New Irish manager

[SligoBrewer]

He was bankrolled at Rangers.

Souness for Ireland?:rolleyes:

and?:rolleyes:

[Jamjar]

I agree with kingdom hoop that we need some aul' lad with lots of international experience. Who's that fella that took about 4 teams to the world cup finals (though not necessarily in the one tournament), he's yugoslavian or croatian or F.Y.R. or something. His name ends in vik or vuk or something. One stipulation though, lets have a thorough medical on him first.

[TheBoss]

^ Bora Milutinović

His is currently manager of Jamacia.

[Paddy Garcia]

This thing reminds me of the Marx Brothers.

I really don't want as a manager anyone who would have us!

[The Swordsman]

Was reading the Cyprus match programme last night and this guy seems to be the real deal.

Before leading Cyrus to their best ever qualification campaign, in which they took 4 points (should have been 6) off Ireland, 3 off Wales and a point off Germany (at a time when Germany were playing for three points), he took Panathinaikos to the quarter finals of the Champions League in 2002, where they were narrowly beaten by Barcelona.

Looking at Wikipedia (http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Angelos_Anastasiadis) he seems to have had a few other clubs too (don't know how he did with these).

Next Ireland Manager? Is he worth a look?

[citizenerased]

there are worse candidates for the job

[OwlsFan]

There's only one Angelos Anastasiadis, one Angelos Anastasiadis, there's only one Angelos Anastasiadis ......

Love to see Laughing Bill getting his teeth around that name if he got the gig.

Do we need a separate thread for every potential candidate when there is a "next Irish manager thread" :confused: ?

[citizenerased]

yeah, why not

[Wolfie]

Given the breakdown of those who have reportedly shown an early expression of interest in the job, (granted it is early days) - would most of them, if not all of them, have expressed an interest regardless of whether a supposedly more lucrative salary were on offer?

[Den Perry]

Aka, "dont let me show any sign of weakness or empathy to that cnut, I still remember what he did to me in saipan" :D

When he says stuff like that I just lose more respect for him. Still bitter and twisted.

don't be sad and bitter you

[paul_oshea]

don't be sad and bitter you

Yes, sir.:rolleyes:

[OwlsFan]

yeah, why not

Obviously not :p You'd have a whole host of threads although I see the O'Leary, Jol and others still have an independent existence.

[The Swordsman]

There's only one Angelos Anastasiadis, one Angelos Anastasiadis, there's only one Angelos Anastasiadis ......

Love to see Laughing Bill getting his teeth around that name if he got the gig.

Do we need a separate thread for every potential candidate when there is a "next Irish manager thread" :confused: ?

Who moved my thread? :mad:

Seriously though, it makes it easier to follow different discussions if they're on different threads rather than having to sift through a hundred different discussions on the one thread like this one.

This is an important issue for fans. Rather than have one thread covering everyone, I think a sub forum could be set up with all possible candidates given their own thread where the pro and cons of each could be discussed.

[OwlsFan]

Who moved my thread? :mad:

Seriously though, it makes it easier to follow different discussions if they're on different threads rather than having to sift through a hundred different discussions on the one thread like this one.

This is an important issue for fans. Rather than have one thread covering everyone, I think a sub forum could be set up with all possible candidates given their own thread where the pro and cons of each could be discussed.

A moderator I suspect :eek: Sub-threads seem a good idea if it is possible.

[ofjames]

anyone think aidy boothroyd might be a good candidate?? i do, but i havent heard him being mentioned at all

[tricky_colour]

Nice to see the second favourite is not even on the voting list :rolleyes:

[eirebhoy]

It is nice I agree. These voting lists get outdated after a week.

[DmanDmythDledge]

anyone think aidy boothroyd might be a good candidate?? i do, but i havent heard him being mentioned at all
Too inexperienced.

[Dr. Ogba]

anyone think aidy boothroyd might be a good candidate?? i do, but i havent heard him being mentioned at all

can't see why he would jump ship from a Watford team that looks odds-on for a return to the premiership this year and may actually have a chance of establishing themselves in the prem next year. Absolutely no chance of getting him...

[paul_oshea]

What about Mark Hughes, he has shown he is a great manager at both international and club level. what do we think?!*

*Thats the collective we, for ye thicks :p

[Stuttgart88]

Absolutely no chance of getting him...Phew for that. His style of play is too primitive & physical for our team of midgets and the "senior players" would be asking "Aidy who?". Watford are flat track bullies in the Championship and were exposed in the Premiership.

Non-starter in my opinion.

[paul_oshea]

I would like to add this point as a for Hughes arguement "given the fact that we are severly poor and limited in central midfield, I also believe he would get the best out of S. Reid and shore up our midfield?!" I really would be happy with his appointment, though I cant see us prising him away from them. Maybe on a part-time basis?!

[Dr. Ogba]

I would like to add this point as a for Hughes arguement "given the fact that we are severly poor and limited in central midfield, I also believe he would get the best out of S. Reid and shore up our midfield?!" I really would be happy with his appointment, though I cant see us prising him away from them. Maybe on a part-time basis?!

again, why would he leave high-flying Blackburn to make the "backward-step" to international management???

a complete and utter non-runner! :p

[jmurphyc]

Hughes would be a great candidate, but unfortunately it's very, very unlikely that he would be interested, even on a part time basis.

[Armando]

Mark Hughes is going to achieve great things as a manager. If Ramos hadn't jumped ship Spurs were going to offer Hughes the job. He is hot property and he knows it... I can see him ending up at Chelsea or Utd within the next 4/5 years.

[bennocelt]

Mark Hughes is going to achieve great things as a manager. If Ramos hadn't jumped ship Spurs were going to offer Hughes the job. He is hot property and he knows it... I can see him ending up at Chelsea or Utd within the next 4/5 years.

yeah spot on
much was made of Roy and his Sunderland team at the start of the year (and to be fair he was good), but to me the stand out manager of the last few seasons has to be Mark Hughes...................would say he is def a future Manure Utd manager

No decent club manager would even look to an international job, its considered a backward step in management....thats why we should concentrate on managers with international exp

[onephillyhughes]

Lets be realisitc, this is the FAI we're talking about. They are going to go for a man who isn't in a job at present, or isn't managing anyway. Do you honestly think they'd go to the bother of buying someone when they could get the cheaper option, seriously!?

[Wolfie]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/fai-in-name-game-as-search-goes-on-1209052.html[/URL]

FAI in name game as search goes on

FAI chief executive John Delaney will sit down with the Board of Management today to discuss the next step in the process of finding a successor to Steve Staunton

The next stage in the appointment of a new Irish manager will take place at a specially convened meeting of the FAI Board of Management today.

Nine days after they took the decision to dispense with the services of Steve Staunton and his backroom staff, the 10-man board are set to discuss the method by which his replacement will be found.

They are scheduled to put forward names which they believe are suitable for the task of selecting the new man, after chief executive John Delaney's revelation that 'football people' -- from outside the FAI -- would be responsible for the appointment, following the association's failed gamble on Staunton.

Delaney met professional headhunters experienced in the football industry at Merrion Square last Thursday, subsequently claiming it was in relation to the finding a high performance director.

However, one name who has been linked with having a role in finding Staunton's successor is David Davies, the former executive director of the FA, who now works in the area of sports recruitment and has considerable experience in this department.

A number of former Irish internationals have also been linked with the position of managerial kingmaker, such as Kevin Moran and Liam Brady -- both are rumoured to be interested in the role.

Therefore, there is a possibility that the panel ratified by the board will be comprised of overseas experts.

The FAI has come under fire for its decision to devolve responsibility in filling the vacant position and has already pulled back from that stance somewhat, with someone from within the association now considered likely to be closely involved in the process.

From a practical point of view, the board will today have to agree on recommendations which must be given to the selection panel in terms of a salary package and other criteria which will be used to narrow down interested candidates.

David O'Leary remains the bookies favourite, despite a damaging week for his reputation with the release of Peter Ridsdale's autobiography which points the finger at the Dubliner for the demise of Leeds.

O'Leary has the support of Sunderland boss Roy Keane while Black Cats' chairman Niall Quinn spoke positively about his former colleague's prospects yesterday while stopping short of offering full support.

"I played with him, but have never worked with him as a manager and don't know his management style," said Quinn. "In the early stages, his record was superb while he did a steady job at Aston Villa.

"Liam Brady would be appealing as well and there are other candidates in the mix. The main thing is that we get the appointment that the association, the players, the media and most importantly the fans are happy with."

- Daniel McDonnell

[geysir]

"The main thing is that we get the appointment that the association, the players, the media and most importantly the fans are happy with."

Reads like style over substance.
The main thing is that we start winning, everybody is happy then.
Winning cures all.

[Wolfie]

"From a practical point of view, the board will today have to agree on recommendations which must be given to the selection panel in terms of a salary package and other criteria which will be used to narrow down interested candidates".

It'll be interesting to see exactly how much they are willing to cough up. "Other criteria" covers a multitude.

[jmurphyc]

I know they're meeting about it today, but does anyone have a rough idea of when the FAI will be appointing their 'consultant' because, though I want them to take as much time as they need over the appointment of a manager, I think it's important they get a consultant in quickly so that he has as much time as he needs to find a suitable candidate.

[Superhoops]

"The main thing is that we get the appointment that the association, the players, the media and most importantly the fans are happy with."....

FFS This is Ireland you are talking about, not that other island on the coast of the Atlantic called Utopia :rolleyes:

[geysir]

Superhoops, edit that slanderous quote in that post ya gob****e:)
Have you lost the run of yourself?

[eekers]

i think any manager that wears a tracksuit should be ruled out from an early stage. Tracksuit managers never win anything. This should be high up in the criteria

[Sligo Hornet]

FFS This is Ireland you are talking about, not that other island on the coast of the Atlantic called Utopia :rolleyes:

Do you mean Inishmurray?;)

[gustavo]

i think any manager that wears a tracksuit should be ruled out from an early stage. Tracksuit managers never win anything. This should be high up in the criteria

Here's one man who'd disagree :)http://www.theredcard.ie/news/uploaded_images/Bohs-Sean-Connor-721850.jpg

[citizenerased]

i think any manager that wears a tracksuit should be ruled out from an early stage. Tracksuit managers never win anything. This should be high up in the criteria

Agree I hate tracksuit managers, looks awful.....
...Although O'Neill wears a tracksuit

[Newryrep]

i think any manager that wears a tracksuit should be ruled out from an early stage. Tracksuit managers never win anything. This should be high up in the criteria

Brian Clough ? although the fact that he is dead might rule him out but you never know with the FAI, they might just surprise us

[Torn-Ado]

Tracksuit managers are the best. Especially regarding Ireland.

Anyone else have the notion if Kerr had stuck to wearing a tracksuit instead of his attempt at looking dapper in a suit, he might have been a better manager.


Only me then.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Looking at the Poll It seems A.N. Other is the most popular candidate. FAI please note :D

[Jerry The Saint]

"The main thing is that we get the appointment that the association, the players, the media and most importantly the fans are happy with."


What:confused: That's crazy talk - don't listen to us! Pick someone that's good FFS. If he does well, then the fans will be happy anyway. Don't just make Paul McGrath or someone like that the manager, just because he's popular and everyone likes him :eek:

[DmanDmythDledge]

Here's one man who'd disagree :)http://www.theredcard.ie/news/uploaded_images/Bohs-Sean-Connor-721850.jpg
He wears pyjamas, not tracksuits.

[backstothewall]

i think any manager that wears a tracksuit should be ruled out from an early stage. Tracksuit managers never win anything. This should be high up in the criteria

What about a return to a flat cap manager. They are difficult enough to find these days though. Especially with Alan Ball ruled out on the same grounds as cloughie

[Pauro 76]

Has there ever been a successful ginger manager? Staunton-crap. McLaren-crap. Megson-crap. Alan Ball-crap. Ginger Rogers-crap. I suppose Strachan has been successful but he was crap enough at Coventry.

[citizenerased]

lads houllier is now hot fav on betfair at 6-1, overtaking o'dreary

[Supreme feet]

Whoever gets the job will have to deal with a bucketload of criticism before he even makes it to the press conference. If we're appointing an experienced manager, who has done it at a good club level, he will undoubtedly come with baggage.

If I remember correctly, one British journalist wrote in 1986:

'The Republic of Ireland have made the blunder of the season in appointing Jack Charlton... the numbing dullness of the teams he previously managed does not promise to inject the pride and cohesion which has been missing in Irish football for so long...'

And an FAI official was told by the President of the FA at the time: 'You made a mistake, appointing that man.'

Hopefully the FAI can make a similar mistake this time!

[kingdom hoop]

Well the vibe from Coppell was interesting. Pointed out his Irish roots, how much international football would appeal to him. Also, there are whispers that a big takeover is in the offing there and I just wonder if the time is right for an approach?

Very interesting indeed. Pat Dolan did a good interview with him for Setanta and it was all very positive and complimentary, Coppell admitted he didn't enjoy club management as well. When asked if he would do the job Coppell said that you'd have to ask Mr. Madejski about that. So if a takeover (what do you know?) is in the offing then maybe there is a chance.

[RogerMilla]

i cant stand o'leary but i would still have him as our manager , you cant beat experience and he needs to turn us around to get his cred back.

[geysir]

Coppell's joke about his grandmother being Irish was just a soft jibe at our ancestorial acquisitions. As it stands now he has a good job, contracted with a good club.
I could imagine that even if those whispers gathered momentum, that Reading was the targeted club and all those things came to pass, it would all take time.

[paul_oshea]

TP, are you and he NBFs?!