New Management Team for Under 21 Set Up

**Deckydee** · 05/03/2010, 1:56 PM

http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/gi...b-2088477.html

Oh no!!!..............But Givens, who has been in the job since 2000 and has reportedly been offered a new contract by the FAI, is refusing to even contemplate quitting...

**bennocelt** · 05/03/2010, 3:39 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

next home game people could bring givens out banners and hold a protest?

I like this idea a lot, might be worth a try

**Yard of Pace** · 05/03/2010, 4:48 PM

Super article from McDonnell. Just print it out and post it to Givens and the FAI. Every day.

**Deckydee** · 11/03/2010, 10:54 AM

Givens could be on this way according to this:

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...ws.asp?n=38235

Also found this:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/othe...s-2091397.html

**livehead1** · 11/03/2010, 11:17 AM

I would very much like to see an inexperienced young manager with plenty of potential such as Kenny Cunningham given the role, supported on a kind of consultancy basis by someone like David O'Leary. Whatever his stint and Leeds and Villa he has a great knowledge of what make's young players tick and has been proven to know how to get the best out of them. This combined with the obvious respect that someone like Cunningham would get from young lads who saw him growing up leading his country could be the kind of thing that works.

Anything is better than the setup we have at the moment.

**Nagger** · 11/03/2010, 1:02 PM

I'd love to see Foppe de Haan take the job. He did really well with the the Dutch u21 squad. And with Wim Koevermans, there is allready a Dutch link there..

**Razors left peg** · 11/03/2010, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by livehead1

I would very much like to see an inexperienced young manager with plenty of potential such as Kenny Cunningham given the role, supported on a kind of consultancy basis by someone like David O'Leary. Whatever his stint and Leeds and Villa he has a great knowledge of what make's young players tick and has been proven to know how to get the best out of them. This combined with the obvious respect that someone like Cunningham would get from young lads who saw him growing up leading his country could be the kind of thing that works.

Anything is better than the setup we have at the moment.

Glad to see Im not the only one championing Cunninghams case, but as u say anybody would be an improvement. I actually wouldnt mind Pat Fenlon in the role either, he really is an excellent coach

**yapster** · 11/03/2010, 9:35 PM

Originally Posted by livehead1

I would very much like to see an inexperienced young manager with plenty of potential such as Kenny Cunningham given the role, supported on a kind of consultancy basis by someone like David O'Leary. Whatever his stint and Leeds and Villa he has a great knowledge of what make's young players tick and has been proven to know how to get the best out of them. This combined with the obvious respect that someone like Cunningham would get from young lads who saw him growing up leading his country could be the kind of thing that works.

Anything is better than the setup we have at the moment.

The same was said about Staunton. Foreign coaching is whats needed although o'Leary would not be a bad option.

**Razors left peg** · 11/03/2010, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by yapster

The same was said about Staunton. Foreign coaching is whats needed although o'Leary would not be a bad option.

you keep going on about this magical foreign coaching, but its there any one coach in particular u would like to see or even a few realistic options?

**Dodge** · 11/03/2010, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by yapster

The same was said about Staunton. Foreign coaching is whats needed although o'Leary would not be a bad option.

Can you stp posting the same thing all the time. Jesus...

**tetsujin1979** · 11/03/2010, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by yapster

The same was said about Staunton. Foreign coaching is whats needed although o'Leary would not be a bad option.

still waiting on an example of a foreign coach succeeding at underage level outside of their own country

**Charlie Darwin** · 11/03/2010, 10:29 PM

I think our friend yapster needs a foreign coach to teach him some netiquette...

**smellyfeet** · 12/03/2010, 1:43 PM

Gerry Smith the current Junior and Amatuer Managers, he is doing a good job at the moment.
Think he was Manager of the U18's few years ago.

**Munster Saint** · 12/03/2010, 6:45 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

still waiting on an example of a foreign coach succeeding at underage level outside of their own country

Phillipe Trousier as Japan U20 coach, they finished runners up in the 1999 Fifa U-20 World Cup (World Youth Championships) - lost to Spain in the final. Happy?

(Ghana and Nigeria got to the Quarter Finals of the same tournament with Italian and Dutch coaches respectively, we made the round of 16 that year under Brian Kerr)

**yapster** · 12/03/2010, 8:45 PM

Originally Posted by Nagger

I'd love to see Foppe de Haan take the job. He did really well with the the Dutch u21 squad. And with Wim Koevermans, there is allready a Dutch link there..

Nail on the head....

**yapster** · 12/03/2010, 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

I think our friend yapster needs a foreign coach to teach him some netiquette...

That would be too presumptuous on your part...

**Poor Student** · 12/03/2010, 10:30 PM

Should the U-21 job not in fact be primarily a results orientated job? What amount of development in a particular player does an international U-21 manager really account for? He takes the players for a handful of training sessions for the whole year. Would their club managers and coaches not handle nearly all of their development? Surely the only real benefit he can have for young players is helping them slot into a cohesive unit that replicates the senior manager's style of play and winning and breeding confidence?