Stan to coach Liverpool

[culloty82]

Some stories are beyond parody (http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2011/0714/1224300729336.html) - maybe it's a devious Anfield plot to kill off Fergie through fits of laughter. :D

[Wolfie]

Some stories are beyond parody (http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2011/0714/1224300729336.html) - maybe it's a devious Anfield plot to kill off Fergie through fits of laughter. :D

Best of luck to him. Those cones won't set themselves out, someone has to do it, and Stan could be the man for the job.

[Stuttgart88]

Just proves one of the most important lessons in life: it's not what you know, but who you know. Or put another way, you don't need to be good, you just need to align yourselves with good people.

Maybe I'm doing Stan a disservice, maybe he actually can coach.

[osarusan]

I wish him luck.

I think his boat has sailed, and I can't see him ever managing at a high level again, but here's hoping he improves dramatically. Some of the Irish club managers out there seem to give more of a chance to Irish players, and if he manages to rise to a position where he's giving Irish players a better standard of football to play, I'd be happy.

[AlaskaFox]

All the best Stan. Not his fault he was thrown in at the deep end. Anyone of us would have taken the job having had no experience.

[Junior]

Hopefully working alongside Daglish in an environment he's comfortable in will help him progress. Would like to see him do well and he has a fair way to go.

[John83]

Best of luck to him. Those cones won't set themselves out, someone has to do it, and Stan could be the man for the job.
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[CraftyToePoke]

Best of luck to him, unlikely as it all seems. Id imagine he will be out on the back pitches passing on that wealth of international and club experience rather than anywhere near a microphone though.

[Qwerty]

I saw the 'Staunton set for Liverpool role' headline on the IT site just under the headine "Limerick man charged over buggery with dog", I'm not sure which is more bizarre.

“I can’t speak to the club at the minute because they are on their pre-season tour,” said Staunton. So the entire Liverpool organization has gone on tour to a location with no access to phone /e-mail - that sounds like Limerick city of knives and alleged dog buggerers.

[Sullivinho]

I saw the 'Staunton set for Liverpool role' headline on the IT site just under the headine "Limerick man charged over buggery with dog", I'm not sure which is more bizarre.

"Drogheda man charged over buggery with Irish hopes."

Eerie.

[Murfinator]

Harsh on him, the man was a legendary player and captain. He's got his coaching badges and knows the scene. Unfair to judge him on a management job he shouldn't have been given to begin with, it was far too soon.

Hope he does well though could see Dalglish gone within 18 months.

[tommy_c12000]

Best of luck to Stan. Hope he does well. Mario Rosenstock will have a field day here

[ArdeeBhoy]

Perhaps Liverpool are trying to level up the playing field....

Good luck Stan, though.

[Fixer82]

Best of luck to him. If he's concentrating on one or two areas, like set-piece takers etc, he could be a good coach.
once his coaching is managed properly ;)

[The Legend]

Maybe he'll learn how to talk, from Dalglish! ha ha!

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Some stories are beyond parody (http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2011/0714/1224300729336.html) - maybe it's a devious Anfield plot to kill off Fergie through fits of laughter. :D


The guy is a legend and always will be a legend in my eyes for what he did as a player for our country. A legend times 101 to be exact. He deserves a break and to be given a chance

I find it very sad that his short tenure as Ireland manager and how badly it ended , still gives some people a reason to take the p*ss out of the guy.

His spell as Ireland manager was in no uncertain terms a disaster ....but a disaster imo that was aided by some of the clowns in the FAI that hid away in the boardroom after Sir Bobby got very ill into his tenure as Stans supervisor and had to step away from his role.

With Sir Bobby's illness happening so quickly, in reality the FAI should have shown some cojones and got in a replacement to help stan out.

If im honest , i dont think Stan has the makings to ever be a good manager but under the right guidance he may well prove to be a useful coach.

With Steve Clarke at anfield , I have no doubt Stan will learn alot and I really hope it works out for him

All the best Stan

[Paddy Garcia]

Hope he does well though could see Dalglish gone within 18 months.

Are you suggesting than Stan might replace Dalglish in 18 months? Or that only old mate would tolerate employing Stan?

Agree with the assertion that this is beyond parody. I initially assumed he had secured a job as the Liverpool coach driver.

[Yard of Pace]

The guy is a legend and always will be a legend in my eyes for what he did as a player for our country. A legend times 101 to be exact. He deserves a break and to be given a chance

I find it very sad that his short tenure as Ireland manager and how badly it ended , still gives some people a reason to take the p*ss out of the guy.

His spell as Ireland manager was in no uncertain terms a disaster ....but a disaster imo that was aided by some of the clowns in the FAI that hid away in the boardroom after Sir Bobby got very ill into his tenure as Stans supervisor and had to step away from his role.

With Sir Bobby's illness happening so quickly, in reality the FAI should have shown some cojones and got in a replacement to help stan out.

If im honest , i dont think Stan has the makings to ever be a good manager but under the right guidance he may well prove to be a useful coach.

With Steve Clarke at anfield , I have no doubt Stan will learn alot and I really hope it works out for him

All the best Stan

If Staunton showed even an ounce of contrition for the awful job he did as manager of Ireland, then I'd say he doesn't deserve the ****-taking. But I don't recall him ever saying anything remotely capable of placating the fans. In fact, he's talking up how well he did during the week! We pay for his big pay-off through high ticket prices. I loved him as a player but think he's an incompetent, deluded ***** as a coach/manager/man.

[AlaskaFox]

The guy is a legend and always will be a legend in my eyes for what he did as a player for our country. A legend times 101 to be exact. He deserves a break and to be given a chance

Which match wasn't he a legend in? :D

[culloty82]

What Yard of Pace said - I'm not denying he was a legend as a player for club and country, it just seems a major step up from working with Walsall, he can only improve with time, but I'd have thought he'd need to learn his trade in the Championship before one of the elite would take a chance on him.

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If Staunton showed even an ounce of contrition for the awful job he did as manager of Ireland, then I'd say he doesn't deserve the ****-taking. But I don't recall him ever saying anything remotely capable of placating the fans. In fact, he's talking up how well he did during the week! We pay for his big pay-off through high ticket prices. I loved him as a player but think he's an incompetent, deluded ***** as a coach/manager/man.

He did a shocking job....but ultimately Its the people that hired him and offered him the contract and payoff that should be apologising to us.

He went in to do a job , with the help of a football great (Bobby Robson) - its the FAI who should have took Bobbys health into consideration when hiring stan and its the FAI who are the ones who ultimately have to look at themselves over the whole sorry saga.

I was as frustrated as anyone with his appointment and the following disastrous campaign.....but the blame starts and ends at the top imo.

Stan took the payoff ultimately because he was fired....why was he fired ....because the FAI were too stupid to appoint a proper manager and only realised what they had done when it was too late.

[Yard of Pace]

If the FAI were a club team with a millionaire benefactor I'd agree with you but, and I know it's already been talked about over and over, Staunton should have had some grace and stepped down and if not, at least he should have acknowledged that he didn't do a good job rather than showing the pig-headed, arrogance he's displayed since he left the job. I don't care about it anymore, really, but I can't stand when people go defending him because he happened to be a great player for Ireland. He was. But he's an embarrassment to himself since he hung up his boots.

They were black days supporting Ireland. And he talks about them like he did a good job. Unreal.
Someone should send him a video of Waterford's John Mullane (a player) personally apologising on TV to the people of Waterford after their defeat last week. That's how men behave.

[the bear]

“I'm the boss, I'm the gaffer and at the end of the day what I say goes. I will use Bobby in whatever role I see fit.”

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[bennocelt]

He did a shocking job....but ultimately Its the people that hired him and offered him the contract and payoff that should be apologising to us.

He went in to do a job , with the help of a football great (Bobby Robson) - its the FAI who should have took Bobbys health into consideration when hiring stan and its the FAI who are the ones who ultimately have to look at themselves over the whole sorry saga.

I was as frustrated as anyone with his appointment and the following disastrous campaign.....but the blame starts and ends at the top imo.

Stan took the payoff ultimately because he was fired....why was he fired ....because the FAI were too stupid to appoint a proper manager and only realised what they had done when it was too late.

tsk:rolleyes:

[Crosby87]

The good news is, it will be a freezing day in Vegas in August before they ever hire someone with no experience again. Er, I think.
I remember going to that stupid friendly in Giants Stadium vs Ecuador in what I believe was his first match in charge and thinking he looked befuddled. Uncomfortable. He just didnt have an presence. You have to have outward confidence in that job.

[SkStu]

I think everyones must have got their wires crossed and Staunton was just spotted on a coach to Liverpool.

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Crosby ,The below link was Stans first game in charge.................false dawn if there ever was one ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXjMpR1KADQ

[punkrocket]

What's all this about him learning how to do stuff? The man has been around football his whole life you'd think he'd have a fair handle on it by now.

Great thread by the way haven't laughed so much in ages.

[youngirish]

He did a shocking job....but ultimately Its the people that hired him and offered him the contract and payoff that should be apologising to us.

He went in to do a job , with the help of a football great (Bobby Robson) - its the FAI who should have took Bobbys health into consideration when hiring stan and its the FAI who are the ones who ultimately have to look at themselves over the whole sorry saga.

I was as frustrated as anyone with his appointment and the following disastrous campaign.....but the blame starts and ends at the top imo.

Stan took the payoff ultimately because he was fired....why was he fired ....because the FAI were too stupid to appoint a proper manager and only realised what they had done when it was too late.

The man dragged us into an abyss we are now only starting to climb out of. He was absolutely atrocious yet clung on till the bitter end to make sure he got his extremely undeserved payoff imo. If someone like Kevin Keegan can walk away from a job because he feels he wasn't up to it then Staunton who made the former look like Jose Mourinho certainly doesn't deserve my respect. Great player certainly but he had long since spent any goodwill I had for him when he was still going on about his 4 year plan after that last minute draw at home to Cyprus when we'd been played off the park for 90 minutes and only scrapped the point with a goal at the death from Finnan.

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What's all this about him learning how to do stuff? The man has been around football his whole life you'd think he'd have a fair handle on it by now.

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Eh learning how to be a manager? Or are you of the opinion that everyone who has been in football for their whole life just automatically is a good manager?

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The man dragged us into an abyss we are now only starting to climb out of. He was absolutely atrocious yet clung on till the bitter end to make sure he got his extremely undeserved payoff imo. If someone like Kevin Keegan can walk away from a job because he feels he wasn't up to it then Staunton who made the former look like Jose Mourinho certainly doesn't deserve my respect. Great player certainly but he had long since spent any goodwill I had for him when he was still going on about his 4 year plan after that last minute draw at home to Cyprus when we'd been played off the park for 90 minutes and only scrapped the point with a goal at the death from Finnan.


We just about got a win at home to cyprus under trappatoni, add in the fact that cyprus are a vastly improving team and have some really good results over the last few years.


All im saying is that I just think the anti - stan element should have dyed down by now. I thought he should never have been given the job in the first place and it back fired badly on the irish team and without a doubt put us on the back foot in terms of developing as an international force.

I just believe the ultimate blame lies with the FAI on this as they should never have given him a contract in the first place

[Charlie Darwin]

The man dragged us into an abyss we are now only starting to climb out of. He was absolutely atrocious yet clung on till the bitter end to make sure he got his extremely undeserved payoff imo. If someone like Kevin Keegan can walk away from a job because he feels he wasn't up to it then Staunton who made the former look like Jose Mourinho certainly doesn't deserve my respect. Great player certainly but he had long since spent any goodwill I had for him when he was still going on about his 4 year plan after that last minute draw at home to Cyprus when we'd been played off the park for 90 minutes and only scrapped the point with a goal at the death from Finnan.
We also lost 1-0 to Germany due to a jammy deflected free kick and drew 0-0 at home when we should have won. That Germany team went on to the Euro '08 final and World Cup '10 semis. He was an inexperienced manager who made a lot of mistakes as he learned, but he also brought through the likes of Doyle, Long and McGeady who are no indispensible members of our squad.

[Yard of Pace]

All im saying is that I just think the anti - stan element should have dyed down by now.

He brought it up, last week though. I can forget about it, as I'm sure most people can, but he's the one who was in the papers last week telling us how great a job he did. He should be locked in a room and made listen to a tape of Bobby Robson on Liveline on a loop for a week.

[Yard of Pace]

We also lost 1-0 to Germany due to a jammy deflected free kick and drew 0-0 at home when we should have won. That Germany team went on to the Euro '08 final and World Cup '10 semis. He was an inexperienced manager who made a lot of mistakes as he learned, but he also brought through the likes of Doyle, Long and McGeady who are no indispensible members of our squad.

A Germany team playing in third gear who qualified pulling up, finishing ten points ahead of us. Czech Rep were 12 ahead of us.

[tommy_c12000]

Even the main man doesn't seem to know much about Stan's new role. Must be top secret high level stuff:

http://www.irishexaminer.ie/sport/soccer/dalglish-coy-over-reds-job-for-stan-161549.html

[Fizzer]

We also lost 1-0 to Germany due to a jammy deflected free kick and drew 0-0 at home when we should have won. That Germany team went on to the Euro '08 final and World Cup '10 semis. He was an inexperienced manager who made a lot of mistakes as he learned, but he also brought through the likes of Doyle, Long and McGeady who are no indispensible members of our squad.

You're right Charlie, we did get a bit unlucky against the bigger teams in the group. Had Germany already qualified by the time of that 0-0 game though? Can't remember. You're also right that he brought through a lot of younger players, including the 3 above, but I remember thinking at the time how difficult it must have been for them to come in, play in a clueless, directionless team and get bood off, which was happening a lot at the time especially towards the end. I'm just glad that it didn't appear to knock their confidence too much but they were dark days. Youngirish is right. We're only really starting to undo the damage he did now

[tetsujin1979]

Had Germany already qualified by the time of that 0-0 game though? Can't remember. Think they needed two points from three remaining home games, or something like that to qualify.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_qualifying_Group_D their last three games were:
Germany 0-3 Czech Republic
Germany 4-0 Cyprus
Germany 0-0 Wales