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Guessing you didn't watch any Newcastle games while he was manager? Great players don't always make good managers. Souness is prime example.
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Guessing you didn't watch any Newcastle games while he was manager? Great players don't always make good managers. Souness is prime example.
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did anyone else happen to notice two names on the bbc link mentioned nowhere else but here......foppe de haan and roy hodgson.
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Foppe de Haan please. Dutch u21's were quality. If he had us playing football like that....christ I'm getting a bit ahead of myself
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Steve Coppell actually said in an interview, part of which was shown on the rte 2 late news tonight, that he wouldn't mind the job and could deal quite easily with the 8-10 games a year. reading would have great difficulty replacing him with someone who would get the same results, but i don't think many on here would mind.
How come Coppell is talking so openly about another job?
Coppell would be my first choice, gets the most out of average players and seems to have a good affinity with the Irish players, Beenhakker would be my 2nd choice, Souness last
According to the radio this morning Kinnear and Kerr
are putting their hats into the ring!!
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He may see the writing on the wall. This is after all the difficult second season for Reading in the Premiership.....
Foppe De Haan's name was mentioned in the Times yesterday aswell...would be a very interesting candidate imho.
If we don't get Coppell I think we should go Dutch...
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
i saw that full interview and coppell also said in it managing barbados would be ideal with the 8-10 games a year.
Can we please stop all this nonsense talk about Houllier. He's a coward who takes no responsibilty for the teams performance when it goes wrong and says it was all his doing when theyre successful. He set Liverpool back years by adopting the most negative tactics possible and he actually tried to claim the Champs League success in 05 was down to him - what a waster.
Ya he managed internationally - couldn't get an unbelievably talented French side to the 94 world cup and blamed it all on Ginola - what a record.
He's an absolute bottler under pressure - they only needed 1 point from their last 2 games to qualify in 94 and there were numerous times when lpool were on the verge of a great victory that he somehow managed to turn things around to the oppositions favour
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He got Panathanaikos to the Champions League QF. Here's his management career path: http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Angelos_Anastasiadis
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To be honest the only Irish manager with a realistic chance of getting it is O'Leary. I really there's tremendous value in that non Irish bet.
Even as a saver bet, I agree. You'd be having (at least) a free bet on O'Leary IMO
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I did too... But I think something has set in with the squad that he won't be able to shake them out of. The players are indifferent. Indifferent to the fans, indifferent to defeat, indifferent to the media.
I didn't see the Late late show interview with Robbie but I don't care what pedigree they are, if players feel like that I'd rather have a team of Championship players running there socks off than Mid teir premiership playing moaners sidestepping accountability.
I blame the premiership. It's has lowered the bar for players. All of a sudden 5th place is a good season. They've carried that with them to international football where opposition players in there respective leagues have higher standards if not pedigree.
Sounnes is a winner. Sounnes on a two year contract....
Theres a world of difference between being a winner on the pitch and a winner off the pitch. Souness has fcuked up time and time again as a manager, do you really want someone like that managing our country? And before you say 'well he'd be better than Stan', think about it. Souness is one of the worst names thats in the running at this stage.
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People who have voted for 'other' on the poll, who do you have in mind?
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Anyone in favour of Ron Atkinson should read "Big Ron Show" chapter in Gordon Strachan's book. Strachan said he had a huge influence on him, he's a great guy and all that but he's certainly not someone we should be looking at.
It is well known that Ron's approach to coaching is rather laid back. He does not have a lot of time for basic technical work on the training ground, the numerous drills to improve the fitness, organisation and shape of the team. He much prefers to play practice matches, especially when he can take part in them. There is an element of the Walter Mitty in all of us in these training games, but that is particularly true of Ron. The games in which he was involved in tended to be a bit like the TV programme Stars in Their Eyes, with Ron attempting to impersonate someone like Franz Beckenbauer, Pelé or Maradona and inviting his players to guess his identity.
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I must admit that his training approach occasionally led to some irritation and frustration for me. As his first-team coach at Coventry, I worked hard in planning and organising the various team drills I felt were necessary to improve our results, but there were a number of times when Ron would suddenly scrap them at the last minute.
As we were about to start, he would come out of his office and say: 'Right, kid, what are you doing?'
'We're going to work on midfield players closing down and pushing across,' I'd explain.
But Ron's reaction was: 'No, no, no. Let's have a six-a-side.'
While I'm on the topic, here's Strachan on Frank Stapleton:
I am surprised that Frank, a wonderful all-round striker, did not go on to become a top manager. His thirst for football knowledge was insatiable, and he was forever talking about the game. Even when it was clear that you wanted to switch off and relax, he would want to have a long discussion about whether we should play 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 and subjects like that. I remember him even wanting to talk to me about football at a club Christmas part, when he was dressed as a clown and I went as Freddie Starr-cum-Adolf Hitler. I often had a joke about it. For example, on the even of one United match away from home, when I was having difficulty getting to sleep at our hotel, I rang Jimmy McGregor in his room and said: 'Jimmy, I need a sleeping pill - but on second thoughts, can you send Frank up?'. For United air trips, the players had to board the plane in alphabetical order. 'Frank' I said to him, 'I think I am going to change my name by deed poll. It is going to be Gordon Aardvark.'
It was all taken in good spirit and, indeed, Frank could never have been in any doubt about how much I and everbody else at Old Trafford valued him.
Well I wouldn't mind if someone like him was chosen again, if the FAI actually listened to his recommendations.
Someone mentioned Del Bosque, what a coup it would be to get him...
However I would like to point out a man again as a possible target.
Bora Milutinovic although of course our knowledgeable friends in the media haven't a clue who he is.
Forget all the "old boys" Aldo, etc. Bookies just trying to make some cash off you. None of the old boys will get the job full stop.....
Delaney is too shrewd to go down that avenue again, and I'm sick of hearing about all these guys odds at the boookies.
He knows he has to spread his wings and get a big name from elsewhere, however I wouldn't be too fond of Troussier. Something about a Freanch accent gets on my jib..
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