Kenny Dalglish throws his hat in

DapperGent

Apparently King Kenny is interested in the ireland job. His last couple of stints in management have been forgetable but he does have the pedigree.

Joe Kinear is still my first choice though.

Pigman

I would welcome Kenny as a manager. Everyone points out that Blackburns premier league win in 1995 was purely down to Walkers money but if you look some of the donkeys they actually had on the pitch (Wilcox, Ripley, Sutton, Hendry) it's amazing that they managed to take the title! As such Daglish clearly has some idea how to get most out of average players (a commodity we're certainly not in short supply of).

mike65

Originally posted by Pigman
..if you look some of the donkeys they actually had on the pitch (Wilcox, Ripley, Sutton, Hendry) it's amazing that they managed to take the title! As such Daglish clearly has some idea how to get most out of average players (a commodity we're certainly not in short supply of).

I had'nt thought of that. Hire him now!

Mike.

LizardKing

I'd like to see Kenny get it over Robson anyway

probably cos' I'm a Pool fan though

yop

LizardKing - Have to agree, Robson was a top notch player but a donkey of a manager. Daglish is a passionate man, and after reading his book have a lot of respect for the lad, who would give his all to Ireland

Sposs

Originally posted by Pigman
if you look some of the donkeys they actually had on the pitch (Wilcox, Ripley, Sutton, Hendry) it's amazing that they managed to take the title! As such Daglish clearly has some idea how to get most out of average players (a commodity we're certainly not in short supply of).

I have to disagree with ya there,at the time (1995) Wilcox and Ripley were two of the best wingers int he premiership,Sutton and Shearer had a brillant partnership with i think Sutton scoring somewhere between 15-20 goals that season.As For Hendry he was a super Centre half for many years and played amazing that season.

Saying that i would still welcome kenny as he has an excellent record compared to the other candidates.

Waylander

I agree that Ripley was a bagof sh*te but Colin Hendry was the best centre back in the premiership at that stage. Jason Wilcox was not bad and Chris Sutton scored over twenty goals. How many does a striker have to score to be good?

Anyway I would not mind seeing Kenny have the job, but I do not think he would take it for the money involved.

zAbbo

Kenny was on the list in 95/96(when Mick got the job), was offered an interview, but declined as he said his CV spoke for itself.

I`ve a lot of respect for the guy, but i dont think he`s the one tbh.

Lennoxschips

I'm not the greatest fan of Dalglish, but thank god we probably won't get Robson or Reid now.

Congoose

I think he'd be alright. Mark Lawrenson said he's been watching and going to a huge number of matches this season, so he seems serious about the job, and he's got a good record. I reckon that puts hiim ahead of most of the other contenders, even though I think I'd prefer Joe Kinnear too.

Sposs

Originally posted by Congoose
I think he'd be alright. Mark Lawrenson said he's been watching and going to a huge number of matches this season, so he seems serious about the job, and he's got a good record. I reckon that puts hiim ahead of most of the other contenders, even though I think I'd prefer Joe Kinnear too.

How does going to lots of matchs prove he is serious about the job? considering it only became available last week.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Would love to see kenny get the job, I just hope that he hasn't got to deal with the same problems as Mick had to deal with. Having just read the report, it seems that Mick was not as much to blame as was made out. If the same happened to Kenny and Keane had of gone off at him I would be pretty sure that Keane would have been sent home aswell. Don't wanna make this a Keane v Mc Carthy debate so will leave it there.

I would hope that the FAI buck themselves up and get a proper handle on those recommendations made in the report , granted it will be approx. 2 years and alot of work but I would hate to see any manager of Ireland let down again in the way that Mick & the irish fans were let down in the World Cup fiasco.

Congoose

Originally posted by Sposs
How does going to lots of matchs prove he is serious about the job? considering it only became available last week.

That's true, it doesn't prove anything but I was only giving the jist of what I heard in the interview. Lawrenson (who knows him) said that Dalglish has been researching and going to lots of matches and that he thought Dalglish was very serious about taking the job. I just think it's a positive sign that he's still very interested in the game and would make a good Ireland manager.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Originally posted by Sposs
How does going to lots of matchs prove he is serious about the job? considering it only became available last week.

I think that that job has been more or less available since Mick sent Roy home.

Waylander

TFTF two posts ago you said that Roy let the whole country down when he left Saipan, your last post more accurately pointed out he was sent home. Lets hope the FAI sort everything out, but there was also a big personality clash between Mick and Roy which hopefully will not be there with Mick successor so at least there will be one less contributory factor.

dougal

he's been watching and going to a huge number of matches this season, so he seems serious about the job

More likely he is looking for someone to pay for his travel expences! Must be wicked expesive going to all them games!

Seriously though he has the best credentials of any of the names mentioned thus far. In fact he is the only one who has won anything as a manager of the people who have been mentioned.
He even won a double as manager of the Pool.

So going by the record of the FAI - he hasn't a hope!

johnnynolegs

haha funny dougal but unfortunately very true aswell

Pigman

Originally posted by Sposs
I have to disagree with ya there,at the time (1995) Wilcox and Ripley were two of the best wingers int he premiership,Sutton and Shearer had a brillant partnership with i think Sutton scoring somewhere between 15-20 goals that season.As For Hendry he was a super Centre half for many years and played amazing that season.

You're correct, Sutton did score somewhere between 15-20 goals that season, the actual number being .... 15. That was in 40 games btw(!) and just to prove his averageness beyond doubt he has only once beaten that record in the 7 years since then (that includes 3 years playing against cannon-fodder with Celtic).

Hendry is a player from bygone era. His blood and guts attitude was on the way out when he was at his prime and was lucky he even had the career that he did. Ripley (rightly so to my mind) just dissappeared achieving nothing of note in the interviening years Wilcox was a Leeds reserve last time I heard of him.

Please don't say these were exceptional players whose birthright was to reach the pinnacle of the English game. I respect their achievements but none of them are (or were) exceptional players.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Originally posted by Waylander
TFTF two posts ago you said that Roy let the whole country down when he left Saipan, your last post more accurately pointed out he was sent home. Lets hope the FAI sort everything out, but there was also a big personality clash between Mick and Roy which hopefully will not be there with Mick successor so at least there will be one less contributory factor.

I didn't say that Keane let people down,(read the post again) I said that I hope that the fans and manager were not let down again as they were in Saipan. Roy was right to be pi**ed off it was the FAI that I was sying let people down.

Sposs

Originally posted by Pigman


Please don't say these were exceptional players whose birthright was to reach the pinnacle of the English game. I respect their achievements but none of them are (or were) exceptional players.

I never sayed they were exceptional players i sayed they had an exceptional season that year,big difference.

Waylander

Apologies T4TF, misinterpreted what you were saying.

The_Scary_Man

There was a French Magazine last week talking about Phillipe Troussier (managed Japan in the WC) being linked with the job.

Its good to see names being linked with the job that have actual International experience.

Unfortunately I can't see the FAI casting their net so far, they seem to have tunnel vision when it comes to choosing managers with only candidates from Ireland or Britain being entertained.

Most of the candidates so far besides Dalglish are second raters at best so it would make sense to look further afield.

johnnynolegs

Philippe Trousier i think will be the next manager but only for 4 years cos that is the way he operates also he says strange things sometimes like in the world cup he said how he likes to finish with his best team not start with them so he brings on some of his best players towards the end instead of rite from the start?????

smackbunnybaby

someone else used to do that !!!it was recently as well.

smackbunnybaby

honestly thou, id say troussier sees himself as being a top class manager(rightly so as well)and wouldnt settle for the peanuts the fai would offer him.
good choice however.

johnnynolegs

who was it????!!?!?!?!?!?

smackbunnybaby

that mick fella used to do it all the time but didnt actually realise it

johnnynolegs

haha very funny..............