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Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:25 am
by stevebradley
IfYouTolerateThis wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 6:44 pm
brendan_d wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:09 pm
So we can’t get Kenny. If walks gets sacked who do we get?
Tiernan Lynch?
What could he do with us that he hasn't already at-least equalled if not bettered at Larne?
He's just turned down the St Johnstone job. Presumably that means he's interested in leaving for a bigger role than that. e.g. holding out for something in England.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:39 am
by PauliAlonso
marcoloco wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:57 pm
PauliAlonso wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:29 pm
Forget Paddy McL. If he's claimed - by some - to be our saviour, why hasn't he gotten a job anywhere since leaving us? Cork in the First Division were looking, and went with someone else. We have a manager already who has us in a title challenge, support him. No-one will care about the style of play if we win the league. Does anyone think the Greeks or the Portuguese care about the football they played when they won the Euros? Closer to home, the "Kenny Out" brigade abandoned any hope of a better style of football, to revert to shite football under Heimir, just so that the "best fans in the world" (TM) can go off on a jolly somewhere warm. If Higgins wants to park the bus for the next 5 games and win each one 1-0 and give us our first title in 27 years, he has my blessing. We can worry about tiki-taka later, as defending champions.
Agree with you on Paddy McL... then you lost me.
I'll admit - I was approaching full-on rant mode yesterday.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:36 am
by IfYouTolerateThis
stevebradley wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:25 am
IfYouTolerateThis wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 6:44 pm
brendan_d wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:09 pm
So we can’t get Kenny. If walks gets sacked who do we get?
Tiernan Lynch?
What could he do with us that he hasn't already at-least equalled if not bettered at Larne?
He's just turned down the St Johnstone job. Presumably that means he's interested in leaving for a bigger role than that. e.g. holding out for something in England.
Merely a suggestion to a question as who we could get.
Even if he has turned down St. Johnstone, it doesn't automatically follow that he would turn down Derry.
If you dont ask, you don't get. I think it would be remiss to not at least approach him and ask him if he is interested instead of having the mindset "ah, sure why would he come to Derry". It seems crazy to start from a position of presuming what he would want to do, as opposed to actually making enquiries to find out.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:12 am
by PauliAlonso
IfYouTolerateThis wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:36 am
stevebradley wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:25 am
What could he do with us that he hasn't already at-least equalled if not bettered at Larne?
He's just turned down the St Johnstone job. Presumably that means he's interested in leaving for a bigger role than that. e.g. holding out for something in England.
It seems crazy to start from a position of presuming what he would want to do, as opposed to actually making enquiries to find out.
No, it's crazy to now start talking about replacing a manager who might have won us a double in four weeks' time.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:48 pm
by paul60
How many times have managers been sacked for taking a team to runners up spot twice in a row and won a cup and at worse may, if unlucky be runners up for a third time in a row in a three and half year period?
Once people get a mind set it’s hard to shift, even if he won the league this time round they’ll be waiting for the opportunity to get a new hopeful on the plank if he or maybe she doesn’t come up their expectations.
I suppose Bradley, Lynch or Healy will be in their fans sights if no success next time round?
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:10 pm
by Keyser Soze
paul60 wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:48 pm
How many times have managers been sacked for taking a team to runners up spot twice in a row and won a cup and at worse may, if unlucky be runners up for a third time in a row in a three and half year period?
Once people get a mind set it’s hard to shift, even if he won the league this time round they’ll be waiting for the opportunity to get a new hopeful on the plank if he or maybe she doesn’t come up their expectations.
I suppose Bradley, Lynch or Healy will be in their fans sights if no success next time round?
How many times have managers got the boot for only winning 1 game in 7 when they have a highly paid squad of top players?
Or got the boot for an embarrassing defeat to an amateur team which they were huge favourites to win, and which cost them huge income?
It happens quite often in the football world.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:11 pm
by brandyball
Keyser Soze wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:10 pm
paul60 wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 1:48 pm
How many times have managers been sacked for taking a team to runners up spot twice in a row and won a cup and at worse may, if unlucky be runners up for a third time in a row in a three and half year period?
Once people get a mind set it’s hard to shift, even if he won the league this time round they’ll be waiting for the opportunity to get a new hopeful on the plank if he or maybe she doesn’t come up their expectations.
I suppose Bradley, Lynch or Healy will be in their fans sights if no success next time round?
How many times have managers got the boot for only winning 1 game in 7 when they have a highly paid squad of top players?
Or got the boot for an embarrassing defeat to an amateur team which they were huge favourites to win, and which cost them huge income?
It happens quite often in the football world.
He shudda went after the European Debacle.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:06 pm
by fergal
Results aside. Weather he wins a double or not. The football is brutal to watch. Sets up not to lose. Talks every team they play up. Gloated to the fans after 1 good performance in the cup. Doesnt deserve to stay on after this season
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:21 pm
by davybhoy
fergal wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:06 pm
Results aside. Weather he wins a double or not. The football is brutal to watch. Sets up not to lose. Talks every team they play up. Gloated to the fans after 1 good performance in the cup. Doesnt deserve to stay on after this season
Agreed for 3 seasons now the football has been brutal. Season ticket holders now don't even turn up for a lot of matches. With the budget he has we should be performing better and last season we finished with less points than the year before whilst we'll have even less points by the end of this as we won't win all the matches.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:48 am
by PauliAlonso
fergal wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:06 pm
Talks every team they play up.
Why is this still being used as a stick to beat Higgins with??
Literally every manager in world football talks up their next opponent. Every single one. You honestly expect him to answer "Nah, piece of piss, we'll beat them" when asked about an opponent?
Seriously, anything to bring the man down. It's getting embarassing now.
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:58 am
by fergal
There is having respect for the other team in interviews. Then there is saying basically there a far better team than what the league table says, then going out playing defensive against these lower teams, then saying told ye they were a good team
Re: Drogheda Utd v Derry City Match Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:54 pm
by brandyball
PauliAlonso wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:48 am
fergal wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:06 pm
Talks every team they play up.
Why is this still being used as a stick to beat Higgins with??
Literally every manager in world football talks up their next opponent. Every single one. You honestly expect him to answer "Nah, piece of piss, we'll beat them" when asked about an opponent?
Seriously, anything to bring the man down. It's getting embarassing now.
Nearly all his interviews pre and post match could be deemed as copy and paste jobs, now that is embarrassing.