I love the way Drogs officially announce something before Mick has resigned from Mons. Nice work there.
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I love the way Drogs officially announce something before Mick has resigned from Mons. Nice work there.
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Originally Posted by atfconline
And walked straight into a bigger bullet with Kerley well done.
Nasty Drogs! Dundalk would never have raided Monaghan for personnel....Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Think it is a crazy move, Mons looked very good against us pre-season. If the signing of Whealan is a sign of things at Drogheda he has made a very poor decision imo.
Please don't say Browne is coming back :(
I doubt it Blue Bear.
Nesta, its not so much the raiding that has annoyed me but more the official announcement while Mick is on the bench managing us in a pre-season game, hadnt told the players or the chairman, so was still our manager. Bold boys.
Onwards and upwards. Think it is a very stupid move by Mick, a man I respect and care about, and cant believe Horgie will throw his lot in with another team about to go extinct. Does he not learn. Drogs are getting 2 talented, decent blokes.
Big blow to mons chances ofgoing up Mick was a big part of what they did last year.
I doubt Mick himself would be too pleased with the timing of the announcement. Whats the situation with his contract? If the Mons chairman wasnt aware is it not an illegal approach then?
Oh trust me, I'm no fan of his either.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
*grabs popcorn"Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Strange move to say the least. Mick left Monaghan less than a week before the new season starts which is bad form in my opinion. But to go to Drogheda a team that by the look of things will struggle heavily this season is what bemuses me. With the current squad they have he will have to be a miracle worker to even keep them slightly competitive. Could Mick be Drogheda's Messiah?
always had great respect for mick he is one of lifes gentlemen however while im dissapointed its just another day in football.. as for drogs what is he at silly move imo.wonder I mean did bobby leave because the budget was getting bigger. as an aside am told drogs did not have the manners to contact monaghan ,thats poor form
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Originally Posted by passerrby
Was Mick not signed up for this year so because suely they have to if he was.
Only bit of good news fr Mons is they have two weeks to find a new manager, they have no game this week in the league. Shocking behaviour from those involved though, surely they could have waited another day to announce it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guinney
I just don't get it. Whats in this for Mick Cooke?
If he was unhappy or disaffected at Mons, then maybe you could understand that he would want a different challenge at another club. Was there any friction with him at Monaghan?
Otherwise this is a step up to the Premier that is almost certain to end in relegation to the first.
If the suggestions of lack of contact between Drogheda and Monaghan are true, it sure looks like bad form on Drogheda and maybe leaves them open to a compensation claim from Monaghan if Mick Cooke had a contract.
Classy from Mick Cooke, taking the job just before the season starts, after the transfer windows closed, while managing Monaghan in a friendly and telling the players there that he was staying. After all the quotes about how Monaghan deserved the promotion because they were more set up for the premier and did things for the licencing fairly.
So was Bobby Browne fired or did he quit when he realized how hard the season would be? Does Cooke think that there'll be no relegation like last season, and that Drogheda's finances will recover after their "magic season in the top division, where everyone will sponsor us, and we'll get loads of crowds, and our amateur squad will do really really well, and then in November we'll wake up and the stadium will have fixed itself"
All very strange. Honestly why LoI is not the worlds biggest reality show is beyond me - never a dull moment!
Is it fair to assume that Cooke might not have bben under contract at Monaghan. Cause its not like Drogheda would be handing out any compensation.
Knickers in a twist.ie . Its tough on Monaghan no doubt but this kind of thing happens in football all the time. Get the f*ck over it.
Wasnt there talk of Mick retiring in a season or 2 anyway? Maybe he wanted a stab at the Premier before that. Albeit a very very tough job, because we obviously have a very small budget
and maybe he is a masochist and just wanted argubly the worst job in LoI. As i see it there is little knicker twisting going on, just a few questions on how the contract situation if there is one works and a couple of understandably disgruntled Mons fans cirticising the timing of the announcement.
This still isn't funny...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
It was supposed to be?
You would have to wonder how things are at Monaghan behind the scenes.
Does anyone know if Drogheda fulfilled their fixture today - away to Baldoyle United, and what was the score?
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Have to feel for the Mons supporters, one week they get promoted then relegated again and then their manager walks 2 weeks before they kick off in the league. I for one thought things were very quiet up Gortakeegan way during the off season with keeping signings quiet, thought all was very boring and then all this action takes place within 1/2 weeks!!!
An ex SF assistant manager did take an interest but has he gone with Cooke to Drogheda?Quote:
Originally Posted by Enruoblehs
Poor form on Drogheda's part, announcing an appointment while Cooke was in charge of Monaghan in a friendly. Surely Monaghan are entitled to compensation
Hope the Mons get the right man to replace him.
He went first, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Took training yesterday, reportedlyQuote:
Originally Posted by OneForTheFuture
Cooke on LMFM yesterday
http://utv.vo.llnwd.net/o16/LMFM/201...dmickcooke.mp3
Gutted that Mick is gone and the manner of leaving leaves a little bit of a bad taste. But otherwise hard to be too upset with Mick after what he has done and wish him the best of luck. He might well need it.
in hindsight to robbie horgan he played for drogheda utd too in the past with mick cooke and maybe mick does deserve the move after eight years service with the club.. but it is strange that drogs announce the signing of cooke when mons friendly is takin place. I am very surprised that cooke wasnt on a contract with monaghan it brings back memories for us when Stephen Kenny left to go to bohs and he was on a verbal contract too.. wonder will Aidan Lynch Don Tierney be the new monaghan managerial duo.. I couldnt see Bobby Browne returning to Monaghan he will want to return to the LSL...the timing was crap for monaghan
If Cooke agreed a deal with Drogheda then they've every right to announce it.
Its no their fault that Cooke hasn't told his players or anyone else.
My guess would be that Cooke hadn't signed a contract with Monaghan, and left for an extra €50 a week.
Bobby gives the Drogs board a slating in the Star today , says they were interfering with team matters.
You are right dodge, if there were no contractual issues Drogheda were well withing their right to make the announcement. But holding off a short while would have been the proper thing to do until Monaghan were informed. Cooke is probably most culpible which surprises me, as i thought he would have had a little more respect for Monaghan United, players and supporters.
Yeah, but I think Drogheda could have easily believed that once Cooke agreed to it, then he had already told Monaghan
Thats just on the announcement of course. Whether Drogehda had the decency to contact Monaghan before hand is another issue.
Which is why I believe that Cooke is responsible. No matter tis done
In fairness to Mick, he told the club on Saturday night but the timing of the announcement still could have been better.
Anyway moving on, the search is on
http://monaghanunited.tv/?p=446
Baldoyle 0-6 Shels
Baldoyle 2-4 Drogs
Shels very impressive and Drogs poor is the consensus down in Baldoyle after the 2 games
Reckon Mick will do well although Mons probably have a better team than Drogs.