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Former Newcastle player could be set for Northern Ireland job https://the42.ie/5090424
Subsequent to the 42 posting this I have read that his leaving St. Johnstone was a result of a disagreement with the board and less to do with the NI job. The Times reckon Steve Robinson and Ian Baraclough are ahead of him in the reckoning.Comment
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Why don't you ask eg Joe Shaughnessy, Graham Cummings, David McMillan, Patrick Cregg or Tim Clancy? (Those being the ROI players he signed for St.Johnstone)
Or Alan Maybury, who he took on as Assistant Coach a couple of years back.
Or the dozens of CNR players he coached/managed previously eg at Limavady, Ballymena and Distillery, or with NI's under-age teams?
Or if those are too far from your neck of the woods, you could ask any of the players he coached at Shamrock Rovers.
You know, when he was appointed by his good friend and former teammate, Michael O'Neill...
[Btw, you don't need to worry, this is just a fleeting visit. In these testing times, we all have to take out football fix where we can get it.
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Thats not the same as playing for Northern Ireland with him as manager , Not by a Long Shot ! ! !Why don't you ask eg Joe Shaughnessy, Graham Cummings, David McMillan, Patrick Cregg or Tim Clancy? (Those being the ROI players he signed for St.Johnstone)
Or Alan Maybury, who he took on as Assistant Coach a couple of years back.
Or the dozens of CNR players he coached/managed previously eg at Limavady, Ballymena and Distillery, or with NI's under-age teams?
Or if those are too far from your neck of the woods, you could ask any of the players he coached at Shamrock Rovers.
You know, when he was appointed by his good friend and former teammate, Michael O'Neill...
[Btw, you don't need to worry, this is just a fleeting visit. In these testing times, we all have to take out football fix where we can get it.]Comment
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Maybe not in your little world which, like that of far too many people in Ireland, judges people not by what they say and do, but by how others label them.
For the rest of us however, if good people like Michael O'Neill trust him to do a good job, then that should be good enough.
Besides which, he has already been the NI goalkeeping coach, plus had a spell as a Youth Development Officer for the IFA, and no-one ever complained.
Or even bothered to make up a complaint....
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The Proof of the Pudding will be in the Eating of the Pudding. If he gets the job then we will see ! !Maybe not in your little world which, like that of far too many people in Ireland, judges people not by what they say and do, but by how others label them.
For the rest of us however, if good people like Michael O'Neill trust him to do a good job, then that should be good enough.
Besides which, he has already been the NI goalkeeping coach, plus had a spell as a Youth Development Officer for the IFA, and no-one ever complained.
Or even bothered to make up a complaint....Comment
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Yes. It is just Ireland where far too many people are judged by how others are labelled.Comment
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Shhh, anyone? Is he gone yet?Comment
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Yeah, I'd have thought Robinson would be nailed on for it.Comment
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Vincent Sweeney (ex-DCFC) thinks Tommy would be great for the job:
“Tommy was amazing for me and he changed my career,” he said. “He took a special interest in me at Limavady and he took my game to a different level.
“He had a massive impact on me,” he said. “He demanded a lot from you, but I loved every moment playing under Tommy.
“It doesn’t surprise me that he has gone on to do what he’s done in management and that he’s now being linked with an international job.
They must be in the same lodge...Comment
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That's Tommy's alibi, his catholic friend who stands by him to the end.Vincent Sweeney (ex-DCFC) thinks Tommy would be great for the job:
“Tommy was amazing for me and he changed my career,” he said. “He took a special interest in me at Limavady and he took my game to a different level.
“He had a massive impact on me,” he said. “He demanded a lot from you, but I loved every moment playing under Tommy.
“It doesn’t surprise me that he has gone on to do what he’s done in management and that he’s now being linked with an international job.
They must be in the same lodge...Comment
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I'm not sure whether that is some sort of clever reference which I don't get, or whether it's meant to be taken as read.
Assuming it's the latter, then by the presumption of innocence which everyone deserves - even evil Black Prods - it should be for Tommy's detractors to find Catholics who do consider him a bigot, rather than his admirers to list all those who don't.
Though when I say "Catholics" (plural), I'd accept even one out of the hundreds he has worked with during his long career in NI, ROI and Scotland.
You know, to set against all those who have only good things to say about him, incl those who happily apply to work for him.Comment
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