Stephen Kenny to Dunfermline?

[passinginterest]

Newstalk this morning said Kenny had signed 2 year contract with Duns to commence within the next ten days.

[BohsPartisan]

Heard on the radio last night that he was definitely staying until after the cup final. Would be poor form if he left before hand.

[dcfcsteve]

Were you not level on points with games in hand at one stage? I was sure you were but I could be wrong.

No. We've always been chasing, both in terms of points and games in-hand.

Which blows your ill-informed little theory re 'falling at the last hurdle' entirely out of the water..

[bohs til i die]

No. We've always been chasing, both in terms of points and games in-hand.

Which blows your ill-informed little theory re 'falling at the last hurdle' entirely out of the water..

7 points behind with 3 games in hand plus a home tie against Shels [which you won]

Maybe you should have tried to play Droghedawhen you were scheduled to.

[SRFC Head]

Its a pity he won't be in charge tomorrow, easy first game away to Rangers!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ic/6133944.stm

[cheech]

Not ideal, but he wasn't in control of the timings for when Dunfermline either needed a Manager or made their approach to him. So what was he to do - pretend to himself that he hadn't been approached, and ask them to go away and come back in a few weeks ? Yeah - they'd love to do that for someone who refused to even talk to them initially.....

Holy fcuk Cheech - where do you get your drugs from ?!? Mc Hugh going to Finn Harps - are you for real ? As for this notion of a clear out at the club - one word : Why ? We have a very good, young, hard-working squad based-locally. Even if another Manager did want to make changes, where would he get the money to do it ?? And he would struggle to gte a lot of new players to move to the city - something I suspect the Board would insist upon now from any signing.

Two actually. About as accurate as the rest of your post.

Be in no doubt about this - Stephen Kenny will remain a legend on Foyleside. Even more so as the whole 'would could've been/if only' dreaming kicks-in with time.

Listen Mr Self-Righteous. Apologies for giving an opinion that you don't agree with. Belittle me all you want like you try to do with everyone else on here that says something you don't like but don't make snide comments about drug abuse when you don't know the first thing about me.

Inaccuracy with the league cup ok. Fair play. But the dogs on the street know that McHugh's job won't let him fulfil full-time football. Maybe he will get something sorted with Derry, maybe not but he isn't getting it easy at the minute with a demanding job and an intense training schedule. His Missus gave birth to their first child a few months ago and they're building a new house and he hardly sees them.

Secondly, both Pizza and Higgsy were candidates for the Harps job last time out and Gorman is under huge pressure as he has failed to deliver this season with a large budget. Where is the inaccuracies there?

If a new manager comes to the Brandywell, chances are he will bring his own assistant. Most do. If Higgsy is left out in the cold do you think he would turn down the Harps job? He has applied for it twice in the past.

Thirdly, I didn't mention a clear out but it is common knowledge that Derry will be releasing 'fringe' players at the end of the season to relieve quite a big wage bill. Ask someone in the know at Derry and don't take my word for it but this was going to happen regardless if Kenny was manager or not.

Kenny leaving Derry will have a direct impact on Finn Harps. That was the jist of my post yet you chose to discect it and point out a mistake I made regarding your league cup wins.

If you can't accept that then don't bother replying with your usual smug, long-winded, self indulgent know-it-all crap.

[harpskid]

Holy fcuk Cheech - where do you get your drugs from ?!? Mc Hugh going to Finn Harps - are you for real ?

It's well seen that you're not based in the North West when you can just rubbish that claim - just don't be surprised if it happens Steve!

[cheech]

It's well seen that you're not based in the North West when you can just rubbish that claim - just don't be surprised if it happens Steve!

Watch Harpskid. Don't argue anymore with him.

We'll be here until next week reading his replies.

[dcfcsteve]

7 points behind with 3 games in hand plus a home tie against Shels [which you won]

In otherwords - no, we were never on level points with a game in-hand.... Games in-hand mean nothing until they're converted into points.

Maybe you should have tried to play Droghedawhen you were scheduled to.

We wanted to play at least one of the Drogs games earlier, but weren't allowed to. As for the other 2 games, I'm afraid Drogs and ourselves were too busy putting the EL on the map in Europe, erasing memories of poor defeats to Estonian and Moldovan minnows on the way, to be able to play those games. When you buy yourselves back into European contention, then you'll understand...

[dcfcsteve]

Listen Mr Self-Righteous. Apologies for giving an opinion that you don't agree with. Belittle me all you want like you try to do with everyone else on here that says something you don't like but don't make snide comments about drug abuse when you don't know the first thing about me.

Inaccuracy with the league cup ok. Fair play. But the dogs on the street know that McHugh's job won't let him fulfil full-time football. Maybe he will get something sorted with Derry, maybe not but he isn't getting it easy at the minute with a demanding job and an intense training schedule. His Missus gave birth to their first child a few months ago and they're building a new house and he hardly sees them.

Secondly, both Pizza and Higgsy were candidates for the Harps job last time out and Gorman is under huge pressure as he has failed to deliver this season with a large budget. Where is the inaccuracies there?

If a new manager comes to the Brandywell, chances are he will bring his own assistant. Most do. If Higgsy is left out in the cold do you think he would turn down the Harps job? He has applied for it twice in the past.

Thirdly, I didn't mention a clear out but it is common knowledge that Derry will be releasing 'fringe' players at the end of the season to relieve quite a big wage bill. Ask someone in the know at Derry and don't take my word for it but this was going to happen regardless if Kenny was manager or not.

Kenny leaving Derry will have a direct impact on Finn Harps. That was the jist of my post yet you chose to discect it and point out a mistake I made regarding your league cup wins.

If you can't accept that then don't bother replying with your usual smug, long-winded, self indulgent know-it-all crap.

When you're finished ranting....

Where did I say anything about Pizza not going to manage Harps etc ? The one thing I was questioning was a McHugh transfer, as my understanding/information (yes, from the North-West...) is that that is extremley unlikely. I could well be proven wrong - but only time will tell.

As for the idea of SK's move having an impact upon Harps, it may well do so in terms of fringe players. And it may well not. But where did I say what impact it would have upon Harps ? If you'd paused mid-rant you might have read again what I'd said and realised this.

Getting rid of fringe players like Delaney is far form beign a "clear out". You were implying that Kenny leaving would cause a lot of changes in playing personnel, which we simply can't afford to do. Some will leave, who probably would have left anyway, but any notion of a "clear out" is likely to be far from the truth.

[paul_oshea]

No. We've always been chasing, both in terms of points and games in-hand.

In otherwords - no, we were never on level points with a game in-hand....

The inclusive use of the word both, means they are not mutually exclusive of each-other and are therefore indepenent of one another with either possible outcome or both.....therefore bohs well said you are correct. its all in the wording steve, you should know that

Surely he could have done more with derry than he will be able with dunfermline, obviouslly he is seeing it as a stepping stone, but surely he would be more recognised across the water if he were to bring derry into the group stages of the uefa cup, especially given the fact they could well draw an english team in teh group stages if they did qualify.....I hope for derrys sake he doesnt start shipping over some of their players over the next few months...

[BohsPartisan]

In otherwords - no, we were never on level points with a game in-hand.... Games in-hand mean nothing until they're converted into points.

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But never the less it was there for the taking. It was in your hands to win or lose the league and you blew it.

[cheech]

When you're finished ranting....

Where did I say anything about Pizza not going to manage Harps etc ? The one thing I was questioning was a McHugh transfer, as my understanding/information (yes, from the North-West...) is that that is extremley unlikely. I could well be proven wrong - but only time will tell.

You said "Two actually (league cups). About as accurate as the rest of your post." Does this not imply that what I had said in my entire post wasn't true and not just the sentence regarding Kevin McHugh?

As for the idea of SK's move having an impact upon Harps, it may well do so in terms of fringe players. And it may well not. But where did I say what impact it would have upon Harps ? If you'd paused mid-rant you might have read again what I'd said and realised this.

Kenny's move will have an impact on Harps. That was the point of my OP, that you discected and rubbished as inaccurate. Can I not therefore assume you think any move won't? Is this not one of your 'points' regarding my post being inaccurate or what exactly are you arguing about?

Getting rid of fringe players like Delaney is far form beign a "clear out". You were implying that Kenny leaving would cause a lot of changes in playing personnel, which we simply can't afford to do. Some will leave, who probably would have left anyway, but any notion of a "clear out" is likely to be far from the truth.

Again, where did I mention that there would be a clear out? If you'd paused mid-rant you might have read again what I'd said and realised this

[bohs til i die]

In otherwords - no, we were never on level points with a game in-hand.... Games in-hand mean nothing until they're converted into points.

We wanted to play at least one of the Drogs games earlier, but weren't allowed to. As for the other 2 games, I'm afraid Drogs and ourselves were too busy putting the EL on the map in Europe, erasing memories of poor defeats to Estonian and Moldovan minnows on the way, to be able to play those games. When you buy yourselves back into European contention, then you'll understand...

And just remember who our manager was when we lost to those Estonian Minnows.

[DmanDmythDledge]

And just remember who our manager was when we lost to those Estonian Minnows.

The same person who was manager of Derry when they beat Gotenburg twice, hammered Gretna and drew with PSG.

[dcfcsteve]

And just remember who our manager was when we lost to those Estonian Minnows.

And thank God he lost too......

[dcfcsteve]

The inclusive use of the word both, means they are not mutually exclusive of each-other and are therefore indepenent of one another with either possible outcome or both.....therefore bohs well said you are correct. its all in the wording steve, you should know that

Well spotted POS. Bloody consultants......

[EireBadBoy]

Steve, give it up. You are in the vast minority sticking up for SK at this stage. He has lost his fan base in Derry and his teary eyed drivel on RTÉ was wasted on but the most emotionally crippled Derry fan. Why worry about the Dunferline manager anyway?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Steve, give it up. You are in the vast minority sticking up for SK at this stage.

Well I myself think he is a good manager. Vast minoerity or not we are right.

[dcfcsteve]

Steve, give it up. You are in the vast minority sticking up for SK at this stage. He has lost his fan base in Derry and his teary eyed drivel on RTÉ was wasted on but the most emotionally crippled Derry fan. Why worry about the Dunferline manager anyway?

I'm disappointed in his choice of club, and have said that all along, so I'm hardly sticking-up for him.

I am, however, sticking up for his record and abilities, which are in no way changed by his move to Dunfermline. He has still been, and is, a good manager, and it's just sour grapes to rave about his abilities one minute and then denounce them the next. His ability and history remains unchanged by his latest move - as much as IO'm disappointed in him for making that move.