Nationalist community in North producing excellent soccer managers.

T Fearon · March 30, 2015, 06:00:20 PM

Currently Rodgers,Lennon,The two O'Neills and in the past the likes of Peter Doherty.Meanwhile the free state hasn't ever produced one good manager at either club or international level.Explain.

Rossfan · March 30, 2015, 06:20:02 PM

The Free State was abolished back in 1937/38 hard for it to do anything.

rrhf · March 30, 2015, 06:21:59 PM

Now better known as west germany

T Fearon · March 30, 2015, 06:28:04 PM

Lol!

seafoid · March 30, 2015, 06:29:56 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on March 30, 2015, 06:00:20 PM
Currently Rodgers,Lennon,The two O'Neills and in the past the likes of Peter Doherty.Meanwhile the free state hasn't ever produced one good manager at either club or international level.Explain.

Because the north doesn't have much of a private sector ?

AZOffaly · March 30, 2015, 06:36:29 PM

So Rodgers is an excellent manager now. You're some man for changing horses.

laoislad · March 30, 2015, 06:38:39 PM

Is this The same Brendan Rodgers that you keep reminding us was a failure at Reading?

Lennon has won nothing of note as a manager( the Scottish league

lol )
MON is slightly better with a few Coca Cola Cup wins but I've always thought he is massively overrated.
In fairness to the other O'Neill getting Shamrock Rovers into Europe was probably the best achievement of any of the managers mentioned.

Btw well done to you on finally putting the D in Rodgers....

T Fearon · March 30, 2015, 06:53:49 PM

Peter Docherty: took North of Ireland to World Cup Qtr Finals,qualifying ahead of Italy who were in their group.

Martin O'Neill: ended Rangers domination in Scotland and took a Mourinho side to extra time in a European Final.

Neil Lennon: Masterminded Celtic's second most outstanding result of all time,after inheriting a shambles in 2010.

Michael O'Neill : took a LofI club to group stages of Europa league and is on brink of qualifying for Euro 2016 finals.

Rodgers:Nearly won Premiership and has stabilised Liverpool after a very difficult start,earning my belated admiration.

annapr · March 30, 2015, 07:25:58 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on March 30, 2015, 06:00:20 PM
Currently Rodgers,Lennon,The two O'Neills and in the past the likes of Peter Doherty.Meanwhile the free state hasn't ever produced one good manager at either club or international level.Explain.

Joe Kinnear?
LMA manager of the year one season.

seafoid · March 30, 2015, 07:32:01 PM

Quote from: AZOffaly on March 30, 2015, 06:36:29 PM
So Rodgers is an excellent manager now. You're some man for changing horses.

channeling Harry "one of our own" Kane, maybe

heganboy · March 30, 2015, 07:40:58 PM

QuoteNationalist community in North producing excellent soccer managers

Tony,
why nationalist community- why not right handed community, or blue eyed community. How do you know how any of these people define their political views?

Some of these threads do not benefit from you politicizing...

T Fearon · March 30, 2015, 07:41:40 PM

Even the best manager ever in League of Ireland,was a Derry man,Jim Mc Laughlin

Estimator · March 30, 2015, 07:52:27 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on March 30, 2015, 06:53:49 PM
Peter Docherty: took North of Ireland to World Cup Qtr Finals,qualifying ahead of Italy who were in their group.

Martin O'Neill: ended Rangers domination in Scotland and took a Mourinho side to extra time in a European Final.

Neil Lennon: Masterminded Celtic's second most outstanding result of all time,after inheriting a shambles in 2010.

Michael O'Neill : took a LofI club to group stages of Europa league and is on brink of qualifying for Euro 2016 finals.

Rodgers:Nearly won Premiership and has stabilised Liverpool after a very difficult start,earning my belated admiration.

Wim Jansen ended Rangers dominance by ending their bid for 10 in a row. While O'Neill was at the club Rangers still managed a couple of titles.
Are you seriously basing Neil Lennons greatness on a one off result at home in front of a partisan crowd? Even Moyes has managed a team to beat Barcelona

T Fearon · March 30, 2015, 08:02:52 PM

Wim one a title,Advocaat took over and Rangers were dominating again.Im sure Barcelona play in front of partisan crowds all the time,but seldom lose.Also isn't Lennon the only Irish manager to take a side into last 16 of Champions League?

ziggysego · March 30, 2015, 08:22:37 PM

Didn't you start a similar thread recently Tony?