Willie O'Connor taking over is not good news at UCD. A complete long ball merchant, which of course serves you well in the 1st Division. UCD have a simple model. Make sure either the Leinster Schools or Irish Schools manager is on the ticket at The Bowl, and they can work on targeted players in the Schools set up.
Dave Rogers gone from Harps,a total disaster of an appointment in the end…
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
I said it ages ago, he's a clown.Originally Posted by joey B
"Family and personal reasons" were the reason for his departure but I'd take it with a pinch of salt, he spouted a similar line about his family being abused online one weekend as an excuse for deleting his account in the aftermath of a defeat.
Wonder did Harps have to pay him much?
I really, really hope not. The board wouldn't have had a great bargaining position, he was a manager bad enough to kill a club if he ran for a few seasons, but a payoff would be very unfortunate. No word on whether his full time assistant is staying or going yet.
who was DRs FT asst Clariseach? I wont be surprised myself if Stephen Henderson walks the plank after last nights shambolic performance. Alls not well in the camp plus he got crap support from club between Kerry FCS press release and lack of a statement from my club. In the end SH had to issue a personal statement as there was no sign of an official release from the town board. Dont blame him tbh
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Former Linfield player and Dungannon Swifts manager Darren Murphy.
Did I see something about him lamenting the players for being late? Might have dreamt it.
No you are dead right Between the Stripes had a post on twitter stating that! Im not a member so cant access it!
heres the link Shearer https://twitter.com/betweenstripes/s...04811431461156
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
i dont think he is the tyoe to walk away empty handed, I doubt his postmans job is still there and its hard to see much of a future in football management whatever about some coaching. Maybe the club had some way out of that long term contract which would then make some sense in a very odd setup.
This fella's nice guy shtick seemed to pull the wool over a lot of people's eyes, masking what a complete and utter spoofer he is. I'd like to think from Harps' point of view they managed to get out of it all without much/any payoff to him, although they probably deserve some sort of punishment for hiring him on a 4 year contract in the first place.
I'd also hope from a Harps standpoint that there's plenty of get out clauses in the multi-year contracts he was handing out to some truly brutal footballers.
Dave Rogers was liking a lot of random Bohs fans posts on twitter last year, including my brother's, when we had a vacancy. As a character, it's all very funny until he's managing your side.
There's defintely a joke in here somewhere about him being caught with his pants down and / or making an arse of himself.
Roddy would have been a better fit anf im serious!
Darren Murphy confirmed as interim manager at Harps until the end of the season, assisted by Tommy Canning (formerly coach under Ollie Horgan and last a spell as Dergview manager) and Kevin McHugh.
Richie Holland appointed Cork manager for the rest of the season,Liam Buckley back to being DOF only,a very strange setup down there…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Its a real bugbear of mine the standard of managers in this country, prem more than first, teams just give the job to the next warm body standing around when their is a vacancy instead of actually looking for someone capable.
Cork
Pats
Sligo
Drogheda
UCD?
Just handed over to whomever is standing there, Doherty is the only one I'd consider a success & his job was to build on a good job done by Clancy before, also he was the only one with previous experience at another club
Also
Derry & Rovers gave their jobs to total novices at the time which given their resources seemed a bit risky, I will concede that at least Higgins was targetted & Rovers were trying someone young after the previous appointment
Rovers we’re relatively ‘skint’ when they appointed Bradley - which makes his achievements all the more impressive
In fairness, the UCD model in the past while has been an assistant coming in and learning the ropes with a view to taking over. Paul Doolin was a coach under Martin Moran (I think Theo was still assistant at the time technically), Pete Mahon's assistant was Martin Russell, Martin Russell's assistant was Aaron Callaghan, Aaron Callaghan's assistant was Collie O'Neill, and now Andy Myler's assistant is Willie O'Connor. So looking for a capable assistant is looking for a capable future manager. Has worked reasonably well for us down the years I think.
I wasn't sure with Myler hence the question mark there
And regards Higgins & Bradley in isolation I see the point of their appointment in their clubs situation, but it adds the overall no of inexperienced managers in the league.
Declan Devine who I wouldn't have been a particular fan of from his work in Derry feels like an above average manager now because he knows what he is doing as opposed to learning on the fly.
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