Stutts didn't you have a chat with Mickey Walsh about it, heard it from the horses mouth?
Originally Posted by Metrostars
...Except living the life of Reilly out in California!
I don't think he'd consider the job because he and his family are very settled in the US. He almost had to be dragged kicking and screaming from there to coach his country on home soil in the World Cup. So, I think it's safe to say he is in the 'not a hope' category.
It has to be alridge. An international manager really needs to structure a team (preferrably defensively) and motivate them. I think Aldridge would do ok!!
The deepest layer of human thinking and feeling somehow knows that God must exist - Pope Benedict XVI
Attractive football should not be a criterion for choosing the manager. I want results. A good manager will use the players we have to better effect, i doubt that it will be condusive to attractive football. Give me Sam Allardyce, Mourinho , a coach who gets results and isn't fussed how the team plays to get it.
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
Ditto and PLEASE NO O'Leary. How about Dunphy, Giles and Brady with O'Herlihy driving the bus?
It can't be any second rate Premiership manager (Coppell, Jewell, Dowie etc) and it cant be someone who hasnt worked for the last three years. And forget ex-Internationals like Aldo, Moran, Whelan etc
We have to pay the big bucks and chase the big guns - Mourinho, Scolari, Cappello, Hiddink, Beenhakker, Rijkaard etc.
You never know, we just might get one of them.
Gotta be foreign, no reason why he couldnt have an Irish assistant like Hughton or Heighway or the like.
or staunton....
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[QUOTE=stojkovic;795732]It can't be any second rate Premiership manager (Coppell, Jewell, Dowie etc) and it cant be someone who hasnt worked for the last three years. And forget ex-Internationals like Aldo, Moran, Whelan etc
We have to pay the big bucks and chase the big guns - Mourinho, Scolari, Cappello, Hiddink, Beenhakker, Rijkaard etc.
I totally agree. Anyone who slated Stan and then mentions Aldo, Moran,Whelan, Roy HODGSON!?!, is just hypocritical. They are all on the same level.
I dont agree that we'll get any of the big names you mention.
I think theres an inbetween - O'Leary (player and managerial experience). But for me Dunphy and the media will destroy him within two games like Stan.
I cant think of many, but SOUNESS is my choice. (player and managerial experience AND he has a bit of character to face up the media and maybe even to impress some of them. (he's a scum bag basically) VENABLES would be another similar option.
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How in Gods name is Hodgson on the same level as Aldo, Moran and Whelan?!
....then you go on to recommend Souness and Venables.
I give up!
Oh my god it's Larry David from Curb your enthusiasm
[QUOTE=Armando;795884]Seconded, Craig stop smoking whatever you are smoking
How in Gods name is Hodgson on the same level as Aldo, Moran and Whelan?!
....then you go on to recommend Souness and Venables.
I give up!
[QUOTE=craig7042;795877]Most ill informed post on the entire thread. you'd sooner Souness or Veanables then Roy Hodgson???? Are you insane??
[QUOTE=Armando;795884]Armando I read some of these posts and it makes me think how and I dont know how to put this any other way but stupid are some people views, can you imagine if thats how delaney thinks, then I see no suprises. I honestly think it shows a lack of any football related knowledge to want to appoint souness or his like. He has been muck, bar a couple of average seasons with Blackburn in the last 10 years. He has nothing going for him, and should under no circumstances be approached about the job.
How in Gods name is Hodgson on the same level as Aldo, Moran and Whelan?!
....then you go on to recommend Souness and Venables.
I give up!
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
D'er its not stojkovic that posted that. It was a combination.Most ill informed post on the entire thread. you'd sooner Souness or Veanables then Roy Hodgson???? Are you insane??
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I don't see Hodgson taking over, he is currently in charge of Finland, who have an outside chance of pipping Poland, Portugal and Serbia to get to Euro 2008.
I think we won't get anyone in till after the 2010 qual. draw. Then who we get might be highly dependant on the group we're in.
what i dont want is someone coming in and saying we are building for 2012, like kerr and staunton did. That crap can only go on for so long.
I noticed someone mentioned how many good coaches/managers have been produced in scotland over the last few years, i was reading something from walter smith about a training school up there for managers/coaches that they all had attended along with the likes of jose mourinho and other big managers. If someone can post it its a good read, as I cant find it.
got this off the site though and couldn't help but laugh: "But the gangster bandwagon that is th F.A.I. is solely to blame for another summer of watching other countries compete in exciting tournaments. Delaney couldnt manage your local Lidl, so to entrust him with ensuring the future of football in Ireland is akin to asking a 4 year old not to eat the bag of sweets you just handed him.
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I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I think we should look outside Republic of Ireland candidates to get away from people pally with FAI officials, croneyism , and what Dunphy used to call decentskinsmanship. If you want Irish think Northerners. Someone foreign would be best , English or Welsh maybe . A Scottish option might be best look cross channel Alex Ferguson has been the most successful club coach of the last 20 years. There are many other competent Scots coaches operating there. Arsene Wenger's French, but as Houllier the leading available candidate failed as France manager... eh no. Some of the Dutch candidate suggested might be interesting but maybe we should look further afield. German coaches travel well, Serb, Croat etc coaches also travel well someone like Milutinovic might be an option ( he must have been on less money at Costa Rica than Stan is on )
David O'Leary seems to be the bookies favourite - and I don't think he would be a bad choice. Leeds played some fantastic football under him, many players such as Bowyer, Harte, Smith, Viduka, Kewell and Bridges played the best football of their careers under him, and they seemed to have a good team spirit - he created a seige mentality which the players responded positively to.
Aston Villa was a different kettle of fish. He had no money to spend and was burdened with some average players. Yet he still brought through some good young players, (like Ridgewell, Agbonlahor, Davis) and kept them in the Premiership. Many bigger-name managers have endured relegation with big clubs in similar positions.
I'd be happier with a foreign manager, but looking at who's available and who might be interested, I wouldn't be unhappy to see O'Leary in there. He's not to everyone's taste, I know, but he shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.
brilliant
that French team didnt need a manager..they ahd Zidane and one of the best international teams i have ever seen..............despite Jacquet who didnt really know what was going on (man do you not follow these thingsconveniently ignoring the fact that Houllier has a World Cup Winners Medal from Assisting Aime Jacquet in 1998.
Plus looks like any old mug can win 2 French League titles on the bounce...
Not to mention he was instrumental in the setup of Clairefontaine - which happens to be arguably the finest football academy in the world)
Lyon were set up by paul le guen.....that was his team............(and the fact french football aint that much..............re cascarino
Houiller? funny, the liverpool fans were so relieved to be shot of him in the end
lets get serious..ireland needs a manager who has experience with international football............and not keep looking to english prenmeir has beens
we need Leo Benhakker, Roy Hodgson, Trouisser, Bora Mutilonannic (spelling!!!)...Greek manager......etc..................these kinds of guys
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