Quinn quits as Sunderland manager

spockety

Haven't actually heard the broadcast myself, but apparently on Talksport Quinn just announced he will step aside as Manager of Sunderland and get someone else in to do it.

This follows on from tonight's 2-0 loss to bottom of the league Bury.

Ouch.

KdjaCL

Hes obviously a better buisnessman than manager, cracking investment buying Sunderland.



kdjac

mike65

He has someone described as world class who will be in place by the weekend apparently (NOT Peter Reid!).

county

talk about a fish out of water,and i can see this whole takeover thing ending in tears for all concerned

Pepe LeFrits

Such a shame, he made such a promising start to his management career.

Guy:Incognito

spockety wrote:

Haven't actually heard the broadcast myself, but apparently on Talksport Quinn just announced he will step aside as Manager of Sunderland and get someone else in to do it.

This follows on from tonight's 2-0 loss to bottom of the league Bury.

Ouch.

Were Sunderland not bottom to begin with (symantics I know, but still.) Actually, was it not a cup game? I assume bury are bottom of the football league altogether?

mike65 wrote:

He has someone described as world class who will be in place by the weekend apparently (NOT Peter Reid!).

Pele?

Chucky the tree

Would alan curbishley take it? I know he stil lsaid he wont be back till football until septemebr but he might be tempted.

spockety

Stekelly wrote:

Were Sunderland not bottom to begin with (symantics I know, but still.) Actually, was it not a cup game? I assume bury are bottom of the football league altogether?

Bury are bottom of League 2, with zero points, and a goal difference of -7

J.

mike65

My money is on David Blaine.

Mike.

bohsman

Whats Mick McCarthy doing these days?

spockety

What's Sven Goran Ericsson doing these days?

Johnny_the_fox

O'Leary? :eek:

spockety

Johnny_the_fox wrote:

O'Leary? :eek:

Surely even in his desperate hour , Niall Quinn wouldn't refer to O'Leary as "what we consider to be World Class"..?

I saw him interviewed on Sky Sports, he said it is going to be a big announcement, and one that will give the supporters reassurance of the future that Quinn and his investors have in mind for Sunderland. Those are big words.

el rabitos

spockety wrote:

Surely even in his desperate hour , Niall Quinn wouldn't refer to O'Leary as "what we consider to be World Class"..?

I saw him interviewed on Sky Sports, he said it is going to be a big announcement, and one that will give the supporters reassurance of the future that Quinn and his investors have in mind for Sunderland. Those are big words.

would be a nice opportunity for o'leary to show he doesnt need lots of money to do something with a team.

he wont get another premiership job anytime soon imo

Chucky the tree

bohsman wrote:

Whats Mick McCarthy doing these days?

Hes at wolves.

Space Coyote

Brian Kerr or Roy Keane

d22ontour

Keane with McCarthy as assistant.I wonder what odds i would get on that ?

[Jackass]

I wish Steve Staunton would take it.

eirebhoy

I can see the Sunderland fans being really disappointed this weekend. World Class is a big term to be using. My guess is Glenn Hoddle.

John_C

I hear The Rod is looking for work.

el rabitos

John_C wrote:

I hear The Rod is looking for work.

they'd have better luck with the hoff ffs

CrazySka

I dunno i say fair play to Quinn for two reasons
1. He gave it a go.
2. He knew when it wasnt working and straight away sacked himself.
Lots of people in footbal would imo try to turn it around when it wasnt working rather than admit defeat.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Niall Quinn for Ireland!!!

Giruilla

Aaaahhh! Serves ye right Quinn ye bleedin creep/traitor!

The Rooster

I look forward to seeing a World Class manager in charge of Sunderland.

I wonder what Niall's definition of "world class" is. Personally I think it has to go on achievements. My criteria would be:

- 3 league titles (esp if England, Spain or Italy - but might also consider the likes of Germany, France, Portugal), or
- 2 European trophies (excl Super Cup), or
- 1 World Cup, or
- 1 European Championship

or a combination of the above.

That would probably give you 12 or 15 people who I'd regard as really world class who are still in the business.

Can anyone think of a world class manager who wouldnt fit that criteria?

Q_Ball

eirebhoy wrote:

My guess is Glenn Hoddle.

that'd be my guess too

KdjaCL

Brian Kerr or Curbishley

Bookies slashing odds on both.


kdjac

eirebhoy

KdjaCL wrote:

Brian Kerr or Curbishley

Bookies slashing odds on both.


kdjac

What bookes is this?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Giruilla wrote:

Aaaahhh! Serves ye right Quinn ye bleedin creep/traitor!

Creep, yes. Traitor...?

county

eirebhoy wrote:

. My guess is Glenn Hoddle.

i would say the same,but i cant find any odds anywhere!

KdjaCL

Bookies next to MC D in inchicore dropped Kerr from 20-1 to 3-1

Curbs went similiar.


kdjac

_blank_

Kerr?

World class?

:rolleyes:

mike65

Curbs now 11/8 which sounds like a dead cert.

Mike.

Unearthly

seansouth wrote:

Kerr?

World class?

:rolleyes:

If there was 1 argument I could make for Kerr(obviously he is not worldclass) getting the job, it's that he is a defensive minded coach, and Sunderland haven't had a defense in quite a long time.

KdjaCL

seansouth wrote:

Kerr?

World class?

:rolleyes:

Managed an International team lost only 1 competitive game and one freindly, in 3 years sounds fairly world class to me added to the fact he won and finished runners up in under age, and won 2 leagues. Is he over qualififed?

Quinn dislikes him but his odds have been cut.

kdjac

Unearthly

KdjaCL wrote:

Managed an International team lost only 1 competitive game and one freindly, in 3 years sounds fairly world class to me added to the fact he won and finished runners up in under age, and won 2 leagues. Is he over qualififed?

Quinn dislikes him but his odds have been cut.

kdjac

To be fair kdjac, the stats you mention are presented in a pro Kerr way. I could say he didn't beat an international team of significant worth in a competitive game in 3 years(he lost 2 competitive games by the way - Swiss and France)

It also doesn't take into account the countless draws we had in games we could and should of won.

KdjaCL

Unearthly wrote:

To be fair kdjac, the stats you mention are presented in a pro Kerr way. I could say he didn't beat an international team of significant worth in a competitive game in 3 years(he lost 2 competitive games by the way - Swiss and France)

It also doesn't take into account the countless draws we had in games we could and should of won.

Fact is we only needed one goal to get to World Cup, afaik Kerr isnt a striker

His record and stats prove he is the most succesful Irish Manager ever.


kdjac

emc2

Roy Keane.......

Unearthly

KdjaCL wrote:

Fact is we only needed one goal to get to World Cup, afaik Kerr isnt a striker

His record and stats prove he is the most succesful Irish Manager ever.


kdjac

stats are useless to be honest and it's above example as to why.

Did he bring us to the knockout stages of the World Cup? No

Mick and Jack Charlton(twice) did

KdjaCL

Unearthly wrote:

stats are useless to be honest and it's above example as to why.

Did he bring us to the knockout stages of the World Cup? No

Mick and Jack Charlton(twice) did

I did say Irish........


kdjac

Unearthly

:d

sofireland

Fair play for quinn, realising he was out of his depth.
He's gonna be screwed with the squad thats there whoever comes in!

eirebhoy

Unearthly wrote:

If there was 1 argument I could make for Kerr(obviously he is not worldclass) getting the job, it's that he is a defensive minded coach, and Sunderland haven't had a defense in quite a long time.

I wouldn't say he's a defensive minded coach. I can't wait for Kerr to get a bloody job as I've little doubt he'd be a success.

sofireland

He does have some good qualities, the players have to take some of the blame in the games we dropped points in.

I'd like to see Kerr get a good job.

godtabh

Just heard Keane is the manager