County Manager Merry go round

[imtommygunn]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

[Captain Obvious]

Since Malachy O'Rourke left the shelf life of a Monaghan senior manager is two years.

[toby47]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

Rumours the Scotstown lads didn't want him back, not sure if much truth in it

[Smokin Joe]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

Wait to you see the rumoured new management team, and then things become clearer

[straightred]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

Wait to you see the rumoured new management team, and then things become clearer

I'll buck a trend and say i wasn't one bit surprised at this news. In my mind the only surprise was that it didnt happen immediately after the louth game.

[Tubberman]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

Wait to you see the rumoured new management team, and then things become clearer

Banty McMillions?

[Armagh18]

There's a story behind that. He has said "the goalposts have shifted". I have only seen the headline though so unsure what it's about.

Wait to you see the rumoured new management team, and then things become clearer

I'll buck a trend and say i wasn't one bit surprised at this news. In my mind the only surprise was that it didnt happen immediately after the louth game.

Why?

[Blowitupref]

Irish Times tonight
 
Gabriel Bannigan on Monaghan departure: 'It's obvious that there were some dark arts at play'

Gabriel Bannigan has shed more light on his departure from his role as manager of the Monaghan football team, saying "there were dark arts at play" behind the scenes with the county board. Bannigan stepped down late on Thursday night after two season in the job but made it clear in his statement that he wasn't doing so by choice and making reference to goalposts having been moved. Speaking to The Irish Times, he expanded on his view of the situation.
"Everyone is wondering what I meant by movement of the goalposts," he said. "I tried to capture everything in my statement, honestly and diplomatically. I sat down with the county board about six weeks ago and they were unanimous in terms of me staying on for a third year

"I said to them about certain changes I wanted to make to the backroom team and they gave their full support to basically go on and do it. Which I did. I spent five or six weeks doing that.
"I went back to them last week and sat down to go through where I was at and what my proposal was. And it was very clear to me that it was a different room now. It was very clear to me that the support that was there five or six weeks ago wasn't there now. That's what I mean by moving of the goalposts

"And so the conditions are not right for me to continue. Now, what caused goalposts to move is the obvious next question. And I don't know. Genuinely, I don't know everything that happened. There's lots of rumours that I'm hearing, bits and pieces, but I don't know exactly what the truth is.
"But it's obvious that there were some dark arts at play that caused that shift. And when I talk about dark arts, there's all sorts of rumours about people being lined up, certain names being mentioned, etc, etc. I don't know if there's any truth in any of that."


"It's honesty," says Bannigan now. "It's not criticism. It's honesty. Like, the goalposts did move. The support that I had five or six weeks ago, I didn't have in the last week. That's just honesty. Well, maybe it is a little bit of criticism.
"Could this have been handled better if they didn't want me to stay on? Why the hell waste my time for the last five or six weeks? You're either backing your manager or you're not. And that's what I said to them. I said, 'Look, you're either backing me or I go.' But I didn't want to go. I didn't want it to be like this."

[Armagh18]

That's very bad work from the county board if true. Would surely put off prospective managers having to work under that.

[Rossfan]

Looks like a coup being plotted behind the scenes?
Moneyed person(s) funding a new expensive management team?

[marty34]

Irish Times tonight
 
Gabriel Bannigan on Monaghan departure: 'It's obvious that there were some dark arts at play'

Gabriel Bannigan has shed more light on his departure from his role as manager of the Monaghan football team, saying "there were dark arts at play" behind the scenes with the county board. Bannigan stepped down late on Thursday night after two season in the job but made it clear in his statement that he wasn't doing so by choice and making reference to goalposts having been moved. Speaking to The Irish Times, he expanded on his view of the situation.
"Everyone is wondering what I meant by movement of the goalposts," he said. "I tried to capture everything in my statement, honestly and diplomatically. I sat down with the county board about six weeks ago and they were unanimous in terms of me staying on for a third year

"I said to them about certain changes I wanted to make to the backroom team and they gave their full support to basically go on and do it. Which I did. I spent five or six weeks doing that.
"I went back to them last week and sat down to go through where I was at and what my proposal was. And it was very clear to me that it was a different room now. It was very clear to me that the support that was there five or six weeks ago wasn't there now. That's what I mean by moving of the goalposts

"And so the conditions are not right for me to continue. Now, what caused goalposts to move is the obvious next question. And I don't know. Genuinely, I don't know everything that happened. There's lots of rumours that I'm hearing, bits and pieces, but I don't know exactly what the truth is.
"But it's obvious that there were some dark arts at play that caused that shift. And when I talk about dark arts, there's all sorts of rumours about people being lined up, certain names being mentioned, etc, etc. I don't know if there's any truth in any of that."


"It's honesty," says Bannigan now. "It's not criticism. It's honesty. Like, the goalposts did move. The support that I had five or six weeks ago, I didn't have in the last week. That's just honesty. Well, maybe it is a little bit of criticism.
"Could this have been handled better if they didn't want me to stay on? Why the hell waste my time for the last five or six weeks? You're either backing your manager or you're not. And that's what I said to them. I said, 'Look, you're either backing me or I go.' But I didn't want to go. I didn't want it to be like this."

Interesting but he says a lot without saying anything at the same time.

I'm sure CB will be looking to put the new manager in asap. Be interesting to see who it is now. 

[Captain Scarlet]

Will we be firing up the Rory Gallagher thread - sponsored by Banty?!
Or I am reading too much between the lines here...

[marty34]

Will we be firing up the Rory Gallagher thread - sponsored by Banty?!
Or I am reading too much between the lines here...

I couldn't possibly comment!

[Captain Obvious]

Will we be firing up the Rory Gallagher thread - sponsored by Banty?!
Or I am reading too much between the lines here...

I couldn't possibly comment!

Be something like this if you tried?

[Wildweasel74]

Theres nobody else in Monaghan to manage them, why would they go bck to Banty for what, his 3rd time? Gotta be looking outside. I thought u man done rightly when u look at their position in the League, got to a Ulster final, played rightly in the qualfiers. Its a strange change