http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/gi...b-2088477.html
Oh no!!!..............But Givens, who has been in the job since 2000 and has reportedly been offered a new contract by the FAI, is refusing to even contemplate quitting...
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http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/gi...b-2088477.html
Oh no!!!..............But Givens, who has been in the job since 2000 and has reportedly been offered a new contract by the FAI, is refusing to even contemplate quitting...
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Originally Posted by Acornvilla
I like this idea a lot, might be worth a try;)
Super article from McDonnell. Just print it out and post it to Givens and the FAI. Every day.
Givens could be on this way according to this:
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...ws.asp?n=38235
Also found this:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/othe...s-2091397.html
I would very much like to see an inexperienced young manager with plenty of potential such as Kenny Cunningham given the role, supported on a kind of consultancy basis by someone like David O'Leary. Whatever his stint and Leeds and Villa he has a great knowledge of what make's young players tick and has been proven to know how to get the best out of them. This combined with the obvious respect that someone like Cunningham would get from young lads who saw him growing up leading his country could be the kind of thing that works.
Anything is better than the setup we have at the moment.
I'd love to see Foppe de Haan take the job. He did really well with the the Dutch u21 squad. And with Wim Koevermans, there is allready a Dutch link there..
Glad to see Im not the only one championing Cunninghams case, but as u say anybody would be an improvement. I actually wouldnt mind Pat Fenlon in the role either, he really is an excellent coachQuote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
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Originally Posted by livehead1
The same was said about Staunton. Foreign coaching is whats needed although o'Leary would not be a bad option.
you keep going on about this magical foreign coaching, but its there any one coach in particular u would like to see or even a few realistic options?Quote:
Originally Posted by yapster
Can you stp posting the same thing all the time. Jesus...Quote:
Originally Posted by yapster
still waiting on an example of a foreign coach succeeding at underage level outside of their own countryQuote:
Originally Posted by yapster
I think our friend yapster needs a foreign coach to teach him some netiquette...
Gerry Smith the current Junior and Amatuer Managers, he is doing a good job at the moment.
Think he was Manager of the U18's few years ago.
Phillipe Trousier as Japan U20 coach, they finished runners up in the 1999 Fifa U-20 World Cup (World Youth Championships) - lost to Spain in the final. Happy?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
(Ghana and Nigeria got to the Quarter Finals of the same tournament with Italian and Dutch coaches respectively, we made the round of 16 that year under Brian Kerr)
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Originally Posted by Nagger
Nail on the head....
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
That would be too presumptuous on your part...
Should the U-21 job not in fact be primarily a results orientated job? What amount of development in a particular player does an international U-21 manager really account for? He takes the players for a handful of training sessions for the whole year. Would their club managers and coaches not handle nearly all of their development? Surely the only real benefit he can have for young players is helping them slot into a cohesive unit that replicates the senior manager's style of play and winning and breeding confidence?
Here is one point we have not discussed - How about promoting Sean McCaffrey?
Just heard on Today FM that Don Givens is 'stepping down' from the U21 setup.
Please let this be true! Who to replace him now.....Quote:
Originally Posted by sixesandsevens
Here's a link to the good news.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0324/givens.html
No word around that I can find on any news sources on who'll be taking charge, for now lets just bask in the glow that he's being shipped off to Britain.... probably to offend every British based Irish player possible :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
"ding dong the witch is dead..."
Talk about jobs for the boys in the fai.
Nice one! Thanks for posting this great news. Hope they FAI find a suitable manager soon.
Woo Woo Woo
ABsolutely brilliant,,,,,,, The weekend starts here lads!! ((-:
stan for u21 manager?!
^ Ohh ffs, can't believe you posted that one minute before me :D
Don Givens 'steps down' just as Steve Staunton becomes available...
I presume the FAI will be after a "world class" manager to fill the role?
I hear Roddy Collins is on the lookout :)
Now I know how the Romanians felt when Ceaucescu was finally overthrown.
Actually both Stan and Roddy would probably do a better job. I cannot think of any other job in football that you could say that about. Hopefully neither will be considered. No great rush with a successor so I hope they take their time an dpick the right one.
We have 3 qualifiers in August/September which can be used to blood players for the next campaign.
John Sheridan? Big step down from day to day stuff maybe.
Jim Gannon is available at the end of the season, he's refused a 4 year offer from the club.
just to throw a name out there - Darren Ferguson?
surely he would have his eyes on bigger things, cant imagine Denis o Brien will be offering a couple of million a year for the under 21 jobQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Got to be more realistic than that lads, I mean it's the under-21 job here, some of those would not be too far off the senior team job.
How about Aldo, he might fancy a cushy return to management?
Cunningham's knowledge of the game is fantastic - puts Eamo and the like to shame - and he's articulate to boot. I think he'd be worth a punt as U-21 coach.
Sheridan or Cunningham for me!
Isn't he the manager at Preston now?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
FWIW, the FAI should suck it up and ask Kerr to come back.
Me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by stiffler