New Dundalk Manager

[dong]

This is a big challenge for Foster now. Dundalk is a totally different proposition to Galway. Higher expectations in a proper footballing town with a particularly passionate brand of supporter. Will be interesting to see how he handles it.

[ndrog]

You`re well off the mark here, take a quick tour of orielweb to see the opposition to the even suggestion of going after Matthews, possibly the most boring man in football there is.

Foster was a surprise, no doubt there, first choice was Kenny, think Doolin also mentioned but AM never in the running.

ok then at the third attempt to make this point you where 100 % interested in mattthews going to Dundalk and he turned you down .Your ill informed opinion of him has nothing to do with it ! And i presume your have arrived at this view from seeing his team in one season fighting relegation , in which i may add he was sucessful .

[Celdrog]

You`re well off the mark here, take a quick tour of orielweb to see the opposition to the even suggestion of going after Matthews, possibly the most boring man in football there is.

But a quick tour of orielweb in the last few weeks will show even bigger opposition to Foster. A tour of it this morning already has several Dundalk fans giving out about it.

I'm still surprised that Kenny didn't take it, must be totally down to family reasons

[Dillonman]

Extended interview with Foster up now:

He comes across well and seems to know his stuff.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/news/091204_Conference.asp

[oriel]

But a quick tour of orielweb in the last few weeks will show even bigger opposition to Foster. A tour of it this morning already has several Dundalk fans giving out about it.

I'm still surprised that Kenny didn't take it, must be totally down to family reasons

I would agree with you on both points there, I wouldn`t personally have gone for Foster, but I`m well prepared to give him a chance. Think Kenny didnt want to uproot his family from Donegal, which was a shame.

Sure we`re both winners in this, you get to keep your manager and we didnt want him.

Even ndrog has to happy with that

[gufc2000]

Thats not exactly right. The team from the season beforehand was decamated half way through when kenna was in charge (which was the same time that Foster had arrived) so he never seen any of those issues. The team he started with last season was virtually the same as the team he first met on arrival in galway bar adding a few failures from england and some of the up and coming players based in the galway region. His only successful find really was greene. What he did do was teach them to play football on the ground for a change rather than the route one football we were used to. If he had a stronger defence it would have been more visable to onlookers who weren't used to watching GUFC week in week out

Disagree with you there. I thought Barry Ryan, Shane Guthrie and Garry Breen were very good signings aswell

[ndrog]

I would agree with you on both points there, I wouldn`t personally have gone for Foster, but I`m well prepared to give him a chance. Think Kenny didnt want to uproot his family from Donegal, which was a shame.

Sure we`re both winners in this, you get to keep your manager and we didnt want him.

Even ndrog has to happy with that

yep im happy we kept our manager and your in denial about wanting him

[Sam_Heggy]

Wouldn't call him inexperienced. He has two years experience, and did pretty well with a mediocre Galway side last year.

Since when is 2 years involved in management of a side called experienced?

As for doing pretty well with Galway? Ok he's done ok but as outlined here before, they only avoided a relegation play-off by Derry getting booted out of the League. Would you say Hegarty done a good job at Harps in 2008? If Derry were booted out in 2008 then we would have stayed up. We were also 7 points clear of relegation with a few games left.

Sometimes football fans never cease to amaze. Foster is the latest craze, just like Kenna was last year. Look where that got Pats.

[Ezeikial]

ok then at the third attempt to make this point you where 100 % interested in mattthews going to Dundalk and he turned you down .

Third attempt and still not much sense!

I'll try the a-b-c approach to explain it to you:
A) Matthews did not turn down the job because it was not offered to him
B) It was not offered to him because he was not availble for a full time managers job
C) It's completely hypothetical and unfathomable, as to what the interest level (percentage??) would have been, if he had been available for consideration for the job.

Hope that clears it up for you.

[MyTown]

Best of luck to Ian Foster-I really enjoyed the football served up in Terryland while he was in charge & I don't believe he owed us anything.

For a manager to last longer than a season these days seems to be asking a lot.

As for some of the patronising comments from some of the lads who follow the so-called "proper" clubs.......

[oriel]

ndrog, will you please stop - you are close to cringo on this one.

He was on the list, but nothing ever happened, he can only manage part time clubs, so DFC never took it any further.

Ps his 'performances' on ireland am on tv3 with his preview on the champions lge games, is always a point of humour in our office, certainly gives me a good laugh before I leave the house for work, the drogheda managers 'opinion' on the likes of ac milan v barcelona. Oh dear.

(FOR YOU)

[Terry]

Disagree with you there. I thought Barry Ryan, Shane Guthrie and Garry Breen were very good signings aswell

Leeson brought in Ryan

Shane Guthrie turned up at terryland on his own accord looking for first team football after cobh went belly up.

I forgot about Breen

[sligoman]

Would you say Hegarty done a good job at Harps in 2008?

His work made me happy anyway.

[Dillonman]

Paul Hegarty and ex Spurs player Paul Allen linked today to be Foster's assistant.

[SMorgan]

His work made me happy anyway.

There is a rumour going around in Dundalk circles, that Sligo signed Chris Turner on the basis of money they'd get from winning the cup. Its said that the contract has been broken before the ink was dry. Anything to it?

[Ezeikial]

Paul Hegarty and ex Spurs player Paul Allen linked today to be Foster's assistant.

Foster and Allen - will they wear the leprechaun suits too?

[Dillonman]

Foster and Allen - will they wear the leprechaun suits too?

They might do, you'd never know.

[ndrog]

ndrog, will you please stop - you are close to cringo on this one.

He was on the list, but nothing ever happened, he can only manage part time clubs, so DFC never took it any further.

Ps his 'performances' on ireland am on tv3 with his preview on the champions lge games, is always a point of humour in our office, certainly gives me a good laugh before I leave the house for work, the drogheda managers 'opinion' on the likes of ac milan v barcelona. Oh dear.

(FOR YOU)

Cringo ? is that something to do with xmas Ok for the last time then , we seem to be making the same point over and over again ! you wanted AM to be your manager and he didnt want to be .End of FFS ! As for his commentary on tv , why would i give a toss ? And dont get me started on cringe worthy managers behaviour , you had the king

[Dillonman]

Cringo ? is that something to do with xmas Ok for the last time then , we seem to be making the same point over and over again ! you wanted AM to be your manager and he didnt want to be .End of FFS ! As for his commentary on tv , why would i give a toss ? And dont get me started on cringe worthy managers behaviour , you had the king

Your argument is getting boring to be honest. He was on a list of potential candidates but was never interviewed, end off. Therefore, technically he was never wanted. Anyone can end up on a list of potential candidates, I'm sure every bloody manager in the country would be on a list except for O'Neill and Fenlon as they would never leave their respective jobs.

[blue til i die]

Your argument is getting boring to be honest. He was on a list of potential candidates but was never interviewed, end off. Therefore, technically he was never wanted. Anyone can end up on a list of potential candidates, I'm sure every bloody manager in the country would be on a list except for O'Neill and Fenlon as they would never leave their respective jobs.

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