Quoteany names being linked with the job so far?
I heard the new manager can be figured out from the rhyme:
A Butcher(NOC) , A Baker(DD) and A candlestick maker
"How Can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team"-- B.Bragg
any names being linked with the job so far?
Kerr, McAteer and Fleming, Oh MyOriginally Posted by lim abroad
On a totally unrelated topic I hear Michel Platini's in Ireland this week
pa mul for the limerick job.what do ye think?
The man who couldn't get Pike to win an FAI?? Several times?? You got to be ,joking.
The best man for the job in my opinion would be a Dolan/O'Connor partnership like they had at Cork. If not that then I 'd like to see someone with local knowledge. Could Eoin Hand be tempted back into management...he'd be a super signing.
The club is screwed unless it gets this sorted out sooner rather than later cos it looks like the chain smoking, anorak wearing wiry haired chairman is beginning to fancy himself as the new gaffer....now theres a disaster waiting in the wings.
he has a great knowledge of the game,good local knowledge and with players who have a more professional approach then pike i think he could do really well
Reckon it will be hard for the club to attract a good manager when the chairman has been picking the team for god knows how long now.
Business as usual
Dermot Keely went to some lengths to distance himself from the post anyway. Somebody told me today that Drew wanted the new man (whoever he may be) to live in Limerick which probably reduces the options somewhat as I can't imagine there's too many out there who are going to be willing to relocate to Limerick to take the job.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
I think the new manager has to live locally.
I don't think it will be that difficuolt to get the right candidate to live locally if everything else is right.
What about Finnan the old Fairview manager?
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later
FORM IS TEMPORARY, CLASS IS PERMANENT
Its all well and good bandying about local names, but lets not forget that whoever gets the job must have the right coaching badges. It's a vital part of the licensing criteria. Not too many locals fit the bill there apart from Noel O'Connor and Mike Kerley. To entice somebody from outside to move to and live in Limerick is going to be very expensive.
I know that a winless run of ten games forced the position that saw Noel O'Connor vacate the position, but what about the undefeated run of ten prior to that, the defeat of Drogheda in the cup and the advancement to the League Cup semi final?? There wasn't too many calling for his head back then.
Football is a fickle business that is dictated by results on the pitch. However, it is equally crucial that the next manager can be afforded, has the right qualifications, and is prepared to live locally or else make a whole lot of sacrifices. The longer the hunt goes on, the more unstable things become.
Let's hope that it is sorted out sooner rather than later and then the club can start progressing again.
Do any of the junior fellas have coaching badges?
If we are going to go local I think we will at least need someone who has the badges - I am not saying they are a guarantee (we all know who had tehm and wasn't a great manager) but it is a step-up and we should be looking for a professional approach.
My preference is still for a manager with eL experience (if only to avoid the curse of St Munchin). Haven't all of our successful managers been non-Limerick men. Proof of the curse if ever it was needed.
"It's impossible to make a man understand something when his livelihood depends on him not understanding" Upton Sinclair
Let it go joe, the fact remains that NOC simply wasn't and isn't good enough.
A good fitness coach he may well be, i don't know, but a good manager he is not. You know quite well that a winless run of ten was not what determined him a "bad manager", Noel O'Connor was determined a bad manager in his actions across the board for the last two years and before. Getting rid of a bad manager is never a bad move, even if we don't have the ideal replacement in just yet.
Limerick 3:7
"Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again"
A bad manager would be better than no manager at all, and I reckon theres a few within the club that feel that they would have at least beaten UCD if the butcher was around.
It's true, he is a bad manager, but moreso, a bad man manager. If he learnt how to deal with people, and handle situations with a little more sensitivity and common sense, he could be a fine manager. Derek McCarthy and Paul mFinnucane are two inexcusable blots on his Limerick FC career that will always be remembered.
I'm glad he's gone, don't get me wrong. But it will only be a good thing if his replacement is adequate. I think it will be either extremely hard or extremely exopensive, probably both, to replace him with someone with the local knowledge and his coaching ability. Again, I say he shouldn't have been sacked, or forced to resign. He should have had a Dolan like figure there with him officially.
And please, please Danny...don't do what I have a sneaky feeling you're going to and announce that no appointment is going to be made until next season with yourself handling team selection til then....don't make an even bigger laughing stock of this club and yourself.
manager, Gavin Dykes, is in the running for the job. If he gets it, ye better alert the air traffic control in Shannon.
Would have thought that Tommy Lynchs name would have been mentioned for the post.
He has managed & won this division with Waterford & is tactically good also lives locally.
Tommy would be my choice
i agree with true view,tommy had put together a decent team on little or no money a few years back before he left,a real players manager too which i think would establish a bit of team spirit that we apperar to be lacking.spending the last few years in junior soccer will have done him no favours however
Actually Dykes has been offered terms and has told the committee of the developments and told them to match it or hes gone.
He's got a bit of a journey on his hands.
Mayo to limerick 3/4 times a week?
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later
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