Staunton Ireland Manager?

**tiktok** · 10/01/2006, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

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

Technically that just rules out the barstool part

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:00 PM

IN all honesty, who here would have chosen Staunton over Venables?

**pineapple stu** · 10/01/2006, 1:01 PM

Incidentally, can we get the poll re-set (or a new one set up) as to whether people are in favour of a Robson/Staunton partnership?

**tiktok** · 10/01/2006, 1:01 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

This appointment is all about the cheap option, and not having the balls to wait for someone decent to become available.

I heard a rumour that the combined wage for Staunton and Robson would be �750,000 p.a., that's nearly double what Kerr was paid.

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:03 PM

and the combined age is 110

**Hither green** · 10/01/2006, 1:06 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

IN all honesty, who here would have chosen Staunton over Venables?

I certainly wouldn't. But I probably would have chosen a Staunton/Robson combo over Venables, depending on their respective responsibilities.

**wallis** · 10/01/2006, 1:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cosmo

Wallis, any chance ye could stop putting the sir in front of bobby robson when talking about him?

It disappears once he reaches passport control at Dublin airport Cosmo. He can pick it up again on the way out.

**gaf1983** · 10/01/2006, 1:09 PM

Mark Kinsella is a more senior member of the coaching staff at Walsall than Staunton. I think staunton just works as defensive coach.

http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/...,10428,00.html
(Stauntons name isnt even mentioned. He's obviously very highly regarded there! )

Fingers crossed this will just be a temporary appointment for say 6 months....

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:11 PM

I think you are forgetting that Staunton had an assistant maanger role in Centra Dundalk when on his school holidays prior to signing for Liverpool

**stickyjoe** · 10/01/2006, 1:12 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

IN all honesty, who here would have chosen Staunton over Venables?

Staunton/Robson without a doubt.

In fact I`d nearly go for Roddy before Venables

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:14 PM

my money is on Walsall to go on an inspired run and get promoted this season

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:15 PM

I see the yes vote is increasing .....Jack, Mcateer, Quinn and houghton must have loggen on....

**Hither green** · 10/01/2006, 1:17 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

and the combined age is 110

and their combined IQ is 220. Whereas the combined IQ for a Staunton/Robson/Perry management combination would be 221.

**pineapple stu** · 10/01/2006, 1:18 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

and the combined age is 110

So what?

**Dublin12** · 10/01/2006, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by Den Perry

my money is on Walsall to go on an inspired run and get promoted this season

My money is on you to have the most posts in one day.

**Stuttgart88** · 10/01/2006, 1:19 PM

Great contribution Den Perry. You've really brought a lot to this discussion.

**Den Perry** · 10/01/2006, 1:20 PM

Whats Chris Perry got to do with it?

**wallis** · 10/01/2006, 1:22 PM

Its worth bearing in mind that as a footballing nation in transition we have to look towards the future. We are always going to be paying peanuts in relation to other management jobs so we arent going to be able to cherry pick the best. SS is someone that could be groomed and he could be there for many years (performances taken into account).

Secondly we have a chance (if the rumours are true) to appoint one of the most respected managers in the world to our staff. He must have seen practically every aspect of the game from the youth set ups at PSV, to the continental styles at Barca and in Portugal , right through to the premiership and the world cup. There isnt anything in football that Bobby Robson has not been involved with. The impact he could have not only at senior level but at the way our youth teams line up could be priceless in the long run. His contacts with clubs and players worldwide and his coaching methods mean that his worth to the future of Irish football far outweighs the pittance we would be paying him.

( I dream of a Euro 2008 qualifier at Croke. 70,000 fans and Bobby and Steve shaking Svens hand after a 2-0 victory over England

)

**colster** · 10/01/2006, 1:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

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!

Look the papers are saying it's Staunton as the head man. I don't believe it. Robson would never accept a junior role. i reckon Robson is the main man with Staunton as assistant who'l be groomed to take over.

**klein4** · 10/01/2006, 1:23 PM

as usual when they dont have a leg to stand on the usual suspects are reduced to just abusing any poster who doesnt agree with them. shouldnt a moderator step in in what are obviously just abusive posts for the sake of it?