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Dunphy said after the game against Germany that Ireland have a 'Great Squad' and that they deserve a better manager etc.
Does anyone remember him saying at the start of the qualifiers that Ireland have an 'Ordinary' squad??????
Seems to be changing his tune a bit to me ( depending on who we played and how we played ).
Obviously there is terrific potential after we look at the performance on Saturday.
Dunphy contradicts himself more often than Aertel getting a result right.
There's a collection of stuff out there on him.
Do people still even listen to this clown? Outdated, one eyed buffoon with nothing constructive to offer.
Maybe he's changed his mind in regards to the overall ability of our squad throughout the course of this campaign? Or maybe he has lowered his expectations of what an Ireland squad should be? Either way its no reason to hang the man, people's opinions change, even football pundits, deal.with.it.
Gotta love the anti-Dunphy brigade that go one and on about how he goes on and on about Staunton/Ronaldo/Gerrard/etc. without realising that they are going on and on about Dunphy :rolleyes:
I agree. But he should say he has changed his mind -and hang him anyway ( negative git ). He was saying after the Czech game that we haven't had a good manager in years ( meaning that in his opinion that Kerr and McCarthy were crap managers too ).Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
He hates Charlton so you can be damn sure that he wouldn't have said that he was the last good manager Ireland had if Bill O'Herlihy had the presence of mind to press him on it -so the end result, I'd imagine, is that he would say that the last good manager Ireland had was Johnny Giles, coz he's sitting near him! ( even though Giles never got us to a finals and Charlton got us to three! ). :rolleyes:
Feck it, like him or hate him i don't care, i'd still much prefer to watch the lads on rte ahead of the mindless drones on either of TV3 or Sky...
This is my favourite (from Sept 2001) courtesy of Owlsfan.
"An incredible achievement by the manager and players. Credit to the manager and to the atmosphere and to the family feeling, the feeling of belonging, he has created. That is why the manager and coaches deserve credit. That's a cumalitive thing and very, very impressive. A vindication for the manager who's had a rough time."
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Originally Posted by gspain
Exactly. I always find it odd that it seems the majority of people don't realise this.
Woo woo woo....dont be slagging off Bill the legend :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shelsman
Sure hes just as bad sasd the rest of them. They all collectively agreed the other night that Germany only lost the World Cup semi final on penalties FFS !
Agree much prefer RTE's analysis. Dunphy does know the game but courts controversy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Ogba
Agree about always prefering RTE.
Dunphy's always been inconsistent.
The quote above after the Dutch game was the best of all time.
Another gem was him saying Ireland were a better team for Mick McCarthy's presence (after losing 2 late goals to draw 3-3 in Poland with O'Leary in the team) despite having derided McCarthy for years and lauded the out of favour David O'Leary. In fairness, this was a begrudging but honest acceptance that Mick's character rather than his skill level was a critical part of that team.
"If you want entertainment go to the pictures". "Platini's a bottler" etc etc
dunphy is a legend. :cool::)
dunphy is a clown - always is , always was and always will beQuote:
Originally Posted by citizenerased
Amen
ah lads it's a bit of entertainment. Would you be rather watching the BBC with Gary "FA Cup" Lineker, Peter "Rather be watching paint dry" Schmeichel and Ian "I've no idea whats going on so I'll shout and laugh like a mad man" Wright.Quote:
Originally Posted by back of the net
Dunphy is all hype. The more he insults people the more money he can get for his newspaper articles and tv appearances. People take him too seriously.
although sensationalist his sentiments are in the right place...he was right when he said stan should have been sacked after the dutch match..very funny aswell..'rinky dink coach':D....brilliant
While I do think that he talks ****e most of the time in the case he has a point as the squad we have now has a number of improvements since then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shelsman
Doherty replaced by McShane
Carr replaced by J O'Brien
Kavanagh replaced by Carsely
plus Stephen Hunt and a few others.
Expection is Jeff Stelling on Sky soccer Saturday. The man is brilliant. Works on local radio midweek and comes on Sky on Sat and rips the ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Ogba