Quote0-0 in paris aint half bad ..... dont think he should be sacked no would like to give him another campaign and people shouldnt write us off yet ....
If we fail to qualify should Kerr be sacked?
In my opinion yes he has achieved nothing, he has not got one result worth mentioning..
Sack Kerr ,bring in Martin O'Neill , a manager that can get the most out of average players
0-0 in paris aint half bad ..... dont think he should be sacked no would like to give him another campaign and people shouldnt write us off yet ....
He deserves another campaign regardless of where we finish at the end of this one.
DAN CONNOR HATES CITY, HE HATES LANGERS
He is working with donkeys thought we outplayed France last night and went down to a piece of magic from Henry poor finsihing has cost us yet again 3 great vhances in the first half and did not take them , Frnace had 2 chances one was a fantastic save from given and the other was a goal.
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If we do not qualify, I'd vote to keep him on as manager, He got a lot of tactics right (some not so) last night especially in curbing the french attack, defense and midfield were sound.. we created good chances but we need a john aldridge type to pounce on anything in 18 yrd box, I like him as a manager, keep him on...
Nobody else, not even Martin O'neill, could get any more from what we have. My only criticism is that he is very defensive, home and away. We only lost 1-0 last night, and drew with them 0-0 away, against a team loaded with world class players. We have none. Not one. An ageing, slow, cautious, shadow-of-former-self Roy Keane is still our best player. He still looks like he's capable at this level purely becuase of the average players around him. And we still had a few half chances, we restricted them to 2 half chances, one of which was taken by a world class player. If we had any of those players we could hope for some of those moments, but we don't. Leave Kerr where he is.
Firstly YES!!! We only lost 1-0? We still lost! 0-0 in Paris should've been a win, Irish fans are far too understanding! France are a very ordinary team who are easily beatable and tbh, it doesn't look good for qualification!!!
Sitting pretty!!!
I think he has to go if we dont qualify. His substitutions baffle me sometimes and who have we beaten in competitive games since he took over? Georgia, Albania, Faroes and Cyprus. Hardly heavyweights in world football. I still think we have a great chance of progressing, via the playoffs, because over two legs i think we could beat anyone.
Well .. I'd like to add my support to Kerr as well. The Israel results were two freak results .. hardly can be used as ammunition to kick him out of his job. Give the man a chance. What he did at pats .. in the 80's and 90's and the Irish youth teams probably makes him the greatest ever Irish manager. Martin O neill is not going to take the job ... and besides him, who else .. Kinnear, Troussier, Schaefer .. mouth watering prospects indeed.
I really don't know.
Maybe this team is better than the 2002WC one, so Kerr is doing less than McC side. And I don't want to see keep him, but sack him at the middle of new qualif campaign with less chances to qualify for euro08, as was for Mick-->Kerr during the euro04 qualif.
At the other hand, I like the passion of Brian, I think he deserves another campaign and I like the way he drives this team.
If we'll not go to germany, I want to see how we'll not go. If it'll be by goal difference and things like that, ok, keep him. But if we'll lose points between Cyprus and Switz, I will be really sorry in my heart when I'll think "we need a change"
I'm 21, I'm italian, but I love Ireland, and I always support the irish national team!
Irish fans are not far too understanding, but they are seriously misguided about the ability of out squad. We have NO player who would got into the French team last night. We have a dirt poor squad, with dirt poor players. Our only half decent player is about 2 and a half years past it, and all the rest are hyped up beyond recognition. We are, as usual, achieving far more than we ought to, and that is not much. We won't qualify, we won't come close to it, and we should never really have expected to. Worst Irish side of last 20 years.
NO!
McCarthy failed to qualify at his first 2 attempts (admittedly, he was working with less) and was given the time. Kerr deserves the same chance.
In the end we qualified for Japan/Korea thanks largely to a win over Holland where we rode our luck. Last night's perfromance was, in my opinion (note: my opinion) better than the one against Holland.
Originally Posted by Drumcondra Red
the same could be said about us. were a extremely average team
Kerrs contract finishes after this qualifying campaign.
I have mixed opinions on his ability but I feel he got the tactics correct last night & was bold team selection. I really don't see what other options he could have taken last night as no attacking options on the bench. Its not as if hes omitting other players from the squad either.
Given the manner the FAI normally conduct their activities i think it may be difficult for them to renew his contract if we don't qualify.
I'd give him another campaign but if they sacked him, I'd like to see Martin O'Neill get the job.
get rid - the sooner the better and take that gobsh!te Givens with him too
He built his reputation on youth and as soon as he gets in the hotseat he ignores it
His substitutions are terrible ...against isreal ....replacing keane with a defensive midfielder handing the ipmutous to isreal and then to compound matters he changes back to the original formation in the 2nd half
Last night was ridicules-we are chasing a game and the best he can conme up with is lump the ball up to Gary "free out" doherty and harte !!!!! hardly going to get creativity from keane and O'shea in the middle like
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
Well give us the alternatives, oh mighty one. A manager can only manage the players he has, and we don't have any!
Well, if he does go, we do have the biggest personality in Irish football ready to take over.
Pat Dolan - manager of the Republic of Ireland. It has a kind of ring to it, doesn't it
That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
Help me, Arthur Murphy, you're my only hope!
Our current crop of players are better than what McCarthy took us to the world cup with so he should be given the bullet. We haven't had one good competitive result since he took over (the 0 - 0 in Paris was against a fairly weak French team).
McCarthy had a better central midfield partnership (keane + Kinsella/holland), a tall striker to play the long ball game and a more experienced team overall.
Kerr hasn't done anything bad. It's the players. Kerr hasn't played them in funny formations or stupid positions ala McCarthy, 352, Keane as sweeper, Kennedy in a free role.
Kerr has played the strongest lineup in the strongest formation in most of the games.
The problem with this team is the centre of midfield. Kilbane was found out last night. He didn't pass the ball at all last night and was partly the reason why Duff never got into the game.
Keane is no longer the driving midfielder that he once was.
I don't see how replacing Kerr is going to get anymore out of the team.
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