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5 Mar 2018, 08:29 AM
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Keith Jackson banging the drum for McLeish.
Recruiting Manchester United star Scott McTominay will justify Alex McLeish's appointment without a ball being kicked - Jackson The 21-year-old midfielder is believed to have committed his international future to Scotland.
Spoiler: click to toggle ByKeith Jackson He'll be at Selhurst Park tonight looking for another nibble at Scott McTominay’s ear and confirmation that the Manchester United youngster really has chosen Scotland over England. And if Alex McLeish can pull this one off then he’ll have justified his own appointment as national boss without a single ball having been kicked. Late yesterday afternoon word was filtering out of Old Trafford that McTominay’s mind has been made up and the Scotland boss has successfully talked him into defecting from his homeland to that of his Glaswegian father. This came as something of a surprise to McLeish who was still waiting patiently to meet up with the player again in London tonight. But if it is true that one of English football’s most highly-rated emerging talents has chosen Big Eck over Gareth Southgate then McLeish may have done our country a favour which will last for many years after his own second stint in the hotseat is over. In other words, he could not have got off to a more impressive start even before he’s named his first squad for the friendlies against Costa Rica and Hungary. There’s no doubt about it, the horrendously meat-headed way in which the SFA went about sacking Gordon Strachan and then selecting McLeish as his successor had created significant doubts over the new man before he’s even slipped back into his old tracksuit. That’s hugely unfair on him as the victim of boardroom politics after being championed by Alan McRae and Rod Petrie, the Tweedledee and Tweedledum of Hampden’s sixth floor. Throw into that mix McRae somehow managing to talk Walter Smith out of a job he was unexpectedly willing to accept and it’s little wonder there was a feeling of national antipathy towards McLeish’s big unveiling. While Smith took one look at the credentials of the men he’d be working for and chose to bolt shut the front door of his retirement home, he was only too willing to usher them inside for a cosy chat. There was always a danger in all this that McLeish – having been unemployed for two years and not managed in British football since 2013 – would be seen as almost desperate for the offer. But so what if was? Isn’t that one of the very first criteria we ought to be looking for when it comes to picking a Scotland manager? Someone who actually wants to be here? Of course, there are others who point to the decision McLeish made to abandon ship back in 2007 when he resigned from the role after only a handful of games in charge in order to muscle his way into the English top flight and a job at Birmingham City. These strident nationalists would have had him stopped at the border and turned away for this act of treason and they will not be doing a Highland jig at having him back in charge now. But what they saw as desertion was, in reality, the actions of man doing nothing more treacherous than looking after his own career. It’s all very well for the Tartan Army diehards to say they would never leave the Scotland job no matter what was on offer elsewhere because that’s a decision none of them will ever be in a position to have to make. McLeish did what any aspiring, ambitious manager would have done so let’s be spared of this shortbread tin thumping and focus instead on the job in hand. That’s why, when the country was battling with the Beast of the East, the Scotland manager was in Greater Manchester to open talks with McTominay on Thursday of last week. He was able to use his experience and his extensive contact book to speak directly with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and set up a face-to-face with the 21-year-old at the club’s Carrington HQ. That he managed to get himself sat down with McTominay a full 24 hours before Southgate had pulled up a seat at the same table, should come as a hugely encouraging sign to those who may have doubts or concerns over his readiness for the position. McLeish acted swiftly and professionally to get this conversation started and McTominay and Mourinho must have been impressed by his determination to barge Scotland to the front of the queue. Big Eck will have made him feel wanted and that could swing it in Scotland’s favour if he has not been made to feel as valued by the country of his birth. Also, at no point during their talks was McLeish given reason to doubt McTominay’s sincerity or his willingness to consider pulling on a dark blue shirt. At no point did it feel like a wasted trip. And, given the reputation this kid is busy building that should come as an almighty compliment to McLeish and Scottish football. Let’s remember what we are dealing with here – a player who has burst onto the scene under one of the greatest club managers in history and who is keeping £90million French ace Paul Pogba out of the starting 11. Think about that for a second. Mourinho thinks this kid is even better than Pogba? It wasn’t so long ago Scotland was capping Paul Telfer. Seasoned United observers are already comparing him to a younger version of Nemanja Matic. He may or may not go on to deliver on all of this potential but that’s not McLeish’s responsibility. No, all he can do is focus on the here and now and attempt to convince McTominay that Scotland’s wilderness years may be coming to and end and that together they can do something meaningful, maybe even historic. With the likes of Liverpool’s Andy Robertson and Celtic’s Kieran Tierney around him, McTominay may believe he is getting in on something exciting and vibrant. That’s why McLeish will hope to shake hands on a pact after United’s meeting with Crystal Palace tonight. Even if it should fall through at the 11th hour the Scotland boss can hardly be held responsible. On the contrary, he should be congratulated for getting so close. But if McTominay does say yes, McLeish’s second term will be off to a flyer. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/recruiting-manchester-united-star-scott-12126530
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Incredible article on the bbc about guardiola wearing the yellow ribbon http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43276381Quoting limited to 3 levels deep we don't want political symbols in football", FA chief executive Martin Glenn has said.ì You can't have and we don't want football equipment to display political symbols," said Glenn. Glenn was speaking at the International Football Association Board (Ifab) meeting in Zurich, where the use of video assistant referees was approved. "To be very clear, his yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it's a symbol of Catalan independence," added Glenn. "I can tell you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are upset by it. " We have rewritten the laws of the game so that things like a poppy are OK but things that are going to be highly divisive, and that could be strong religious symbols, these are the things we don't want.
Feck you ya winker let the people sing Not you RT
When did the poppy start to become such a thing??? It really is getting out of hand When we started getting into illegal wars -
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It gets even worse. He’s gonna have pissed off a lot of people 
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it could be the Star of David, it could the hammer and sickle, it could be a swastika, anything like Robert Mugabe on your shirt, these are the things we don’t want. “And to be honest, and to be very clear, Pep Guardiola’s yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it’s a symbol of Catalan independence.
“And, I can tell, you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are p-----d off by it.
“All we are doing is even-handedly applying the Laws of the Game. Poppies are not political symbols; that yellow ribbon “That’s why you have to be pretty tough that local, regional, national party organisations cannot use football shirts to represent them.”
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And that's the way we like it...
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Quoting limited to 3 levels deep http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43276381Quoting limited to 3 levels deep we don't want political symbols in football", FA chief executive Martin Glenn has said.ì You can't have and we don't want football equipment to display political symbols," said Glenn. Glenn was speaking at the International Football Association Board (Ifab) meeting in Zurich, where the use of video assistant referees was approved. "To be very clear, his yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it's a symbol of Catalan independence," added Glenn. "I can tell you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are upset by it. " We have rewritten the laws of the game so that things like a poppy are OK but things that are going to be highly divisive, and that could be strong religious symbols, these are the things we don't want.
When did the poppy start to become such a thing??? It really is getting out of hand
When we started getting into illegal wars - ...and people took to the streets in their hundreds of thousands to protest. I believe the government feared such protests would lead to a wider disdain towards and rejection of militarism, so they went full jingo. Poppy madness, Help For Heroes and all that bollocks sprung forth, next thing you know there's a surge of right wing, British/English Nationalist sentiment sweeping the country. Dunkirk Spirit, Our Lads, blah blah blah. The Great British Public likes nothing more than jingoistic nationalism, the effing arseholes...
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5 Mar 2018, 11:52 AM
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it could be the Star of David, it could the hammer and sickle, it could be a swastika, anything like Robert Mugabe on your shirt, these are the things we don’t want. “And to be honest, and to be very clear, Pep Guardiola’s yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it’s a symbol of Catalan independence.
“And, I can tell, you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are p-----d off by it.
“All we are doing is even-handedly applying the Laws of the Game. Poppies are not political symbols; that yellow ribbon “That’s why you have to be pretty tough that local, regional, national party organisations cannot use football shirts to represent them.”
What a carrot
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it could be the Star of David, it could the hammer and sickle, it could be a swastika, anything like Robert Mugabe on your shirt, these are the things we don’t want. “And to be honest, and to be very clear, Pep Guardiola’s yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it’s a symbol of Catalan independence.
“And, I can tell, you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are p-----d off by it.
“All we are doing is even-handedly applying the Laws of the Game. Poppies are not political symbols; that yellow ribbon “That’s why you have to be pretty tough that local, regional, national party organisations cannot use football shirts to represent them.”
What a carrot That's him apologised for mentioning the Star of David.
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5 Mar 2018, 12:25 PM
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It gets even worse. He’s gonna have pissed off a lot of people  Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
What a carrot
That's him apologised for mentioning the Star of David. The broad point about politics is right if that's what their rule is - shame it's undermined by rewriting the rules to conclude that the poppy couldn't possibly be politically contentious.
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5 Mar 2018, 07:30 PM
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Rahman Bardwaj just telling everyone that John Higgins has just won his thirtieth winking title on STV news.
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Rahman Bardwaj just telling everyone that John Higgins has just won his thirtieth winking title on STV news. He must have strong wrists
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Rahman Bardwaj just telling everyone that John Higgins has just won his thirtieth winking title on STV news.
He must have strong wrists Indeed.
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Keith Jackson banging the drum for McLeish. Recruiting Manchester United star Scott McTominay will justify Alex McLeish's appointment without a ball being kicked - JacksonThe 21-year-old midfielder is believed to have committed his international future to Scotland. Spoiler: click to toggle ByKeith Jackson He'll be at Selhurst Park tonight looking for another nibble at Scott McTominay’s ear and confirmation that the Manchester United youngster really has chosen Scotland over England. And if Alex McLeish can pull this one off then he’ll have justified his own appointment as national boss without a single ball having been kicked. Late yesterday afternoon word was filtering out of Old Trafford that McTominay’s mind has been made up and the Scotland boss has successfully talked him into defecting from his homeland to that of his Glaswegian father. This came as something of a surprise to McLeish who was still waiting patiently to meet up with the player again in London tonight. But if it is true that one of English football’s most highly-rated emerging talents has chosen Big Eck over Gareth Southgate then McLeish may have done our country a favour which will last for many years after his own second stint in the hotseat is over. In other words, he could not have got off to a more impressive start even before he’s named his first squad for the friendlies against Costa Rica and Hungary. There’s no doubt about it, the horrendously meat-headed way in which the SFA went about sacking Gordon Strachan and then selecting McLeish as his successor had created significant doubts over the new man before he’s even slipped back into his old tracksuit. That’s hugely unfair on him as the victim of boardroom politics after being championed by Alan McRae and Rod Petrie, the Tweedledee and Tweedledum of Hampden’s sixth floor. Throw into that mix McRae somehow managing to talk Walter Smith out of a job he was unexpectedly willing to accept and it’s little wonder there was a feeling of national antipathy towards McLeish’s big unveiling. While Smith took one look at the credentials of the men he’d be working for and chose to bolt shut the front door of his retirement home, he was only too willing to usher them inside for a cosy chat. There was always a danger in all this that McLeish – having been unemployed for two years and not managed in British football since 2013 – would be seen as almost desperate for the offer. But so what if was? Isn’t that one of the very first criteria we ought to be looking for when it comes to picking a Scotland manager? Someone who actually wants to be here? Of course, there are others who point to the decision McLeish made to abandon ship back in 2007 when he resigned from the role after only a handful of games in charge in order to muscle his way into the English top flight and a job at Birmingham City. These strident nationalists would have had him stopped at the border and turned away for this act of treason and they will not be doing a Highland jig at having him back in charge now. But what they saw as desertion was, in reality, the actions of man doing nothing more treacherous than looking after his own career. It’s all very well for the Tartan Army diehards to say they would never leave the Scotland job no matter what was on offer elsewhere because that’s a decision none of them will ever be in a position to have to make. McLeish did what any aspiring, ambitious manager would have done so let’s be spared of this shortbread tin thumping and focus instead on the job in hand. That’s why, when the country was battling with the Beast of the East, the Scotland manager was in Greater Manchester to open talks with McTominay on Thursday of last week. He was able to use his experience and his extensive contact book to speak directly with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and set up a face-to-face with the 21-year-old at the club’s Carrington HQ. That he managed to get himself sat down with McTominay a full 24 hours before Southgate had pulled up a seat at the same table, should come as a hugely encouraging sign to those who may have doubts or concerns over his readiness for the position. McLeish acted swiftly and professionally to get this conversation started and McTominay and Mourinho must have been impressed by his determination to barge Scotland to the front of the queue. Big Eck will have made him feel wanted and that could swing it in Scotland’s favour if he has not been made to feel as valued by the country of his birth. Also, at no point during their talks was McLeish given reason to doubt McTominay’s sincerity or his willingness to consider pulling on a dark blue shirt. At no point did it feel like a wasted trip. And, given the reputation this kid is busy building that should come as an almighty compliment to McLeish and Scottish football. Let’s remember what we are dealing with here – a player who has burst onto the scene under one of the greatest club managers in history and who is keeping £90million French ace Paul Pogba out of the starting 11. Think about that for a second. Mourinho thinks this kid is even better than Pogba? It wasn’t so long ago Scotland was capping Paul Telfer. Seasoned United observers are already comparing him to a younger version of Nemanja Matic. He may or may not go on to deliver on all of this potential but that’s not McLeish’s responsibility. No, all he can do is focus on the here and now and attempt to convince McTominay that Scotland’s wilderness years may be coming to and end and that together they can do something meaningful, maybe even historic. With the likes of Liverpool’s Andy Robertson and Celtic’s Kieran Tierney around him, McTominay may believe he is getting in on something exciting and vibrant. That’s why McLeish will hope to shake hands on a pact after United’s meeting with Crystal Palace tonight. Even if it should fall through at the 11th hour the Scotland boss can hardly be held responsible. On the contrary, he should be congratulated for getting so close. But if McTominay does say yes, McLeish’s second term will be off to a flyer. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/recruiting-manchester-united-star-scott-12126530 “It wasn’t that long ago Scotland were picking Paul Telfer”
What a strange and snide wee comment. He got capped once and it was actually about 20 years ago, and he spent most of his career playing in the EPL before he won two titles here. There’s been much worse.
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it could be the Star of David, it could the hammer and sickle, it could be a swastika, anything like Robert Mugabe on your shirt, these are the things we don’t want. “And to be honest, and to be very clear, Pep Guardiola’s yellow ribbon is a political symbol, it’s a symbol of Catalan independence.
“And, I can tell, you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are p-----d off by it.
“All we are doing is even-handedly applying the Laws of the Game. Poppies are not political symbols; that yellow ribbon “That’s why you have to be pretty tough that local, regional, national party organisations cannot use football shirts to represent them.”
What a carrot If Pep was managing in Spain, I could understand why the authorities there would be unhappy. But why on Earth do the FA give an eff?
For what it's worth, I don't believe Martin Glenn is anti-Semitic; he is, however, a complete and utter bell-end.
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It gets even worse. He’s gonna have pissed off a lot of people  Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
What a carrot
If Pep was managing in Spain, I could understand why the authorities there would be unhappy. But why on Earth do the FA give an eff? For what it's worth, I don't believe Martin Glenn is anti-Semitic; he is, however, a complete and utter bell-end. My issue is with the total hypocrisy of his statement.
“We don’t want divisive symbols in our game” - except the Poppy, we’ve written that into the rules.
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"And, I can tell, you there are many more Spaniards, non-Catalans, who are p-----d off by it"
Just ignore the Germans or the Irish that are forced to wear a poppy then or the fact that one player in particular gets it tight from all and sundry up and down the country because of this non political symbol.
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Charlie Nicholas in the record slamming Scott McTominay's decision to play for Scotland
"He looks a decent player but we haven't really seen anything special yet so when he comes up here with his English accent he'll have to really prove he is worth his place."
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Charlie Nicholas in the record slamming Scott McTominay's decision to play for Scotland
"He looks a decent player but we haven't really seen anything special yet so when he comes up here with his English accent he'll have to really prove he is worth his place."
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What a carrot
That's him apologised for mentioning the Star of David. Muthaeffa got Regeved. 
'Apologise or I'll be on Sky calling you the grand Mufti by half three...'
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Keith Jackson banging the drum for McLeish. Recruiting Manchester United star Scott McTominay will justify Alex McLeish's appointment without a ball being kicked - JacksonThe 21-year-old midfielder is believed to have committed his international future to Scotland. Spoiler: click to toggle ByKeith Jackson He'll be at Selhurst Park tonight looking for another nibble at Scott McTominay’s ear and confirmation that the Manchester United youngster really has chosen Scotland over England. And if Alex McLeish can pull this one off then he’ll have justified his own appointment as national boss without a single ball having been kicked. Late yesterday afternoon word was filtering out of Old Trafford that McTominay’s mind has been made up and the Scotland boss has successfully talked him into defecting from his homeland to that of his Glaswegian father. This came as something of a surprise to McLeish who was still waiting patiently to meet up with the player again in London tonight. But if it is true that one of English football’s most highly-rated emerging talents has chosen Big Eck over Gareth Southgate then McLeish may have done our country a favour which will last for many years after his own second stint in the hotseat is over. In other words, he could not have got off to a more impressive start even before he’s named his first squad for the friendlies against Costa Rica and Hungary. There’s no doubt about it, the horrendously meat-headed way in which the SFA went about sacking Gordon Strachan and then selecting McLeish as his successor had created significant doubts over the new man before he’s even slipped back into his old tracksuit. That’s hugely unfair on him as the victim of boardroom politics after being championed by Alan McRae and Rod Petrie, the Tweedledee and Tweedledum of Hampden’s sixth floor. Throw into that mix McRae somehow managing to talk Walter Smith out of a job he was unexpectedly willing to accept and it’s little wonder there was a feeling of national antipathy towards McLeish’s big unveiling. While Smith took one look at the credentials of the men he’d be working for and chose to bolt shut the front door of his retirement home, he was only too willing to usher them inside for a cosy chat. There was always a danger in all this that McLeish – having been unemployed for two years and not managed in British football since 2013 – would be seen as almost desperate for the offer. But so what if was? Isn’t that one of the very first criteria we ought to be looking for when it comes to picking a Scotland manager? Someone who actually wants to be here? Of course, there are others who point to the decision McLeish made to abandon ship back in 2007 when he resigned from the role after only a handful of games in charge in order to muscle his way into the English top flight and a job at Birmingham City. These strident nationalists would have had him stopped at the border and turned away for this act of treason and they will not be doing a Highland jig at having him back in charge now. But what they saw as desertion was, in reality, the actions of man doing nothing more treacherous than looking after his own career. It’s all very well for the Tartan Army diehards to say they would never leave the Scotland job no matter what was on offer elsewhere because that’s a decision none of them will ever be in a position to have to make. McLeish did what any aspiring, ambitious manager would have done so let’s be spared of this shortbread tin thumping and focus instead on the job in hand. That’s why, when the country was battling with the Beast of the East, the Scotland manager was in Greater Manchester to open talks with McTominay on Thursday of last week. He was able to use his experience and his extensive contact book to speak directly with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and set up a face-to-face with the 21-year-old at the club’s Carrington HQ. That he managed to get himself sat down with McTominay a full 24 hours before Southgate had pulled up a seat at the same table, should come as a hugely encouraging sign to those who may have doubts or concerns over his readiness for the position. McLeish acted swiftly and professionally to get this conversation started and McTominay and Mourinho must have been impressed by his determination to barge Scotland to the front of the queue. Big Eck will have made him feel wanted and that could swing it in Scotland’s favour if he has not been made to feel as valued by the country of his birth. Also, at no point during their talks was McLeish given reason to doubt McTominay’s sincerity or his willingness to consider pulling on a dark blue shirt. At no point did it feel like a wasted trip. And, given the reputation this kid is busy building that should come as an almighty compliment to McLeish and Scottish football. Let’s remember what we are dealing with here – a player who has burst onto the scene under one of the greatest club managers in history and who is keeping £90million French ace Paul Pogba out of the starting 11. Think about that for a second. Mourinho thinks this kid is even better than Pogba? It wasn’t so long ago Scotland was capping Paul Telfer. Seasoned United observers are already comparing him to a younger version of Nemanja Matic. He may or may not go on to deliver on all of this potential but that’s not McLeish’s responsibility. No, all he can do is focus on the here and now and attempt to convince McTominay that Scotland’s wilderness years may be coming to and end and that together they can do something meaningful, maybe even historic. With the likes of Liverpool’s Andy Robertson and Celtic’s Kieran Tierney around him, McTominay may believe he is getting in on something exciting and vibrant. That’s why McLeish will hope to shake hands on a pact after United’s meeting with Crystal Palace tonight. Even if it should fall through at the 11th hour the Scotland boss can hardly be held responsible. On the contrary, he should be congratulated for getting so close. But if McTominay does say yes, McLeish’s second term will be off to a flyer. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/recruiting-manchester-united-star-scott-12126530
“It wasn’t that long ago Scotland were picking Paul Telfer” What a strange and snide wee comment. He got capped once and it was actually about 20 years ago, and he spent most of his career playing in the EPL before he won two titles here. There’s been much worse. Hard to know where to start with the nonsense dripping out of that article. I think it safe to say that Mourinho does not think McTominay is better than Pogba. It's also extremely premature to anoint this player as the cornerstone of our national team in the future after a handful of games.
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5 Mar 2018, 09:56 PM
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from that Jackson article on McLeish
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He was able to use his experience and his extensive contact book to speak directly with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and set up a face-to-face with the 21-year-old at the club’s Carrington HQ.
this is the sort of bollocks that really grinds my gears. Oh look, big Eck has Jose's phone no! That proves he's the right man for the job. It's right up there with Warburton's Rolodex and the private jet. shampooe that's used to pad out a piece of crap writing
as for that dig at Paul Telfer - just plain odd to have picked his name out when there are dozens more useless footballers who got more than one cap for Scotland in the last decade alone
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