Trackdaybob Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Plenty at the time said this was a farcical appointment. You wonder what on earth made anyone at the SFA think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I feel that McLeish can surely only have this job through some sort of adult 'Make-a-Wish' organisation. The guy should quite clearly be in palliative care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Said it before and I’ll say it again. Get a foreigner in. The Scottish dinosaur managers can get to f**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieD Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Wasn’t good enough last time. Clearly isn’t good enough now. SFA clearly blundered with the entire process for day one. The job was screaming for Steve Clarke, Paul Lambert or David Moyes. 2 of 3 were unemployed at the time too. If you can’t get them, it’s time to think out of the box and get a younger up and coming manager or a solid foreign choice. The idea that we can’t do better than McLeish insults me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 My team are unbeaten in 19 matches so are hardly shite! In what division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Why is anyone suggesting Gemmill? Also anyone suggesting McKay needs to be lobotimised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I very rarely advocate a manager to go, as in a lot of cases the players deserve at least half (or close to it) of the blame. I still think the players deserve a rocket up them for what sounded like an abject performance, but for once I'm coming down on the manager taking most of it. BBC Radio's insightful analysts could even see that our system wasn't working, and we only really changed it when it was already far too late. He just generally looks unwell too, and in speaking he's hardly inspiring. Remember Gibraltar at Hampden? Remember Strachan deciding that they were fucking guff and we could get away with a one-at-the-back system? Remember what happened immediately once they scored? He changed it. It doesn't make the original mistake any better, but it was an immediate reaction, and we ended up dominating the rest of the game. Unfortunately, the chances of the SFA punting him this early are slim to non-existent. He's going to be here until the end of the Euro qualifying cycle. Don't worry though, at this rate that looks like it might be in early summer next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieD Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Why is anyone suggesting Gemmill? Also anyone suggesting McKay needs to be lobotimised Why not him? Time to think outside of the box. Football seems to be the one business where promoting from within your own set up is frowned upon by outsiders. In most businesses and most other sports, promoting from within your own system is the norm. Not saying he’s the right man mind you but it’s at least a discussion. And let’s be real, he can’t be worse than McLeish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 He really doesn't look well at all. In boxing terms he looks and sounds punchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I mind him being in the studio for the Scotland v South Ireland game at Celtic Park I think it was, and he looked and sounded absolutely blotto. If you had told me then he would be the Scotland boss a few years later, I'd have asked you to be put in a home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 He was a poor appointment at the time but the worst thing about it was giving him a contract until 2020. McLeish had no chance of getting any other job so was in no position to negotiate. There was no reason to give him a contract beyond the Nations League, as even if he did really well there wouldn't have been many clubs after him. I’d say hopefully the SFA have a clause to get rid of him for nothing if we don’t top our group but I really doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I'm wondering if heading all those old school footballs have had an effect? Sad if so but he was an absolute panic appointment and seems strangely apathetic about things.Tommy Wright for Scotland! [emoji5] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieD Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 27 minutes ago, pittsburgh phil said: He really doesn't look well at all. In boxing terms he looks and sounds punchy. He actually said they were ready to bring McKenna on when Soutar got sent off. McKenna was already on 15 minutes earlier. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 5 hours ago, thekorean said: Fat Sam Not that we could ever convince him, but he would be excellent. To be honest not sure why I even read this thread, not like McLeish is going to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 That's what I mean, he just looks befuddled and not sure it's a drink thing as some say.Anyway, don't wanna speculate on another man's health but aye we'll no doubt soldier on with Eck in charge for another couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, RobbieD said: He actually said they were ready to bring McKenna on when Soutar got sent off. McKenna was already on 15 minutes earlier. Brilliant. Apparently Forrest was ready to come on, so possible he just got names confused. I mean, it's still not great, just a different kind of worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest of Dean Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, pittsburgh phil said: Tommy Wright for Scotland! That's one of those suggestions where it is more about getting rid of your own club manager than for the sake of the national team right? Surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 That's one of those suggestions where it is more about getting rid of your own club manager than for the sake of the national team right? Surely?Yup, I want McCann in and Wright out [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 That's one of those suggestions where it is more about getting rid of your own club manager than for the sake of the national team right? Surely?More seriously, he'd be a safe pair of hands and is a very good man manager. Players would play for him.He'd endlessly tinker with formations and line ups though so maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest of Dean Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, pittsburgh phil said: More seriously, he'd be a safe pair of hands and is a very good man manager. Players would play for him. He'd endlessly tinker with formations and line ups though so maybe not. Come on get real. He's exactly the same kind of manager as we have had previously with Scotland with Levein and Burley etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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