Steve Staunton

[irishfan86]

Great post TP, hard to disagree with any of it.

[Lionel Ritchie]

While I'd disagree on substantial portions of it I entirely empathise on the issue of the tabloids (in particular -by no means exclusively) treatment of Stan, their intrusions, violations of privacy, general meddling etc... and I echo the sentiment that these clowns do not represent or in any way speak for me or my interests.

In that respect, I fear we are indeed drifting toward a situation similar to the English one where this particular section of the media believe they hold the national team in trust for the people and therefore have a right to exert influence over it's affairs.

[zenokelly]

Staunton speaking about new Irish manager "in the studio" on SSN "shortly" - should be compelling:)

I can't wait to hear the **** he comes out with!

[cavan_fan]

'hopefully whoever takes over will continue what we started'

'his credentials are second to none...what's his English like'

'I'm out of a job because we lost one in twelve'

[Stuttgart88]

"I'm out of a job because I lost one in 12".

"Hopefully the new man can come in and finish off what we started, with all the young players".

:mad:

[cavan_fan]

Oddly considering he was building for 2010, he thinks we'll struggle to qualify, what has changed!

[NeilMcD]

He seems a lot more relaxed on it but stil talking rubbish

[Stuttgart88]

He has just added

"I think it worked out quite well"

"the players were enthusiastic and unfit players were ringing me asking to be included in squads" (like in the USA eh?)

How stupid is that man? How stupid does he think we are?

Just say the job was too hard for a rookie, I made mistakes but did some good things too and I look forward to the next challenge.

[zenokelly]

He had players "ringin me up wanting to come into squads even though they weren't fit, so we must have been doin' somethin right"

Is he taking the ****? Maybe Alan O Brien?

[zenokelly]

At least he had the balls to answer a few questions on t.v. only..... 102 days after being sacked.

methinks however he's trying to put his name out there so he may have a furure in management. I heard the other day he applied for the Southampton job?:confused:

[Jicked]

The man is an imbecile, and a joke. No football club would ever touch him unless he did a Roddy and promised to bring in investors. That lost one in twelve games line shows what a fool Staunton is, how people can still defend him I don't know.

[eirebhoy]

Stan on Trapattoni:
"What's his knowledge of the Irish players? How well does he know how the Irish players feel and what they're all about because I think we are a little bit different."

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iJQaN7pDw7x0p1pJQT7d81X4EYIQ

[OwlsFan]

The man is an imbecile, and a joke. No football club would ever touch him unless he did a Roddy and promised to bring in investors. That lost one in twelve games line shows what a fool Staunton is, how people can still defend him I don't know.

Who has defended him?

[Jicked]

Who has defended him?

Perhaps defend wasn't the right choice of word, but I've no time for the "well he's a lovely guy and did his best but it wasn't up to it" arguments.

[Wangball]

He apparently stuck his name in for the Southampton job.....his balls must be brass

[Deckydee]

Pool old Steve.

He should have never been put in this position in the first place

[Stuttgart88]

In a way I felt sorry for him having been thrown to the wolves by Delaney but having seen his display on TV yesterday I now feel nothing but rage.

Rage at Delaney for giving the man the job. Staunton came across yesterday as a mentally subnormal twit with no grasp on reality whatsoever. Even his live match analysis was cringeworthy. How on earth could Delaney have thought he could engineer a successful campaign and be trusted with the development of future players?

Rage towards Staunton for having the nerve to suggest his dismissal was unfair and that things were going in the right direction. It's not even deluded, it's an outright lie and it's an insult to each and every one of us, especially the majority who were fair and measured in any criticism of his tenure.

Stuff his 100 caps, I have nothing but antipathy for him.

[citizenerased]

car crash TV yesterday ...You had to laugh..only in Ireland would Stan get a job! Sky had him on for comedy more than anything else!!

[beautifulrock]

car crash TV yesterday ...You had to laugh..only in Ireland would Stan get a job! Sky had him on for comedy more than anything else!!

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0204/stauntons.html

Wrong again, looks like he will asst to Gary Mac at Leeds. Wonders never cease. I hope it works out for him, he deserves it after all the cr*p he has had to put up with recently.

[NeilMcD]

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1232084,00.html

[Drumcondra 69er]

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1232084,00.html

Can't believe that appointment at Leeds, played with McAllister at Liverpool and for him at Coventry but it's still crazy to me, can see it ending in tears....

[EalingGreen]

Staunton joins the Muppet Show at Elland Road Comedy Theatre - should have seen it coming, really...;)

[Carrigaline]

I think most people here would hope that he can get the experience he needs to make his managerial career a success.

Good luck Stan.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3108130,00.html

[Block G Raptor]

Oh god help Leeds, I really feel sorry for the fans. that club is a complete Tool Magnet

[beautifulrock]

Oh god help Leeds, I really feel sorry for the fans. that club is a complete Tool Magnet

:confused: Gary Mac is a legend at every club he has played at, his managerial stint at oventry was decent.

[Torn-Ado]

Whats all this about an interview on the telly?

Was it Brian Kerr-esque with Stan wallowing in self pity?

[Stuttgart88]

It was worse than self pity, it was just outright deluded and at times outright lies.

“I lost my job for losing one game in twelve”

“Things were getting better towards the end”

“I had injured players ringing me asking to be in squads so I must have been doing something right”

“Hopefully the new guy can finish off what I started”.

[Dr. Ogba]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0204/stauntons.html

he deserves it after all the cr*p he has had to put up with recently.

does he really? everything that went wrong for Ireland was self-inflicted. Added to that his complete and utter ability to admit any mistakes in hindsight means that I have absolutely no pity for the man whatsoever...

Strange appointment by Leeds imho but maybe Stan has finally found his level (again!)

[Torn-Ado]

It was worse than self pity, it was just outright deluded and at times outright lies.

“I lost my job for losing one game in twelve”

“Things were getting better towards the end”

“I had injured players ringing me asking to be in squads so I must have been doing something right”

“Hopefully the new guy can finish off what I started”.

He actually said that?

Lord God.

[Block G Raptor]

:confused: Gary Mac is a legend at every club he has played at, his managerial stint at oventry was decent.

I wouldn't deny it. I was more reffering to Ridsdale, O'leary, now Staunton

[EalingGreen]

Whats all this about an interview on the telly?

Was it Brian Kerr-esque with Stan wallowing in self pity?

I saw the interview and rather than self-pitying, he was more defiant (though not aggressively so). The guy's still totally in denial. Which is odd, really, since with his knowing that he had the Leeds job lined up, he could have relented a bit, along the lines of "Well it didn't really work out, and I made some mistakes, but that was because it was too soon; I'm confident I'll quickly get back into football and I'll be all the better for the experience"

Anyhow, it explains why he was so "chipper".

[Drumcondra 69er]

I wouldn't deny it. I was more reffering to Ridsdale, O'leary, now Staunton

Venables, McKenzie, Peter Reid, Krasner and his consortium, Kevin Blackwell, Bates and Wise, the list is endless....

[Block G Raptor]

Venables, McKenzie, Peter Reid, Krasner and his consortium, Kevin Blackwell, Bates and Wise, the list is endless....

Exactly. I never said everyone involved with leads is a muppet but I reckon every Muppet will be involved with Leeds at some stage

[Bondvillain]

Exactly. I never said everyone involved with leads is a muppet but I reckon every Muppet will be involved with Leeds at some stage


Delaney leaves Ireland after Leeds Bid successful. Hires Givens as Director of Football

We can but hope.

[Blue-Army]

Leeds are set to name Steve Staunton as assistant manager to Gary McAllister.

The former Republic of Ireland boss will meet the Leeds squad at Thorp Arch on Monday with a view to joining the club until the end of the season.
Staunton, who won 102 international caps for the Republic, has previously worked with McAllister at Coventry. He was appointed as Republic coach in January 2006, but left his role the following October after an unsuccessful Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
from BBC.co.uk

:eek:

[Torn-Ado]

Stan gets a new job!

Thank Christ it isn't as a Train driver.

[shakermaker1982]

Leeds won't be getting promoted this season then.... good luck to him I hope he does well but this was the route he should have taken from the start instead of ditching Walsall and then jumping into international management.

[Deckydee]

Me agrees as above

[oldyouth]

35 years following Leeds and now this. Me heart is broken:(

[Sligo Hornet]

35 years following Leeds and now this. Me heart is broken:(


Don't panic....Stan's role will only be the same as at Walsall..i.e. putting out cones, collecting bibs etc.....Gary Mc will see you alright!

[Ozymandias]

is it the PR job he got...betcha he was doing a PR course when he should have been getting his coaching badges...

[OwlsFan]

Assistant cone man?

[Lionel Ritchie]

Don't panic....Stan's role will only be the same as at Walsall..i.e. putting out cones, collecting bibs etc.....Gary Mc will see you alright!

I hope so. Agree this is the type of job Stan should've got in the first time too.

[Ash]

is it the PR job he got...

... you tell me! :p

[Lionel Ritchie]

Venables, McKenzie, Peter Reid, Krasner and his consortium, Kevin Blackwell, Bates and Wise, the list is endless....

Kevin Blackwell deserves no small amount of credit for what he managed to do at Leeds. Most people out there haven't a clue, not a friggin clue, of the conditions he worked under ...and got them to a play-off final doing it.

No silk purse/sows ear analogy does justice to it. Roy Keanes achievement in getting Sunderland up despite giving everyone else a five match head start and Billy Davies taking a terrible Derby team up aren't a patch on what Blackwell managed.

[EalingGreen]

Kevin Blackwell deserves no small amount of credit for what he managed to do at Leeds. Most people out there haven't a clue, not a friggin clue, of the conditions he worked under ...and got them to a play-off final doing it.


Overall* I agree with that. It was clear, in particular, that Bates kept Blackwell in position whilst he cleared the decks and slashed costs, effectively by forcing Blackwell to sell all the high earners and bring in cheap replacements.

And the moment Bates had got the Shareholders' Register the way he wanted it, flogged off any remaining saleable assets and walked away from the outstanding debts (via Administration), he got rid of Blackwell and brought in Denis Wise. Bates is Godfather to Wise's children.


* - I say "overall", since Blackwell also played David Healy on the right wing half the time. Now I'm not claiming Healy is necessarily top class, but if he wasn't the best finisher available to Leeds at Championship level, then I'm a monkey's uncle. Even Denis Wise was forced to admit he'd initially got it wrong about Healy, by which time Healy was already off.

[lionelhutz]

"I'm out of a job because I lost one in 12".

"Hopefully the new man can come in and finish off what we started, with all the young players".

:mad:

I thought ye were taking the p*** about him saying the above. Oh sweet Jesus. The men in the white coats need to come quickly and collect him

I'll never forgive him for throwing away the last 2 years of Irish football and probably setting us back another few with it. And he did it without a care in the world

[ken foree]

I thought ye were taking the p*** about him saying the above. Oh sweet Jesus. The men in the white coats need to come quickly and collect him


i was grimmacing when he was criticizing trapattoni's language/culture barrier and he said "we're irish and we're a little bit different." looking at his muppety head saying it i doubt anyone else watching around the world could've come to any other conclusion.

[aidz1]

I would be pleased for Stan if he gets the job at leeds.
sincerly hope he does well. He did poorly as a manager with us but he's a decent bloke who was a great servant to Ireland. Best of luck with the job stan

[Sonic]

Did anyone read what Stan said on the sun today about trapattoni not knowing the players. What is this joker on about. At least he knows what he is talking about. Seriously Trapattoni is by far and away the best man mentioned for the job and this clown comes up with this rubbish. He may have been a great player for Ireland but is completely oblitering any good feeling I had about him with this kind of muck over the last few months!!