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Good luck and farewell Trevor Croly. It was fun while it lasted
Had to go after last night.
Does this mean Alan Cawley was right?
QPR to run riot this afternoon!!
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...premier-league
Hoping he could hang on for another week. Is that 4 managers in 4 years, ?MON, SK, Mr SEAT and Crolly?
Rovers board want to think long and hard about next appointment. No ad hoc appointment. They messed up the last two by not giving Kenny the time, and in Croly, by selecting the wrong candidate.
Who're the candidates I wonder?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.
Martin Russell might have been in the frame had he not taken up the Limerick job last week. Ditto Rico at Drogheda. Has the board already lost two good candidates by being too slow to axe Croly? Or would either have been any improvement?
Pat Fenlon?
Paul Doolin?!
McPhail? Or would his illness even allow it? I don't think there's anyone really in the current squad who could step up.
John Gill? (Current assistant manager)
Noel King?
Barraclough as already speculated.
I presume Roddy wouldn't be allowed within an arse's roar of the place after the last time he was manager.
Just throwing out names there obviously. Anyone else in Ireland? Or would it have to be an outside job if the above weren't interested/suitable?
I wish to place on record my eternal gratitude to Jonathan Roche, Noel Byrne and the remaining lackeys on the Shamrock Rovers board for
a) Making Stephen Kenny available .
b) Providing such fun and amusement through the Brian Laws and Trevor Croly era(s)
c) Adding John Gill into the comedy mix.
More of the same please........
Roddy's free at the minute...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.
Nuttsy is probably the ideal candidate but would the board approve it? Cunny Kenningham was interviewed the last time I think.
Barraclough.
O'Neill, Kenny, Glass, Laws, Croly, 2011-2014Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Now may be the time for Jonathan Roche to follow suit. He has presided over all appointments and "termination of contracts".Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
Would think Nutsy is favourite, closely followed by Barraclough. Though they may go left field a la Croly Mark II
I honestly hope Baraclough gets it.
Would Rovers fans be happy with Barraclough? I think he's a decent manager, did extremely well winning the league in his first season, also thought a little harsh sacking him.
I would also think they might want Fenlon as first choice, but he has been very careful to decide on his next job, as he turned down Linfield and was never in the running for Sligo. Would he go there mid season? I'd imagine he'd prefer a club with a clean slate, getting his own players in, and with the Irish window now closed, he might not be that attracted. I could be wrong.
Croly was very poor, looked out of his depth and his pathetic interviews on soccer republic backed that up and just turned into weekly comedy sketches. I'd have made the change with him before the mid season break, he was making no progress, and that was clearly obvious. Maybe they were top 4, but you never got the impression they would challenge. Making a change then would have given a new man some scope to get players in and out and get more from those who were staying.
Dreadful timing for sacking him, it gives his successor no time to bring in his own players.
If I was a Sham Rovers fan, I'd be questioning the competence of those who are making these decisions.
Sacking Kenny, appointing Croly, and now sacking him after the transfer window closes. Amateur stuff in Tallaght.
While Kenny is doing a fantastic job at Dundalk, he had poor enough results at Rovers IIRC. The model club would appear to need a root and branch clear out though.
The coup specialists.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
Might as well throw Terry Butcher's name in to the mix of former SPL managers to have had the job or are linked to it. Kenny wasnt given enough time at Rovers in most peoples opinion especially as it seemed at the time that he was being undermined by some players. As a reaction to that arguably premature sacking conversely Croly was given too much time as odd decisions/tactics/signings/team selection or whatever persisted. To the point where all bar Rovers fans were thoroughly enjoying the Tallaght dramas (not an obsession but almost compulsory car crash type viewing). Players being loaned out with a very good possibility that the umpteenth last throw of the dice signing was going to be inferior - and for significant outlay; Marquee signings like Quigley and Zayed no longer at Tallaght, an exceptional squad looking paper thin... Even the whole Rovers B and the 'incredible' amount of work that TC supposedly gave there but them going 9 or 10 games without even scoring, and to think so many of us were upset by the advantage Rovers B could be. Unless TC really has put in place structures that will one day reap benefits the current Board of S Rovers will be seen as those who squandered what should really be a period of fairly sustained domination of the league. Instead since M'ON its been a bit of a giggle. Sooo a massive decision for the Rovers suits now and one they cant really afford to get wrong or give too much time to, or sack to early, or give such enthusiatic post match interviews or do most of any of what TC did actually. Fenlon would be the safest choice in theory for stability and competativeness if not in a very fancy way. Anyone else, unless an outstanding candidate from outside the league, is on a hiding to nothing! Bet Louis Van Gaal is kicking himself for taking the Old Trafford job so quickly now!
Robbie Horgan for Tallaght
Baraclough wouldn't bring success to Tallaght so I'd be more than happy to see him get it.
I'm not suggesting they would even go for him but how can you say he wouldn't be a success. He won 3 trophies in a short time at Sligo.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
If he can do it at Sligo, there's no reason he can't do it at Rovers.
Crolly looked too much like the Nidge Weasel for my liking. Would've liked Russell, Would love Bucko but we'll probably end up with some fanny manager from the uk.
Again?...Twigg has gone!Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
He'd have to sign his own players.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
So if he came and won the league with the current batch next year he'd only have won it with Crolys team so it wouldn't count?
Should be an interesting "Soccer Republic" tomorrow. I hope they have time to show some actual football though. RTE love a Shamrock Rovers story.
Croly is on Soccer Republic tomorrow night, So we will get 50% of the show talking about Rovers sacking Croly, 45% on Rovers loss to Limerick, 3% to tell us if they got into the League Cup Final (game is on tomorrow) and 2% for the rest of usQuote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Fine by me :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
No, he wouldn't win the league with that team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
in your haste to cry foul about our national broadcaster, you've stumbled on an important truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
in this league Shamrock Rovers are the only name that counts.
win lose or draw.
If your team go on to win a 1st league title in 20/30 years that wont change one iota.
same with pats last year.
Enjoy.
No need for any prompt - it has already been a really enjoyable last 2 seasons under Stephen Kenny. If we do actually win the league this year I will savor every moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
You also encapsulate why beating Shams is so enjoyable
The only name that appears to count in the Dublin media, that is true.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
2 League titles in 20 years. The pressure of playing for the big club must have been too much for all them years.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Fourth highest budget?? That made me laugh!
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30481144.html
So, let me get this straight. Paul Cook built the team, but couldn't win the league with them, and is lauded as a hero of sorts around the Showgrounds. Ian Barraclough came into the club, and won the league with the team Cook couldn't, yet there's a lack of respect for him, even after delivering the first title to Sligo in 35 years, as "it wasn't his team".
So, hypothetically, if Barraclough went to Shamrock Rovers and won the league with the team Crolly built, it wouldn't be much of an achievement either?
I've always scratched my head at the logic of some of the Sligo support, but this has really bemused me.
The most interesting interview I've heard from Croly to date.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
The budget comment is obviously rubbish (how much were Rovers paying Zayed and McFail?). However, he paints the picture of a club that is so far up its own $@*! that they are impossible to manage. The problems in Tallaght run deeper than the manager.