Strong rumours doing the rounds yesterday and today that if we lose at Pats tonight he will exit stage right.
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Strong rumours doing the rounds yesterday and today that if we lose at Pats tonight he will exit stage right.
I would be surprised if Robbie Horgan is in charge for the Cockhill Celtic cup game.
Darius to step up again?
Any chance of Cooke returning? The Board have a lot of questions to answer.
Drogheda fans I've spoken to are not happy with the way a so called "members club" is controlled by a clique of wealthy supporters. The views of ordinary fans are not welcome, apparently.
Darius in after tonight if things don't go their way apparently
Done Pats -1 tonight, was tempted to go -2.
If Horgans job is hanging on beating Pats then he may stick the fire on now, put his feet up and save himself the bother tonight.
Something has to be done as at the moment they way that Drogheda are fading and Athlone now have a win on the board, Athlone have have a chase on and much to play for!
Players doing a good job of ensuring he gets the sack tonight anyway. 4-0 down after 5 mins of second half.
Lost 6-0 - the free fall is something to behold. Giving Cooke the boot looks more and more silly by the week
Careful now, you'll have MiniMourinho and the other lad in telling us stories about waiting in Roddy's car again.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
I am the other lad.
Roddy won't get the job at United Park as long as any of the current board are in situ, although there is strong word that the chairman may be about to fall on his sword.
Personally I'd like to see us go for somebody from left field, David Jeffrey the ex Linfield gaffer.
However the reality is we have no money so the bigger names may not want the gig.
Bringing Mick Cooke back would be the ideal solution in so far as he is well able to operate without a shoestring, or even a budget at all, and it would get the fans behind the team.
Darius Kearins would also be a good shout, but as far as I know he hasn't the pro licence, although that is not a insurmountable barrier.
By the way MiniMourhino has been conspicuous by his absence since a potentially libellous comment about Cooke a while back.
Couldn't have that now, could we
On Soccer Republic they have just shown Mick Cooke at Richmond sitting with Drogs director Dermot McKenna.
Interesting to say the least.
Kearns's record as manager at Drogheda and Dundalk makes Robbie Horgan look like Pep Guardiola
Worst team performance I've ever seen tonight. They were abysmal in every single way
Darius is a young manager learning his trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
With both Louth sides he did what he was asked to so, he steadied the ship.
He has a very good under age record with the Drogs, and if he is still their 19s manager this coming season he'll show that.
One for the future admittedly, but the future could be right now, or their might not be a future for us in the top flight.
We would get relegated with Darius in charge, just like we did last time he was at the helm. This calls for an experienced appointment. Horgan will go and has to go but only because it's easier to sack a manager than sack an entire squad. The players are the ones to blame and their level of performance has been nothing short of disgraceful.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Ha ha! Like you I dont surface unless there is controversy!Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Robbies time is up. It didnt work. But why would you replace him with the two other failed managers in 2014 in Mick Cooke and Roddy?
I see you have promoted Dermot McKenna from first-team player liason to Director of the football club too. Does Dermot know that?
Let silly season begin again!
Darius' points tally when he took charge of Dundalk was poor, seven points if I recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
To be fair, the club was in meltdown at the time. Darius signed a lot of players on amateur terms, none of whom were any good.
We scrapped through a play-off because Waterford took their foot off the pedal in the first leg then they should have put the tie beyond reach.
I hope Drogheda are not in as bad of financial state as we were, though there were strong rumours last night of a massive projected deficit due to a collapse in gate receipts. Presumably, Horgan will be due a few quid if sacked.
Gates have been OK up to the Bohs / Limerick matches, attendances getting down to the small core, but it hard to see how they could go anywhere but further downhill now. With half the season left that's going to be a massive revenue gap.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
No it's not. The board budgeted for tiny gates (around the level of the Limerick crowd) based on last year's experiences. The better crowds that we have had for most of the year have been a bonus. This time, the problems are on the field.Quote:
Originally Posted by dejadem
Silly season started when Cooke was sacked.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
As for him and Roddy failing in 2014, there were financial circumstances that restrained Cooke at Athlone, and also when he was at the Drogs it took some time before he made an impact, so while I accept the results at Athlone were dire, my understanding is that performances were actually okay, at least that is what one of the players tells me.
As for Roddy the best that can be said about his time in Derry is that old Scottish legal term 'Not proven'.
Some fans were up in arms but again being very fair to him he hardly had time to get things straight before he was gone.
He has a proven track record of cajoling/ bullying whatever, but ultimately ensuring teams don't get relegated.
As for what I said about Dermot McKenna mea culpa, but if as you point out he is the liason officer on who's behalf was he liasing with Cooke.
Now there's a question.
Youre not related to Roddy are you:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Dermot and Mick are friends. They are allowed to sit together at a football match.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Of course they are and I hope they both enjoyed it.
Well on second thoughts I suspect neither of them did.
Barring some sort of arrangement, Davy Jeffrey won't manage a LoI club as he'd have to manage on Sundays. Besides, rumour has it he's being courted by UUP and DUP to enter politics.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Though I'm sure he'd relish the chance to have another go at the ungracious, big-headed, pathetic people of Cork.
About time somebody put those hallions in their box.
I don't understand what all the fuss is about. This has been a record breaking season for the Drogs. They should give the man the job for life.
Yup! Cause appointing a former Linfield manager worked out so well for Dundalk...I think Drogheda should follow the fine example set by such illustrious neighbours.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Well I am basing this on two things.
Jeffreys track record up there, and the hope that history could repeat itself.
Arguably the best manager we ever had was from the Irish League.
Jimmy McAlinden take a bow.
Back in the mid 70s the former Glenavon gaffer came down and brought players like Martin Donnelly, for me the best ever to wear the Drogs shirt, Brendan Tully, Ray McGuigan, George O'Halloran, Danny Treanor and Gerry Brammeld, to help form a side that finished runners up in the Cup in 1976 and the league a year later.
Mind you he also brought a goalie called Peter McCarron who didn't help too much.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Crikey, thats a brilliant idea - Trevor Anderson for Drogheda!!!!!
Trevor's track record wasnt too shabby up north either, and we hoped he'd bring some success and stars to Oriel (take a bow Baba Issaka). Jim McLoughlin did a decent job for us too in his days. Pity history doesn't repeat itself that often, otherwise i'd have taken a young welsh player manager hoping to see a Fox like team that unfortunately I never had the privilage to see play, seeking the elusive success of recent years.
Match made in Heaven!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Drogs 4-1 victory over Dundalk on the opening day of the season seems incomprehensible now. Subsequent collapse is extraordinary. I'd brink Cooke back.
Honestly, there is more chance of Roy Keane becoming a future Drogheda United manager than Mick Cooke.
That's almost 100% accurate as long as the current board stays in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
It does not mean it's right, just that the statement MM makes is accurate.
The board requested Horgan to step aside last night and he refused.
He stated he would if his contract was paid up in full and the club continued to pay for him to finish his Pro Licence.
As they cannot afford to do either of those things he's going nowhere unfortunately.
However there may be fresh developments tonight as there are rumours doing the rounds that some people with a few bob may have been persuaded to get involved.
If these rumours prove to be accurate it would see a new board in United Park as well.
And at that point do NOT rule out a Cooke return, or Roddy making an appearance either.
Now MM will probably come on here and deny all the above, but I have a well placed source who keeps me in the loop.
Why would Horgan step aside without a pay-off?
If there is money in the kitty, the club would have to think hard about whether it would be better spent sacking Horgan or recruiting a player or two.
How long is his contract for? A bit ridiculous of the club to think he'd just resign.
I would love to see new people come in with money and thus a new board. However, i also know the current board will never hand over to anyone with alterior motives that do not put the club first. So i am unconcerned about that. Any new board or change also has to be run past and approved by the members club who own the club, as it is they who decide these things not the board.Quote:
Originally Posted by KeepersBall
Im confident that if a well meaning new board was identified, they would be adequately appraised of the past Mick Cooke situation (which we wont regurgitate again!), and therefore would not even consider it an option. Its a non-event for me. Roddy might get a look-in in that scenario, but not Mick Cooke. The past is the past.
The drogs stock has sunk since last year, but Micks stock hasnt exactly rallied based on his Athlone performance. Even if the past was forgotten, Im at a loss why Mick would be a sensible replacement.
I am extremely biased tough, of course.
Whatever about the circumstances of his leaving the club and the Athlone slump, Cooke did incredibly well at Drogheda. To finish second in the league and reach several cup finals is pretty impressive considering the club's meagre resources. Mick leaving the cub has proved both disastrous for the team and him personally.
Since Horgan has obviously lost the dressing room and the board want him to resign, it's pretty 'bullish' of him to want to stay on. Must be an extremely uncomfortable situation for everybody.
They would of course be appraised of the boards version of events leading up to the Cooke sacking, but by this stage everybody apart from the board, accepts that version is a biased and inaccurate one.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiniMourinho
And yes you are extremely biased.