Don Givens: Stick or Sack?

**SkStu** · 27/03/2008, 12:55 AM

its a non-issue. SACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Razors idea for the manner of the sacking sounds best. LOL

**Ordinary Fan** · 27/03/2008, 9:54 AM

Sack Givens and give the job to Kerr, who always got the best out of younger players.

**Jerry The Saint** · 27/03/2008, 10:40 AM

Shouldn't there be a poll (the results could be Venables-esque in their one-sidedness)?

If there is, this should definitely be one of the options

Originally Posted by razor

He should be bundled into a sack and then beaten with the stick.

**jbyrne** · 27/03/2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Ordinary Fan

give the job to Kerr, who always got the best out of younger players.

not a bad idea but i would imagine kerr has burnt his fai bridges to be honest. appears just a little bitter about his Irish management experience!

**Oink** · 27/03/2008, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Greenforever

Forgive me but he's damaging important players for the future??

Do you mean Anthony Stokes and Stephen Ireland??

Players who do not have any interest in playing for thier country and get found out an an early age?

Don's job at U21 is to give experience to young players and to liase in this manner with the senior team manager. Results at this age are irrelevant and his continued employment shoud be decided by El Trap as it is he who should ultimately decide on who he wants to be played and what style etc he wants the team to paly and then the manager should carry out his instructions.

IMO too much emphasis is put on results at a level virtually no major country takes seriously unless they are suddenly in the last 4 of a tournament.

Why bother even having an Ireland u21's team so.... sure we should all just go to the pub instead and have a nice chat. It's people with the same mentality as you who make a complete cowsarse of everything.

Winning breeds confidence and confidence brings out the best in players, if our young players get used to winning when playing for Ireland they will carry that through their senior international careers.

A lot of player's come on leaps and bounds in the early - mid 20's, Joleon Lescott is a prime example... first cap for England when he was 24, before that he was consistently in the u21's or B-Team.

Ireland dont have stregnth in depth.. so the development of our u21 team is particularily important when compared to nations with a high volume of quality players to select from.

**pete** · 27/03/2008, 11:21 AM

Results are important up to a point. If the U21s fail to get past pre qualifiers will have very few competitive games. Also by failing to compete anywhere near the top of the tables the team has no crunch games to test players under pressure.