Kerr Stay or Go?

[A face]

Steve Staunton could be a contender !

He could be somebody !!

[deadman]

Jackie Fullerton ????

[Green Tribe]

really sorry for ireland lads, honestly. I know you don't need to hear that right now but as happy i am that France finaly qualify (i can't stand the swiss) ireland disqualification really upsets me! I know Duff, Keano were injured but still i was confident about Irish squad and the Fighting spirit (as we use to say about you about Rugby). Know, get back on your feets and prepare next €URO 2008! u have got great players; that generation must win something for FcuKsake !!!

Merci! et bonne chance!!!!!!!

:( :( :(

[crc]

OUT!

Merci Giuly, mais il n'y avait pas de "fighting spirit" ce soir! Aucun pays dans ce groupe ne méritait la place au Coupe du Monde, mais la France a au moins battu quelqu'un (nous). Le foot en Irlande est en crise.

Meilleurs espoirs pour vous en Allemagne, il faut absolument pas que les anglais gagneront là bas.

[onenilgameover]

has to go has to go has to go has to go.....i would feel so much better if I woke up in the mornin and he was no more, he has taken us backward and i hate him for it. i wanted so badly to go to Germany and he fupped it up.............. my dead hamster could have gotten us out of that sh!te for a group.

[Adrianovic]

I'm with liam88. Although he now is definitely not the man to lead Ireland to the future, I think going to personal abuse is a step too far.

He did his best, in the end it wasn't good enough.

Brian Kerr is a proud man and I expect he will jump before he is pushed.

Ade

[Macy]

Think he made some poor decisions last night. The doc should've been on when Keane got subbed.

I saw Matt Holland on the team sheet, but did he actually make it onto the pitch?

One thing, I think we underrate the swiss/ overrate ourselves. Some of their possession football, particularly in the first half was technically way better than us. We wouldn't be capable of knocking it around like that. Nothing to do with the manager or tatics or team he picked - we simply don't have the players, especially when 2 of our 3 players are out injured, and the other is off form/not interested.

Kerr will be gone, whatever we say here - Delaney has set out his stall long ago. Not going to solve the fact we don't have the players, and those we do are technically limited.

Very depressing match, more for the fact that it showed up our skill level as much as not qualifying.

[thejollyrodger]

Kerr made some mistakes but we just dont have the players. We now have ZERO leaders on the pitch. We have 1 imagative attacking players, a good goal keeper and 9 journey men on the pitch.

Kerr wont be offered a contract anywhere in England or on the continent. The only hope he has is either an Eircom League club with ambitions for Europe or a paper pushers job at the technocrats of technocrats UEFA.

[Macy]

Kerr wont be offered a contract anywhere in England or on the continent. The only hope he has is either an Eircom League club with ambitions for Europe or a paper pushers job at the technocrats of technocrats UEFA.
Or take up one of the numerous academy jobs he was offered in the past, particularly in the months before being offered the international job.

[razor]

Feel sorry for Kerr and contrary to the aimless abuse thrown at him by some, I believe him when he says he gave it his all.
2 reasons come to mind as to why he did not succeed.
Kerr was unable to bring his underage success to bear at senior level or that he just didn't have the players available to him, maybe it was a combination of both.
This unbelievable onslaught by the press on Kerr over the last fortnight have been disgraceful and remind me of the British press.
Whether Merrion Square are sponsoring this or not remains to be seen.
Will our managers job now become the poisoned chalice that the England job is, or has it already happened.

Bottom line is the buck stops with the manager and I fear Kerr will not be given a new contract, if so Thanks Brian. I for one know you gave it your all.

[Kingdom]

Imagine referring to the Irish job as a poisoned chalice in comparison to England. Ha!

The calibre of the candidates for the job (should it become available) will, in a way, show how good or bad we are as a squad or how much potential said squad has.

I was just up in our canteen here trying to make sense of it all, and a few of the suit brigade sat down at the table beside me. Sure enough waiting to hear the tripe the match becomes conversation. The first thing said was "God , wasn't Clinton Morrison awful. Like it's not as if you send a mongrel to Krups!" which was followed by " You have to feel for Kerr, he's a very honourable , proud and genuine man, but he just wasn't up for it. Even the President felt for him, what with a hug and a kiss before the game."

Said it all really. We wanted him to succeed but deep down did we really believe it was going to happen?

[razor]

Imagine referring to the Irish job as a poisoned chalice in comparison to England.In relation to the hounding of the manager by the press i'd say we're on a par.


The calibre of the candidates for the job (should it become available) will, in a way, show how good or bad we are as a squad or how much potential said squad has.Pat Dolan it is then.

[Peadar]

Should Brian Kerr be sacked/resign?

Neither needs to happen. The FAI just wont renew his contract, which expires at the end of the qualifying campaign, i.e. last night.

[Giuly]

OUT!

Merci Giuly, mais il n'y avait pas de "fighting spirit" ce soir! Aucun pays dans ce groupe ne méritait la place au Coupe du Monde, mais la France a au moins battu quelqu'un (nous). Le foot en Irlande est en crise.

Meilleurs espoirs pour vous en Allemagne, il faut absolument pas que les anglais gagneront là bas.

Thank you!! But I heard somewhere Owen saying England had the best quality squad for the world cup with Brazil of course...what do you think about that ?:D

[smy_eanna]

Kerr messed up our chances for this world cup.People can blame the players but he made stupid decisions that cost Ireland a draw in Tel-aviv.Playin Finnan(who made cyrpus look like Brazil) instead of andy reid was unbelievable.and gettin his team to sit back after they took the lead he was lookin for trouble.Last night all the irish supporters should have been celebrating a place in the world cup FINALS but bad decisions and a luckluster effort by numerous players cost us 2 wins against Isreal.

[pete]

2 choices.

[concanta]

stay - there is nobody else
give him one more chance
Qualify or out

[Peadar]

2 choices.

GO!
I simply don't think the players believe in him.

[smy_eanna]

Kerr should go.He served his country well at underage level management winning the europeans but hes not cut out for senior international management.Bring in o'neill or o'leary

[Kingdom]

Kerr messed up our chances for this world cup.People can blame the players but he made stupid decisions that cost Ireland a draw in Tel-aviv.Playin Finnan(who made cyrpus look like Brazil) instead of andy reid was unbelievable.


yeah because Andy Reid was fcuking unbelievable last night wasn't he. Fcuk off.

[as_i_say]

yep-players have no confidence in him, that'd be the main reason alright. we're thin on the ground but a manager the players want will make a difference.

[redgav]

Go ,and don't leave the door bang ya on the ar$e as you go

Terrible tactics,terrible substitutions ,terrible with the media,too many squad favourites - get rid and get somone from abroad ...Trossier or Hiddink

[smy_eanna]

Well hes trys unlike that lazy fcuk finnan.his champions league medels still holdin him down.

[pete]

I think the first choice is whether Kerr should stay or go & then worry about who can get to replace.

I've mixed throughts on what should happen as I don't see creditable candidates for the position. I've no doubt delaney would like Martin O'Neill.

[concanta]

isnt o neil still nursing his sick wife
if she is better then yes take him if he wanted it

[Kingdom]

Well hes trys unlike that lazy fcuk finnan.his champions league medels still holdin him down.
Go ask my Swiss. Andy Reid is a lazy fcuking ba$tard. He is great on the ball but he doesn't track back. Thats why he wasn't played on the left. Because we would have been weak defensively if he'd played there instead of KK.

[Armando]

Taking off Andy reid and Robbie Keane and leaving on Matt Holland and Kevin Kilbane when you need a goal is utter madness:confused:

Don't forget Reid has been played out of position in every game for Ireland and still looks a cut above most. He was the only player capable of doing a simple thing like switching the God damn play once in a while. Keane and Duff out and he's still stuck on the right wing - am I missing something here? Surely he should have been 1st choice centre mid, 2nd choice left wing. He was slightly out of sorts last night but mainly due to him being the only one with a creative bone in his body, while the rest looked clueless with their aimless chips into the Swiss backline(who were surely the tallest defence ever to appear at lansdowne), who barely broke sweat. Honestly was there any fcuking gameplan, what exactly did they work on in training?

[smy_eanna]

he would have done perfectly well on the left.Him on the left,kilbane and holland in the center and stevo reid on the right.Playin o'shea was a **** up.Every time andy made a run down the line he either cut back or gave it to carr and couldn get one decent delivery in.kerr cocked up.o'shea didn deserve to start.

[Colie]

I agree, there's no one else

[Cosmo]

Depends on who they would get in to replace him. Theres worse managers out there and theres better

[Irish_Praha]

I will admit that I was happy when Brian got the job. Of course I was a little worried that he didn't have any international playing experience and might find it difficult to get the full respect of the players but his heart was in the right place and he loved Irish football. He was by far the best candidate that applied for the job so I thought he was worth the risk.
Unfortunately, it turned out that he did have problems motivating the team for most games, for whatever reason. I thought we were onto a winner when we had a good 2-0 win over Scotland with his first game. I know it was only Scotland (who have improved a lot since then) but all the players seemed up for the game. However, it appears that they were just trying to impress the new manager in his first game, rather than Kerr himself motivating them.
None of the teams he put out since then looked very motivated, apart from the games against France (players were probably self-motivated to play against such a big team) and a few friendly games (Holland) where again the fridge players like Quinn, Mabury and even Barrett played well and this was, as far as I can see, due to them really wanting to make the squad for competitive games and not due to Kerr’s motivation skills. After a few sloppy games he should have had some harsh words with the players who are were more or less guaranteed to be in the starting 11 (Keane, O’Shea, Kilbane) and if that didn’t work replace them. This didn’t happen.
In the end it is obvious that Kerr really loves and wants the job but the problem is that he is/was so afraid of messing up that he made too many safe/negative decisions.
So the risk of trying him out didn’t really work but I am glad that we gave him a shot or else if we had to of chosen someone else like Brian Robson and he also failed to qualify then Kerr would be next in line to take over and the next two or three years could be wasted. If a better candidate becomes available Kerr should be replaced but I don’t think it should be automatic. They should put the position on offer and allow Kerr to reapply with other candidates. If nobody better applies rehire Kerr. We shouldn’t just sack him and replaces him with any sh!te.
Maybe second time around he will be less uptight and make some brave decisions.

[Dublin12]

Go..bad tactics,no motivation,too conservative,no plan B,we are going backwards.

[PaulB]

go, shocking football, players don't seem to have a clue, mccarthy had similar players, and got a lot more out of them..

[Irish_Praha]

Bring mccarthy back then :) when he left he said he would like another shot at it in a few years time.

[pineapple stu]

Taking off Andy reid and Robbie Keane and leaving on Matt Holland and Kevin Kilbane when you need a goal is utter madness:confused:
You could argue that Keane was rubbish and that Reid was going to get sent off (on a yellow and a warning). That said, I would have tried 4-3-3 for the last ten minutes. Nothing to lose.

[joeSoap]

Stay....until there is a decent squad there who are worthy of a better manager.

[Tired&Emotional]

Stay, by default...don't see an obvious replacement to motivate and improve what is generally a not-so-great squad atm. If confidence is missing who out there can give it? (I am assuming Mo'N will not take the job for obvious reasons)

.....what is it they say? "better the devil ya know...."??!

BTW, Mick failed to qualify for the last Euro's with these players as well did he not?

[Plastic Paddy]

I would have tried 4-3-3 for the last ten minutes. Nothing to lose.

You, I and almost the entire Irish nation, PS. All except for one man, it would seem.

No point in crying over spilt milk now. If this forces us to have a long, hard look at how things are to be improved then that's no bad thing.

The long road back starts from here.

:ball: PP

[Shelsman]

Go.......for a squad of moderate quality we can't finish much worse than fourth in a qualifying campaign -this is where I believe we would've finished without a manager, it is up to the manager to get an extra 15-25% from the players so that we win some games we would otherwise have drawn.

It's true that McCarthy had some bad days ( e.g. away to Croatia and Macedonia ) and had a lot more time in charge than Kerr but as everyone knows, it's the recent lack of creativity from the current team / set up that is the real killer.

It's true that there are no easy games in International Soccer -a few shocks and close shaves take place on every international match day -just look at some of last nights results:

Holland 0-0 Macedonia ( OK, Holland had already qualified )
Italy 2-1 Moldova ( Italy only got the winner in the 85th minute )
Lithuania 1-1 Belgium ( OK Lithuania aren't the minnows they once were but they're not world beaters )
Malta 1-1 Bulgaria

[thejollyrodger]

i voted no but i couldnt give a rats ass to be honest. kerr is a much of a muchness. he isnt like micko or jacko in that they were very definite personality wise.

The FAI are never going to extend Kerr's contract. I only hope the new manager gets a TWO YEAR ONLY CONTRACT

[Drogman.]

Stay. From reading the rags and listening to others, the majority of Irish fans are deluding themselves. That squad of players, bar 4 maybe, are a very average team and no matter what manager is there they will never improve.

Granted Kerr made some bad decisions last night but overall he did the best he could with the bucket of sh*t he had to use.

Now this brings me to my next point in that, is this the wake up call that maybe they should start looking at quality players in the EL? I mean imagine if the likes if George O Callaghan playing there last night, a playermaker who can make things happen. Or Wes houlihan from Shels etc.. I mean, why do we always have to count on the crap from lower divisions across the water who are no better and most of the time worse than what we have at home.

I mean look at Kevin Doyle, the man played brilliantly in the EL with Cork, was outstanding with the U21's and never gets a mention at a call up. Then he moves to Reading and suddenly he's in the squad no more than a couple of months after moving. What sort of a message does that give to the rest of the players in the league?

The real way to sort out the mess, it to look at the bigger picture. We need regional academy's set up to develop the game here. The clubs can't afford to do it so its up to the FAI to sort it out. The sooner the majority of godsh*tes who are calling for the managers head realise that then the better.

[Noelys Guitar]

he should never have been appointed in the first place. He has the neck to ben hanging around for a new contract! Go NOW Kerr

[Lionel Ritchie]

Reluctantly ...Go.

I was happy when he got it (though Troussier was my preferred option) and he impressed me with his enthusiasm and organisation skills. It also appeared he was kicking the squads drinking sessions in the head ...though more recent (and in fairness to the squad -unreliable) reports suggest that bit of dicipline has slipped.

I really want him to have some success but the decline of the squads performances -on his watch -have been shocking. If the FAI decide to let him stay on ...fine -but my instincts tell me it's not good enough to leave him in the job as a caretaker just because there's nobody obvious to take over.

If and when the job's advertised -names will start to come forward.

Claudio Ranieri anyone?

[Noelys Guitar]

Look at the improvement (barring the result against Belarus) in the Scotland team after they changed their manager.Same group of players (inferior to ours) draws with Italy, beats Norway and Slovenia away.

[concanta]

very good point
its fresh start that we need but WHO will do it
if we cannotget some quality then stay with kerr

but i think its not all as doom and gloom as some say

[onenilgameover]

good god he has to go he has brought ireland back 20 years

[thejollyrodger]

a new manager can help as long as there isnt other issues in the team. To be brutally honest lads, I'll be glad to see the back of Roy keane. He was a great player in his day but is way to contraversal still.

Kerr is too devisive at the FAI as well, no one particluarly likes him. An english based manager will be well accoustomed to the savage english media and will properly stand up for himself.

[onenilgameover]

It was a bad decision to bring him in in the first place his record in qualifying games in testimony to that. OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

He should have the balls to say he is not interested in the job. he always said judge me on the results accept he is not judging himself. he seems to have know clue whatsoever. OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

Very angry today...hurts really fupping badly and I lay the blame squarely on his head. Just cos he is Irish we cannot afford him any undue respect.OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

[razor]

It was a bad decision to bring him in in the first place his record in qualifying games in testimony to that. OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

He should have the balls to say he is not interested in the job. he always said judge me on the results accept he is not judging himself. he seems to have know clue whatsoever. OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!

Very angry today...hurts really fupping badly and I lay the blame squarely on his head. Just cos he is Irish we cannot afford him any undue respect.OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!Come on, tell us how you really feel

[boysingreen]

I'm sorry, but there's absolutely no reason, considering his entire reign, to extend the man's contract. He has to go.

Think about. In this campaign, we had 6 matches against 3 average at best teams. With the way the group panned out, we only had to win 1 GAME, 1 GAME, and we couldn't even do that much.

You go back to the only games that meant anything in the Euro campaign, Russia at home and Switz away. Couldn't even win one of those either.

We haven't won a single game of consequence, and there have been 8 of them, on his watch. In every single one of those games we knew how crucial a victory was, and we never saw 3 points.

We let him off the hook last campaign, said it wasn't his. No way in the world around it now, he has to go. This isn't knee-jerk. Knee-jerk is the impulse to say that anyone else will do.