I think you’d be better moving away from a proven track record as such, especially if you want young, fresh and new ideas?
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I think you’d be better moving away from a proven track record as such, especially if you want young, fresh and new ideas?
aye. the ireland sides of yore were made up of a core of top 6 premier league players, often let down by the rest of the squad being lower half of the premier league standard. nowadays the superstars of the team are lower premier league standard, being let down by the championship level standard players filling in the rest of the team.
Yup. Exactly. And that’s a huge drop off for a team that was always below the top tier of international teams anyway.
The FAI have no money - itll be a zoom call and a meeting in Circle K Dublin Airport
I'm not sure Neil Lennon can use Zoom, so at least it won't be him.
If it’s not Lennon or Big Sam I’m happy . I’d even take Ole
I'd take Kenny back over Bruce, Lennon or Duff.
I'd take you over Bruce, Lennon or Duff, Oranges.
I feel like nobody would notice if Patrick Kielty took over from Kenny and Neil Lennon did the Late Late Show.
I'm sure if we all put our heads together,we could pick the squad and manage the team from here and that would still be preferable to any of the current options available.
Rafa is by far the best manager on that list. He won’t get it but he’s a really good manager. His CV is insane compared to the other candidates. He’s won almost everything!
We should have kept Mick in charge for that playoff against Slovakia. I'd take him back now.
Both would be more entertaining anyway!
Is the players currently on the team really the best we can find?
None of them carry any sort of presence - I was row A on Tuesday night and seeing them up close doesn't inspire
Even N Ireland beating Demmark in a meaningless friendly the other night looked like a result impossible under Kenny.
Nobody's expecting the team to pull up trees but it would be good to see them giving it a go, not accepting they are going to be automatically hammered and that a narrow defeat is actually a good result.
There has been far too much doom and gloom under Kenny's regime.
Whoever comes in has the opportunity to immediately get them playing on the front foot instead of being petrified of losing the ball, which creates panic and reduces their self-belief.
We aren't a good squad but we certainly aren't as bad as recent years have suggested either.
Nobody's expecting the team to pull up trees but it would be good to see them giving it a go, not accepting they are going to be automatically hammered and that a narrow defeat is actually a good result.
There has been far too much doom and gloom under Kenny's regime.
Whoever comes in has the opportunity to immediately get them playing on the front foot instead of being petrified of losing the ball, which creates panic and reduces their self-belief.
We aren't a good squad but we certainly aren't as bad as recent years have suggested either.
Keane and Lennon... Christ
Rafa has a job with Celta Vigo no? Not a hope he'd give that up for skint employers and another fanbase needing constant reassurance.
What a list of thoroughly underwhelming names.
Jesus Christ what is the obsession with Mick with some lads
Obsession? It's not like anyone is saying Mick is a world class manager. We have limited options and he did alright when he was here, especially by current standards.
We can look back with hindsight now at the fact we traded in a better manager in for Kenny.
Harry Redknapp, it’d be some rollercoaster
We got rid of Mick in the hope that we were replacing him with a better manager. We shouldn't give up on that hope yet. It's not as though it was an unrealistic level of ambition.
Lee Carsley would be my choice.
If he could bring in Nico, that might help with some of the midfield problems.
Let’s not get carried awayYou mean Jamie surely?
Neil Lennon down to the final two with Carsley seemingly
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41313196.html
Sounds like they didn't bother their arse looking beyond England/Scotland. Lennon more or less managed to lose a 2 horse race to Gerrard FFS.
Carsley you see the logic in taking a punt on but Lennon ffs. Don't even think he's been linked with any of the jobs rhat have come up in England recently. At least Carsley was linked with the Stoke, Sunderland and Birmingham jobs.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41313196.html
Sounds like they didn't bother their arse looking beyond England/Scotland. Lennon more or less managed to lose a 2 horse race to Gerrard FFS.
Carsley you see the logic in taking a punt on but Lennon ffs. Don't even think he's been linked with any of the jobs rhat have come up in England recently. At least Carsley was linked with the Stoke, Sunderland and Birmingham jobs.
Starting to sound like the new head coach/manager is going to be Lee Carsley
Wouldn't have been my first choice but given it's reportedly between him and Neil Lennon. I'd take the punt Carsley every day of the week
Wouldn't have been my first choice but given it's reportedly between him and Neil Lennon. I'd take the punt Carsley every day of the week
Looks like they've got their man
Another Pep Guardiola is my idol gets a job
Thank feck it's not Lennon.
Hope it works out for him, he seems like a good coach. There's a few good young players coming through and it helps that he has high level experience of working with young players.
Hope it works out for him, he seems like a good coach. There's a few good young players coming through and it helps that he has high level experience of working with young players.
Jaysus. Fair play. Didn't think they'd get that one across the line. Great appointment IMO.
How has he done with England?
As England U21 manager his record is P26 W21 D1 L4
How does that compare with the previous manager? You'd kind of expect England U21's to do well.
Aidy Boothroyd managed the U21s before Lee Carsley and his record was P48 W31 D8 L9
Didn’t Carsley also win a major tournament with them?
Yes, he won the 2023 Euro U21 Championship.
Aidy Boothroyd won the 2018 Toulon Tournament.
Happy it's not Lennon, Robbie Keane or Mick McCarthy. Disappointed they don't appear to have had a look on the continent
Fair play. The idea of Neil Lennon had me in the horrors. It's a roll of the dice but an exciting one. Best of luck to him. Good work from the FAI. Not a sentence I've ever typed before.