Staunton Ireland Manager?

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 12:09 PM

Thank you for your support fellow rover - even though I am a culchie rover!

I echo your sentiments entirely. And I hate people calling him "STAN", as if he's a mate. He has some kneck (and chin for that matter) to take this job

keep on hooping!

**lopez** · 10/01/2006, 12:14 PM

Bit of a grudging admirer of Snowflake in his day (Euro 88 excepted

) and I for one would have been far happier if Staunton's role in all this was to take out Snowy's cathater and made sure he remembered what planet he was on. The role of Staunton as the senior partner however is frankly mystifying and, if I may be so bold, strikes me as an attempt in keeping the job to the 'real' Irish - no Plastics or Brits, which is basically same thing to the Irish press in reality who it seems we must all have the approval of - to the exclusion of someone with a real capacity for the job.

Whatever you or I think of Snowflake, an FA Cup, a UEFA cup, a Cup Winners Cup, a Dutch Championship, 2nd place La Liga and semi finalists in the World Cup (did I leave anything out?) is an impressive cv.

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 12:15 PM

Actually, Keith Lard would have been a better appointment than Second Son of Jack.

I hear his mate Quinny was on the Pat Kenny show this morning giving it loads, we still have to hear from Houghton, MCCarthy, Evans, Mcateer et all

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 12:19 PM

Colster....I did apply for the job and was not even granted an interview.

This just goes to show that Delany hasn't a clue

**drummerboy** · 10/01/2006, 12:22 PM

I read this somewhere a good while ago. Robson came from a very tough part of Newcastle. When he took over as manager of Ipswich in the early seventies, I think, he had to prove himself to the players. One player in particular was giving him problems � guy called Tommy Carroll, ex Shelbourne full back and Irish international (last I heard of him, he was locked up in Spain). Anyhow, he asked him outside, and they beat the crap out of each other, with Robson coming out on top. He said it gained him the respect of the Ipswich team. Hopefully he won't have to resort to these tactics with the Irish squad.

**Stuttgart88** · 10/01/2006, 12:22 PM

Some of the recent posts on this board beggar belief.

**WeAreRovers** · 10/01/2006, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Some of the recent posts on this board beggar belief.

I know, how anyone can take this Staunton/Robson thing seriously is beyond me.

KOH

**Dublin12** · 10/01/2006, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

Colster....I did apply for the job and was not even granted an interview.

This just goes to show that Delany hasn't a clue

Don't tell me you're Roddy Collins.

**Stuttgart88** · 10/01/2006, 12:32 PM

And how anyone could suggest following Azerbaijan instead & hating the Irish team is beyond me. Surely if you hate the team, you'd support a crap appointment anyway?

**Jerry The Saint** · 10/01/2006, 12:34 PM

RTE news

said last night that Staunton is Assistant Manager at First Division Walsall. He's not even assistant - he's the defensive coach and Walsall are halfway down League One, i.e they're only about the 60th best team in England!!!

Delaney stated that he would headhunt "someone who can get the best out of the players that we have, can make tactical adjustments when required at the highest level and is committed to managing the side". I think Staunton and Uncle Sir Bobby combined might meet 2 of those 3 criteria.

If he wanted to go with this arrangement, I don't see why he couldn't have given Robson the job for 2 years and put Staunton in as an assistant if he really had to - it's not as if he's giving up some sort of dream job by quitting Walsall!

**WeAreRovers** · 10/01/2006, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Surely if you hate the team, you'd support a crap appointment anyway?

True, I'm torn over this one. As a fellow FAI team hater said to me this morning - "Wait and see, these fcukers will be successful" Nightmare scenario.

Stan Staunton's Green and White Army - I won't be able to sleep thinking about that one.

KOH

**tiktok** · 10/01/2006, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

If he wanted to go with this arrangement, I don't see why he couldn't have given Robson the job for 2 years and put Staunton in as an assistant if he really had to - it's not as if he's giving up some sort of dream job by quitting Walsall!

I think this is the fundamental problem with the appointment, I think there would be fewer raised eyebrows with Robson as manager.

Delaney, after all his statements following the Kerr sacking, has nothing but egg on his face now.

By the way, any 'Star' journalists trawling through here looking for a few quotes absolutely do not have my permission to put anything I say in print!

**pineapple stu** · 10/01/2006, 12:42 PM

(If it's true,) it's an interesting appointment. Robson has coached at top clubs around Europe with success pretty much everywhere - FA Cup and UEFA Cup at Ipswich, World Cup q/f (where they were humourously robbed) and s/f with England, trophies at Porto, Barca, PSV, has brought through the likes of Ronaldo and is being spoken of in better terms by Newcastle fans as they see what Souness is like... He's got plenty of contacts, is generally like and respected but still has authority. Any comments that he's too old or past it are just stupid, in my opinion. Though it must be the ultimate irony that the opposition manager in our first ever World Cup and European Championship finals games against our hated rivals ends up being our own manager!

Stan...don't know where that came from though. I would imagine what the FAI are trying to do is learn from the McCarthy era - in particular, the first campaign when Mick was obviously learning the ropes at managerial level as much as at international managerial level. For some reason, the FAI must see Stan as the way forward and figure that if Robson is there for the first campaign and a bit, it'll give Stan a bit of time to progress up the learning curve, with the result that the first campaign won't suffer that much.

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 12:51 PM

will youi please stop fu**** calling him Stan.....he is Staunton, son of Mick, grandson of Jack

**Hither green** · 10/01/2006, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

will youi please stop fu**** calling him Stan.....he is Staunton, son of Mick, grandson of Jack

At least Stan's got a good bloodline then, with 3 world cup qualifications and 1 european qualification on his family tree.

**Donal81** · 10/01/2006, 12:56 PM

If Staunton doesn't deserve the job, who should it have gone to? Please take into account those that didn't want the job like Martin O'Neill and Gus Hiddink.

To be honest, after the last campaign, I just want someone who can make these players play for Ireland as if it matters a whit to them. That's Stan's first challenge and if he can do that, that's enough for me.

Since I've been on this website, there's always been a mix of the intelligent football fan and the barstool idiot who changes his mind with each goal. That's why we're subjected to a Robbie Keane is rubbish/Robbie Keane is great thread every second day and the same for Andy Reid. It seems plenty of the barstool idiots are out in force on this particular thread.

**tiktok** · 10/01/2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

will youi please stop fu**** calling him Stan.....he is Staunton, son of Mick, grandson of Jack

Who the hell is Mick Staunton? Is Jack Staunton really Stan's grandpa?

Stu makes a good point about learning the lessons from the first McCarthy campaign, but it still raises the question on why Robson appears to be down as the #2

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 12:58 PM

well i'm at work and sober so that rules me out of being a barstool idiot. Was worried there for a minute

**Macy** · 10/01/2006, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

I hear his mate Quinny was on the Pat Kenny show this morning giving it loads, we still have to hear from Houghton, MCCarthy, Evans, Mcateer et all

Houghton was on Morning Ireland, saying it was a great appointment by "the Republic"

Originally Posted by lopez

The role of Staunton as the senior partner however is frankly mystifying and, if I may be so bold, strikes me as an attempt in keeping the job to the 'real' Irish - no Plastics or Brits, which is basically same thing to the Irish press in reality who it seems we must all have the approval of - to the exclusion of someone with a real capacity for the job

Think you're wrong really - the Irish press slated Kerr because he didn't have English experience. They wanted a big name rent-a-quote Brit so they could relive the glory days. This appointment is all about the cheap option, and not having the balls to wait for someone decent to become available.

Finally, I'll repeat Delaney has to go. To let Kerr go and then bring in a manager of this experience is a disgrace.