BFTD Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 20 minutes ago, Malcolm Malcolm said: I keep hearing this. What exactly is going on with McLeish? He's seriously been looking ill when doing pundit duty lately, and doesn't seem able to focus on what he's saying. Lot of folk on here are assuming he's hitting the bottle too hard these days, but it certainly looks like something's up. How did Bruce Arena end up being a serious suggestion? I can't see him being any worse than our home-grown options, but he's a bit of an odd choice for people to champion. Did he show interest at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 26 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Buzz Aldrin What do you reckon to former world #1 tennis player Lindsay Davenport? She's the tallest women ever to win a Grand Slam singles title. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 35 minutes ago, Malcolm Malcolm said: I keep hearing this. What exactly is going on with McLeish? I can't remember what game it was but a month or so back he was in the pundit studio. He seemed to be mincing his words and forgetting stuff a fair bit. I'm not sure if there's any more of examples of it so hopefully it was just a bad day. He talks a good enough game in this article from June anyway: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alex-mcleish-tells-egypt-nightmare-8090921.amp&ved=0ahUKEwif94qq1KjQAhWHOSwKHfs8CHcQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNFwJf2zv0sSv3KqW7lE-ed5tSEW6Q&sig2=e_A-b4PpYS3nBfVgeOVgLw I'm not advocating getting him, as I think we need to go foreign, but his track record in the job suggests he'd do better than Strachan is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Buzz Aldrin has been to the moon which is more than any of the clowns who have managed Scotland have done. Get him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It'd be absolutely humiliating to go back to Alex McLeish, after he used the Scotland job to get himself into the first mediocre English club job that came along. At least you could say that Walter Smith went back to his first love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Sam Allardyce? Arsene Wenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Malcolm Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 33 minutes ago, eez-eh said: I can't remember what game it was but a month or so back he was in the pundit studio. He seemed to be mincing his words and forgetting stuff a fair bit. I'm not sure if there's any more of examples of it so hopefully it was just a bad day. He talks a good enough game in this article from June anyway: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alex-mcleish-tells-egypt-nightmare-8090921.amp&ved=0ahUKEwif94qq1KjQAhWHOSwKHfs8CHcQFggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNFwJf2zv0sSv3KqW7lE-ed5tSEW6Q&sig2=e_A-b4PpYS3nBfVgeOVgLw I'm not advocating getting him, as I think we need to go foreign, but his track record in the job suggests he'd do better than Strachan is. He talks the same pish he always has in that article, but at least he's coherent. He doesn't seem to appreciate that he isn't going to get another job in England, no matter how much he brownnoses his pals. I agree with BigFatTabbyDave; he did a good job but we can't go begging here, McLeish has behaved like an arse for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Sam Allardyce? Arsene Wenger? Wenger?Are you joking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 1 minute ago, pandarilla said: Wenger? Are you joking? Wenger is end of contract at next year summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Wenger is end of contract at next year summer I know. Why would he want to take the Scotland job? And how could we afford him? And finally, where is the fit? We need the opposite of a wenger type manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Wenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig McCulloch Burley Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 1 minute ago, pandarilla said: I know. Why would he want to take the Scotland job? And how could we afford him? Wenger want job with country national one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Wenger want job with country national one day No doubt, but it's not going to be us. And nor should it be.Did he not specifically slag off Scottish football a few years back as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jack Bauer Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Jurgen Klinsmann would be my choice but I can see it being Alan Stubbs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 4 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: He's seriously been looking ill when doing pundit duty lately, and doesn't seem able to focus on what he's saying. Lot of folk on here are assuming he's hitting the bottle too hard these days, but it certainly looks like something's up. How did Bruce Arena end up being a serious suggestion? I can't see him being any worse than our home-grown options, but he's a bit of an odd choice for people to champion. Did he show interest at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Slavan Bilic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 God, almost a decade ago. I'd no idea Arena was that old, actually. Interesting that he didn't manage to get a job with any other British teams, but he did get the LA Galaxy job six months later, so he was probably happy enough with their McGalacticos. I don't think we particularly missed out there; Lagerback is possibly more of a mistake. Elsewhere, I can only assume the O'Neill's are on such short odds as bait - surely nobody expects that either of them would actually leave their own national sides to manage a neighbouring rival. They'd need to be desperate for cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 39 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: Elsewhere, I can only assume the O'Neill's are on such short odds as bait - surely nobody expects that either of them would actually leave their own national sides to manage a neighbouring rival. They'd need to be desperate for cash. Hasn't MoN dingied his own National side to manage a neighbouring rival??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Can't see Michael O'Neill leaving Windsor, when he's worked so hard to get his Northern Ireland squad in their current shape, and hasn't his namesake just taken the ROI to the top of their qualifying group? Not sure why either of them would want the Scotland job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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