David O'Leary

There's a few threads on other candidates so I thought this man deserves one. O'Leary actually has a very impressive management record, 3 top 4 finishes in Premier League, a UEFA cup semi final and a Champions League semi final. He developed the young players at Leeds and integrated them into the system and he is a very good man manager (according to a few lads I know who were apprentices at Leeds). He has been out of the game since 2011 due to a legal wrangle with an outfit in the Middle East but is free to manage now. I think he would have a point to prove and the break will have rejuvenated him. His record highlights that he is actually the most successful Irish manager and dwarfs the managerial careers of McDermott, houghton, o'neill and Roy knacker.

Leeds United

1998/9 -        4th EPL
1999/2000 -   3rd EPL
                      SF UEFA Cup
2000/01 -      4th EPL
                      SF Champions League
2001/2 -        5th EPL

Aston Villa

2003/4 - 6th EPL
2004/5 - 10th EPL

Irish, out of work and on budget, sure what more do we want

Always liked O'Leary, dunno about for the Ireland job though.


Edited by Garak - 11 Sep 2013 at 8:41pm

Denis Irwin wrote: Good Jaysus     He can't even get a job in the Championship FFS

Which jobs was he in for? He only got his legal case sorted in March. People are talking Roy Knacker up but sure he's failed everywhere he's been and I doubt he would get a job in championship. In not saying o'leary should be nailed on for the job but he should be on any short list. Interested to know which jobs he got knocked back on??

There was a reason he was managing in the middle east, he couldn't get a job anywhere else.

Well if he was offered a job in England or Europe and he turned it down for a big money offer from some footballing backwater then that says more about the man and his ambition than I could

Stillhuntinghenry wrote: Denis Irwin wrote: Good Jaysus     He can't even get a job in the Championship FFS Which jobs was he in for? He only got his legal case sorted in March. People are talking Roy Knacker up but sure he's failed everywhere he's been and I doubt he would get a job in championship. In not saying o'leary should be nailed on for the job but he should be on any short list. Interested to know which jobs he got knocked back on??

 

Ireland4ever wrote: Well if he was offered a job in England or Europe and he turned it down for a big money offer from some footballing backwater then that says more about the man and his ambition than I could

Maybe he just fancied a break from the game and then a change of scenery, I don't know, then again neither do you. He's been in professional football no stop since he was 17, 2/3 years out of the game will hardly make a difference and in my view its a plus point. We'd get a guy coming in refreshed, perhaps with a point to prove.

Dave would play nice style of football.I think he should be strong candidate

Denis Irwin wrote: Good Jaysus     He can't even get a job in the Championship FFS

You still haven't answered my question - which jobs was he in for and turned down for??