Kenny not getting deserved recognition

**brendy_éire** · 09/09/2015, 9:48 AM

Originally Posted by Mr A

he also received zero scrutiny following the Wellvan Derry City fiasco... very hard to believe he didn't know things were wrong there.

To be fair though, it's not the manager's job to worry about finances. And hard to pin him down over the dual-contracts craic.

Whilst I wouldn't mind Kenny as national manager, the fact that he didn't do well in Scotland would put many non-LoI fans off.

**Mr A** · 09/09/2015, 11:48 AM

Maybe, although at most clubs the manager has a close interest in budget allocation. But have the media even asked what he knew and what he didn't? I and indeed some people I've spoken to that would have been a lot closer to the situation find it very hard to believe Kenny knew nothing. Maybe he really didn't. But it's a bit mad no one asks.

**brendy_éire** · 09/09/2015, 12:33 PM

He claimed he knew nothing. Same as the players claimed they didn't know what they were signing.
The board took the entire blame.
Besides though, we were going bust anyways, so didn't make much difference.

**Nesta99** · 09/09/2015, 1:36 PM

Its hard to reconcile the perception with the reality of Derry selling a few players for decent money, just short of winning the title with good crowds up to the last day and a run in Europe with plumb draws like PSG and going bust regardless!

**nigel-harps1954** · 09/09/2015, 1:42 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Its hard to reconcile the perception with the reality of Derry selling a few players for decent money, just short of winning the title with good crowds up to the last day and a run in Europe with plumb draws like PSG and going bust regardless!

Spending stupid money on players adds up really.

But then again, some things never change.

**Nesta99** · 09/09/2015, 2:14 PM

Indeed I know how it can happen, the extra income usually clears the whopping overdraft! But to get the guts of 800k to 1mil additional income over a particular period and still go bust is impressive even by LoI standards. Maybe my memory is off on the players sales money of McCourt, McGinn, McClean etc. Europe would surely have accrued 300k then?

**PartySaint** · 09/09/2015, 2:57 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Indeed I know how it can happen, the extra income usually clears the whopping overdraft! But to get the guts of 800k to 1mil additional income over a particular period and still go bust is impressive even by LoI standards. Maybe my memory is off on the players sales money of McCourt, McGinn, McClean etc. Europe would surely have accrued 300k then?

I might save this post for a few years down the line when Dundalk are going bust and everyone is asking where the Euro money and Towell's transfer money went