyond belief.


what is this whole sheehan thing monk.has he left?has he signed for someone else?can he be persuaded to stay?if he goes it is a bigger disaster than kerley resigning:confused:

[jebus]

what is this whole sheehan thing monk.has he left?has he signed for someone else?can he be persuaded to stay?if he goes it is a bigger disaster than kerley resigning:confused:

Signed for Wexford Youths by all accounts, probably tired of being messed around over his contract

And that falls on Kerley, not the club, because Kerley is the one who left him off his left him off his list of players he wanted signed. Once he does that the club has to back the manager or sack him, we backed him, but it wasn't enough for Mike I suppose

[pimpong]

Cummins is twice the player sheehan is...Chicken and headless comes to mind with sheehan...Ye are much better off with cummins

[da bishop]

the next limk manager will be earning far less than MK was,imo MK didn,t like the thoughts of a pay cut which could have contributed to his decision.i also think the FAI need to look at what their coaching liciences produce,MK is one of the few who hold such and given his latest performance one wonders how he got his...that or the course needs serious surgery as in....how to manage a team professionally.the fact that g.sheehan has possibly gone is a real clue regarding the inactivety of MK,s ...work....in preseason preparation of the squad for the season ahead.his inability to deal with players and the issues that effect them and their prepartion as a squad has certainly protrayed him in a very poor light.

[no17 fan]

considine at pike would have to be in with a shout of getting this job having won the league last year and looking good to win it this year,,he knows how to deal with a professional outfit like pike so Limerick would be no hastle

[Monkfish]

considine at pike would have to be in with a shout of getting this job having won the league last year and looking good to win it this year,,he knows how to deal with a professional outfit like pike so Limerick would be no hastle

Of course you dont need coaching badges in juniorland, has he got whats needed for senior level? Genuine question.

[jaorta]

Cummins is twice the player sheehan is...Chicken and headless comes to mind with sheehan...Ye are much better off with cummins

gary sheehan turned our season round last season.he was outstanding and the only reason kerley picked him was he could not leave him out or there would have been uproar.ooh for a team,ooh for a team,ooh for a team of headless chickens:D

[Bonovox]

Mike Kerley was aware that Limerick had to training ground of their own when he took the job. That's hardly reason for him to walk now. He wasn't pushed. He quit. He was shamefully treated by those running the club in his first spell but he's really returned the favour this time round.


Personal attacks should not be allowed on this site especially from moderators.

[blinkx]

Of course you dont need coaching badges in juniorland, has he got whats needed for senior level? Genuine question.

Connie as far as I know is on the Uefa's, B licence at present, or something similar, he's been working his way through various coaching badges now.

[Monkfish]

Connie as far as I know is on the Uefa's, B licence at present, or something similar, he's been working his way through various coaching badges now.

Hmmmmmmmmm interesting. :ball:

[KevB76]

Signed for Wexford Youths by all accounts, probably tired of being messed around over his contract


...and Peter White also heading to Wexford with him I believe. Thats a big blow to lose those two. But to Wexford - that hurts! :(

[Lim till i die]

Hmmmmmmmmm interesting.

Why?!?! :eek:

[harpin]

Two Pawns.



In what game?

[LK37oldskool]

There's nothing on their web site about Sheehan or White signing.maybe that MK has left the building they might still be encouraged to stay. Here's hoping!

[gael353]

There's nothing on their web site about Sheehan or White signing.maybe that MK has left the building they might still be encouraged to stay. Here's hoping!


long gone im afraid. MK ignored both of them since long before christmas and when they wernt offered contracts by MK they looked for other clubs. When MK ran off the other day the club contacted both and had a meeting. They had made commitments already so are gone im afraid. Best of luck to both of them

[LK37oldskool]

That is a shame,What the hell was going through MKs head.Not only does he do a legger so close to the start of the season but his behaviour has lost us important players.Good riddance to bad rubbish i say.

[LK37oldskool]

PS.....
Anyone hear if there has been any applicants for the vacant job yet?

[Jofspring]

Who we can afford i think will be a bigger deciding factor than who we'd like to have.

[da bishop]

considine at pike would have to be in with a shout of getting this job having won the league last year and looking good to win it this year,,he knows how to deal with a professional outfit like pike so Limerick would be no hastle

you cant be serious about this guy...can you.we want to progress the club,not bring it into disrepute.

[superhero]

some of the propaganda that is coming out of some the Limerick FC Volunteers is what is laughable! Kerley walkd and how could you blame him for it?? Training was a joke in terms of facilities, Pat Purcell even met with club twice to try and sort it out, Twice!! you would think that once would be enough...as for signing players, this was the responsibility of Michael O Sullivan and Kieran Judge, Mike was never giving the chance to sign players, who told me this, the players did! Noel O Connor was ringing two senior players last week while Mike was still manager asking them where we need to stregthen the squad! The guy never stood a chance and the circus of Limerick senior soccer continues which is a shame

[gael353]

:D
some of the propaganda that is coming out of some the Limerick FC Volunteers is what is laughable! Kerley walkd and how could you blame him for it?? Training was a joke in terms of facilities, Pat Purcell even met with club twice to try and sort it out, Twice!! you would think that once would be enough...as for signing players, this was the responsibility of Michael O Sullivan and Kieran Judge, Mike was never giving the chance to sign players, who told me this, the players did! Noel O Connor was ringing two senior players last week while Mike was still manager asking them where we need to stregthen the squad! The guy never stood a chance and the circus of Limerick senior soccer continues which is a shame

Where do i start with your idiotic post. Why do you think PP had to meet the club? you got it in one, because Mk was uncontactable or unwilling to answer his phone or meet the club....for the last 6 weeks. Pre season was ment to start first week in December in UL. It started in Jan. He ranted on (to the players) about training facilities, the club signed a deal only last week for his preferred training facility and mike walks. NOC was ringing two players who mike didnt want in the squad and are now on their way to wexford youths. MOS is the club sec. He has waited, days, weeks, weekends, for MK to contact him or return calls in relation to signing players. He doesnt sign players by the way he deals with the admin of the signings. KJ is the club general manager and another who does not deal in signings. However with no manager in place id say KJ will have to do all the sinings this week.

cant wait for the new manager to be appointed....NOC or connie??? lol ;)

[Martinho II]

If you just hold the cursor anywhere over the picture for a few seconds, a little context dialog box should pop up with all the details in it!
(In other words, learn how to use a web browser! You DO seem to spend a lot of time on the internet!)

understood captain:rolleyes:

[Monkfish]

some of the propaganda that is coming out of some the Limerick FC Volunteers is what is laughable! Kerley walkd and how could you blame him for it?? Training was a joke in terms of facilities, Pat Purcell even met with club twice to try and sort it out, Twice!! you would think that once would be enough...as for signing players, this was the responsibility of Michael O Sullivan and Kieran Judge, Mike was never giving the chance to sign players, who told me this, the players did! Noel O Connor was ringing two senior players last week while Mike was still manager asking them where we need to stregthen the squad! The guy never stood a chance and the circus of Limerick senior soccer continues which is a shame

Did you get assigned a little Yaris or something thats made you bitter? :D