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If he gets his choice of assistant it will be Gary Stevens if he's available.

In the end up Sligo hadn't much choice but to get rid of Bara and save something from the season. In the League of Ireland money is a such a short fall it was probably this more than anything sealed his faith plus he had lost the handle on some players who weren't exactly giving him 100 percent, attendances had also started to drop off. So with the Europa league looming the club got rid before the first round match against Banga, personally thinking he probably would have done enough to get Rovers to the second round. In the next round Sligo defeated Rosenberg away in Europa which could arguably be their greatest once off victory ever. Now while I said Bara would of seen off Banga his attitude towards the Norweigians would have been totally different. He would off went with a defensive attitude looking for the draw and ended up losing by two or three. The result against Rosenberg saved Sligo's season financially , they filled the Showgrounds for the second leg and lost out three two overall on the tie.

Baraclough was sacked at Sligo. His downfall in his last season was down to poor signings. He signed Eric Odhiambo as his star signing and he had been actually trying to sign him for a year. Google league of Ireland miss of the season on you tube and you will see what I mean. If he was scouting at Watford got help them. He likes to play a possession game but Sligo struggled last season lacking a creative player in the middle of the pitch. Often the possession was played in their own and he won't often over elaborate against lesser teams being over cautious in his tactics. True he is a good pro and maybe with the right players he will do a good job and learn from his mistakes at Sligo. He is Sligo most successful manager but he was always in the shadow of Paul Cook and if you talk to some supporters they reckon he won the league with Cookies team.