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The Kenny talk is a red herring it reminds me of the Kerr taking the Pats job talk over the years. I don’t think there is a chance that Kenny will return to the LOI anytime soon. I’d say he will take his time before taking some obscure international job.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
Vinny Perth come on down
Kenny's, like Kerr's, professional pride wont let him jump back to LoI any time soon though Id love to be wrong and for BA to throw a kitchen sink at turning his head. The ability of Dundalk fans to polarise never ceases to surprise, Gartland being included as an interim sestup is being called as calculated and targeted with him undemining O'Donnell to get the main job. Not beyond possible but how quickly itk people have emerged with a bunch of stories could be some sort of record even by our standards. Recruitment has been questionable but hardly the conspiracy thats is doing the rounds, maybe its just simply poor recruitment. Rules out swapping in Higgins if he doesnt last if there is substance to rumours. So much for pulling together...
Candidates, as ever its a complete stab in the dark. I doubt BA hant considered possibilities, even sounded some out. I hope he has a quality candidate in mind from his own contacts tbh, rather than tired and tested or up and coming young coach, internal appointment. Its about surviving the drop (maybe the club) and unless O'Donnell was doing something very wrong that others on the coaching team could see and can sort well why drop the axe-actually maybe a power struggle between coaches isnt the worst possibility if now it focuses the squad and they graft for whomever.
Welcome to Oriel, Maxi.
Am I mistaken or is brian gartland in charge of recruitment for dundalk? If so,he should be out the door,no?
Have always had a soft spot for SOD since his days at Rovers and wish him well,but this appears to be a real setback in his fledgling managerial career.
Please please give the job to *vinny-from-the-block,just for pure entertainment sake.
He used to have a little,now he has f**k all.
Great craic if they give it to Rogers. He'll no doubt have his name in the hat anyway. Lives across the border in Monaghan.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
I’d say there’s more chance of you getting Nigel tbh :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
If Gartland is still there I'd be surprised he went for Perth. Gartland was scathing enough of Perth in his autobiography I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
No sympathy for O'Donnell at all. He'll be back soon enough in any case when the next vacancy in the league crops up.
Submitting my application as we speak.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
perth has no backbone so id imagine he will be begging for another go in dundalk
Back in the UK afaikQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Anyone else think Declan Devine could make a swift LOI comeback with Dundalk as there is such a dearth of available candidates? It already sounds like Glentoran are falling apart around him in that caretaker role with issues outside of his control
O'Donnell inevitably on his Pats 2021 and Dundalk 2022 campaigns will be top candidate to replace whoever is the next Premier Division manager to get the bullet
O'Donnell should just apply for the Dundalk job if there's nobody better than him available!
I dont think so but maybe beggars cant be choosers. There have been some decent and not totally off the wall suggestions, Paddy McLoughlin for example. I certainly can see IL managers/coaches fitting the bill and not out of our league, pardon the pun, especially with weeks left in their season. A decent coaching team could be assembled, Stephen McDonnell is building his rep and could be enticed back? Im sure peopl would see that as underwhelming but maybe he is ready to step up. Currently, performances and maybe finances dont suggest that we can make a really marquee appointment. If the interm coaches start to quickly get results, however unlikely, it will throw the cat among the pidgeons. A proper DoF appoitment years back could have eased the playing side of things through ownership upheavel, but thats for another day now and Id be a traditionalist, head of recruitment seemed a half hearted effort of a DoF type role.Quote:
Originally Posted by total hoofball
Glentoran are a basket case and have been for a few years. Can't be pinned on Devine. Can see how he could light a fire in Dundalk and get them going but sustaining it seems to be a problem for him. I could see it happening alright but who knows.
What we need is someone to somehow turn the season around straight away. Id take 2nd last and a play off spot right now if offered itQuote:
Originally Posted by bohsmug
I'd agree with bohsmug. Devine would be a good shout but only for the rest of the season. He seems to be able to get teams fired up enough for a while but then it fades. It might be enough for what Dundalk need right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Glentoran are going to be in a European playoff against a bunch of middling teams (Crusaders, Coleraine and winner of the bottom half split) they have every chance of winning that and that would be a decent achievement. If they don't win it he'll be gone at the end of the season anyway, so in some ways he's in a bit of a no-lose situation. Dundalk look in a terrible state at the moment, it's still early in the season and I wouldn't totally write them off yet but it doesn't look like an attractive job at all given how the season has begun for them.
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/12723684...dy-mclaughlin/
Paddy McLaughlin in the frame for the Dundalk job….
I really think Dundalk hiring someone who knows the league well is a necessity for them otherwise it's a huge gamble for where they are with their mess of a squad, McLaughlin was let go by Derry less than a season after being headhunted to be Higgins assistant that would be a very risky hire by Dundalk for meQuote:
Originally Posted by joey B