Steve Staunton

[Junior]

Even though he waited to get sacked and get compo from the Irish job?

Yes. As Tets pointed out, Delaney should never have appointed him and Stan should never have taken the job. Doesnt mean I dont want him to succeed in management, Id be delighted if he went on to become a great manager.

[back of the net]

100% agree with this. Good luck to him.

Hopefully it might help him and us to forget about his first 2 years in "management".

yeah absolutely agree


All the best to the man

[as_i_say]

The Stan era was comedy gold. Looking back on it makes me laugh, good luck to him

[youngirish]

Hopefully he does well there and can retake the reigns for Brazil 2014 when Trap steps down and finishes the job he started.....


.....dragging us into the International footballing abyss.

[as_i_say]

ah what great days though. Comedy nuggets such as Alan O'Brien, Joe Lapira, Stephen Ireland's granny, Cyprus, Stan's attempts at interviews and my own personal fav, San Marino.

We shan't see the like of it again.

[Junior]

you missed "Im the gaffer" .....

[as_i_say]

I think his best one was some idiotic comment he made about San Marino being difficult to beat in February or something like that, cant remember exactly

[gspain]

Best of luck to Stan.

He was a decent player who served his country well 102 times and in 3 World Cups.

He was a disaster as manager and should have walked long before he was pushed. However I still wish him luck.

[Jicked]

He fleeced Irish football out of millions for a job he was never qualified to take, then he never even tried once in the job, and finally when his position was completely untenable he refused to walk away without a massive pay-off, despite being not being short of a few bob after a career with Liverpool and Aston Villa. Then after he left he was completely unrepentant. I certainly don't wish him any luck, I'll save my good thoughts for Darlington fans who are now guaranteed to be doomed to the Conference.

[John83]

He fleeced Irish football out of millions for a job he was never qualified to take, then he never even tried once in the job, and finally when his position was completely untenable he refused to walk away without a massive pay-off, despite being not being short of a few bob after a career with Liverpool and Aston Villa. Then after he left he was completely unrepentant. I certainly don't wish him any luck, I'll save my good thoughts for Darlington fans who are now guaranteed to be doomed to the Conference.

I don't think the bolded bit is fair.

[drummerboy]

I was a huge critic of Stan when he first took over the ROI team. Basically because of his inexperience. I sincerely hope he does well at Darlington and goes on to have a long career as a manager. He was a great servant in his playing days and it shouldn't be forgotten.

[Jicked]

I don't think the bolded bit is fair.

Why not?

His teams were woefully unprepared, to the point of hilarity, he took no time to actually consider the tactical side of things, from day one he very clearly had a problem with dealing with the press yet did nothing to improve his communication, his squad selections were lazy and based on what 3rd parties had to say (who usually had quite an obvious vested interest in a player's selection) and he achieved the most spectacularly awful performances in our history and across Europe in those qualifiers and did nothing to correct them (even explaining away San Marino as a good result), he got embroiled in a massive scandal thanks to Stephen Ireland's lies re: Grannygate and the entire thing seemed to play out over his head.

For me that's not someone working hard at his job.

[youngirish]

I think his best one was some idiotic comment he made about San Marino being difficult to beat in February or something like that, cant remember exactly

He stated that San Marino would now be a handful for other teams in the group and they proved to be exactly that when they followed our result with a series of severe drubbings against the better teams in the group. What a tool that man was.

[Den Perry]

He fleeced Irish football out of millions for a job he was never qualified to take, then he never even tried once in the job, and finally when his position was completely untenable he refused to walk away without a massive pay-off, despite being not being short of a few bob after a career with Liverpool and Aston Villa. Then after he left he was completely unrepentant. I certainly don't wish him any luck, I'll save my good thoughts for Darlington fans who are now guaranteed to be doomed to the Conference.

Couldn't agree more

KOH

[John83]

Why not?

His teams were woefully unprepared, to the point of hilarity, he took no time to actually consider the tactical side of things, from day one he very clearly had a problem with dealing with the press yet did nothing to improve his communication, his squad selections were lazy and based on what 3rd parties had to say (who usually had quite an obvious vested interest in a player's selection) and he achieved the most spectacularly awful performances in our history and across Europe in those qualifiers and did nothing to correct them (even explaining away San Marino as a good result), he got embroiled in a massive scandal thanks to Stephen Ireland's lies re: Grannygate and the entire thing seemed to play out over his head.

For me that's not someone working hard at his job.

Lack of ability and inexperience explain all of that (well, what little which needs explanation - "he took no time to actually consider the tactical side of things" is libellous speculation) without resorting to casting any aspersions on the man's work ethic.

[tetsujin1979]

Why not?

His teams were woefully unprepared, to the point of hilarity, he took no time to actually consider the tactical side of things, from day one he very clearly had a problem with dealing with the press yet did nothing to improve his communication, his squad selections were lazy and based on what 3rd parties had to say (who usually had quite an obvious vested interest in a player's selection) and he achieved the most spectacularly awful performances in our history and across Europe in those qualifiers and did nothing to correct them (even explaining away San Marino as a good result), he got embroiled in a massive scandal thanks to Stephen Ireland's lies re: Grannygate and the entire thing seemed to play out over his head.

For me that's not someone working hard at his job.

he finished his coaching qualifications while in charge of the national side, hardly taking no time to consider the tactical side of things

[geysir]

He stated that San Marino would now be a handful for other teams in the group and they proved to be exactly that when they followed our result with a series of severe drubbings against the better teams in the group. What a tool that man was.

Drubbings at home?
I wouldn't call two subsequent single goal defeats to Cyprus and Wales, a drubbing. The Slovaks gave them a drubbing of sorts but the Czechs struggled to hit more than 2 goals.

[gspain]

He was out of his depth. However I don't blame him for taking the job.

Who wouldn't fancy themselves if told we think you are the right man for the job? He shouldn't have got the job.

By waiting for the big payoff he did damage his credibility.

[youngirish]

Drubbings at home?
I wouldn't call two subsequent single goal defeats to Cyprus and Wales, a drubbing. The Slovaks gave them a drubbing of sorts but the Czechs struggled to hit more than 2 goals.

Ah Geysir what you convienently chose to ignore in your smug retort was those all important words I used deliberately - the better teams. Neither Wales nor Cyprus could be quantified by anyone as one of the better teams in our group considering they finished 5th and 6th respectively.

As for the better teams I alluded to - The Slovaks gave them a drubbing not of sorts but a 5-0 one which is a severe, bummed up the ar*e and left with a lifelong limp, 100% drubbing. The Czechs also beat them 3-0 another hammering. Also the Slovaks beat them 7-0 at home straight after us and Germany hit 6 against them in their fixture but we'll let San Marino away with those because they were playing away.

[geysir]

Ah Geysir what you convienently chose to ignore in your smug retort was those all important word's I used deliberately - the better teams. Neither Wales nor Cyprus were coudl be quantified by anyone as one of the better teams in our group considering they finished 5th and 6th respectively.

As for the better teams I alluded to - The Slovaks gave them a drubbing not of sorts but a 5-0 one which is a severe, bummed up the ar*e and left with a lifelong limp, 100% drubbing. The Czechs also beat them 3-0 another hammering.

Smug retort?
Do you have thin skin?
It's way past the time for you to mature and take a retort on it's factual merit without squealing like a puppy.
3 out of the 4 teams who went there after us struggled, the Czechs limp display included.