Graeme Souness and RTE

**geysir** · 29/10/2007, 12:58 PM

Was it Souness who played Ali Dia in the EPL? How was that one explained?

**bohsRap** · 29/10/2007, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Scram

Paul McGrath as part of the team under a continental manager would be a good move and MCGrath has offered himself for this role.

What are you basing this on?

**pineapple stu** · 29/10/2007, 12:59 PM

Yeah, that was him.

**SuperDave** · 29/10/2007, 4:26 PM

Originally Posted by Scram

Paul McGrath as part of the team under a continental manager would be a good move and MCGrath has offered himself for this role.

Is this serious?

Think - Let's get a committed ex-player in, one who knows what it means to wear the shirt, to get the passion back. Never mind that he has no management experience to speak of, we can get an elder minder in for him, an international football consultant, if you will.

**Noelys Guitar** · 29/10/2007, 5:01 PM

Originally Posted by SuperDave

Is this serious?

Think - Let's get a committed ex-player in, one who knows what it means to wear the shirt, to get the passion back. Never mind that he has no management experience to speak of, we can get an elder minder in for him, an international football consultant, if you will.

Surely that has never happened before.

**head the ball** · 29/10/2007, 5:04 PM

Why not have Souness as coach and "agent" Le Guen in as manager and be finished with it! and get a blue away strip to match of course.
While were at it we could all learn a few new songs too like.......

Oh by the way I seriously think we should make Lawrie Sanchez an offer, he might be glad for an escape route out of Fulham, (and think of how ****ed off our friends up north, of a Souness persuasion, would be!

**onephillyhughes** · 29/10/2007, 5:32 PM

Can't believe people on here and around the country actually want this man to manage our country.

Its not a disciplinarian we need. Its a manager who is a proven success at international level. A manager who knows his tactics, a manager who is a motivator and a manager who knows the international scene.

Graeme Souness is none of these. He is a failure as a manager, barring his bankrolled spending spree at Rangers. He is a poor man manager, he hasn't got a clue tactically and he is even more stubborn than Stan.

I really can't believe that people have gone from wanting the best for our country to wanting 'anything better than the last clown'. Because thats all Souness would be, and barely. We want, and NEED the best we can get. Souness is far from this.

**dr_peepee** · 29/10/2007, 6:13 PM

Everyones entitled to their opinion.. But I think some people should reign in their hopes.

We're a country that have hired a novice Walsall coach, our Youth Team Coach, and a relativley inexperienced championship manager as our last 3 managers.... Compare that to some of the records of the names being bantared about. Is the leap of quality in the appoinment really going to be that big?

**Paddy Garcia** · 29/10/2007, 7:29 PM

Destroyed a good Liverpool team, heading straight for relegation with Blackburn, does anyone need to ask why he is currently out of a job ????

**dr_peepee** · 30/10/2007, 8:47 AM

eh!! He got Blackburn promoted to the Premiership, won a cup... And left for an arguably better job.

Liverpool is an easy target... The decline was gonna happen to someone at somestage... Plenty more factors involved there than just Souness.

**onephillyhughes** · 30/10/2007, 2:41 PM

Left a Blackburn team that was in decline. Mark Hughes transformed them. He was at his best with Blackburn in Division One, funny that. Rovers fans were all too happy to see the back of him.

**btid1** · 31/10/2007, 9:48 AM

Originally Posted by Scram

Paul McGrath as part of the team under a continental manager would be a good move and MCGrath has offered himself for this role.

HAhahaha......That is one of the funniest statements I've ever read on this board.Thanks for brightening up my day!!!

McGrath cant look after himself never mind an international team.You think discipline is bad now.................

**OneRedArmy** · 31/10/2007, 9:52 AM

Would like Souness appointed just to see the reaction of those that insist on booing Rangers players who play against Ireland.

Then we'd see where their alliegence really lies.

**Dr. Ogba** · 31/10/2007, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by dr_peepee

eh!! He got Blackburn promoted to the Premiership, won a cup... And left for an arguably better job.
.

jumped a sinking ship at Blackburn when rumours were around that he was going to be pushed sooner rather than later...

and those going on about his rangers connections? who gives a sh*t? personally if we could have gotten McLeish or Walter Smith last time around I'd have jumped at it...

**cavan_fan** · 31/10/2007, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Would like Souness appointed just to see the reaction of those that insist on booing Rangers players who play against Ireland.

Then we'd see where their alliegence really lies.

This would be better achieved by poaching Walter Smith who is a proven international manager

**lionelhutz** · 31/10/2007, 11:31 AM

I really have no idea how people could entertain the idea of Souness being a decent manager for us?? Maybe it's just because he's been a good sidekick to Dunphy and Giles on RTE - i cant think of anything else. Can anyone?

**CollegeTillIDie** · 01/11/2007, 7:47 PM

Paul McGrath offered to help out organising the defence on Newstalk's Off The Ball recently. A role he might have some efficacy in. Given how abject the defence performed in the recent Qualification tournament for Euro 2008, heaven knows it needs some help. I think the FAI should look into this offer. He would be working under the head coach/manager of the team and could improve us defensively. Given we as a national team rarely score goals, the fewer we concede the better our chances.

**danonion** · 01/11/2007, 8:56 PM

Unless he's going to play for us I don't think he could do much with the donkeys in our back 4.

**bohsRap** · 02/11/2007, 9:06 AM

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Paul McGrath offered to help out organising the defence on Newstalk's Off The Ball recently. A role he might have some efficacy in. Given how abject the defence performed in the recent Qualification tournament for Euro 2008, heaven knows it needs some help. I think the FAI should look into this offer. He would be working under the head coach/manager of the team and could improve us defensively. Given we as a national team rarely score goals, the fewer we concede the better our chances.

I like the idea but you're basing his playing career on his coaching ability. For all we know he's a crap coach, he could be brilliant either, but why take the chance on our national team?

**Ceirtlis** · 02/11/2007, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

Correct, i would Souness he wouldnt be long sorting them out. Robbie wouldnt be slouching around, The one thing that we need so much in the next manager is passion, even to the levels like Souness, i would him as manager anyway.

His Rangers background shouldnt come into it at al thats only **** in my opinion.

He was brought in to Newcastle for exactly the reasons of which you speak. He was a disaster there.