Where is Super Gretna now. Surely he would have some intelligent insight into this?
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Where is Super Gretna now. Surely he would have some intelligent insight into this?
I have no doubt that had we not mauled Gretna they'd be doin hell of a lot better, they are a good side, u cant take that away from the. The only difference is we are better!!:DQuote:
Not so sure about that any more. The 1st division isn't proving to be the cake walk we all thought it would be for them.
:mad: Squeeky bum time ,city fans:mad: Not looking good. The scottish press are all over this one. Local radio has an emergency meeting at the club.
If Kenny does leave (and it's looking likely)Who do we get to replace him??
Sean Connor/Pat Fenlon:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Krstic
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Originally Posted by Krstic
kristic why is it likely?
as in does this rumour have legs?
I doubt many City fans would want Frodo Fenlon anywhere near the club....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
I'll be very disappointed in SK if he goes to the Pars. I've always thought I'd like to go watch a game for whatever club Kenny does eventually move on to, but to be honest I would have zero interest in watching Dunfermline.
Emergency meeting of which club - City or Dunfermline ??Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
Life goes on people. Nobody is bigger than the club etc.
Kenny's been great, will be very hard to replace, but if he does go fair play to him and I hope to god we aren't shown to be as fickle as the Sligo fans have been about Connor by running him down.
dcfcSteve Clear your PM's.
You can have Anthony Gorman if you want lads ;)
Just heard there on Radio Foyle that an announcement is to be made shortly. Doesn't sound good for Derry.
Await the return of Felix.
It will effect Harps as well as we've been hearing very strong rumours of Higgsy and/or Pizza taking over us. I'd say Higgsy will definitely be Kenny's replacement.
If you'd heard the radio Foyle interview this morning, you'd be left with no other option but to feel that kenny's at the very least been talking to Dunfermline.Quote:
Originally Posted by wws
Although i'll be gutted if it happens, i do however wish him all the best.
As for a replacement, I'd go with (and i know this will not be popular with all Derry fans) Felix Healy:eek:
well thats a long way from getting the job
several higher profile candidates have been linked publicly - cant see it happening for kenny
BBC have just changed their headline to "Kenny to be named as Pars boss".Quote:
Originally Posted by wws
Tony Doc Director of Football with Higgsy Manager/COach. The dream team!Quote:
Originally Posted by Krstic
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Originally Posted by wws
Why??
Rading that BBC Scotland article it sounds like a done deal. Expect to see a trail of talented young Eircom league players following Kenny over in the transfer window. He seems to be a good man manager and expects professionalism from his players, they seem to have huge respect for him, from talking to a player who played for him at Bohs and nearly followed him to Derry.
Like everything - some of them do some of them dont - I know a couple who wouldnt be so complimentaryQuote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
learned his trade at pats of course so best wishes King Kenny
Not sure on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Many of the Derry players have families and have been to the UK before and had negative experiences.
I'd say he'll take a one or two but hopefully we'll get a few bob for them.
Does this mess up Pizza to manage Harps?
Do Derry fans honestly think that is the end of that if Kenny moves? Surely Kenny will take Kelly with him leaving Pizza with his guarenteed start once again.
Expect the national team forum to be inundated with "Kenny for Ireland" threads as soon as he steers Dunfermline to that vital 0-0 draw with Amalgamated Thistlebank Caledonians in the preliminary qualifying round of the Tesco Jockrot Trophy.
Terrible for the league if he goes.Big loss as he is a future Ireland manager IMO. Derry have a great chance of repeating or even bettering their European exploits again next season. However without Kenny I don't think progress will be made next year. He will surely bring players with him as well. On the other hand can you blame a manager with the talent he has to get out of a league like this?
if he doesnt bring players he's on hiding to nothing - dunfermeline are rock bottom
would be good to see a stephen kenny ex-eircom league select walk the SPL
will set back aiden mcgeadys rise to obscurity back another two years
Yeah he certainly has the pedigree to bottle big play off games which seems to be a pre-requisite for the Ireland manager's job. Though they've moved the goalposts with Staunton. Now it seems complete incompetance is required, in which case Gareth Farrelly is next in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
Oman is the new Pizza in the centre of defence, and at Pizza's age any extension to his playing career would be merely temporary.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheech
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
What is it about Bohs fans and Kenny that they cannot admit they made one of the biggest mistakes in recent football history by sacking the chap for getting knocked out of the first round of Europe? They always feel the need to get little digs in to absolve themselves of any blame for that decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
This certainly throws the whole management merry go round open again - Sean Connor could go to Derry, we could get Nutsy and Shels could replace him with, oh, I don't know, Keeley or someone suited to their reduced circumstances
My view is that if Stephen Kenny does leave then we should look to England or Scotland for a manager. There are not many managers who could carry on wot Kenny has acheived in Ireland if any. Some say Pat Fenlon, no ****in chance, some say Pat Dolan, Maybe but i think we should look outside of Ireland for a new managerQuote:
This certainly throws the whole management merry go round open again - Sean Connor could go to Derry, we could get Nutsy and Shels could replace him with, oh, I don't know, Keeley or someone suited to their reduced circumstances
I hope Declan Devine is given the job. But he will probably go with Kenny as I couldn't possibly believe that any Scotsman could understand a word from Paul Hegarty's gob.Quote:
Originally Posted by City till I Die
Even with pots of money, its not that easy attracting anyone from Britain to a job over here, as we have found, and Dublin is a lot handier than Derry - they are condemning themselves to invisibilty, and for young managers, that's unacceptable; you might get someone at the end of his career but you don't want thatQuote:
Originally Posted by City till I Die
Looks inevitable- a complete shame but no hard feelings towards a superb manager. Reckon Higgsy's going to get the nod, perhaps with someone with him. Bring back Buggsy I say! The -sy Dream Team!
I Doubt Higgsy will give up his job. I would like to see Brain Kerr be approached. He has the same precision to detail which SK had. I know he has said in the past he wont be managing in Eircom league again, but he been umemployed for a year now and the Brandywell is an excited place at the minute for any manager.
Because at the time it wasnt the wrong decision and he wasnt just sacked for losing to Levadia Tallinn.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Sheliban
Sure Shels had a bad patch last season after winning the league the previous two years and you didnt exactly see Ollie jumping to sack Fenlon. The fact is the Bohs board cocked up and all Bohs fans know this only they're too narrow minded to say so. Every manager goes through a bad patch, its football, they're only human, dosnt mean they deserve the sackQuote:
Because at the time it wasnt the wrong decision and he wasnt just sacked for losing to Levadia Tallinn.
The stadium issue will probably prevent us from getting a decent manager from outside Ireland. Few ambitious people would join a club with the facilities we have, and only vague hopes of improving on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by City till I Die
Take a bow Derry City Council.... :mad:
At the time we wwere replacing some of our better players with players who werent so good becauase Kenny had fallen out with them. Robbie Doyle was started ahead of Keegan and then allowed to leave so Kenny could sign Grant. Derek Coughlan forced out of the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by City till I Die
Our results/form had been very inconsistant for well over a year and we had a dozen players out of contract and Kenny was stalling on the re-negotiatons because he wanted his contract sorted first.
The FACT is the board cocked up by giving Gareth Farrelly the job. Kenny's time at Bohs had come to an end, things were on a slide and there was no sign of a turnaround. Things were much different in 2004 as Derry & Drogheda were off the pace and Cork were only just catching ourselves and Shels.
In 2003 we took 7 points from 4 games with Shels [who took 4] yet we finished 5 points behind them. It was much the same in 2004.
If we had replaced Kenny with a football manager and were still title contenders and in the mix for other trophies, sacking Kenny wouldnt be seen as a mistake. We replaced him with a spoofer and all this reminiscing comes out.
Radio reports from BBC Scotland have said its done and dusted. Kenny is manager of Dunfirmline. :(
Get out clause if a UK club came in for him apperently. Can't blame him really, brought Derry as far as he can and probably being offered a much better contract. Sad to see a good manager leave the league though, but i'm sure most eL people would wish him good luck.