Qwerty
22/01/2006, 3:51 PM
Article in today's Indo makes a few references which over time will get filled out I suppose. I really want to know what went wrong for Kerr, was it his style or were the players reacting to the way McCarthy was dismissed and Keane's return? Was there a divided camp?
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=94&si=1546739&issue_id=13579
In Merrion Square, there is a view that an international manager - certainly an Irish international manager - must allow team spirit to develop....When Damien Duff said the team spirit in Ireland does not compare with Chelsea's, the old heads took note....The players will now have a responsibility. They allowed their resentment of Kerr to fester and manifest itself on the football pitch. They played, as Duff said, like a "pub team" in Cyprus...
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=94&si=1546739&issue_id=13579
In Merrion Square, there is a view that an international manager - certainly an Irish international manager - must allow team spirit to develop....When Damien Duff said the team spirit in Ireland does not compare with Chelsea's, the old heads took note....The players will now have a responsibility. They allowed their resentment of Kerr to fester and manifest itself on the football pitch. They played, as Duff said, like a "pub team" in Cyprus...