I wouldn't be so definite on him not being wanted by everyone at the club. It's come up in conversation quite a few times with some fans about whether they'd take him for a season to get us up, not just since he's been sacked and a lot of people have said they would.
When it comes down to it I don't think it would ever happen but I wouldn't be putting my house on it.
Stranger things have happened in this leauge and he is definitely going to be sniffing around now with Cousins under pressure.
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
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Yeah - Fergie was toolmaker by Trade, Roddy a plasterer.Originally Posted by Dodge
I wouldn't be shoddy's greatest fan, but I'd take him if he got us up. There, I've said it. And I think he would with the squad we have.
The problem with him (and Dolan and their ilk), is boards/ management committee's buying into the hype machine and spending too much. If the board can be strong, I think he'd generate good interest in the team and club.
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I agree the Harps job is a tough one to say the least BUT, ye just sacked a manager who won the 1st Division last season on a smaller budget than Pizza had at Harps in the same division. Only Longford and Waterford had bigger budgets than us unfortunately.
On the other hand, Pizza is well respected around Derry (and rightly so after his playing career) so he will have the players playing again, I'd expect the local lads to get more game time with some of the "outsiders" possibly getting the road. Aaron Barry and Cliff Byrne being the most likely to be kept on of the new signings.
I'm sure he would but I believe most managers should be able to get us up with the squad we have or at least make a better go of it then how things are this season.
Initially I thought i'd take him but I don't think i'd feel comfortable with him in charge.
True about the board but we've seen in the past when he isn't given the backing he expects he loses interest and even if he did get us up,what then?Replace him and start all over again with a new manager?I'd imagine the board would prefer a bit of continuity in that regard.
This being all hypothetical of course!
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
Last year Roddy Collins junior was our weakest player in the first half of the year but improved in the second.
Teams would exploit him down the right. I'm not sure how good he is or would be if his father wasn't manager but I get the feel he is probably just about first division standard but his father gave him a lot of footballer last year and I would say if a lot of young lads his age who junior football level were given the amount of game time he got they would be good enough to make a career
Older folk will remember Michael Giles, playing for Shamrock R back in the day, when his father was manager at Milltown, I think Nobby Styles's son was also on the books at the time; the manager's nephew,but I never saw him play. So I think people are going overboard with Roddy junior, James McClean even mentioned it. Kenny Dagleish I think gave his son pro contracts at two clubs, this happens often and is hardly the outrage that Derry fans make it out to be.
I think it's more a case that Roddy Jr has played for his dad at Monaghan, Athlone and Derry City, presumably getting a decent wage at the Brandywell. Fair enough if he rates his son and trusts him to play the way he wants his teams to play, but to the rest of the world it looks like nepotism.
http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/fo...lity-1-6487423
Roddy on the offensive.
interesting he didn't mention Cork City among his teams who would be competitive, considering we finished 2nd with asquad made up mostly of players from Cork and Munster.
Roddy can never just lose or get sacked without "somebody" after him, or basically that the blame never can fall on his shoulders. Regardless of how things are at Derry, as an outsider you go in, shut your mouth, appreciate how things are and change them bit by bit until they've always been that way. Roddy hasn't the emotional intelligence to understand that, which is sad as he had the potential to be a very bright manager, but ego and insecurity killed him.
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