Hughton would be a great option. He's 62 now, a pragmatic type of coach, and if things don't work out with a rather basket-case Forest, it's hardly an entirely outlandish suggestion to think he might take the Ireland job.
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Hughton would be a great option. He's 62 now, a pragmatic type of coach, and if things don't work out with a rather basket-case Forest, it's hardly an entirely outlandish suggestion to think he might take the Ireland job.
He was also earning nearly four times as much as Kenny is being paid right now at Brighton, as far as I am aware. I don't know what he is on at Forest, but I would imagine it's beyond what we could offer, even with the tight finances over COVID. The days of the FAI attracting that level of manager are over for the foreseeable.
A labor of love for Duff and he f**ks off for no proper reason. He lett down Kenny big time who gave him the chance in the first place. Don't take the job if you leave the first time someone ruffles you feathers! Good riddance to Duff.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Dion Fannng say he was leaving Celtic anyway before he got the Irelsnd job. I can't see a assistant coach being massively missed by the players anyway.
Alsn Kelly was due to leave and this had been flagged. He suffers from asthma and didn't feel comfortable traveling etc with Covid which is fair enough.
Hughton would only be an option if he's unemployed. He'd be earning a lot less than Kenny is then. There's no way we would be affording anyone already in a decent club job. It will either be an untested up and comer, like Staunton was, or someone who has been around a while and is unemployed. I'd be surprised if we went for a domestic based manager twice in a row so less likely to go down the road of a League of Ireland or national underage manager next time around.
Hughton has managed to garner a reputation of being the man who can drag teams up to the top tier, and that will always be attractive. He's never going to be unemployed for long. I don't see why he would want the Ireland job from a career perspective, but I suppose there is always patriotism...
Duff was involved in the making of the video. There is no reason offered for Duff's exit, we wil just have to wait for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
I read some speculation about Lee Carsley coming in, one of the most ill treated Irish footballers ever. I wonder would he gamble away a safe position in England with prospects, for an unsafe position in the Ireland set up with a manager already with his backside in the bacon slicer.
I disagree with you. Re Duff and Kenny see post above. I do actually think Kenny made a mistake appointing Duff by not doing enough research on him - Duff seems to be a bit flakyQuote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
In our one competitive match so far we played well and should have won. especially wit the whole Connolly and Idah stuff. yes other results are disappointing but covid has had a huge impact on squads etc
mcgoldrick retiring was disappointing but thats not necessarily Kenny fault. Other factors like covid, his age and trying to focus on club come in to play.
I'd like to see zkenny get two full campaigns.
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Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
International football is also a handy enough gig for someone who has made their money, is into their later years but still wants to be in management. Lower wages but far fewer working hours. Throw in a smattering of young talent emerging and an achievable qualification standard for the Euros (assuming that this hypothetical scenario follows a failed World Cup campaign under Kenny) and we might be a more enticing prospect to some managers than you might think.
We'd be relying on him to take the spectacularly bad decision to leave a good Championship job with a rich club eyeing promotion and take a massive pay cut to manage a team who've scored about three goals in as many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
Hopefully he likes a challenge when / if the time comes !Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Considering Forest go through about 3 managers a year, Chris' time should be coming soon.
He has two wins on the bounce now so in decent form but, yeah, you're taking a leap of faith at that club if you think you'll see out the first year of your contract.
Hearsay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bungle
Bungle's post is admitted into evidence as hearsay, he /she makes that very clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
Do you need any more evidence than Brady's performances to back up the claim? He waltzes around for 85 minutes avoiding responsibility and occasionally has a ping from distance or a little spurt of activity. It could be over confidence (doesn't think he has to work hard) or under confidence (imposter syndrome) but it doesn't matter as the end result is the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapshot
I disagree with this assessment. Brady regularly shows for the ball, and when he has it, often looks to hit dangerous balls into the box. He does get involved in the defensive side of the game, but often lacks the pace to properly close opponents down. He's got a bit of swagger, but I don't mind that. I'll take that over Hourihane who often looks literally invisible on the pitch apart from set pieces. If Brady is fit and playing regularly at Premier League level (he is this season), I'd be inclined to find a place for him in the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
We'd have to agree to disagree there. He has games where he looks up for it and games where he does nothing outside of the odd hollywood ball or shot from distance although I'd agree that even that is more than Hourihane typically contributes. Both have suffered from not playing regularly at club level so maybe we will see more from Brady now that he is. He certainly has the ability to be that creative force and focal point. It's a worrying trend with our best players that they don't play enough. They perhaps go up a level too far and end up on the bench when they could be playing regularly slightly lower down. It hurts us.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Brady is a starter for Burnley these days and I would say he looks to be in good (not great) form.
If we had been having this same conversation a year ago I’d agree with your points but he is looking good these days in my opinion.
I don't watch a lot of english football so I'm talking specifically about how he has been playing for Ireland lately. If he's getting game time at Burnley and doing well then hopefully he can translate that to his games for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Fair enough—I’m referencing games in the past few weeks. I’d agree with your assessment of Brady’s 2020 Ireland performances, which were pretty pedestrian.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
His 2020 performance have been his best probably since 2016. He's showing signs he's getting back to where he was. He does look a bit carefree at times but the major part of his game is he can put the ball on a guy's head from 30 yards, and he's been doing more of that.
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Kenny's Kids is back up and running FWIW.
Seems he has a new sponsor.
Apparently it’s being run by someone different who is “a journalist”. So far, much less of the grunt work, which was pretty much the only good thing about KK
He's handed it over to Pundit Arena
An ouch from Duff, when asked about his decision to leave, words can be swords.
"it’s not ideal for the manager, but at the same time it’s a chance to bring in a better coach than me.
“He has done it already on the goalkeeping side with Dean Kiely, a great guy who will bring a lot of energy to the side and a coach who is at the top level in the Premier League every week"
Yep. I'm of the view that he quit because of kenny. It's all to smoke and mirrors
Hardly a ringing endorsement!Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Is Duff just another ex-player finding it all too much trouble considering the wealth he has accumulated while playing. He wouldn’t be the first in modern times !
I dont think so to be fair. Didnt he break his ****** at 6am training sessions with shamrock rovers u16 at first.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
That's not what Duff directly implied. Duff indirectly (but obvious) claimed that he had no time for Kelly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
https://www.balls.ie/football/damien...ave-fai-461363
What a limp effort by the journalist concerned. More like an ice-cream salesman. Why didn't he ask a few tough, core questions and not let Duff off the hook?
* Why did you accept the contract if you had strong issues with the current FAI or individual members?
* Did you have a problem with Alan Kelly? Videogate? Both?
* If so, why on earth would you quit the national team because you dislike the goalkeeping coach?
* Did you have a personality clash with Stephen Kenny? Was there a spat over strategy, selections?
* Ireland scored only one goal in eight games during your coaching stint - any guilt about that?
* That's three jobs and three exits. Are you a quitter, Damien?
Did you miss the part where it was someone else doing the interview?
He’s definitely not a poorly millionaire former footballer. He’s continuing in his coaching of Shelbourne U-17s.
He appears to have had a big issue with how Videogate was even a story and how it was subsequently handled - there’s far more to this story. Definitely seems as if there’s some personnel he’s unhappy with.
Duff said he didn't want to go into the detail, except for the Kelly jibe he didn't reveal much
Probably would have needed a Tommy Gorman to dig deep and inform Damien about his destined role in the greater scheme of Irish life, the dreams of all the little kids.
He was hardly in the job a wet day when suddenly he's legged it - apparently because of unrevealed problems with unnamed people. Unless there's a credible explanation, he comes out of this mess like a right snowflake.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Its all guess work obviously
I doubt he had an issue with Keith Andrews or the players, certainly not enough to quit over
Does he quit because he feels the players aren't good enough, I doubt it, that isn't in his make up, but this could be a possibility even if unlikely
Does he quit because the FAI are pathetic unhelpful wasters. defo no, he has known that for years
It could very easily be that he feels Stephen Kenny is nowhere near the required level
but who knows it could be something completely left field
Its guess work all right, and if i was to be a little bit more cruel you're just making up nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
All the indications are that Duff went back as an employee of the FAI against his better judgement, but wanted to work with Stephen Kenny, and he left the FAI when his worst fears about them were quickly confirmed.
None of us know... including youQuote:
Originally Posted by Exgrad
I will note, he didn't thank Stephen Kenny for the opportunity on his exit
Again might just be rude or maybe more
LOL! Who here hasn't had to sit through some corporate / work nonsense from senior mgmt / directors over the years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Exgrad
We came out and thought to ourselves what a load of boll!cks that was and got back to our day jobs - like the rest of the employees. We may not be millionaire footballers and we could have looked for another job but we didn't because that would be a total overreaction.
Duff was a number 3 and he let Kenny down big time. I liked Duff as a player but as a pundit and his general demeanour to me he comes across as a bit of a tool and a spoofer! Good riddance to him.