Unfortunately, Troussier who was 40/1 last week, is now only 20/1 with Powers, and only 14/1 with Betfair....this is potentially terrible.:eek:
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Unfortunately, Troussier who was 40/1 last week, is now only 20/1 with Powers, and only 14/1 with Betfair....this is potentially terrible.:eek:
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Threw €25 on George Graham @ 40/1. He has a good record, can't accept transfer bungs in this position and is available without any compo payment to any other club or association.;)
I wouldn't mind Troussier tbh. I'm suprised the odds are still fairly high. He's the only person to come out and say he's interested and Delaney likes him.
Yeah Troussier was in the running the last time before Kerr took over and I would have been happy for him to get the job the last time so I would be equally happy if he got it this time. He has international experience and is a tactically astute manager. It is slightly strange that his odds are so long.
i think the bookies will be shortening the odds on everyone to cover themselves
What has Troussier ever done. Last I heard he nearly relegated Marseille & was sacked. Every unemployed manager in the north hemisphere will be linked with the job now. Great opportunity fior newpapers to fill papers full of idiotic speculation.
I don't think Troussier would be so bad either. Japan played excellent football under him. I'd prefer him by a mile over Dalglish, Robson, Bruce etc.
I hope the FAI have been making contact already and got feedback from the proper candidates....in my opinion only o'neill, fergie, keane and aldrisge shoudl be entertained ....fook the rest right off
Nah, Marseille have high standards. He took over them at the end of 2004 and finished 5th, 2 goals behind Rennes. From BBC:Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Recently turned down the Nigeria job for a 2nd time.Quote:
Troussier factfile
1998: He leads Nigeria to their second World Cup but is sacked after the qualifying series
1998: Leads South Africa to World Cup in France
2001: Japan - Confederations Cup runners-up to Brazil
2002: World Cup co-hosts Japan knocked out by Turkey in last 16
Dec 2002: Approached for Republic of Ireland job
what about ranieri? could get the duffer to play like he used to
He might also stick him on the bench for every 2nd game. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by as_i_say
I heard Ranieri may be taking over at Parma soon.
The next manager will not be selected by the FAI he will be selected by Johnny D. like Kerr was shafted by him and the Irish Mrdia who have reached a lower point than even the English press pack.How can one man get away with what this man has done and not one journo or paper has the balls to stand up to him.
Merrion Square might as well move to waterford as he is calling all the shots now and is far more dangerous and vindictive than any previous CEO.
Delaney has all the power now (plenty hiuding the long grass to get him later though) & the public or government doesn't have much time for another FAI dispute so Delaney is here for a while now.
Surely Don Givens should also be cast aside with this get FAI clearout? Sad his odds are so short...
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Originally Posted by pete
very true....however I think delaney comes out well in all this..he never wanted kerr and with kerr's results he seems vindicated by that...however if he starts acting the bol!ox..the long knives will come out of the long grass!
Hope his credit cards are in order:)Quote:
Originally Posted by onenilgameover
giles and dunphy said tonight they want gus hiddink ??
Three Jobs, would be difficlut for him at the moment :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Blutel
Anyway the best manager for me, would be Bryan Robson, he has proved it at Boro' and at West Brom has a done a job nobody thought he could of. I would take him like a shot right now.
I heard that the FAI said that they could wait till August to appoint a manager, why, the manager needs to know about the teams for the draw in Jan, so he can start his job finding out about them. I hope they do get the man in by December at least for that reason.
Proven? Serial relegation manager. Only missed relegation again by total fluke last year. Had to get his mate Venables to help him at 'boro they were sinking so fast. Not for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoss
Hiddink is the outstanding candidate in theory. Maybe if the Aussies lose to Uruguay again, but even still we'd only have a part-time manager as I can't see us being able to compete with PSV.
Would like to see hiddink take the job but don't think he will. i think the only other two viable options would be o'neill as number one choice and troussier as a distant secondQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
On the news this morning that O'Neill will be offered the job in the next two weeks, and Troussier is next in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by mchurl
I can't see the FAI rushing to make an appointment that soon, more likely they'll speak to Martin O'Neill in the next 2 weeks to see if he's interested
Last night on off the ball a guy said Le Guen who used to manage Lyon.
In order of choice I would go for
O Neill
Hiddink
Le Guen
Ferguson/Keane
Troussier
Daglish/Aldridge
O Neill - give the man a beak for gods sake - he's not interested - breathtaking arrogance to think he'd forego his more pressing concerns to do the sh.tty ireland job
Hiddink - dunno if he'd be bothered - isnt he fixed up anyway? of the list here he'd be the only credible candidate in my view - hard to see someone of his quality goin to ireland
Le Guen - as far as i know this guy doesnt even speak english
is that what we're reduced to now??????
Ferguson/Keane - neither would be temted - keane especially is not liked by the mccarthy era players
Troussier - still unemployed eh!?!?! lol joker
Daglish/Aldridge - if we got rid of Kerr and installed these two delaney should walk
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Originally Posted by wws
Any suggestions then?
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Originally Posted by wws
Your post is not consistant in that you accuse us of arrogance wanting O Neilll and of hitting a low if we are getting Daglish and Alrdridge. W should be aiming high it is only the cost of a phone call to ring O Neill and his agent and ask him is he interested. If he says no, well then fair enough but at least one tries. Its like asking a girl out you should always aim, high, if you are forced to end up with a minger so be it but at leat try and get a cracker in the first place. Also Yet you dont offer one name that could do it its very easy to knock people but you should try to be a bit more contructive. I have a funny feeling that Le Guen can speak English.
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Originally Posted by wws
Another thing I just spotted
You dismiss Troussier as he is unemployed
and you rule out Hiddink as he has a job.
So we are looking for that elusive manager who is is neither in or out of work. If Delaney can get a manager who fulfills this criteria the guy is a genius.
he is only stirring neil, he said in a few posts earlier in another thread he is not going wo support ireland or words to that effect so he doesnt care.
Classic :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Yeah, but in this case it's like getting a divorce from Miss Ireland on the off-chance that Jessica Alba might go out with you. And then at the end of it you end up with Mary Harney! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
"Your post is not consistant in that you accuse us of arrogance wanting O Neilll and of hitting a low if we are getting Daglish and Alrdridge"
arrogance in thinking the Ireland job is of more interest than O'Neills personal and family concerns. Its bad form in my view and unrelated to my opinion on Dalglish/Aldridge managing ireland. No inconsistency whatsoever.
Taking Dalglish/ Aldridge (as they are completely seperate to the point re O neill)
Dalglish - Great player but publicly let pressure crack him up in management at one stage - has he a questionable at best record in this regard? Yes. Hardly ideal.
Aldridge - nostalgia maybe prompts any support for this candidate. Definitely Kerr would offer more and still does than Aldo.
"I have a funny feeling that Le Guen can speak English."
as far as I know I think he speaks french only - read it in an article about him being touted for the Man United job. Open to correction on it.
I'd like Hiddink but it would require revolutionary thinking (for the fai) and a massive pay packet to bring him in.
Other than that Brian Kerr is the best out there
I seem to remember Brian Kerr didn't have his contract renewed, so that kinda rules him out i'd say.....maybe I'm wrong??!!
Hiddink would be a good appointment but unlikely, as you say...
which is precisely wots wrong with the current situation, that and we dont have one decent outfield playerQuote:
Originally Posted by Tired&Emotional
S Kenny (Derry City Manager) 80 - 1 :eek:
oh, that minor matter ... shouldn't stop Guss or one of the lads steering us to world/euro cup gloryQuote:
Originally Posted by wws
Hiddink has TWO jobs at the moment, best we could hope for is Australia fail to qualify for the World Cup and he takes the job part-time. I see that he's not even on the PaddyPower list which means they think he's about as likely as Pat Dolan to be the next Ireland manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tired&Emotional
Eamo was so excited last night with Gilesy's suggestion of Hiddink - "We should pay him 1.5, no TWO MILLLLLLION DOLLARS!" - as if he'd unearthed some gem. Consecutive World-Cup semi-finals with Holland and S. Korea, semi-final of the Champions League a few months ago - he's clearly one of the best managers in the world right now. Dunphy might as well have said we should get Mourinho and pay him 5 million "dollars" per year.:rolleyes:
them two clowns havent a clue all they know about is english football , at least giles doesnt pretend otherwise but dunphy sees himself as some sort of footballing connesseur (sp)
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Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
Dunphy thinks dollars sounds better.....
Gilesys not sure of the exchange rate
sounds like Dr Evil
so Mr Murinho, we will pay you ONE MILLLLLION DOLLARS....
What about Duff, Finnan, Dunne, Keane, to name but a few? Are they not decent outfield players?Quote:
Originally Posted by wws
oh god.....leaving aside figure of speech exaggeration Duff hasnt strung two good games back to back for ireland - and doesnt play to his chelsea level for usQuote:
Originally Posted by colster
Finnan - unsure bout him (mainly cos i dnt see much of him playing) - why wasnt he playing last nite?
Keane? Roy is gone
Robbie - arrrrgh i hate that waster
dunnes ok