Kinsella set to be named as Dunne's number two (From Gazette)
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Kinsella set to be named as Dunne's number two
9:07am Thursday 27th September 2012 in Sport By Jonathan Waldron
Mark Kinsella.
Former Colchester United midfielder Mark Kinsella is back at the club he graced as a player after provisionally agreeing to become assistant manager to new boss Joe Dunne.
Dunne was unveiled as the U's new boss at a press conference this morning and revealed that Kinsella had agreed to be his number two.
Kinsella, who has recently been working on the coaching staff at Blue Square Bet North side Histon, will link up with the U's for training this morning, ahead of their game with Hartlepool United on Saturday.
Stay tuned to www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport for more on this story throughout the day and in tomorrow's paper.
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U's fan
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10:57am Thu 27 Sep 12
Layer Road Exile
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11:04am Thu 27 Sep 12
norwood70
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11:39am Thu 27 Sep 12
Layer Road Exile wrote:Everyone has to start somewhere. He may not be experienced as a manager but this isn't a player that has just retired. He has been coaching and working with other managers for 10 years. He will have built up a large amount of knowledge in that time. Up the U's
We now have the most inexperienced management team in all four divisions and a complete novice running the club. Let's all pray for the Luck of the Irish.
TheCaptain
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11:48am Thu 27 Sep 12
I think these are the appointments we needed. They both love the club.
helen tolcher
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11:57am Thu 27 Sep 12
crazy comments
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12:16pm Thu 27 Sep 12
crazy comments
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12:26pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Layer Road Exile wrote:To say we have the most inexperienced management team in all four divisions shows what you know regards football. Calling Joe Dunne a complete novice is an insult to the guy. How can you make remarks like this when you hardly attend any games.
We now have the most inexperienced management team in all four divisions and a complete novice running the club. Let's all pray for the Luck of the Irish.
RB, Lexden
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12:41pm Thu 27 Sep 12
managerial combinations Robbie
Cowling might consider :
1.Short and Curle
(Craig Short and Keith Curle)
2.Abbott and Costello
(Greg Abbott and ex Rochdale player,
Peter Costello)
3.Rowles-Royce
(Eddie Rowles and Simon Royce)
4.Tom and Gerry
(Tommy Widdrington and Gerry
Taggart)
5.Fish and Chippo
(Mark Fish,ex Charlton &
Youssef Chippo,ex Coventry)
6.Cannon and Ball
(Jim Cannon and Steve Ball)
7.Peters and Lee
(Jaime Peters and Alan Lee)
8.Chas and Dave
(Charlie Nicholas and Dave Bamber)
9.Mama and Papa
(Mama Sidibe and Papa Bouba
Diop)
10.Done-Roman
Matt Done(Barnsley) &
Roman Abramovich
11.Ba,Ba,Black,Sheep
shanks
(Demba Ba,Demba Ba's brother,
Eric Black and David Sheepshanks)
lollardknight
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12:44pm Thu 27 Sep 12
We will be there saturday to give our support, come on U's fans lets get down the WHCS and cheer on the new boys and the players......3 points needed!
We're not singing anymore!!!
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1:15pm Thu 27 Sep 12
lollardknight wrote:Well said.
Come on everyone clean slate and lets get behind the lads! They may work very well together and with new ideas the team may well start firing on all fronts. We will be there saturday to give our support, come on U's fans lets get down the WHCS and cheer on the new boys and the players......3 points needed!
Whatever happened to Innocent until proven guilty.
The appointments have been made, so let’s all stop moaning and actually get behind the team. After all, we all want the best for Colchester United.
Layer Road Exile
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1:30pm Thu 27 Sep 12
crazy comments wrote:The novice I was referring to is Cowling. Some consistently strange decisions during his tenure to say the least. I wish Joe Dunne and Mark Kinsella every success but I cannot understand why Cowling would make the appoitnments permanent when he had the opportunity to try it on an interim basis for six weeks or so. Players wanting a new contract are generally notorious for putting in some of their best perfomances at that time and I believe the quick turn around that the club needs would have been best served by letting Joe fight tooth and nail for the permanent post. Whilst I am always respectful of others points of view, the facts are that between the two of them they have three games of football league management and it does not take attendance at the games to work that out. I will say again, I sincerely hope they are successful.
Layer Road Exile wrote: We now have the most inexperienced management team in all four divisions and a complete novice running the club. Let's all pray for the Luck of the Irish.To say we have the most inexperienced management team in all four divisions shows what you know regards football. Calling Joe Dunne a complete novice is an insult to the guy. How can you make remarks like this when you hardly attend any games.
Layer Road Exile
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1:41pm Thu 27 Sep 12
crazy comments wrote:Jim Smith was appointed by U's in October 1972 and we ended that season by having to apply for re-election to the Football League when finishing in the bottom four of the old fourth division. Jim had also been manager at Boston for four seasons and when we took him as manager he had engineered a 50 game unbeaten run at Boston which remains a senior non-league record to this day. He did indeed go on to become a top manager but he was unable to halt our decline in his first season.
For goodness sake,so many negative comments. Do you want another Bootheroyd? Dont forget Kinsella was No 2 at Charlton and is a international player. Half you lot dont even remember Jim Smith . He was a non league manager at Boston. He came to Colchester as player manager. He proved though he was not a top player he could manage. The rest is history he turned out to be one of the top managers in the football league. Robbie Cowling might not be every body's cup of tea, but he is a very shrude business man. He took on two managers that left but at least he got compensation for both of them. Having read the local papers, not the web site 's, Joe talks about his own ideas, his passion, and how he intends to install respect in the club. Just by reading it installs the faith I have in him, and if he can do that with players, then we have a half decent guy.
jonty4
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2:57pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Here's to a good performance on Saturday.
super waluigi
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4:28pm Thu 27 Sep 12
totallyfootball wrote:So basically you are just an angry man who does not get pleasure out of life unless you are moaning about something.
Coaching in the Blue Square to come an sit along side another managerial novice, well we all know where this is going don't we?
I used to think you was negative, now I am not so sure. I think you just like to preach hate for the sake of preaching something.
You share something with Abu-Hamza!!!! You both preach HATE.
Shame they don't deport you to America really.
Steve86
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5:03pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Bampotonian
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6:22pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Catboy
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7:38pm Thu 27 Sep 12
Catboy
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Feisty CBC
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10:17pm Thu 27 Sep 12
totallyfootball says...
10:45am Thu 27 Sep 12