Paul Corry: Keith Long is 'absolutely the right man' to get Bohemians back on track

While Keith Long is taking the responsibility for Bohemians' struggles over recent weeks, former Shamrocks Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and UCD midfielder Paul Corry believes the current manager remains the perfect person to get the club back on the right track.

Bohs' 2-1 home defeat to SSE Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Derry City - a game in which they started well but ended up being stung by a stoppage time goal - saw their run without a victory stretch to five.

The Dalymount Park club have only picked up one win this season after a winter in which they endured significant outgoings with the spine of their team departing including Ireland Under-21 international Ross Tierney, top scorer Georgie Kelly, Andy Lyons, Keith Ward and Rob Cornwall among others.

That left Long and his staff with a rebuilding job and speaking to RTÉ Sport after last Friday's loss, the manager said, "It's too easy for us to concede goals at this moment in time. That’s obviously a collective responsibility but ultimately it’s mine, as manager. I select the team, I recruit the players."

But Corry believes Long, who has been in charge since 2014, is best placed to get Bohs going again.

"Some of the things that you might see going around social media about Keith Long and his job being under pressure is just absolutely ridiculous," he told the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

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"When you take that number of players out of a squad, it's very difficult to continue to rebuild and Keith Long has shown over the last 3-5 years