Dolan/Bohemiens

Printable View

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

17/04/2005, 12:18 PM
Anto McC

Dolan/Bohemiens

Personally i feel that if bohs keep up there current form it will be only a matter of time before Pat Dolan is announced as there new manager and Gareth Farrelly is resigned to player/coach or just player(remebering they have a perfectly good assistant manager).If(when) this happens i have 2 questions for the people posting on this thread

1. Would this be a good move on Bohemiens part.
2. Should he bring some stability back to bohs,would he be able to tempt some of his dressing room supporters(O'Callaghan etc.) to bohs.

Now i know that alot of people will be saying why would they leave cork for bohs but cork have a big squad and only eleven players can play at one time.Behan,O'Flynn and Doyle are 3 good players fighting for 2 places and that is just one example and with Dolans powers of persuasion who knows.
Remember you heard it here first ;)
17/04/2005, 12:28 PM
pete

Farrelly looks out his depth even if Bohs are missing players due to injury. He had Keedy & O'Brien on the bench last friday so was his own decision not to play them & not injury.

I think he is unlucky in ways as 2nd string players from last season ain't great. IMO Foley is terrible & City are lucky didn't sign him.

Farrelly did have 10+ games at end of last season to access players so can't use that excuse. I still don't understand why Farrelly doesn't play as always seems to have a strange "injury".

I don't think Bohs will sack him yet as supporters at Dalymount seem to have accepted that going to be a long season.
17/04/2005, 12:39 PM
Anto McC

Your right Pete,This mysterious injury Farrelly seems to have when it suits him and cork were also very lucky with Foley he's shocking :eek:
17/04/2005, 1:59 PM
RedX

If Dolan was to take over in the future at Bohs of course there would be speculation that some players at City would join up with him again..i think the most likely ones he would want would be Kevin Doyle and Joe Gamble..not so sure would he actually try and sign Georgie and also not sure Georgie would play with any other eircom side..I have to say i am surprised Bohs have started so poorly because i thought towards the end of last season you were starting to improve and play well...but GF will be given at least the season i reckon..

I have a sneaking suspicion Dolan could end up in Drogheda eventually..they sound perfect for him..spent loads of cash(which means they will demand success)so when they are not doing great i can see Doolin losing his job there and Dolan moving in..maybe :(
17/04/2005, 2:57 PM
Anto McC

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedX

i thought towards the end of last season you were starting to improve and play well

I'm sorry was it not clear from the jersey beside my user name who i supported.I'll change it so.
17/04/2005, 3:26 PM
RedX

Quote:

Originally Posted by D2 Red

I'm sorry was it not clear from the jersey beside my user name who i supported.I'll change it so.

My mistake D2...i should have spotted your lovely yellow Shels shirt.. ;)
17/04/2005, 4:56 PM
skitz3

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedX

...but GF will be given at least the season i reckon..

There is no way Farrelly will be given the full season to assert himself to the job and prove himself. Bohs are a big club and if they continue in this way it won't be long before the fans are asking for his head, regardless of the way you think the fans have decided on the future hardship of the season. If their bad form continues Farrelly will be out of his current job.

Just for the record Bohs won't be relegated but if they were it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of lads. ;)
17/04/2005, 5:05 PM
Anto McC

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedX

My mistake D2...i should have spotted your lovely yellow Shels shirt.. ;)

Yeah yellow is my favorite colour but i keep asking for pink shorts with the yellow jersey but for some strange reason they keep throwing me out,must be the way i'm asking. :D
17/04/2005, 5:10 PM
skitz3

I forgot to answer D2 Red's questions.

1. So far Dolan hasn't achieved very much in the eL with the teams he has been with so it's hard to say given that he's not the worst manager around. However Dolan is a bit of a Narcissist and, as with any club he's been at, he may clash with the board. Ultimately I think that it would be a bad idea for Bohs to take him on board.

2. If, hypotetically speaking, he did get the job I don't think he would be able to take any of the bog... I mean Cork lassies with him. I's not that I feel the likes of 'Oscar nominated' Georgie are 100% loyal to Cork, loyalty is lost in football, but it's just that Cork are a better team than Bohs and it would be illogical for them to go to a lesser team.
17/04/2005, 5:32 PM
Anto McC

Skitz3

1.he won a league title which is enough
2.there are more than 11 good players in cork citys dressing room but only 11 starting places
17/04/2005, 5:44 PM
skitz3

1. He won one league title which, no doubt is good, but he has done absolutely nothing since. I think the time in between the title win and now should be taken into consideration. He had a better team in the current Cork side than with Pats and achieved nothing with them domestically. I did say he was a good manager. I also feel his ego should be taken into consideration when we see how he departed from Pats and Cork.

2. If all the Cork players there are afraid of a little competition then by all means I would encourage them to leave. I just don't feel that they will be that frighened by the competition considering Cork are one of the best sides around.
17/04/2005, 6:00 PM
Anto McC

Skitz3

1.That cork team was up against the strongest team in the eircom league for about 10 years.

2.It's not just the competition but the chance of linking back up with an old friend/manager,one on it's own is not much of a deal but both together is.we all know the respect the cork players had for him.
17/04/2005, 6:25 PM
skitz3

1. I'll give it to you, they really were up against the best team the eL has seen for ages. ;) . But he didn't see that. Him and everybody from the foreign land of sh1te didn't see it, claiming that they were good enough to win it. If he makes people believe it then surely he should be expected to deliver on it.

2. It still remains that they would be moving to a worse club. I don't think the prospect of being re-united with him will take to the fore. They did have a lot of respect for him but at the moment they are at a team that are potential title challengers.
This might be a bit extreme but if Dolan gets Limerick promoted would the players follow him there. (before you answer forget that they are bitter rivals).
17/04/2005, 6:29 PM
adamcarr

Quote:

Originally Posted by skitz3

if Dolan gets Limerick promoted would the players follow him there. (before you answer forget that they are bitter rivals).

No we're not! City fans have nothing against Lims fans and I myself are hoping that they make it up this season!
17/04/2005, 6:34 PM
skitz3

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamcarr

No we're not! City fans have nothing against Lims fans and I myself are hoping that they make it up this season!

Sorry about the misunderstanding. :o I had a conversation with a couple of Cork fans and they left me with the impression that you two hated each other.
17/04/2005, 6:41 PM
adamcarr

Quote:

Originally Posted by skitz3

Sorry about the misunderstanding. :o I had a conversation with a couple of Cork fans and they left me with the impression that you two hated each other.

There would be a rivalry if they made the premier but ATM most CCFC fans would be hoping for them alongside Ramblers to come up!
17/04/2005, 6:48 PM
Anto McC

Quote:

Originally Posted by skitz3

1. I'll give it to you, they really were up against the best team the eL has seen for ages. ;) . But he didn't see that. Him and everybody from the foreign land of sh1te didn't see it, claiming that they were good enough to win it. If he makes people believe it then surely he should be expected to deliver on it.

Yeah your right there.
17/04/2005, 7:27 PM
Poor Student

Is Dolan involved with Limerick?

Given how the fans there treated Pete Mahon when he didn't live up their expectations I wonder if it will not be long before the fans really get on Farrelly's back. I suppose if the job becomes vacant it will be inevitable that big Pat will be linked with the job. He is a young man with a passion for the eL and a lot to offer it there is a strong chance he will get the next big vacancy.
17/04/2005, 7:35 PM
Anto McC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Is Dolan involved with Limerick?

Given how the fans there treated Pete Mahon when he didn't live up their expectations I wonder if it will not be long before the fans really get on Farrelly's back. I suppose if the job becomes vacant it will be inevitable that big Pat will be linked with the job. He is a young man with a passion for the eL and a lot to offer it there is a strong chance he will get the next big vacancy.

Dolans not involved with Limerick.

The bohs fans treatment of Pete Mahon was disgraceful and soon enough Farrelly is going to get it,the difference between them is Pete Mahon is a Quality manager.Gareth Farrelly wasn't up to it as a player and won't be up to it as a manager.
17/04/2005, 8:02 PM
Poor Student

Ah sorry, I just thought the way skitz was saying things Dolan was involved there. One difference in the Mahon/Farrelly situations is though that Mahon took over when Bohs were doing well and they had expectations whereas they only had an average season last season and they are in a poor financial state.

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page