Instead of Murphy....Who??

[patsh]

Well the Murphy out brigade is out in force, there are a few of us who are not sure what we will get instead, so the question is Who do you want to replace LM? We cannot have Martin O'Neill or Fabio Capello etc, [COLOR=red]so give the name of someone who, realistically, can be brought in to manage the club.[/COLOR]

[dalo]

if murphy did leave and I would take a very poor view of it if he quit or was sacked. I reckon another city player would get it.

i think the murphy out brigade have this misguided notion that some outside MR BIG will get the job. it ain't goin to happen- there is no pat dolan, liam buckley or jim mclaughlin in the wings waiting for the city job. or would ye prefer that maggot roddy collins to get the job?

most likely jonny c or patsy or deccie would step in and that would be a disaster.

as I say murphy in of the rest of the season

[Neil]

Don O'Riordan.

[dalo]

interesting choice considering he has manged sligo and galway. Why do you think he could do a good job?

[pete]

I know people have mentioned Don O'Riordan a lot in the past as a replacement & I had the chance to see his current team in action at tolka on friday night.,

They looked a very young team & except for maybe the last 15 minutes they played very good neat passing football. I think they hadn't a game in something like 4 weeks & so looked very tired near the end of the game.

Sligo looked like a team with a game plan but then again they also lost so it didn't get them very far. Don't know the players names but the central midfielder was impressive as well as Hutchinson at left back & a few ither attacking players.

Not sure if I came away from the game impressed by the sligo tactics & their manager but certainly their general skillful play.

One thing I know, if Liam Murphy is to be replaced theres no point in doing so with Freyne, Caulfield etc....

[dalo]

as ye all know i still believe murphy should not go just yet. however if it does happen there is little point in looking within the club for a manager as I don't believe the mangerial ablity exists in the club. if murphy has to go then there might as well be a new face come in and the old ones leave

i have no problems with a outsider coming in provided a) he is familar with the national league and is not another dm or colin murphy or rob hindmarch or eamonn o'keeffe

b) he has enjoyed relative success with a club already. i don't really think don o'riordan is in this category. i personally would favour liam buckley or noel king. ideally pat dolan but that is never going to happen.

c) there is noway we can ask dave barry to step in again

[patsh]

Why Don O'Riordan?
I know very little about him, but his name has been mentioned a few times on here.
Can anyone post some info on him?........ Thanks..

[dalo]

he has manged galway and is currently in charge at sligo. he got galway promoted a few years ago - one of the few teams city constantly stuff. i think he is extremely overated

[Neil]

Originally posted by dalo
i think he is extremely overated

This is coming from the same person who thinks Liam Murphy is the dog's rollix!

[Neil]

Originally posted by oddboy
Can anyone post some info on him?

This is just some of the kind of good work Don O'Riordan does with Sligo Rovers. He also 'chats online' on a Wednesday night. Can you imagine our bunch even thinking of that one!

Having said all this. There's probably no way we could attract someone of his calibre to a cowboy outfit like Cork City FC.

The future looks bleak.....

[Macy]

i personally would favour liam buckley

Dalo, I can never take any of your arguements with regard to managers seriously ever again with that comment....... Well I suppose he's likely to be free to take over any day now.....

[Neil]

Originally posted by dalo
i personally would favour liam buckley or noel king.

Un-fcukin-believable! This is the sh!t that comes from the people who think all is just fine with Cork City FC.

[dalo]

Originally posted by Macy


Dalo, I can never take any of your arguements with regard to managers seriously ever again with that comment....... Well I suppose he's likely to be free to take over any day now.....

sorry macy i was thinking about the time he won the league with pat's. i have no idea what he is doing now. why don't you favour buckley? what has he done that is so bad? i 'd be interested as to be honest I am only plucking names out of the air.

[patsh]

BTW, looking at the [COLOR=red]Sligo Rovers [/COLOR] site makes me yearn for a decent Cork City site. And no, not a porn site.. !!
Well Don O'Riordan is the only name so far, so candidates seem to be a little thin on the ground.......
It's hard to see the board dumping LM, if there are so few possible replacements outside the club about............

[Neil]

Originally posted by dalo
to be honest I am only plucking names out of the air.

But he seriously reckons Don O'Riordan is over rated.

[Macy]

Well Athlone are looking likely to have to go for re-election to the league this year. The Bucko Out campaign is in full swing in the scum town of the midlands (I hope he stays ).
Didn't buckley win the league with virtually the same team that Fat Pat had managed to the title the same year - didn't exactly build a championship winning team......

[pete]

Originally posted by Macy
Didn't buckley win the league with virtually the same team that Fat Pat had managed to the title the same year - didn't exactly build a championship winning team......

Yup when he had Molloy, Hawkins, Osam & Russell all at the top fo their games, then Pat Dolan sacked him the next year with Pats struggling with newish team.

[Troy.McClure]

Pat Doolan is a fantastic manager who has brought alot to UCD. If you take him out of the squad Id say that the team's average age is 24 or less and full of average players, with the exception of one or two,who are playing better than they should be. He has just signed a 2 year deal with them so that should be him out of the picture They were VERY unlucky to draw against Derry on the weekend.

Noel King, the Ireland womans soccer manager and Shels coach is very well respected in Shels, but I honestly dont know too much about him besides the fact that he is the only person involved in the eL thats been on Apres Match!

Don O'Riordan was sacked by Galway because of poor results. IMO he did well to get them in the premier division and keep them there for a while but is not spectacular. Sligo have had some big wins this year (5-0 V Limrick ) but some big losses aswell (5-0 V Drogheda United) and have lost to Rambelers 3-0 twice this year. They are currently in 6th place (out of 9) in the 1st division, 13 points from 1st, 8 points from last, having won 8 times and lost 9 and have a -4 goal difference.

What Pete & Macy have said about Liam Buckley seems to be true, but they were the form team in the 1st division last year. Did they get to the final of the league cup 2 years ago? Also he played a different system to Dolan using 352 more than Pat's 442 (I think).

I konw that he wouldnt move to take up the job, but I have always respected Charlie McKeever who was the Finn Harps manager who brought them to the Cup Final the year after we won it (& knocked us out along the way too )

IMO theres no one better than Gunther in Ireland avaliable right now, so I think our best bet is to support him for now, atleast until some one better is clearly available.

[James]

Originally posted by Troy.McClure

IMO theres no one better than Gunther in Ireland avaliable right now,

ok any more of this nonsense and this is going straight to the humour section..

troy!! the fumes from the science building in UCD going to your head or what man

[dalo]

very detailed posting there troy - good read and good thinking. i still can't why neil is so keen on don o'riordan.

as I say the only good thing about galway utd when he was there was that we were guranteed 9 points every year. he is hardly a trophy winning manager (watch now for the what about liam murphy retort )