When you look at it in the cold light of day isn't it amazing that Staunton, who played under Dalglish, Souness, Houllier, Atkinson, Charlton and McCarthy and played with the likes of Keane, Dalglish, Brady, McGrath, etc can't conjure up an ounce of leadership or tactical awareness to beat 103rd best team in the world. What was he doing every day when he was a player - daydreaming?
'And Crouch must score'
If Stauntons leaves/resigns/get sacked realistically who is available/affordable and spare me the Martin O Neill/ Gus Hiddinck etc wish lists
We are a 4th ranked team with a cheapskate FA in a rainy climate - not exactly enticing
Russia - rich
arab - rich and hot
Carribean - hot
asian - rich
austriala - hot
Actually we are F**ked
Stan has got to go, I think pretty much everyone agrees on that. yes Kerr was is a better manager and I dont think we would have lost under him on Saturday but that would have simply been a case of kidding ourselves.
The whole of Irish football needs some serious re-thining and re-organisation before the national team and get better. But before all that starts, I think we need to appoint John Aldridge to the job as manager. Realistically he is the best we can afford and who is interested in the job.
it was the same stupid set up - experienced manager appointed upstairs and so-called apprentice at the helm (feel free to replace apprentice with 'lamb to the slaughter').Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
this system may work in italian, german, spanish club set-ups but not in these parts.
ONE MAN - ONE JOB!!!!!
Get mick mccarthy back...
I know O'Brien and Dunne were bad, but this is going to the extreme!!!!!!
We need a a new manager not an international consultant ---- More Fai ****** to avoid one person being accountable!
Bring in one MANAGER just one! When i say MANAGER i mean MANAGER not a player who might make a good mananger but a manager a Fookin manager who has been a manager before and has managed ---- no more ****E!
I'm not sure I have ever read a statement that made me angrier than this.
From bbc.co.uk
The Football Association of Ireland has said that Steve Staunton's position is not under threat, even if the team lose against the Czech Republic.
Staunton has faced heavy criticism following Saturday's 5-2 defeat by Cyprus but FAI president David Blood has backed the under-pressure manager.
When asked whether a heavy defeat to the Czech Republic would alter matters, Blood replied: "No. Positively no.
"They (the management team) have to be given the time and the opportunity."
The FAI president added: "We are certainly not considering any change of our tactics at this particular time."
What f*ing tactics would they be. Surely as a major organisation you shoudl have a strategy
The statistics are damning as far as Staunton is concerned, but he and FAI chief executive John Delaney, who recruited the 37-year-old, have been given the dreaded vote of confidence by the association.
"There has been a lot of speculation in relation to our manager and our chief executive, and I want to allay fears their positions are under threat," asserted Blood.
Fears, Christ alive whose fears are they. I can only imagine he means within the Delaney and Staunton household
"On the contrary, they are consolidating their positions."
What the hell does this mean, is Staunton taking out rivals to his position a la The Godfather
In particular with regard to Staunton, Blood added: "Why would we look at it at this stage?
Because he's just lost 5-2 to Cyprus. This is not a good result.
"We've asked him in on a long-term basis to see if he would be prepared to take the team on and qualify us for a World Cup. It's a rebuild situation.
This is news to us. Never on his appointement were we told that we were in a rebuild situation. Why are we rebuilding anyway. The only retirements we have had of late are Keane and Cunningham
"Stan (Staunton) has done a tremendous job for us over many years
He has as a player, this is irrelevant to his current role
, and he has a back-up team that are highly supportive and skilled.
They may well be supportinve but thats irrelevant too. Does anyone think Kevin McDonald and Alan Kelly are highly skilled?
"It has been slightly unfortunate with the injuries and (Sir) Bobby Robson not being available to him, but I feel we have the stamina to last this particular test.
Yes its a real shock that a 70-year old with heart probelms is not availabale. What the f*k is stamina got to do with this. We're not asking Stan to run around Ireland.
"We have given Stephen an opportunity to come in and he has taken our situation forward to the degree we now have a highly professional backroom staff.
This takes the biscuit. What an insult to Brian Kerr that this guy sees the situation as having come forward. What highly professional backroom staff is this. Mick Byrne, the team mascot ?
I really can't understand this thing about rebuilding either. imo Kerr had a rebuilding job. This was mainly done after the Euro 2004 campaign and before the WC campaign. He replaced Breen, Kelly, Harte (for a year or so anyway), Holland, Kinsella and a few others like Kiely, Healy, etc. He also stopped playing Duff up front and Kilbane on the left. He brought in the likes of A.Reid, Miller, Quinn, Kenny, Lee, McGeady, Elliott, Douglas, Doyle and anyone who was available to bring through.
Kerr left with a decent young squad and there was very little rebuilding to be done. He stuck with McCarthy's men for the Euro 2004 campaign and only needed a few months to then build his own team. You don't need 2-3 years to build a team.
As someone else said, Staunton only had the retirements of Keane, Cunningham & Holland to contend with.
The whole building for the future excuse is rubbish. In my opinion Staunton is right when he adds younger players to make up places 18-22 in the squad if he thinks they'll benefit from the experience. But the reality is that up until the current exceptional situation no youngsters are being trusted with first team action. Alan O'Brien's cameo in Stuttgart & Stephen Ireland's ill advised selection beside Kilbane are the only valid examples of Staunton picking youth.
And if he wanted to build a team around youth he could easily have entered a US Cup or Kirin Cup type event, resting all the established players, no?
Choices......
1. Big Sam? Apparenlty was close to signing for Sunderland so maybe he wants away from the Reebok.
2. Alan Curbishley - did more than admirable job at Charlton and the part-time set up might suit him if he still wants a break.
3. Kenny Daglish, bit of a legend but doubt he'd be interested.
4. Lawrie Sanchez, has transformed one sh1t irish team so why not the other? 9and he used to manage The Bit O'Red!!!)
Any other thoughts?
George Bush?
No one, unfortunately
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slu...=afp&type=lgns
Staunton's position not threatened after Cyprus mauling
AFP
October 10, 2006
DUBLIN (AFP) - Under-fire Ireland manager Steve Staunton's position is not under threat, his FAI employers said ahead of Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier against the Czech Republic.
Staunton faced heavy criticism following Saturday's 5-2 defeat to Cyprus in a Euro 2008 qualifier, with the suggestion the axe is to fall should a fifth successive loss follow against the Czechs.
But Football Association of Ireland president David Blood has insisted Staunton's job is not under threat - even if the team lose to the Czech Republic.
"There has been a lot of speculation in relation to our manager and our chief executive (John Delaney), and I want to allay fears their positions are under threat," Blood said Tuesday.
"On the contrary, they are consolidating their positions."
In particular with regard to Staunton, Blood added: "Why would we look at it at this stage?
"We've asked him in on a long-term basis to see if he would be prepared to take the team on and qualify us for a World Cup. It's a rebuild situation.
"We are certainly not considering any change of our tactics at this particular time.
"Stan (Staunton) has done a tremendous job for us over many years, and he has a back-up team that are highly supportive and skilled.
"It has been slightly unfortunate with the injuries and (Sir) Bobby Robson not being available to him, but I feel we have the stamina to last this particular test."
When asked whether a heavy defeat to the Czech Republic would alter the stance of the FAI, Blood replied: "No. Positively no.
"We have given Stephen an opportunity to come in and he has taken our situation forward to the degree we now have a highly professional backroom staff.
"They have to be given the time and the opportunity."
Staunton has performed a major u-turn and called Everton midfielder Lee Carsley into the squad for the qualifier with the Czech Republic.
Carsley has spent the last two and a half years in retirement after deciding to focus on club football and family at the time but recently contacted Staunton to say he wished to be considered for future international fixtures.
The 32-year-old was then initially overlooked when the squad was announced for the Euro 2008 qualifying double-header with Cyprus and the Czechs.
When fellow central midfielders Steven Reid and Graham Kavanagh then withdrew through injury prior to Saturday's 5-2 humiliation by the Cypriots, Carsley's return appeared a formality but it was only after that game that Staunton made the call-up.
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Ideal candidate, especially after the panorama nonsense it might suit him to be based outside England1. Big Sam? Apparenlty was close to signing for Sunderland so maybe he wants away from the Reebok.
I would love Big Sam but wouldn't it be a step down for him at this stage? He's done wonders for Bolton.
foock nolan we dont want another premadonna who has no interest in ireland, o'leary is a joker.....we should we have to go for someone familiar, there are loads of good managers on the continent that could beat us into shape eg reneghal
good point about big sam, all these investigations into him and his son, and bolton, might pry him away from Bolton. And he has a fondness for Lierick city if i remember correctly
Roy Keane or Martin O Neil --- its a pity the timing was not different! Need a manager that wants results now and will drop players if necessary. These two are winners and used to winning and those are thetype of people that we need.
Unfortunately, no way Roy Keane, he only just started at Sunderland, I wouldnt mind though, he would let Connolly in and Breen would come back
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while i would love to see aldo get the job, - if the commitment is there for a prove 'world class" manager, then i'd settle for jose pekerman (argentinian coach from this past world cup. man has class, humility, and most of all, - proven track record.
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