Aldo encroaches

Originally Posted by Fergie's Son

Actually it does. You've never coached. Anywhere. You never played professionally. So no, you are not as qualified as Aldrige is.

Absent someone like O'Neill or Hiddink I would rather have an Aldrige than a Bryan Robson or a Peter Reid.

why? aldo has been out of management for nearly 5 years. does that not worry you?
robson and reid have at least had some moderate top flight success overseas, what did aldo achieve? christ, bohs wouldnt even interview him, thats how bottom of the barrell he is.

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

why? aldo has been out of management for nearly 5 years. does that not worry you?
robson and reid have at least had some moderate top flight success overseas, what did aldo achieve? christ, bohs wouldnt even interview him, thats how bottom of the barrell he is.

He's a lot closer to the game than you are. He's had a number of interviews with British clubs and has done nearly as well as both Robson and Reid.

Further, passion is just what this Irish team needs unless you think the listless display of this last WC qualifiers was acceptable.

Originally Posted by Fergie's Son

He's a lot closer to the game than you are. He's had a number of interviews with British clubs and has done nearly as well as both Robson and Reid.

Further, passion is just what this Irish team needs unless you think the listless display of this last WC qualifiers was acceptable.

with respect, you have no idea who i am or what connections i have to the game, so a bit less patronising please.

aldo has achived 2 good cup runs in management. he also got tranmere relegated when they were expected to hit the playoffs.

and having a number of interviews for british clubs means what exactly? that he is actively seeking work overseas and cant get it? sorry aldo, come back with a CV.

Robson and Reid should be ruled out for various reasons, but lack of experience isnt a problem for either of them. it is with aldo.

one incident when he f'd and blinded a fourth official is enough to give a failed mid-division english manager the irish national team job?

the standards some people have here are appaling.

In fairness, posting on a fans board suggests that you're like the rest of us, a fan. That is, you're not a professional football player or coach. That's a basic presumption and unless you're going to provide information to the contrary that's exactly how I am going to take your comments.

Given the dearth of quality candidates, Aldridge is looking better than most. Assuming we can't get the likes of an O'Neill or a Hiddink or another suitable international class coach then I have to say that Aldrige is a good choice. He's more experience than Staunton and has more committment and connection to Ireland than say Reid or Robson.

Moreover, given the nature of the Irish job (fairly small pool of players, total reliance on the English game), we need a coach who can motivate and inspire players. I believe someone like Aldrige can do that.

The standards on this board aren't appalling, you're arrogance is.

Originally Posted by Fergie's Son

He's more experience than Staunton and has more committment and connection to Ireland than say Reid or Robson.

Moreover, given the nature of the Irish job (fairly small pool of players, total reliance on the English game), we need a coach who can motivate and inspire players. I believe someone like Aldrige can do that.

The standards on this board aren't appalling, you're arrogance is.

if he has such positive attributes, why is he out of management 5 years on?

if we want a motivator, pat dolan is available. but the fact he is not being mentioned proves we need more than a shouter. which in any case i dont think aldo is.

i suppose i just dont agree he could motivate or inspire anyone.

its not arrogance to be frustrated with the garbage people are touting for this job. reid? aldo? staunton?

ffs, delaney got rid of kerr so we could genuinley consider a manager bohs wouldnt interview? come on out of it.

Look, I've said that I would prefer an O'Neill or a Hiddink. 99.9% of people would want a coach of a that calibre. The problem is though, we're just not going to get it (it seems). That being the case, we have to go with what we have.

Of the choices you mentioned I have a personal preference for Aldridge.

he cold reality of aldo is he hasnt worked in 4 years after getting the bullet at tranmere.

I don't know where you get your facts from Rtid but according to a TR supporters website
http://tranmererovers.rivals.net/def...2&stid=8088019
Aldo resigned.

he also got tranmere relegated when they were expected to hit the playoffs.

Aldo kept them up for 10 years. They were a 3rd level club playing at the 2nd level and for years with the financial structure of a 4th level club, "The shoe string heroes".
http://tranmererovers.rivals.net/def...2&stid=8088052

Originally Posted by livehead1

what did it say?

Won't show up particularly well on foot.ie (!), but it involved variations on the old "**** off you ****ing ******" rant. Very funny!

Originally Posted by geysir

I don't know where you get your facts from Rtid but according to a TR supporters website
http://tranmererovers.rivals.net/def...2&stid=8088019
Aldo resigned.
Aldo kept them up for 10 years. They were a 3rd level club playing at the 2nd level and for years with the financial structure of a 4th level club, "The shoe string heroes".
http://tranmererovers.rivals.net/def...2&stid=8088052

ok, got the bullet was the wrong wording, but the fact remains, he is out of work for 5 years now and couldnt even get work in the EL. Why?
he isnt good enough.

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

ok, got the bullet was the wrong wording, but the fact remains, he is out of work for 5 years now and couldnt even get work in the EL. Why?
he isnt good enough.

I'm astonished that he couldn't get a job in the EL. Perhaps there were other issues at play? You've gotten your facts wrong once already in this thread so I don't doubt you could get them wrong again.

I could find two posts in the EL section that mention Aldo in connection with the Boh's job. Is there anything more than that?

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Won't show up particularly well on foot.ie (!), but it involved variations on the old "**** off you ****ing ******" rant. Very funny!

'D!ckhead', I believe was the most audible of all Aldo's expletitives which echoed all around the world.

Maybe this clears up the Aldridge /Bohs connection
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...879991,00.html
Vain wait for Aldridge
"In the following months, Bohemians president Felim O’Reilly received a couple of phone calls from a man with a Scouse accent and calling himself John Aldridge, who expressed an interest in the job. A couple of trips were made to the airport, but Aldridge never did show up."

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

robson and reid have at least had some moderate top flight success overseas, what did aldo achieve? christ, bohs wouldnt even interview him, thats how bottom of the barrell he is.

Anyway, going back to one of the earlier points. Aldo's Irish, got passion but I've got concerns over his lack of recent experience too.

I wouldn't mind Reid, he'd fit in reasonably well with the Irish players and fans and anyone who saw that documentary about him will know that he's got plenty of passion.

Robson though!?! Wouldn't know passion if it bit him on the @rse! I fall asleep any time I hear him interviewed. I don't think he'd fit in and frankly as a manager he's sh1t!

so called "passion" is useless , whats the point in it . if i got the job i would be "passionate" but i would also be crap . mourinho wenger and riijkard dont seem too "passionate" and they dont do half bad.

Originally Posted by geysir

Maybe this clears up the Aldridge /Bohs connection
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...879991,00.html
Vain wait for Aldridge
"In the following months, Bohemians president Felim O’Reilly received a couple of phone calls from a man with a Scouse accent and calling himself John Aldridge, who expressed an interest in the job. A couple of trips were made to the airport, but Aldridge never did show up."

Heh, that's funny.

So once again Roverstillidie is either wrong or misrepresenting the truth.

Will keep that in mind each and every time he posts.

Originally Posted by Fergie's Son

Heh, that's funny.

So once again Roverstillidie is either wrong or misrepresenting the truth.

Will keep that in mind each and every time he posts.

im not misprepresenting anything. Bohs have had 5 managers in 6 years. he has been linked on more than one occasion to the job, that story was when roddy was gone in 2001. he was more concretly interested when kenny left last year.

Aldridge has as much chance of getting the job as I do. This is just a bookies scam at 1/2. Staunton has a better chance and even that is a very slim one.

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

im not misprepresenting anything. Bohs have had 5 managers in 6 years. he has been linked on more than one occasion to the job, that story was when roddy was gone in 2001. he was more concretly interested when kenny left last year.

No, you were misrepresenting the facts. You made it sound like Aldridge had intereview for the job with Bohs and was rejected. You then used that to ridicule his potential as a manager. The truth was that he never interviewed for the job.

You misrepresented Aldridge's coaching feats with Tranmere (though you might have just been unfamiliar with his coaching history).

To me, that means you're either dishonest or stupid. There are enough valid arguments against Aldridge without having to make things up.

Stick to the facts or don't bother.

Fergie's Son and Roverstillidie, this handbags stuff between you is mildly diverting but hasn't really the quality of discourse to continue much further without repetition or real childishness kicking in. That said, if you do want to keep getting personal with each other, take it to PM please.

PP