Kerr turned his back on his own!

**Tram_14** · 04/10/2005, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

The Indo's stance has been cowardly in the extreme.

So, in a sense, all that we are witnessing is the slow, incipient discrediting of Brian Kerr No, you're not witnessing it - you're causing it.

Mark Kerr's card on Thursday morning. Not now. You'd swear The Indo is actually rooting for us to lose. Column inches should be dedicated to the selection dilemmas Kerr is facing, how Cyprus & Switzerland play etc., not a characater assassination of our manager.

This type of article becomes self-fulfilling though. Personally, rightly or wrongly, I think Kerr's days are numbered.

Stuttgart that is the absolute truth. I have decided not to read anymore of this sh!t between now & the games, its cynical, disparaging & malicious. If Hogan did write the article, maybe I should email him when we reach the playoffs with a couple of suggestions of who might take over his job, god knows a child could write it (no offense to kids). Sure, I don't agree with some of BKs management but the discrediting of Brian Kerr at this point is deliberatly destructive, nothing else, the Indo or Hogan don't give a damn whether we qualify or not.

I'm looking forward to the next two games & I'm positive, its the wrong time for Hogan's Sh!te.

**colster** · 04/10/2005, 11:34 AM

All this Bull about Doyle not being picked while he was playing for CCFC. Could it be that he is now playing at a higher level every week. And a lot of the teams he plays contain current/past internationals?
Kerr can now see that he can perform against higher quality defenders every week rather than in one off European games for Cork.

As for the Kerr bashing. Don't get me started. I think it's a personal thing. Kerr is not as accessible to the press so they're ripping him to shreds.
It's funny how most of the writers now criticising him for conservative tactics were the very same ones that backed him for the job 18 months ago.
He played very similar tactics at underage level. The only person who flagged this was Liam Brady.

**beautifulrock** · 04/10/2005, 11:37 AM

Yes indeed the quotes referred to are from the one and only Mr Hogan, to be fair he always puts his email at the bottom so I suppose I should get back to him directly rather than showing my ire on this board.

**mandrake** · 04/10/2005, 11:51 AM

I think when papers start saying that managers are on their last chance the ball has already started to roll.....these indo articles,(i havent read them) are being maybe so that someone can say 'told ya so' 'heard it here first'....did the same thing happen to muck after the russia game, the media put presure on the swiss game and of course it happened...obviously there was other things but i think when media starts writing things it takes a lot to turn it round...
hopefully he can. its possible we can do it

**Marked Man** · 04/10/2005, 12:56 PM

Just looking at the Indo article online now. It is Vincent Hogan; his name is right there at the end of the article.

**Jerry The Saint** · 04/10/2005, 1:08 PM

The way things are going I expect this thread to form the basis of at least one Herald article over the next few days - "Ireland Fans turn their back on Kerr - Kerr turned his back on fans, fans claim" ...