Dublin urged to avoid knee-jerk reaction in seeking new manager

DESSIE FARRELL last night urged Dublin county chairman John Bailey to avoid a knee-jerk reaction in looking for a football manager after Brian Mullin’s withdrawal from the race at the weekend.

“I’m amazed to see that it has taken between 70 and 80 days to offer Brian Mullins the job in the first place and now, all of a sudden, the county board can turn around and tell us to expect a new manager within the next 10 days,” said the Dublin player.

“What’s important here is that there is no knee-jerk reaction and that an appointment isn’t made to get us over this PR disaster. We don’t want another shambles for the next three years.