Sean Connor back in management

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09/12/2008, 10:15 AM
jinxy lilywhite

Personally I think a good appointment. A proven track record in the premier division and really that is all we want. It's idiotic to say that we'll challenge for major honors but we have to be realistic and aim to finish higher than 7th place (10th place relegated and 8th and 9th are in a playoff). I don't think JG would of got us that. I believe that Connor will keep us well out of trouble.
09/12/2008, 10:43 AM
cheech

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Originally Posted by wexfordned

He did it by playing some of the most boring football ever seen at dalymount. We had loads of clean sheets under Connor but scored f**K all goals as it was a case of everyone defend deep so as not to concede. It seemed not losing was more important than winning

That really improved under Fenlon. :D
09/12/2008, 10:44 AM
shep

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Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

Relegation beckons for Dundalk :)

Ah well,better than promotion beckoning in the 92nd minute and the.........its colin scanlon........yyeeeaaahhhh. Enjoy Div 1 for another few years,i dont think we will be going back anytime soon!!!
09/12/2008, 10:59 AM
jinxy lilywhite

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Originally Posted by shep

Ah well,better than promotion beckoning in the 92nd minute and the.........its colin scanlon........yyeeeaaahhhh. Enjoy Div 1 for another few years,i dont think we will be going back anytime soon!!!

Oh yeah Shep that was good.:D
09/12/2008, 11:04 AM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by holidaysong

He only lasted six months though.. He couldn't handle the pressure of the premier division.

Eh - you do remember that Dublin City went bust after six months of the Premier?

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Originally Posted by LukeO

And I've stuck up for the Gerrys where exactly? Two wrongs don't make a right etc. etc.

Connor is a dishonest spoofer... whatever the Gerrys have done does not change that fact.

True. But given most of what he was accused of having done was retracted by Bohs in court, I'm curious as to what's left for him to have lied about?
09/12/2008, 11:25 AM
wexfordned

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Originally Posted by cheech

That really improved under Fenlon. :D

Sure did Roddy:D
09/12/2008, 11:27 AM
wexfordned

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Eh - you do remember that Dublin City went bust after six months of the Premier?

True. But given most of what he was accused of having done was retracted by Bohs in court, I'm curious as to what's left for him to have lied about?

Had a player under contract with an Irish league club training with Bohs without the club's permission

Promised players contracts then at the end of the season more or less told them to f**k off
09/12/2008, 11:36 AM
Boh_So_Good

Good luck to him I think Dundalk made a god move. He was a very good manager at Sligo Rovers and it's only because he moved to Bohs and took a bunch of players that SR fans are so anti-Connors. Grow up.

I think he was treated unfairly at Bohs too. I really have no problem with the man and he should do well at Dundalk.
09/12/2008, 12:09 PM
Rovers Maniac

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Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good

Good luck to him I think Dundalk made a god move. He was a very good manager at Sligo Rovers and it's only because he moved to Bohs and took a bunch of players that SR fans are so anti-Connors. Grow up.

I think he was treated unfairly at Bohs too. I really have no problem with the man and he should do well at Dundalk.

Hi Sean i think you're great :D
09/12/2008, 12:10 PM
holidaysong

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Eh - you do remember that Dublin City went bust after six months of the Premier?

Eh - you do remember that Gill left Dublin City during the 2004 season, while Dublin City went bust in the 2006 season..?

:rolleyes:
09/12/2008, 12:10 PM
Nah Nah Nah Nah

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Originally Posted by Boh_So_Good

Good luck to him I think Dundalk made a god move. He was a very good manager at Sligo Rovers and it's only because he moved to Bohs and took a bunch of players that SR fans are so anti-Connors. Grow up.

I think he was treated unfairly at Bohs too. I really have no problem with the man and he should do well at Dundalk.

He was never liked in the Showgrounds long before he jumped ship. He spent more time arguing with people in the crowd then watching the game.
09/12/2008, 12:25 PM
joeSoap

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The terms of the job state that he will be assisted by former Dundalk player John Whyte and he must report to the board on team selection issues when requested.

This is questionable and can be interpreted as undermining him already. Does this mean the board can have a say in team selection if they want?:rolleyes::confused:
09/12/2008, 12:27 PM
holidaysong

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

This is questionable and can be interpreted as undermining him already. Does this mean the board can have a say in team selection if they want?:rolleyes::confused:

I don't think that is correct. Connor said at the press conference that he would be bringing in his own backroom staff in the next week. Whyte's name wasn't mentioned during the press conference..
09/12/2008, 12:30 PM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by holidaysong

Eh - you do remember that Gill left Dublin City during the 2004 season, while Dublin City went bust in the 2006 season..?

:rolleyes:

That I don't. Although my original post queried my call on the 2006 season bit, and when you neglected to correct it then, I assumed I was correct. Mea culpa.
09/12/2008, 12:42 PM
joeSoap

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Originally Posted by holidaysong

I don't think that is correct. Connor said at the press conference that he would be bringing in his own backroom staff in the next week. Whyte's name wasn't mentioned during the press conference..

I took the quote straight from the Independent.
09/12/2008, 12:44 PM
holidaysong

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Originally Posted by joeSoap

I took the quote straight from the Independent.

I know, I seen it myself this morning.. It was rumoured that Whyte would be put in as a number 2 but I can't see it happening as Connor was quite clear that he would be free to bring in his own staff in the next week.. :ball:
09/12/2008, 2:28 PM
Red&White Rover

Unlucky Dundalk.

The man is a bluffer, plain and simple.

I'm thankful for what he did in getting us up, but apart from that...

Snakey, weasel of a man, with no redeeming features.
09/12/2008, 2:49 PM
Mr A

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Originally Posted by Red&White Rover

The man is a bluffer, plain and simple.

I'm thankful for what he did in getting us up, but apart from that...

If he was just a bluffer then surely he would never have got you up....
09/12/2008, 3:28 PM
cheech

Hegarty got Harps promoted so I don't really see your point.

He is the biggest bluffer of them all.
09/12/2008, 3:30 PM
Jersey Cow

In fairness whatever anybody says /thinks of Connor is personal and if he is a bluffer/spoofer/had players training when they were with other clubs/promised contracts and then withdrew them/had dinner date with Anne Doyle from the news or whoever...........its all silly talk when you take into account his complete exhoneration in the highest court last week ..........and if you look at his footballing record, like it or not he did win the First Division at Sligo,semifinal of a cup, left them in a better position than when he took the job.....moved onto Bohs, brought them to 3rd in his first season and one semifinal and one final as well as the players he brought to the League....example...who ever heard of Brian Murphy in Swansea reserves 2 years ago or Kudozovic/Hughes/O'Donnell/Seamus Coleman.......he must know something like him or loathe him............

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