Ah yes but a bit of bohs bashing has to happen!
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Ah yes but a bit of bohs bashing has to happen!
Andy Myler is perfect for the job, but it may not be a big enough position to accommodate his burgeoning ego and self importance. Personality wise, very like your average Bohs fan, always spoiling for a fight over nothing, so a match made in heaven
Jokes aside the squad need a bit of fight in them. I've never seen a team so meek when a bit of a challenge is out in front of them. This season they lacked leaders on and off the pitch which can be seen with the rotating captains armband. I don't want Myler in I think he's a bit overrated myself but if someone came in with a bit of a fighters attitude I wouldn't be against thatQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Wouldn't be a fan of Myler for the job. I think he's a bit overrated all things considered. In saying that it's the type of character the current Bohs squad need. I have never seen a team so meek when a challenge is put to them. They lack leaders both on and off the pitch which is epitomised by the rotating captains armband. The team needs someone with a bit of fight in them and I think that person needs to be brought in sooner rather than later for multiple reasons
IronyQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
The main difference is the holier than thou attitude that comes from the Bohs admin, debt cleared, climate justice stuff, look how conscientious we are etc etc and then go and do something like sign 9 players and then sack the manager. Unlike with the derby rivals who will pounce, for me it is both perplexing and entertaining. I even got the Rovers rolling of eyes and amusement at the tantrum like press releases after some Dublin Derbies and the irony subsequently. There has been great community work done and some stellar football related stuff too, the Rovers Derby hoodoo was great fun to watch. But when things turned more recently you could hear the Lambert foot stamping in Cork! I doubt Bohs fans would claim that this hasnt been botched or fits with the image the club is trying to project - eyes off carbon credits and back on the football in a football club when needed. A marketing man might see value in the any publicity is good stuff but LoI football fans can smell fudge from miles.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
You ok hon?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bowler
Well, there is making an announcement seeking a new manager on your social media channels and then there is making an announcement of a “new manager” when the real manager, the fella who was hired to be the manager but is now the “coach” is still at the club and the fella who is now the manager never wanted it in the first place and quits a month later. Now that is fudge production on a commercial scale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Jaysus, you like a rambling nonsensical post don't you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Oh I agree totally, it was a sh1t show and it was a didnt know whether to laugh or cringe experience for Dundalk fans. I doubt you'd find a post by myself that would say much different. I think whataboutery could be the most futile Irishism there is - lets people off the hook, perpetuates the acceptance and cycle of the 'mutually rubbish at' so its ok to be rubbish. But hey deflection seems to be the Bohs way these days!Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
I do, and I love Bohs post match statements for the same reason!Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
I'm just hoping that if we win tonight that Stephen Bradley doesn't upset wee Daniel again by banging his crest leaving the field. Hopefully bradser rereads the last letter and modifies his behaviour
Can confirm. Measured on the Richter scale. Bohs do some great things to raise their profile and benefit their community but they're interspersed with enough absolutely cringey posturing that it makes me wonder if there's genuine insight there or if it's just a big wall and a whole lot of shyte situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Yeah that doesnt surprise me but If we're lucky there could be a reminder tonight for you - Rovers do your worst;) Do the CEO and Club President collaborate much?Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
FWIW Dundalk renaming their stadium, "until the end of the season", is VERRRRRRRRRRY Bohs behaviour.
Can you translate that into a coherent thought and come back to me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
See Jim Crawford is linked with bohs job today doubt he will quit his U21 job with ROI side.
As a marketing man, a hell of a lot of it is absolute fudge! With my work hat on they've done a hell of a lot right off the pitch branding and marketing the club, along with all the community stuff but there's a hell of a lot of sniffing their own farts and smelling roses going on for a long time now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
It's almost become cult-esque with some of Bohs support, I've had conversations with many over the last few years and a lot won't take any legitimate point against the way the clubs been run or dodgy decisions, even if it's clear as day. On the other hand, there is a fairly vocal minority who would speak up internally about stuff. Something that's popping up lately now the wheels have fell off the wagon is that despite DL being full time COO or whatever it is, he's a load of side hustles going on and some are starting to say he should be concentrating on his day job running the club.
Crawford is definitely in with a shout for it, he's only on a rolling contract with the FAI. The big stumbling block is with the playoff end of the month, he's not going to leave the 21s high and dry before then, if they win that he'll most likely sign a new deal with the FAI to take him through the finals and the next qualifying campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
How exactly? Given that Bohs have existed for 130+ years and have literally never done that or anything even remotely similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
What’s your view on the renaming of football clubs?Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
Not a fan of it at all Ger. It's why I hope Treaty stick with their current name and don't bow to sticking Limerick in there again.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
What potential club would Keith Long end up at, if he was to get back into managing again?
It would have to be a Dublin team, as I reckon he won't move very far from his home!
Well he is pat declines son in law so I can see bray happening.
Pat devlin that should be, although maybe…..,Quote:
Originally Posted by Dermobohs
https://www.buzz.ie/sport/bohemians-...llins-27909853
Roddys take on the situation at Bohs.
"countless Bohs fans have contacted me about the position, urging me to return to the club"
Hahahaha. Same old Roddy- spend spend spend spend is the way forward
How far can Roddy count exactly?
I read that article earlier today and could barely believe my eyes. He's calling for "real and meaningful change at Bohs"... Does he not realise the club was a mess for ages and this is the first time in about 10 years that the club is in a healthy position?
Roddy genuinely seems to believe that investing in the future through things like academy and facilities is wrong and you should blow all your cash on the 1st team. Unreal!
Unfortunately for the rest of us watching on, even boez are not that stupid that they'd take back the unemployed plasterer as manager.
Pender, Perth and Richard Dunne all linked with the job. Fingers crossed it’s Dunne as he’d produce some of the funniest moments of the three IMO :D
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...r-vinny-perth/
Dunne won’t be able to find his way to Dalymount so you can count him out.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Considering his entire time at Bohs and not just the latest ****show, what do Bohs fans make of him?
Seems like he's good at working with young players, which might make him a good fit at Galway United. However, last time I took a quick glance at a potential GUFC manager's career highlights I was severely disappointed
Bohs fans would be pretty underwhelmed with that list,apparently Jim McGuinness applied for it aswell,I’d say there’s more chance of me getting !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
What’s your views on climate change, poetry, woke culture and everything non-football related?Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
vinny perth lol
Copied to save anyone clicking on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
I have not applied to become the new Bohemians manager and I won’t be doing so.
In the days that have followed Keith Long’s departure from Dalymount Park, countless Bohs fans have contacted me about the position, urging me to return to the club.
It ain’t happening. Right now, I would not get the freedom and support from the Gypsies board to turn the club into trophy winners and that would frustrate me.
Back in September, 1998 I received a phone call from a senior Bohs official to ‘come in and give a hand’ in the wake of Joe McGrath’s exit.
I was happy to do so and by the end of that season I had steered the team to Premier Division survival via the play-offs.
When I left Bohs in June, 2001, we had won the double, finished as FAI Cup runners-up and beaten Kaiserslautern and Aberdeen away from home in the Uefa Cup.
Structure
Could Bohs emulate such success in the near future? Yes. Will it happen? No, due to the way that the club is currently operated.
Any organisation that makes social inclusivity and its local community key elements of its structure must be applauded and Bohs do so much great work in Phibsboro and Dublin’s northside.
But somewhere along the way, the club has forgotten that being a successful football club is its primary objective. Winning trophies is now a secondary issue.
Bohemians is a club that is now too political and this is wrong. To me, it seems that the least important thing there is football, with no ambition to win silverware.
The new boss faces a tough task in changing the culture up in Dalymount. Here’s what he needs to do to win the battle.
He must keep the young players that the club continues to develop by banging his fists on the boardroom table and ensuring that the club finds the money to keep them on longer and more lucrative contracts.
Since last December, Bohs have lost Georgie Kelly, Andy Lyons, Ross Tierney, Dawson Devoy, Promise Omochere, Jack Moylan and Sean Grehan. This is simply not good enough for a club of Bohs’ stature.
But this culture has been there for decades. When Billy Young was in charge during the early to mid-eighties, Jacko McDonagh, Paul Doolin, Terry Eviston, Kevin Brady and Liam O’Brien all left for Shamrock Rovers to become key members of their four-in-a-row title-winning run.
It’s the job of the manager to secure these great young talents and sign experienced stars — not being cosy with the board and being buddies with the directors.
Keith was there for eight years — no trophy to show for his efforts. It amazes me that he was offered a new four-year contract last year.
Wrong emphasis
For me, the emphasis is all wrong at Bohs, so even if I received a call from their board, I would not go there.
The Hoops are setting the standards in Dublin and right across the League of Ireland.
But Bohemians can be just as big a club as Rovers. Now, they’re content with beating them in derby games as happened on Friday night.
How far are Bohs behind Rovers? 10 to 20 years.
If the Bohs board is brave and takes the correct approach they will appoint a boss that only sees winning football matches and silverware as his brief, with everything else irrelevant.
https://i2-prod.buzz.ie/incoming/art...o_00804858.jpg
This will bring him into conflict with the board but so what?
The sale of young players, the €1.7 million received from Wolves when Matt Doherty moved to Spurs two years ago and strong ticket sales have left plenty of money in the club’s kitty.
So it should be invested in keeping the best young players there when offers arrive in from Shamrock Rovers and Britain.
There has been a lot of sympathy extended to Keith in the past few days over the platter exodus but it doesn’t wash with me.
He should have put a gun to the head of the board and told the directors ‘if they go, then I go’.
Did Shelbourne keep trying to buy Glenn Crowe when I was Bohs boss and he scored an incredible 25 goals when we won the league? Of course they did but they didn’t get him when I was in charge.
The same applied to Kevin Hunt, while I refused to budge with the board when it kept stalling on my bid to sign Trevor Molloy from St Patrick’s Athletic. We got him in the end.
My belligerence didn’t go down well and I remember one director telling me that if ‘I kept my head down I had a job for life’.
Nonsense
Nonsense, I wanted success, not a job for life and every manager must think this way.
It’s 2009 since Bohs last won the Premier Division crown and 12 months before that since the FAI Cup was last claimed by the club. Since 2009, the Setanta Sports Cup was won in 2010.
Bohs fans have been hoodwinked for the past 12 years.
It’s time for real and meaningful change at Bohemian Football Club, not just the arrival of a new first team
manager.
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Ian Ryan is on the list as well according to McDonnell. Bit disappointing to be honest. The other 3 would be gas. Can't imagine they are seriously being considered. Maybe Pender would turn out ok but Perth and Dunne? They can do better surely.
McDonnell was also mentioning a guy who was an assistant coach at AIK Stockholm for a while, and the Huddersfield academy (I think). Sean O'Shea. Most recently he's been doing private coaching in Dubai. Can't see him getting it though.
Can't see Dunne or Perth getting the job, Pender with Croly as "manager" would be the safe option with them both under contract. Even though he's a legend I think most Bohs fans would prefer a fresh start from the previous era. Seems like a big step up for someone like Ryan but he's going to get a decent job soon enough anyway with his reputation growing so we might take the punt on him. Have a feeling it'll be someone off the beat and track who isn't immediately apparent.