Croly leaves

http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35...anager-departs

Good luck and farewell Trevor Croly. It was fun while it lasted

Had to go after last night.

Does this mean Alan Cawley was right?

QPR to run riot this afternoon!!
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...premier-league

Hoping he could hang on for another week. Is that 4 managers in 4 years, ?MON, SK, Mr SEAT and Crolly?

Rovers board want to think long and hard about next appointment. No ad hoc appointment. They messed up the last two by not giving Kenny the time, and in Croly, by selecting the wrong candidate.

Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.

Rovers board want to think long and hard about next appointment. No ad hoc appointment.

Who're the candidates I wonder?

Martin Russell might have been in the frame had he not taken up the Limerick job last week. Ditto Rico at Drogheda. Has the board already lost two good candidates by being too slow to axe Croly? Or would either have been any improvement?

Pat Fenlon?

Paul Doolin?!

McPhail? Or would his illness even allow it? I don't think there's anyone really in the current squad who could step up.

John Gill? (Current assistant manager)

Noel King?

Barraclough as already speculated.

I presume Roddy wouldn't be allowed within an arse's roar of the place after the last time he was manager.

Just throwing out names there obviously. Anyone else in Ireland? Or would it have to be an outside job if the above weren't interested/suitable?

I wish to place on record my eternal gratitude to Jonathan Roche, Noel Byrne and the remaining lackeys on the Shamrock Rovers board for

a) Making Stephen Kenny available .
b) Providing such fun and amusement through the Brian Laws and Trevor Croly era(s)
c) Adding John Gill into the comedy mix.

More of the same please........

Originally Posted by Sligo Hoops.

Rovers board want to think long and hard about next appointment. No ad hoc appointment. They messed up the last two by not giving Kenny the time, and in Croly, by selecting the wrong candidate.

Roddy's free at the minute...

Nuttsy is probably the ideal candidate but would the board approve it? Cunny Kenningham was interviewed the last time I think.

Barraclough.

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Hoping he could hang on for another week. Is that 4 managers in 4 years, ?MON, SK, Mr SEAT and Crolly?

O'Neill, Kenny, Glass, Laws, Croly, 2011-2014

Originally Posted by centre mid

Nuttsy is probably the ideal candidate but would the board approve it? .

Now may be the time for Jonathan Roche to follow suit. He has presided over all appointments and "termination of contracts".

Would think Nutsy is favourite, closely followed by Barraclough. Though they may go left field a la Croly Mark II

I honestly hope Baraclough gets it.

Would Rovers fans be happy with Barraclough? I think he's a decent manager, did extremely well winning the league in his first season, also thought a little harsh sacking him.

I would also think they might want Fenlon as first choice, but he has been very careful to decide on his next job, as he turned down Linfield and was never in the running for Sligo. Would he go there mid season? I'd imagine he'd prefer a club with a clean slate, getting his own players in, and with the Irish window now closed, he might not be that attracted. I could be wrong.

Croly was very poor, looked out of his depth and his pathetic interviews on soccer republic backed that up and just turned into weekly comedy sketches. I'd have made the change with him before the mid season break, he was making no progress, and that was clearly obvious. Maybe they were top 4, but you never got the impression they would challenge. Making a change then would have given a new man some scope to get players in and out and get more from those who were staying.

Dreadful timing for sacking him, it gives his successor no time to bring in his own players.

If I was a Sham Rovers fan, I'd be questioning the competence of those who are making these decisions.

Sacking Kenny, appointing Croly, and now sacking him after the transfer window closes. Amateur stuff in Tallaght.

While Kenny is doing a fantastic job at Dundalk, he had poor enough results at Rovers IIRC. The model club would appear to need a root and branch clear out though.

Originally Posted by centre mid

. The model club would appear to need a root and branch clear out though.

The coup specialists.