Good to see another young coach at a big job,very few older managers left in the league now,massive jump in expectation for Ryan and a big risk for Bohs....
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Good to see another young coach at a big job,very few older managers left in the league now,massive jump in expectation for Ryan and a big risk for Bohs....
In fairness to PC Ian Ryan was a player at Shels when they got promoted under Alan Mathews so I can see the confusion. Wouldnt be surprised if Trevor Croly will stay on as he was coach for us in 07 season when Ian Ryan was on loan for us from Shamrock Rovers. I think its a gamble but its well worth the risk imo.
Yeah, sorry wrong Ian.
Ryan is even less experienced than Morris so it's a bit of a gamble I guess.
Think they dodged a bullet with Dunne and Perth anyway, assuming they were even in the running in the 1st place.
It worked OK with Callaghan and Long, because the expectations were relatively low. Not the case now given budgets and our switch to full time training etc.
There's a frustration in our support since our failure to get europe last year- Ian Ryan will have to get it right sharpish.
The couple of times I saw Wexford he seemed to have them playing well but that's not really that difficult with no real pressure on them in the First Division. Neale Fenn had us playing some nice football in the First and he didn't last long in Cork. The pressure will be of a whole other level.
fenn was dealt a shocking hand here infairness. a club that came within 12 hours of not being able to play his first game, he couldnt do better than a few loans. covid hit and redmond went back to england. then we lost oluwu in the summer we were goosed. its hard to see ryan stumbling on the same problems. there will be different pressure no doubt about it i think hes the best coach in the fd now, may aswell chance it at a club with some money to spend.
I?m not saying I agree with the strategy of hiring a manager from the 1st Division straight into a full-time set-up with a demanding fanbase, but I see why the club might have gone for it based on the past. He would not be my #1 choice, but if he is to be the one, then I hope he will be a great success, because it will mean the club too is also successful.
My understanding is that Ian Ryan is contracted to Wexford for next year. I presume Lorcan (Fitzgerald) is too. Would be fair chunk of money involved to get him out of his teacher's job and pay Wexford off. Obviously, I'd be hoping he stays as he will almost certainly have a bigger budget next season with Wexford than he did this season.
Isn't it amazing how unpopular Perth is given his CV. An awful lot of players don't have great things to say about his dressing room management, apparently Brian Gartland's book pretty much says as much, must give it a read. You'd think a fella who's won what he has would've walked straight back into a job. I think going back to Dundalk the second time didn't help his cause either
absolutely. made him look like a right beg. perth has never come across well enough in media appearances or interviews for me either. just doesnt strike me as someone who can rally a dressing room. if you dont have great coaching you need to have the man management/charisma to get the players running through walls for you. i cant even put a finger on where he'd land next.
Honestly not sure who else I would have considered a viable option. Reynolds would have been a good appointment but if he doesn't want to give up the u21 gig and the club want the manager to be fully focused on the club it's best for both parties to end it there. O'Shea has no experience managing a first team. Has some great names as clients by all accounts but he's a complete unknown and a bigger risk than Ryan. Dunne has less experience again so not sure why he was considered outside name recognition. I wouldn't hire Perth with Rovers money! There was always the feeling with him that he won the league by default because the players knew how to win from their time under Kenny and his subsequent seasons/spells in charge haven't convinced me otherwise. That leaves Ryan of the known candidates and he has over 50 games in charge. His win/loss record isn't great but how many games a season are Wexford expected to win? My one concern is that he might not have a network of players fit for this level built up and I'm hoping that a sporting director or director of football is appointed to handle that side of things. Longs last few transfer windows were an utter disaster bar a couple of signings and I hope the club has learned from that.
Ryan done a great job with Wexford last season, but given he had an increased budget this season, and put together a decent squad, their league table position would have to be seen as a disappointment for Wexford. Fully expected them to be in the mix for playoffs this season, and they're being badly cut adrift again.
It's an uncertain sort of appointment for Bohs.
I'd say they would have given the job to Tommy barret who has done a better job than Ryan but he ruled himself out as he saw the risk too great from a financial perspective.
According to Dan McDonnell, Ryan has removed himself from the frame due to frustrations with Bohs stalling the process. Seems a bit of a mess.
Ah, good news!
Maybe Bohs have someone else lined up which was why they were stalling.
Maybe he took a look at the squad, realised that the transfer budget was limited, and thought complete poison chalice ? Maybe he asked for but wasn't granted a career break from the teaching job ? Or maybe (hopefully) he's on his way back to UCD when they finally do what they should have done months ago and sack Myler, who picked up yet another red card last night for abusing officials. His time is up at UCD I hear, his temper has got him into a few scrapes too many.
One way or the other Ryan has a teaching job where he would most likely be taking a career break so any whiff of messing around by Bohs he would be totally right to pull out of that crap. Maybe someone more high profile has come to Bohs' attention at a very late stage this week or Bohs played the put his name out in the media game on Ryan to test what the reaction would be from the fanbase
Doesn't look great for the people making the decisions but most of the fanbase didn't want either Reynolds or Ryan going by social media anyway so we'll see who's next.
what a mare from bohs.
I think someone else the club preferred has come back to the table or else someone new has come into the picture. Ryan, Reynolds, Perth and Dunne were names hardly filling me with joy or enthusiasm. The RodFather II here we come. With the sequel being an even bigger hit than the first installment.
I have a feeling that Bohs think the job is a lot more attractive than it actually is.
Apart from the derby game with Rovers, there is little between then and Shels at the moment in stature, and on and off the field they are far behind Pats in Dublin and Derry nationally, and even further behind Rovers. Dundalk might be in Europe next year, and will be a year further into O'Donnells reign agter statting from nearly scratch this year.
Add to it that there is a huge dearth of inexperienced LOI managers, I can see why they feel they are unable to find a new manager.
I?d say they?ll be looking outside Ireland now. There doesn?t seem to be high enough level candidates available or interested.
No words necessary:
https://twitter.com/McDonnellDan/sta...59929419546624
Not a good look for McDonnell that
So according to McDonnell this weekend:
Ryan OUT
Ryan IN/OUT???
Doesn't sound convincing anyway for a upcoming coach who is also a teacher with a pensioned public sector job which he had probably worked very hard for a decade or so with qualifications to be hanging over
Far too many maybes, possibly, I think and I have a feeling posts about this. You have to remember the season is almost over and Bohs will finish midish table. So there is no need to make a hasty decision.
Bohs were presumably stalling until Steve Bruce was available.
Declan Devine is the latest contender in the frame:
https://twitter.com/ericwhite80/stat...12097398968320
Would have been better keeping Long.
awful appointment