Next manager

The whole world of the workplace has changed. That stuff might have been acceptable in the 1970s and 80s, but no manager in any job would get away with it in 2024. It's a football team, not a British Army parade ground from 1950.

Are you saying if a journalists finds out that the fai have met with Keane 3 times they shouldn’t report on it ? 

I don't necessarily disagree with you, was just answering the suggestion that Wales or Scotland would piss themselves at the suggestion.

And agree that most of us are biased one way or another with Keane. I see his limitations a mile off, but I am a United fanatic from Cork so there's a LOT of goodwill there too. But as others have pointed out, there are others that would hate him if he won back to back WCs with us. He's marmite as people say.

Agree also with whoever said he is not as bad as his detractors say and not as good as his promoters say. His CV is mediocre but not terrible. He did have success, relatively, with Sunderland and he does have a successful 4 year period as an international no.2, but his lack of recent work jumps out, as do his myriad bust ups. That said, he does seem well able to control himself outside of playing / management. Always comes out well from personal life issues (has been physically attacked a few times and simply called the police) and doesn't put a foot wrong in terms of his punditry (in terms of saying things he shouldn't). But he is a pretty rudimentary punditry, never any tactical analysis.  So if he got the gig, he'd need to appoint people who have that skillset as part of his team.

I've talked myself into it anyway....

News just in. Reports the new manager is a giant lizard.  Do we have a source for this?  YBIG

Wasn't all the talk that they were looking for a very modern style developmental coach would be able to work with the under 21s and youth teams as well? Keane hardly seems to fit the bill.

 Glad we gave Szmodics a good go but O'Brien not getting any gametime was wierd, our CBs whilst young and talented should not be guarenteed starters in any way and all basically battling relegation and shipping goals most weeks. Azaz should of got longer than 5 mins too. 

It's not like I want some hardline strict coach but at least one who has less preconceived ideas about what the team should look like.