2025/26 Seamus Coleman

[Joey66]

Robbing a living ATM Bargain at the beginning - being good in the dressing room does not warrant a players wage - he needs to start his coaching badges for us ASAP -

 

[Taifi gorm]

Ireland are more limited that they should be - John Delaney culture dictates that.

We should be competing with the likes of Denmark, Switzerland, and Croatia - countries of our size. The whole GAA excuse is a red herring. We underachieve at international level because we prefer to drink booze from the shoes of Delaney than demand accountability.

"They always cheat, they always lie, feck Delaney and the FAI" was a decades old chant by the time he fell. Media and International players were always quick to sneer and attack LOI punters asking questions.

 

[Drico]

"They always cheat, they always lie, feck Delaney and the FAI" was a decades old chant by the time he fell. Media and International players were always quick to sneer and attack LOI punters asking questions.

The fans drank from his shoes in the Czech Republic. We get what we deserve. It was the same with the financial crash. "We all partied".

Those who complained, as you say, were ostracised. But we were always the minority. Bertie Ahern got 43% of the vote or so on THREE occasions. Irish people got what they deserved, by and large.

 

[Taifi gorm]

The fans drank from his shoes in the Czech Republic. We get what we deserve. It was the same with the financial crash. "We all partied".

Those who complained, as you say, were ostracised. But we were always the minority. Bertie Ahern got 43% of the vote or so on THREE occasions. Irish people got what they deserved, by and large.

Bertie should have got more Vs Enda. What a Hobsons choice.

 

[Neiler]

The most played sport in the country is soccer. Not GAA.

The reason GAA is better organised and funded is because the culture of soccer is exclusionary. It excludes the middle class and the educated. That's why the best administrators tend to end up in the local GAA or rugby club. Soccer clubs are very often run by former jailbirds and other undesirables. The League of Ireland is run by money launderers and spivs.

Until the culture of Delaney is eradicated, we'll always be playing catch up to other countries of our size.

The only thing i agree with you on in this post mate (and I'm currently involved in all three sports) is the last sentence.

 

[jago1878]

Seamus has been completely washed for the last 5 years. Great servant to the club but he should have been out of the squad years ago. I'm not sure there's any other clubs out there who renew players contracts because of their form a decade ago but we do. It has to change.

 

[Vaughan]

The fact that he is in th squad over Aznou at the minute is obscene

 

[Drico]

The only thing i agree with you on in this post mate (and I'm currently involved in all three sports) is the last sentence.

I have played schoolboy soccer in teams managed by ex-jailbirds. It's not as uncommon as some might wish.

 

[Neiler]

I have played schoolboy soccer in teams managed by ex-jailbirds. It's not as uncommon as some might wish.

I’m sure it happens, I certainly know teammates who fell the wrong side of life and the law in association football, rugby and GAA, but in Soccer I wouldn’t say it’s as usual or more frequent as your earlier post suggests in regard to the demographic of soccer alone. I’ve played in the toughest areas of Dublin and to be honest rarely come across it, not that it doesn’t happen but it’s rare and far from a norm or worth commenting on really.

To be honest it was always the GAA I found operated exclusively. If I played Soccer or Rugby during the week, I wouldn’t be picked for my club team football or hurling, it was the old garrison game mentality - to get you to throw your lot in with the GAA. Thankfully I think those barriers now are rightly long gone.

Prob a broader discussion for the ROI thread!

 

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[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Robbing a living ATM Bargain at the beginning - being good in the dressing room does not warrant a players wage - he needs to start his coaching badges for us ASAP -

He already has his UEFA B and UEFA A badges, he’s been studying for years.

 

[Marius57]

Lets not just automatically offer him a coaching job like Ferguson, Unsworth etc.

As soon they left they were completely found out and can't get a job at any level now.

Let him prove himself at a lower level and if he's any good he'll find his way back here.

We really need to move on from jobs for the boys mentality. We need the best coaches at every level of the club, regardless of whether they played for us or not.

By lots of accounts, Ferguson is a good coach. Just not a good manager.

 

[Bluerover]

The last manager to win a trophy for us was an old boy as were the managers who won in 84 to 87, 63-70 - 4 League titles, 2 FA Cups and a ECWC.

Theo Kelly and his predecessor Thomas McIntosh had been Secretaries of the Club as well, though never players. They won 3 League titles and an FA Cup between them.

The moral - if Everton are to win a trophy, we need an old boy as manager.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

What has anyone seen from him that makes you think he deserves to be a first team coach?

 

[MikeH72]

What has anyone seen from him that makes you think he deserves to be a first team coach?

He’s Irish and claps and scowls a lot mate.