Distant Doonhamer Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Scary Bear said: You’d sack a man who is ill? You swine! Ask him to take some sick leave. That would be the compassionate thing to do. Fair point. He would need to acknowledge he was ill though. However it's best achieved I don't think he should be in the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiders4ever Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Breaking news. Following a magnificent performance and win against San Marino the SFA have given McLeish a 4 year extension to his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Don't think this is going to be a busy forum tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 That Sky interview had resignation written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: That Sky interview had resignation written all over it. D'you reckon? He cut a sad, embattled figure and I almost felt a bit sorry for him. I fear however, that everyone is resigned, except him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: D'you reckon? I think everyone is resigned, but him. He seemed incredibly deflated considering the team had just won. The two goalscorers looked thoroughly miserable too. I think the "sacked in the morning" chants put a huge downer on things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: D'you reckon? I think everyone is resigned, but him. I thought the same. Absolutely no way McLeish hands his notice in. If I was him I wouldn’t either it’s the SFA who have fucked up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 23 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Going back to Craig Brown for a second, he said another thing that resonated. He told of an anecdote about Gary McAllister whereby Leeds told him (Brown) that they wouldn't release McAllister for a Scotland game as they needed him for a game against Arsenal. Brown, in no uncertain terms, told Leeds that he would be having McAllister and that if they dared to stop him he'd invoke the FIFA law that Northern Ireland recently used on Lafferty. He even reiterated this to the Leeds chairman after the chairman called up Brown to say they wouldn't release McAllister. End result was that McAllister played for Scotland. Can you imagine McLeish doing that? I understand that it's different times, and that it's much more of a risk now as player agents will likely advise that the players 'retire' from international football, but surely the result is the same anyway (i.e. player doesn't play for Scotland) and if we have to sacrifice a couple of players in order to get the message across I'd be all for it. Sadly McLeish currently comes across as a bit soft, so can't see him doing that. And will there be any benefit from forcing players to play, imagine he invoked the fifa rule for 6 or 7 of them, and they went in half arsed and got beat, mcleish would be rounded on for forcing guys to play who didnt want to over guys who do He shouldnt be in the job, but the players both missing and available need to take a massive portion of the blame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrevics Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 22 hours ago, RobbieD said: Brown also said he had 3 Manchester United players in his team - McClair, Strachan and Leighton - who were league champions. Strachan was gone before 1990. Leighton was gone by 1991. United won the league in 1993. Wee gordon won the last first division title in 92 with leeds though. So he was nearly right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: That Sky interview had resignation written all over it. He wont resign as he wouldn't get the compensation he needs to write off his ebt debts. Are we all meant to assume its coincidence he gets a £1.7m bill for that, just months after being hired by Scotland on a deal worth £1m? Or do we see the possibility he knew the bill was coming and was moaning about it to his best pal, who happens to hire managers for the SFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I haven't forgiven him for Careca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, The Saintee said: I haven't forgiven him for Careca. Correct. A stationary spectator. Was it not Mueller though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Correct. A stationary spectator. Was it not Mueller though? True. Thought it was Careca but you're right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 12:22, Distant Doonhamer said: He states repeatedly that preparation was thorough and players were specifically and "quite vocally" (why does that matter) warned about the danger from through balls. "Look, lads, sometimes your opponent will kick the ball past you for his mate to run on to. This is a bad thing; you need to stop it from happening, or we might lose the game". "Aye, whatever, old man. As if". That's a terrifying conversation to imagine an international manager to be having with professional footballers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 This whole McLeish Scotland manager saga is starting to feel like a remake of "Mike Bassett - England Manager", at least the bits where England are terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, senorsoupe said: This whole McLeish Scotland manager saga is starting to feel like a remake of "Mike Bassett - England Manager", at least the bits where England are terrible They had us getting humped by Ethiopia in that, IIRC. Currently 151th in the World Rankings, and probably more likely to be in Qatar in 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, senorsoupe said: This whole McLeish Scotland manager saga is starting to feel like a remake of "Mike Bassett - England Manager", at least the bits where England are terrible Oh for such success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/alex-mcleish-urges-scots-vote-1957846.amp McLeish is a knock kneed bitch who thinks we shouldn't even be our own country. Little surprise he shows no belief given he doesn't believe in Scotland itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Alan McRae, Rod Petrie and quite possibly Malky Mackay appreciate Eck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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