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How does it take 13 monkeys to hire a manager? Answer 113 days

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Q_Ball wrote: »
    +1 for jason mcateer

    That's just crazy talk! Phil Babb is a much better option.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    What about resurrecting the Three Amigos.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    DesF wrote: »
    What about resurrecting the Three Amigos.

    Trio's clearly don't work for us. Look what the last one achieved. They chose TheGaffer.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 23,139 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    Paul Jewel has said he does not want International management. Hodgsen FTW or someone else of that ilk.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    I can't believe people are seriously suggesting Souness. Based on what?!?

    Hodgson would be a good appointment, but it's a sensible one, so I can't see it happening. Gerry Peyton gets my vote.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭handsfree


    jose mourinho would love this job. I reckon he could whip into shape for the world cup and then probably leave after we win just so he could maintain his special one status


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    We need someone who knows the structures required for elite soccer players, not just a coach who picks players.

    Someone with the experience of Hodgson would be great, but will it happen, not farking likely.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    aldridge

    have absolutely no doubt in my mind about that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭herbieflowers


    I'm sure Paul Jewell will be a contender...Souness, O'Leary perhaps...

    A better quesiton would be: who'd want this job? It's gonna take a lorra money...apparently the FAI made a 45m turnover last year...!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Ok realistically then who do we think it's going to be.

    I'll set up a couple of categories:

    * Promoted from eircom league / youth level, e.g. Givens, Fenlon etc

    * Played for Ireland under Jack/Mick, e.g. Whelan, Aldridge, O'Leary

    * Young inexperienced (at international level) English league manager e.g. Jewell, Bruce

    * Senior inexperience (at international level) English league manager e.g. O'Leary, O'Neill, Burley

    * 'Mercenary' type international manager e.g. Hodgson, Beenhakker, Hiddink

    * Or some totally unpredictable other category, for example someone who's not managed at any level in say 5 or more years.

    For me, I think it's going to come from the mercenary type international manager, but they're only going to be appointed after the Euro 2008 championships are over. (Or beforehand if they are free, meaning they weren't managing a team in Europe or their team didn't make it).


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    djpbarry wrote: »
    I can't believe people are seriously suggesting Souness. Based on what?!?

    Based on his charasmatic appearances on RTE during the world cupán.

    I'm sure if Hitler was around today, came on Prime Time and demonstrated that "ah sure he's not that bad!" we'd probably elect him Taoiseach.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    Based on the fact that he would have all the players respect. would not be a yes man with the FAI. Has won competitions in Scotland and Turkey. Did well enough in England to get the Newcastle job (probably the 5th biggest club). Isn't currently in a job and might actually want to take it.

    Seriously, i don't think we could realistically expect anyone better.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    There is only one man for the job....

    Shay Given...player manager.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Where did all this hate for souness come from?
    The man has won a lot of throphies.

    And the last thing you can blame him for is unorganised teams, he is exactly the type of manager we need.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭herbieflowers


    he'd take no crap off the players anyway, and strikes me as a good motivator, he's done and seen it all as a player after all (duh that counts for nothing! read: Stan)...yeah


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Where did all this hate for souness come from?
    The man has won a lot of throphies.

    And the last thing you can blame him for is unorganised teams, he is exactly the type of manager we need.
    Could be a lot of it coming from him nearly destroying Liverpool Football Club in the early nineties. Plus getting rid of all the Irish players out of said club. Plus managing Rangers.

    That enough?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 868 ✭✭✭tdv


    Arrigo Sacchi. :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    For the last time lads.

    The FAI will not appoint a non-yes man.












    w00t - 7,000 posts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    Cant help but feel a lot of the hate towards Souness may lie with his previous involvement with Rangers.

    No doubting that a fair amount of Irish fans wouldnt be impressed if he got the job. Unfortunately.

    edit: souness shambolic time managing liverpool was at a time when he still had so much to learn in management, he admits himself now that he would do almost everything differently if he was to be able to go back in time. As for selling all the irish players/anti-irish buzz? dont be so ridiculous. says selling Duff was one of the biggest mistakes he ever made in management. the anti-irish thing is just something **** celtic fans like to bash him with. not true at all. married to an irish woman for christ sake.

    (by **** celtic fans, i mean anti-rangers,jersey & track-suit merchants for all occassions who know nothing about football, but know all the lyrics to the wolfe tones greatest hits)


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    He wouldn't be affraid of making big decisions, droping players etc, which i think Stan and Kerr have been.

    also, AFIK, Shay given gets on well with him.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    also, AFIK, Shay given gets on well with him.
    Well that's a relief! I hear he also makes a lovely cup of tea.

    He seems to have left club after club in a worse state than when he joined them. The only thing in favour of him getting the Ireland job is that that outcome would not be an option this time around.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    No doubting that a fair amount of Irish fans wouldnt be impressed if he got the job. Unfortunately.
    Who?

    The wánkers who boo ex-Rangers players?

    Fúck them, idoits.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Also, the myth that Souness is Anti Irish holds no water.

    His wife is Irish.

    Maybe he just likes fúcking the Irish.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    RE*AC*TOR wrote: »
    Still would be funny to see a former Rangers player and manager in charge, the Celtic jersey wearing crowd would be thriller I'm sure.

    Come to think of it, I'd honestly love to see that happen.
    It'd be very interesting to see how Irish based Celtic fans would respond to an appointment of Souness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    DesF wrote: »
    Also, the myth that Souness is Anti Irish holds no water.

    His wife is Irish.

    Maybe he just likes fúcking the Irish.:D
    Maybe Anti Irish is a bit strong. But after having managed Rangers, and being openly opposed to Scotland's separation from England, I wonder where he'd stand on the Gibson case...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    joker77 wrote: »
    Could be a lot of it coming from him nearly destroying Liverpool Football Club in the early nineties. Plus getting rid of all the Irish players out of said club. Plus managing Rangers.

    That enough?

    Boo-fuking-hoo, he sold some Irish players ebcause he thought he could improve the team, most of the players he sold were coming to the ends of their carees anyway. it's called over-hauling, happens everywhere.

    He has signed Irish players for both Newcastle and Blackburn, he works for Irish TV, some of his best mates from his playing days are Irish, he's not some paddy bashing idiot.

    He did bad at ONE club, whoop, Alex Ferguson was **** for the first 3-4 years at Man U, look at him now.


    Again, Boo-fukin-hoo, he managed rangers, who gives a flying fu(k except a couple of bigoted idiots in leprechuan suits and hooped jerseys, generally the sae idiots who protested outside croker saying "keep forgien games out of Croke Park" while wearing hooped jerseys.


    Get over it.

    We'd be lucky to have him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Yeah I'd go Souness if only to wind up the Celtic skangers. Be hilarious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Ah, I just despise Souness for what he did at Liverpool, I just can't see past that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Yeah I'd go Souness if only to wind up the Celtic skangers. Be hilarious.

    Ha, it'd be a good headfu*ck!!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Boo-fuking-hoo, he sold some Irish players ebcause he thought he could improve the team, most of the players he sold were coming to the ends of their carees anyway. it's called over-hauling, happens everywhere.
    If he made the team better, I probably would 'Get over it'.
    But when he took over Liverpool he ruined the club and it took them years to get over it.


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