Bruce Arena

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  1. CollegeTillIDie said: 13/12/2007 8:33 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint View Post
    I would hate to have someone like Lippi bringing his native terminology over here. I was on a yacht in the Seychelles recently and I heard a couple of Eye-Ties babbling on about "Calcio". I was disgusted beyond vomit.

    It's been bad enough having Staunton drawling on in his Louth dialect for the last few years. Mr. Delaney, kindly find a candidate who will strictly adhere to the Queen's English.
    That rules out Irish speakers then... BIGOT! Didn't Stan bamboozle you?
    There aren't very many decent English speaking candidates available to be honest.
    The list touted here consists largely of has beens and never wases.
    Last edited by CollegeTillIDie; 13/12/2007 at 8:39 AM.
     

  2. eekers said: 13/12/2007 1:08 PM
    the guy had one good world cup
    why was he sacked though?
    • 1 point in the group stages in 2006
    • a world cup qualifying campaign where they drew with panama, guatemala, jamaica twice and lost to costa rica
    oh and

    Its not about bulking them up, its about getting them to put themselves about more
    thats coaching gold! like something shearer would say on bbc

     

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    Metrostars said: 13/12/2007 6:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by eekers View Post
    the guy had one good world cup
    why was he sacked though?
    • ..
    • a world cup qualifying campaign where they drew with panama, guatemala, jamaica twice and lost to costa rica
    oh and
    ..
    TBH, it is not so easy to win IN central america. Home field advantage IS a big factor in countries like Honduras, Panama, Guatemala etc. Plus Costa Rica away was after the USA qualified and cr HAD to win to get in. Also, US finished top in CONCACAF qualifying so I would hardly call that a failure.
    "Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
    "Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
     

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    shakermaker1982 said: 13/12/2007 7:30 PM
    flying headed volleys.......yes please
    "If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.

    You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
     

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    stojkovic said: 13/12/2007 10:38 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie View Post
    There aren't very many decent English speaking candidates available to be honest.
    Yes there are.
    They're all Dutch though.
     

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    Ireland4ever said: 14/12/2007 10:02 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie View Post
    Like the previous Irishman in the job was soooo much better? Bruce Arena's track record is excellent and our inability to keep '' shut-outs'' against Cyprus home and Away, Slovakia away, and Wales away did for our qualification hopes last time out.
    But if you're so insistent on banning North American's from the gig out in Abbotstown here's a genuinely better alternative.
    Fabio Capello is getting the English job,let's appoint Lippi NOW! I believe he is at least 10% a better coach than Capello and I have total respect for the latter's record in case people don't understand where I am coming from with this.
    Theres not a chance Lippi would come to us! Need to be realistic about this.
    Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday.
    Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend
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    Trappattoni+Tardelli+Brady=Holy Trinity of Irish Football
     

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    gustavo said: 14/12/2007 10:05 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ireland4ever View Post
    Theres not a chance Lippi would come to us! Need to be realistic about this.
    Can at least approach him so that you know for sure if he wants it or not
     

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    Ireland4ever said: 14/12/2007 10:12 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by gustavo View Post
    Can at least approach him so that you know for sure if he wants it or not
    I think it would be absolutely pointless and a waste of time approaching him. The current world cup winning manager is not gonna be interested in Ireland, unless we had a ridiculous amount of money to offer him(£4/5 million/year) even then i doubt he'd have any interest. We need to focus on more realistic targets and try and source out the one that'd suit us best.
    Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday.
    Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend
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    Trappattoni+Tardelli+Brady=Holy Trinity of Irish Football
     

  9. billybunter said: 15/12/2007 1:34 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by eekers View Post
    the guy had one good world cup
    why was he sacked though?
    • 1 point in the group stages in 2006
    • a world cup qualifying campaign where they drew with panama, guatemala, jamaica twice and lost to costa rica
    oh and



    thats coaching gold! like something shearer would say on bbc
    you may want to step off the oul high horse here. point taken about the 1 point in the group stages, but it was earned against the eventual winners - and they fucckkiing rattled Italy in that game. They were in the toughest group by far. as far as drawing with guatemala, jamaica, and losing to costa rica. Keep in mind they qualified, so you could see it as taking at least 3 points off those teams on the home and away schedule. I sometimes forget how brilliant we were against san marino, wales, cyprus........ I'm not saying he's the be-all / end all. but he should not be discounted on the feeling of anti-american sentiment.... he's a good coach.