As a Hoop I have to thank Roddy as apparantely it was him who "put Shamrock Rovers back on the map". Must've been while he was leaving the games early to go to boxing matches, or having no training for days while he did other things.
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Guaranteed Roddy will write a book in the next few years!!!!!!!Comment
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Most of you think Monaghan will be a mediocre midtable team anyway, what's the worst the guy can really do?!For once maybe someone will call me "sir" without adding "you're making a scene."Comment
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Finish bottom of the table?
Quit before the last game of the season?
Sign Carlton Palmer?
Have a turnover of 40 players in the season?
Bring in his nutjob buddies like Willo McDonagh?
Do a runner on the fish and chip shop after their trip to Harps?
Sing vile songs about fellow managers?
Leave in the middle of matches and training?
Vandalise opposition dressing rooms?
Basically undo all the hard work Mick Cooke has done for Monaghan over the past 6/7 years?
Monaghan were only 3 minutes from promotion last season and have signed good players this season, alot of people have been underestimating how they would perform this season, until Roddy arrivedThe Leinster Senior League needs a strong BohemiansComment
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efan ekouku is free so is carlton palmer!Comment
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Some quality trolling from Roddy in today's News of the World!
He's back alright"I've been out of the game for six and a half years, have met spoofers in my time but i'm glad to be here."
"I looked around the league and saw so many managers who I don't rate get good jobs. What have Pat Fenlon, Stephen Kenny or Alan Mathews ever done? None of those guys could have walked into Carlisle United and achieved what I did."
"The guys I rate the highest in the league are Michael O'Neill, Paul Cook and Pete Mahon. The rest are part of a little sewing circle and I don't want part of that."
On the sore topic of his history with relegation, particularly with Carlisle United....
"Ah, hold on. I was not in charge on the day they went down. Had I been, we would have stayed up."
"I don't need to justify my record to anyone. I don't feel the need to prove anything. What I achieved at Bohs was sensational. The club was in disarray when I arrived. When I left, we won the double. People will accuse me me of shooting my mouth off. But it is a fact. I introduced full-time football to Ireland. I introduced Glen Crowe, Kevin Hunt and Jamie Harris to the league."
"At Carlisle, I guarantee there is not one League of Ireland manager - including Pat Fenlon - who would have kept them in the league. When that happened, I received faxes from Alex Ferguson, Lawrie McMenamy and Barry Fry, men I'd never met, congratulating me on the job I'd done."
"Dublin City were doomed when I arrived. I had no chance there. At Shamrock Rovers, there was no money, but we had a team containing Paddy McCourt, Brian Shelley, Jason Gavin, David Mooney and Barry Murphy. Had they the finances they have now then I would have dominated the Irish game. I don't hold a grudge against Rovers for that. They were rebuilding their club and wanted to move on. That's fine. What I couldn't get my head around was the fact it seemed to be a case of everyone saying 'don't touch Roddy'. Why no club would take a chance on me was baffling? I felt I was being black-balled. Something was wrong. And it it not me"
"My record proves I haven't got a bad eye for players. So I'll discover talent. People don't give Roddy Collins credit. They laughed at me for applying for jobs. Is that a sin? Is that a crime? I'm here because I am excellent at what I do. I've a desire and ambition to fulfil things in management. I study football morning, noon and night"
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Sign Pats legend and fitness fanatic Michael Keane?
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100% win record, how can you argue against him :PComment
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out of the game for 6 and a half years? What was he doing in Malta? Or in his brief brief brief spell in Cork?Comment
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