Fenlon for Dundee United?

[Acornvilla]

He was in Ireland recently doing his UEFA B coaching.
Stranger things have happened and, after the balls he and Barnes made of the Tranmere job, Im sure his options in Engerland will be limited.

but he needs a uefa A lisence to get the job?

[Longfordian]

True. He may even need to have the Pro Licence or at least have applied to take a course to do it.

[Sam_Heggy]

but he needs a uefa A lisence to get the job?

James Gallagher doesn't have the A Licence as of yet, but, if the manager is going through the courses and applying for the A course then he is grand. Sure he needed it for Engerland too.

[Longfordian]

If you're registered on a course for the A Licence you can manage in the First Division this season I think, not sure if there's stricter requirements for the Premier Division but I think there may be. One of the main reasons we parted company with Gareth Cronin was down to his having to do the A Licence course and who would be responsible for the fees and expenses incurred, including paying the wages he would have got from his day job whilst he took the time off apparently.

[Battery Rover]

True. He may even need to have the Pro Licence or at least have applied to take a course to do it.

Correct pro license needed for Premier

[Northern Light]

bye bye. seriously i dont care about him. get someone good in. what a joke it is though that it is deemed a step up for the title winning manager of a club to be going to some no hoper club in a country the same size as the one he just left. irish football is a joke.

Dundee Uniteds average gate is approx 9,000 and they have approx 5,000 season ticket holders - in a city smaller than Cork - that has another club Dundee with a support bigger (latent anyway) than most other clubs in the LOI - course its a step up

[Acornvilla]

anyway fenlon has done as much as he probably ever can with an irish club.. theres no problem with him wanting another challenge.. best of luck to the annoying little man

[irishultra]

Dundee Uniteds average gate is approx 9,000 and they have approx 5,000 season ticket holders - in a city smaller than Cork - that has another club Dundee with a support bigger (latent anyway) than most other clubs in the LOI - course its a step up

it is a step up i don't deny, but the fact that is a step up is a sad inditement of football in this country. it's not like he's joining a team in a good footballing country, scottish football is a joke and dundee are one of the worst teams yet a trophy winning in ireland must go there to progress.

[Longfordian]

In fairness they're about as good as it gets outside of the Old Firm these days along with Hibs. By no means are they one of the worst teams.

[irishultra]

where are they in the league?

[Longfordian]

Currently in fourth place behind the Old Firm and Hibs.

[irishultra]

ok that is alot better, i thought they were like last but still i find it weird that its seen as a step up for a manager who has potential champions league football to join a 4th place scottish team.

[Northern Light]

it is a step up i don't deny, but the fact that is a step up is a sad inditement of football in this country. it's not like he's joining a team in a good footballing country, scottish football is a joke and dundee are one of the worst teams yet a trophy winning in ireland must go there to progress.

Scottish football is pretty good IMO for a country with less than 5 million pop. Sure it is skewed by the old firm and has declined in recent years as a result of the all encompassing reach of the Premiership - however the interest/coverage in the league even setting aside the old firm is many times greater than here. While much of the perenial difficulties with our league are of our own making a lot of it when you compare it to Scotland is just a result of the different make up of the country. Football pretty much dominates sport in Scotland (leaving aside curling) whereas here it is much more diverse - GAA, rugby, horse racing, greyhound racing etc etc etc compete for attention here much more so than there. He is going to a club that have at least four times the crowd that Bohs get - much greater budget - better players , better chance to make his mark (and who have never been beaten by Barcelona in European competition!) - i'd be ****ed off too if I was a Bohs supporter (though as a city fan I have bigger worries) but I think this one is just a part of football.

[osarusan]

Scottish football is a league where doing a decent job with a club other than the top two can see you get a job in England.

I'm sure that played a part in his decision-making also.

[Longfordian]

Yeah he's still young enough to make a good career for himself over there. The progression from we'll say SPL to Championship to maybe Premiership is one that's been done before a few times. It's easier to do than LOI to Championship anyway I would think.

[Acornvilla]

Yeah he's still young enough to make a good career for himself over there. The progression from we'll say SPL to Championship to maybe Premiership is one that's been done before a few times. It's easier to do than LOI to Championship anyway I would think.

owen coyle

[Longfordian]

Yeah one good recent example alright though he played in England as well which helps.

[Acornvilla]

Alex McLeish

[LeixlipRed]

Yeah one good recent example alright though he played in England as well which helps.

Fenlon played for Chelsea

[Longfordian]

True LR, hopefully if that box needs to be ticked it works in his favour!. I quite like him, I reckon he's a decent fella and those I know that have met him now and then haven't a bad word to say about him so hope it goes well for him once he gets it all sorted out.