New Irish manager

Personal opinion

1. Big Sam? Apparenlty was close to signing for Sunderland so maybe he wants away from the Reebok - no thanks
2. Alan Curbishley - did more than admirable job at Charlton and the part-time set up might suit him if he still wants a break - possible but mightened command players respect as he hasnt won anything
3. Kenny Daglish, bit of a legend but doubt he'd be interested. - no thanks
4. Lawrie Sanchez, has transformed one sh1t irish team so why not the other? 9and he used to manage The Bit O'Red!!!) - please God no

Prefer somebody from the continent myself

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Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

Maybe we need some gruff b@stard to come in and shake the tree a bit.

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Jack charlton maybe?:D :D :D

They're not going to go for an ex-international in whoever they appoint after Staunton. You can bet Troussier will be promoting himself again. It's really hard to call. I suspect they will go for a Steve Bruce / Bryan Robson candidate. I hope not but I reckon Delaney wants to see Robson involved in some way. Hiddink should have been got years ago.

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Originally Posted by DeNiro

They're not going to go for an ex-international in whoever they appoint after Staunton. You can bet Troussier will be promoting himself again. It's really hard to call. I suspect they will go for a Steve Bruce / Bryan Robson candidate. I hope not but I reckon Delaney wants to see Robson involved in some way. Hiddink should have been got years ago.

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Troussier's name has been bandied about for a while. Does anybody know of his credentials or who he's been managing recently? I'd be willing to give him a shot as he'd be coming in with a clean slate and again wouldn't have any previous loyalties with any of the players...

For those looking for a continental manager i have 2 words, Berti Vogts.

At the risk of raising a debate about the Eircom Legue etc, I would say that over the next 5-10 years most of our players will be playing what is commonly called 'British' style football i.e. fast pace, little time on ball, less skill. In fact this seems to be the style in both Ireland and Britain. I struggle to see what Guus Hiddink would do to instill a different style of play in the players when he sees them for 20 days a year.

Let's go with what we have and appoint a manager who understands that type of play. I'd go for Allardyce or O'Leary.

I know he has no Irish connections but what about someone like Warnock, least with his teams you get alot of heart and effort.
Also the FAI could never afford Hiddink I think he is now the highest paid international manager in the world.

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Originally Posted by Dassa

I know he has no Irish connections but what about someone like Warnock, least with his teams you get alot of heart and effort.

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For the love of god no, anybody but Colin!!

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Originally Posted by Dassa

I know he has no Irish connections but what about someone like Warnock, least with his teams you get alot of heart and effort.
Also the FAI could never afford Hiddink I think he is now the highest paid international manager in the world.

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Yeh that's because Abramovich is funding it. We really lost out not getting Hiddink years ago. Look at his record, he even got Korea to a semi at WC 2002. Did well with PSV in the Champs League as well. Australia went out to eventual winners. He wouldn't be with Russia if there wasn't potential either. He doesn't want money, he's after success.

I honestly think if we end up with a Robson or Bruce type character we will be going further backwards than we are under Stan.

For those looking for a continental manager i have 2 words, Berti Vogts.

Surprised the Vogts appointment didnt work out in Scotland. He can handle the pressure Euro 96 (in England) i think all his predecessors won either the world Cup or the European Championship. I would guess a lot more pressure than the England job - in a football sense.

Maybe he was used to working with more skillfull/talented players than Scotland had to offer. Are the SFA much richer than the FAI ?

We need someone who is willing to make the tough decisions and drop the Keanes, Duffs etc when they are not doing the business e.g. Scholari. I don't think an irish based or English based manager would have the balls to do that, so it would need to be a continental manager...

Sven Goran Ericsson, if only for the laugh we would have watching him getting stuck into a few of the classy birds this country has to offer up there in the Pale.
**** it would distract from the fact we have a ****e team and he is used to dealing with *****s on over inflatted egos. ( John O'Shea ):)

Think I mentioned it before, but Ranieri? With a settled squad to choose from, he can't rotate much, and I still believe his best spell was the season before Abramovich took over as his best with Chelsea, with a relatively settled side, he took them to the Champion's League.

i won the UEFA cup on Championship manager with Rovers :D:D

I'd be suspicious of Ranieri. It's true his first spell at Valencia and early time at Chelsea were successful, but in recent years he's become less hands-on than he used to be. His return to Valencia was an unmitigated disaster, despite being welcomed as a returning hero, inheriting a Liga/UEFA Cup winning squad and being allowed to buy all the Italians he wanted. We couldn't afford him, wouldn't be glamorous enough for him and don't need him.

Even Limerick's own Allardyce or Martin O'Neill on a part-time basis would be preferable

If we wanted to get Co Adriaanse it'd have to be soon as it won't be long before he's in a job. I'd be pretty sure he'd be interested considering he was in talks with China recently.

He got Willem II into the Champions league and had AZ Alkmaar playing some top class football. He got AZ to the semi finals of the UEFA cup. I watched the 2nd leg against Sporting Lisbon and it was honestly one of best matches I've ever seen (highlights). :) AZ should have won the match tbh (it went to extra time where AZ scored first. Sporting scored after that and away goals count as 2 in extra time).

He spent a season at Porto last year winning the league and cup double before resigning because the board didn't try hard enough to sign Venegoor of Hesselink.

tbh, he'd be up high up my list and I'd say he'd be interested. If he had us playing the type of football that he played at AZ I'd be delighted. :)

Has probably been mentioned already, but who would want the job?

Two major things will stop a decent guy getting the job; first of all the money we would offer and secondly the quality of the players available. A decent manager will want a decent pool of players to pick from so he can improve things enhance his reputation.

should be Tom the Gom.

Seriously.

He's a better communicator anyway.

nonsense! niall quinn is next in line. at least he's taken charge of a football team before! albeit with disasterous consequences..

Surely Daft Dave is in with a shout!:D