He's gone...with a �1million pay off

**balls69** · 24/10/2007, 12:33 AM

is any of the rte channels/radio stations going to bring it live when it happens??

**max power** · 24/10/2007, 12:35 AM

na radio 1 go to highlights after 2, i think 2fm is on robojock and the tv is just plain $hit during the day so no hope at night.

**balls69** · 24/10/2007, 12:37 AM

Im off to bed then

**max power** · 24/10/2007, 12:41 AM

yeah i'll sky+ peter sellers.

**DonO'Bate** · 24/10/2007, 12:46 AM

Stan's gone, by mutual consent, according to 1.30am sports bulletin on BBC 5 live sports news, bye Stan.

Who will the FAI pick as his successor?

**Marked Man** · 24/10/2007, 4:37 AM

Thanks Steve. You tried your best; it just wasn't good enough. Sorry it didn't work out.

**tricky_colour** · 24/10/2007, 7:10 AM

A sad day for Cypriot football.

**tricky_colour** · 24/10/2007, 7:13 AM

Seriously I wish Stan all the best, he should not have been offered the job in the first place. It's no job for a managerial novice to take on.
The blame lies with the FAI.

**Ash** · 24/10/2007, 7:25 AM

So, did RTE broadcast the press conference live?
I dozed off somewhere around 1.30am!

**Billsthoughts** · 24/10/2007, 7:27 AM

good riddance to the worst Irish manager ever. Two years we will never get back. managing his country meant nothing to him as much as the money he was getting.

**RogerMilla** · 24/10/2007, 7:38 AM

cant agree with that, stan was 100% committed , he was just useless.

**Rebel11** · 24/10/2007, 7:59 AM

I feel sorry for Stan in a way, what Stapleton said in prime time last night was bang on. When Bobby was sick they should have brought someone else in, he was promised an advisor not a dead man walking.

All the Best Stan

**macdermesser** · 24/10/2007, 8:04 AM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

good riddance to the worst Irish manager ever. Two years we will never get back. managing his country meant nothing to him as much as the money he was getting.

Worse than Don Givens?

What I don't understand is the decision to give Givens the job for the next match .. which if we don't win, could be disastrous in terms of seedings.

Surely, Bobby Robson could manage one game .. although would not want to see another Jock Stein event versus Wales.

FAI should appoint Giles, Dunphy and Brady for the Wales game .. just to see how they would fare managing the team! Although they would be unbearable if they led Ireland to victory. Joking of course.

**joeSoap** · 24/10/2007, 10:00 AM

Players are generally a greedy fickle bunch. They will all have forgotten about him long before Cardiff.

**citizenerased** · 24/10/2007, 10:13 AM

First act..get rid of him as captain...

**Schlooooomp** · 24/10/2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by citizenerased

First act..get rid of him as captain...

Agreed, thats why we need a strong manager that will have no qualms about dropping Robbie as captain if he feels that it is the right thing to do.

**Supreme feet** · 24/10/2007, 10:57 AM

Staunton's record:

Played 17, Won 6, Drew 6, Lost 5. Goals scored: 24. Conceded: 19.

Kerr's record after 17 games:

Played 17, Won 10, Drew 5, Lost 2. Goals scored: 19. Conceded: 10.

It just goes to show two things: how abysmal Staunton's reign was, even compared to Kerr, who has gone down in history as a failure at this level. And, the goals for and against, shows where Kerr's strengths and weaknesses lay.

The new manager needs to sort out the defence (as Kerr did with similar players to what we now have). The rest should then follow, as we have much better attacking players than we had in Kerr's reign (Doherty, Morrison, etc)

**Schlooooomp** · 24/10/2007, 11:08 AM

Interesting statistics there Supreme feet. Sky Sports News were showing the win percentages for Irish managers back to Jack, Kerr had the highest, in the mid 50s I think. Though he did love to win his friendlies, to the detriment of developing the squad.