No, fortunately he retired at the end of the last campaign :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
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No, fortunately he retired at the end of the last campaign :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
If it is a bob/stan combination its a p!ss poor choice. I think Delaney is he trying to convince us he knows very little about football. That combination is so weak and so obviously gonna fall apart under any pressure.
We'll be the laughing stock of international football with this appointment.[/QUOTE]
I dont thin its that rare for a Former player with no experience to take over the national team of a country. Esp the most capped player of all time. I dont agree with it but we would not be the laughing stock as it has happend throughout Europe.
Mark Hughes
Marco Van Basten
Jurgen Klinsman
Stoichkov
Lets also remember that Mick Mc Carthy had very little experience too as a managher. However I dont agree with this appointment of Staunton on his own but I will await what actually happens rather than comment on speculation.
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Originally Posted by Hither green
Thats a bit harsh on Kenny Cunningham
So are you talking about Stephen Carr or Roy Keane
All of the above were all legends for their various countries and held with great prestige by the fans and press. Staunton? A very average footballer who blagged a load of caps.Quote:
I dont thin its that rare for a Former player with no experience to take over the national team of a country. Esp the most capped player of all time. I dont agree with it but we would not be the laughing stock as it has happend throughout Europe.
Mark Hughes
Marco Van Basten
Jurgen Klinsman
Stoichkov
What a load of rubbish you dont blag over a hundred caps. Staunton is our most capped player. He played in 3 world Cups in 3 different positions. I would put him up there as an Irish legend.
Born and bred in Drogheda:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
On Robson's coaching experience statistics alone there is no debate, he makes all the rest look like kids in a playground. He is the most successful manager in the frame for the job since Bob Paisley. As a motivator I value him.
His age? he showed no (serious) signs of dementia with Newcastle. His record there leaves Souness in the dust. His coaching skills are with setting up attacking formations.
As he is a tracksuit coach for the training pitch you would wonder how much coherent football life there is left in him. Surely he is good for at least one campaign. And in combination with one of our finest footballers who has serious ambitions to learn the trade, I think if this is the FAI's thinking in the absence of O'Neill then it's smart enough.
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Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Was thinking more of the Clyde Cannon-fodder but now that you mention Carr...
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Originally Posted by NeilMcD
If you can put Steve Staunton up there as an Irish legend, you obviously have a serious low opinion of some of our 'forefathers'.
Ps Peter Shilton - most capped English player - legend for the English? Don't think so.
He shouldn't be learning it with us.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Nope, international football won't even notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
agreed. people have very short memories when it comes to staunton. he had the potential to be one of our top players but went seriously wayward for a few years.I thought he was one of our best players at WC2002 tho.Altho that only went to show what we had been missing out on for years. Dont think Robson was as highly regarded in some of the places he was at then it is made out. altho he is obviously no fool in football terms. think this appointment would be a total stab in the dark. it might work out and it might not. doesnt seem to smack of any real planning behind it. my guess is we will be going thru the same oul ****e in two years time....Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
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Originally Posted by lofty9
I would think that peter Shilton is an English Legend also. I am not saying that Staunton is our greatest player ever but than again Northern Irelands greatest player ever was George Best and we would not have been a great manager for Northern Ireland. If you were picking one of Irelands greatest servants you would have to put Staunton up there.
The very fact that he played under Daglish, Charlton, Mc Carthy Atkinson Souness and played over a hundred times means that he knows good managers bad managers, what it means to be an ireland international. The set up within the FAI, what it takes to go to 3 world cups.
glass already half empty????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
No, just commenting on our current status in the game. This won't make the news anywhere in the world except for a 10 minute slot on Sky Sports News which'd spend 10 minutes reporting anything anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by klein4
When Kerr was sacked it was the leading story in the sport section of Dutch teletext.
Not that impressed if Staunton gets it.
Well done, your hunch looks like being spot on. Why not read it again:)Quote:
Originally Posted by silentbob
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27/10/2005, 4:39 PM
silentbob
I know it isnt anything to go by but I just have a hunch that Stan would be the right man for the job, said it since the day Kerr was sacked as my post history will prove!! In as close to 10/1 now on PP aswell, which must show people are putting a few bob on him, think he was around 40/1 initially.
He was born in drogheda, just like half of dundalk and grew up in dundalk. No, he's a proud craptonianQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
This stinks of minnowism.
Steve Staunton? What's the point in sacking Kerr if you are going to appoint Steve Staunton? Madness. Not letting him pick his backroom staff is another ridiculous decision. Bobby Robson as mentor? Have the FAI not learned from forcing Chris Hughton on Kerr? They should appoint a football man to MANAGE the affairs of the senior team, whether that be Staunton or anyone else, and let them MANAGE. let them appoint their own staff. Farcical. :mad:
Yes Delaney and his mafiosi have done it again. A unique mix of drepitude and ineptitude. :mad:
Is that because Dundalk's ladies commute to Drogheda to give birth in the hospital?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Even when he captained Ireland at the WC was he not reclaimed as a proud son of Drogheda?
I thought another irish man getting the job might not be the tonic we need. Stan seems subdued most of the time. I think the FAIlure are trying to pick the next Pearse (although Man City's form is hardly inspiring of late :D). At the end of the day it will really depend on who he is with, if he has the likes of Blobby Robson he should be ok.
I think its more to do with the players we have. The next manager should be given the European Qualifiers and the world cup , if he doesnt make either then sack him
Some of them do (well some of them did in the past, not sure what the buzz is now, thank f**k I never got a craptonian doll up the spout to have to worry about it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
'Even when he captained Ireland at the WC was he not reclaimed as a proud son of Drogheda?'
If he was, its incorrent, hes a proud craptonian. Ask him where hes from and he'll say craptown. Gary Kelly, Iam Harte, Nicy Colgan and Sean Thornton are all from drogheda - staunton is from dundalk (but born in drogheda)
Stan the man, hope he proves us wrong..
Next person that get's the boot if all fails, (wont be golden or an award either) should be Delaney. He's the root of the problem, I dont need to say. How would he get shafted anyhow & who is in charge if things go the way they go?Quote:
Originally Posted by thejollyrodger
I'm glad the FAI waited to get the right man. Who'd have thought we'd up up with the assistant at Walsall.
When Delaney got rid of Brian Kerr i wasnt happy.But then i said well if he gets in someone better than Kerr then fair enough . but if its Staunton thats just an insult to Kerr really.
its an insult to all the ireland fans.
why shell out good money to watch some third rate version of management academy????
what is the thinking behind appointing someone like staunton??
Delaney should go. he is a complete chancer. four more years of crap ahead....
I'd have as much faith in Pat Dolan as I would in Staunton. Nice fella and a great servant to Irish football but the lad has no experience in management and I couldn't see him cut out for such a high pressured job. This would be a major insult to Kerr (not that i'm worried) and another crucial mistake to add to that of the FAI's long list!
I just had a nightmare that "Stan" Staunton was appointed Ireland manager. With Bobby Robson as his "director of football". How can I wake up from this? Will this large bottle of Jameson help in any way? How strong are the windows down at the FAi?
What a terrible decision. Very disappointing. I have listened to many interviews with Staunton and he has a dreadful monotone speaking voice and does not come across as the most inspiring person. So, if he does not have the managing/ coaching knowledge and experience, what exactly is he bringing to the table. A link to the rah-rah days of the Charlton era. A YES man for the FAI. Its alousy decision. Not to personally beat up on the bloke, its just my opinion ...
Also, the previous poster is right - Why sack Kerr to bring in Stan ffs.
Staunton and Kevin Mac Donald will do a good Job. The Players Will Respect Them And Learn to play as a Team
Good Luck Lads
.....:rolleyes:
Staunton
Sufferin Jayziz! No experience... how's that an Improvement on Kerr?
this is a bad dream lads and one where we dont wake for at least four years:confused:
Well whether you think it's a good decision or not you may as well get behind
him if thats the decision, even if we fail to qualify he will have done no
worse than Kerr.
Let him be judged by the results and good luck to him.
Maybe Stan has some hidden qualities? Doubt it though. Agree with the post stating the FAI might think it may have a Stuart Pearce effect. But even listening to to him, Pearce said that he thought he was ready for management when he took over at Forest initially but discovered soon after he wasn't. (Once forgot to put a goalkeeper on the team aheet is the example he uses). City might be on a muck run of form but he's learned the ropes well in the three to four years he had after retiring and he'll turn things around there when he getsrod of some of those journey men.
But we don't have the time for a trial-and-error mechanism from a novice. And as the Sunday Times reported regarding Delaney found Staunton being "impressive to deal with when discussing player terms for WC2002,"then that's just plain stupid if he gets the senior job.
is that the standard we want from our international manager?Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
no worse than the previous one who we had to let go cause he wasnt up to the job?
maybe staunton will turn out to be a fantastic manager. who knows. I would be interested to hear what was the motivation in picking him over any of the other candidates. seems they were more interested in getting a yes man on the cheap. agree with SunnySweeney in that he never came accross as inspiring. I get the feeling we will be stuck with a guy learning his trade and making his mistakes while we fail to qualify for tournaments and he stays on due to goodwill left over from his playing days.
Has a decision been made or is this all just speculation?
Staunton as manager seems very small-time.