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Not if there isn't a single half decent replacement. Its a dfinite vendetta by O'Reilly's group of papers. I don't know who's driving it but these articles have very little to do with football. if at thstart of the campaign people were told we needed to beat Swiss at home in last game to claim 2nd, I'm fairly sure most would've taken it. Granted there's been up and downs but that's football. The whoole matter is disgutingQuote:
If a player is not playing well he has the option to drop him.
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Originally Posted by Stormin Normin
he's also an agent of some of those players is he? if he is he was just stating a personal opinion about the current crop of ireland players rather than 'spin doctoring' on behalf of another client
its an opinion I agree with, how ppl can talk up some of our premiership makeweights and than dismiss cyprus players who are in some cases CL players is beyond me
Think you misunderstood: this is not a call to arms for the journalists!Quote:
Originally Posted by Donal81
As for Shay's injury.....".. let the papers and journalists do the reporting. ":D
Sorry if I misunderstood, could you clarify what you meant?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tired&Emotional
And as for Given's ankle, nicely done, sir! :D
with all this kerr-indo-bashing furore maybe people missed David Kelly's entertaining: Under-fire Kerr has to be retained as Irish manager.
in today's indo
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http://www.unison.ie/irish_independe...issue_id=13121
what was humphries' line ... if we are to be more than cheerleaders with typewriters ....
Very tongue in cheek or wha'?!! Entertaining yet still having a pop!
Donal81, I think what I was trying to say was that the "meejia" should let BK succeed or fail first before giving him a hard time and at the very least be constuctive in critisism. I don't think all the negativity helps the cause because it inevitably filters thru to the team etc.
However having said that i can see how Kelly's article in the Indo, in general, defends the right to report and I do take your point about being impartial and professional....I would be too in that position...
List of the players he represents here: http://www.drurysports.com/getpage_clients.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by wws
Football:
Brian Kerr (Republic of Ireland Manager)
Chris Hughton (Republic of Ireland Assistant Manager)
Packie Bonner (Technical Director, FAI)
Noel O'Reilly (Republic of Ireland Head Coach)
Liam Miller (Celtic)
Colin Healy (Sunderland)
Graham Barrett (Coventry)
Thomas Butler (Sunderland)
Michael Doyle (Coventry)
Alan Lee (Cardiff)
Patrick Cregg (Arsenal)
Gerard Nash (Ipswich)
Stephen O'Donnell (Arsenal)
Michael Reddy (Sunderland)
Jonathon Hayes (Reading)
John Paul Kelly (Liverpool)
Obviously this page is out of date
thats a great letter that fella from killkenny. I totally agree with him even though I would like to use more colourful language to describe the irish media witch hunt.
Just heard a clip of an interview with Kerr on Radio 1 and he said he has people going to watch 4/5 of our potential play-off opponents i.e Slovakia, Czech, Russia etc. He's obviously confident!
For which he'll doubtless be linched in some quarters -then if we make the play offs but he hadn't sent anyone he'd be linched for not preparing.
This is part of the reason some in the FAI want him gone apparently - liberal with their purse strings to make sure opponents are watched.
Is that rhyming slang for Paul Hyland?Quote:
Originally Posted by thejollyrodger
In fairness to Kerr he has every reason to be liberal with the purse strings. Other managers would have cost the FAI a lot more in wages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
:D :D Yes, Paul Hyland is indeed a Witch Hunt. He is also, I believe, a first class Merchant Banker. I hope he reads this forum btw, to see what high esteem the public hold him in. I'm not just basing my opinion of him on his disgraceful and vicious campaign against Brian Kerr, in general he writes absolute drivel about football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
On the media in general, of course they have the right to criticise, and some of the comment has been balanced, some of it on the other hand has been disgusting. Apart from Hyland, Cathal Dervan has been the main offender I've read. And it goes back a long long way with those two. What gets me most about the abuse of the last week is that so much of the comment has focussed on how Kerr has dealt with the media, not how he actually does his job. I've never subscribed to the rubbish theory that it's a major part of the managers job to jolly the media along, particularly the whole " it's the only chance he gets to talk to the fans" nonsense. I'm a fan, and I couldn't care less if the manager never talks to the press. Let's be honest here, that is a smokescreen thrown up by the media whenever they feel they're not getting enough copy to make their job easy.
you've lost me dodge.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29987545.html
Pat Fenlon thinks Brian should be put in charge of underage development.
Of course it's criminal that relations between FAI and Kerr are what they are. Time to move on chaps.
who's fault is that? Kerr's spent the better part of the last nine years badmouthing them every chance he getsQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Probably both sides are to blame.
Interesting list of players there. Always do take an interest in mapping the progression in retrospect when I see a list like that. Solid amount who have played LOI but nobody who has popped up more than a couple of times in the PL and a decent amount who have retired from the game prematurely, at least at a professional level (Thomas Butler, Gerard Nash, Michael Reddy, John Paul Kelly, Graham Battett) for different reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Much of what you describe as badmouthing, I saw as legitimate criticism.