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Managers Thread; Spain sack Lopetegui. Yes, really.
Topic Started: 21 May 2016, 09:07 PM (998,205 Views)
M78
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Mickeybhoy84
6 Feb 2018, 06:00 PM
Considering the success Smith had at the hun almost none of his ex-players have had successful managerial careers. As far as I can tell only McInnes has won a major trophy as a manager. For comparison, at least 3 players who played under Tommy Burns have went in to win a Scottish or League Cup. The idea that’s being touted by some in the media, of having Smith guide a younger coach, is fanciful.
Some zoomer was on SSB earlier suggesting Keith Lasley as his assistant :lmao: :cuckoo:
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The fact that the S.F.A are hardly looking outwith Scotland is a sad indictment on the whole set up at Hampden. They should be looking at managers from different backgrounds in world football and listening to what they have to say on the game whether they are appointed or not. Bringing back Walter Smith will set the national team back years if that's possible.
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7 Feb 2018, 12:12 AM
The fact that the S.F.A are hardly looking outwith Scotland is a sad indictment on the whole set up at Hampden. They should be looking at managers from different backgrounds in world football and listening to what they have to say on the game whether they are appointed or not. Bringing back Walter Smith will set the national team back years if that's possible.
Chick Young was babbling on about the next manager having to be Scottish on the radio last week.

When asked why this was the case, Chick couldn’t give an answer.
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7 Feb 2018, 12:15 AM
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7 Feb 2018, 12:12 AM
The fact that the S.F.A are hardly looking outwith Scotland is a sad indictment on the whole set up at Hampden. They should be looking at managers from different backgrounds in world football and listening to what they have to say on the game whether they are appointed or not. Bringing back Walter Smith will set the national team back years if that's possible.
Chick Young was babbling on about the next manager having to be Scottish on the radio last week.

When asked why this was the case, Chick couldn’t give an answer.
Aye it's a joke
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7 Feb 2018, 12:15 AM
The Bison
7 Feb 2018, 12:12 AM
The fact that the S.F.A are hardly looking outwith Scotland is a sad indictment on the whole set up at Hampden. They should be looking at managers from different backgrounds in world football and listening to what they have to say on the game whether they are appointed or not. Bringing back Walter Smith will set the national team back years if that's possible.
Chick Young was babbling on about the next manager having to be Scottish on the radio last week.

When asked why this was the case, Chick couldn’t give an answer.
I know the answer and you know the answer but they think we are all daft.
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The Bison
7 Feb 2018, 12:28 AM
tinsoldier
7 Feb 2018, 12:15 AM
The Bison
7 Feb 2018, 12:12 AM
The fact that the S.F.A are hardly looking outwith Scotland is a sad indictment on the whole set up at Hampden. They should be looking at managers from different backgrounds in world football and listening to what they have to say on the game whether they are appointed or not. Bringing back Walter Smith will set the national team back years if that's possible.
Chick Young was babbling on about the next manager having to be Scottish on the radio last week.

When asked why this was the case, Chick couldn’t give an answer.
I know the answer and you know the answer but they think we are all daft.
Well quite :thumbsup:
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6 Feb 2018, 06:37 PM
Mickeybhoy84
6 Feb 2018, 06:00 PM
Considering the success Smith had at the hun almost none of his ex-players have had successful managerial careers. As far as I can tell only McInnes has won a major trophy as a manager. For comparison, at least 3 players who played under Tommy Burns have went in to win a Scottish or League Cup. The idea that’s being touted by some in the media, of having Smith guide a younger coach, is fanciful.
Was Van Bronckhorst there in Smiths last season? Not saying he's a good coach but Gattuso's face must fit to get the Milan gig.

They call it a coaching tree in the states. I have a feeling Martin O'Neills may end up pretty decent- Lambert, Lennon, McNamara, Burchill have had varying success. Sutton was a failure, Larsson wasn't great, John Kennedy and Steve Guppy are youth team coaches. I've no idea what his Leicester or Villa team players are doing these days.

John Kennedy is a youth team coach ??

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Vinnie Bhoy
6 Feb 2018, 06:37 PM
Mickeybhoy84
6 Feb 2018, 06:00 PM
Considering the success Smith had at the hun almost none of his ex-players have had successful managerial careers. As far as I can tell only McInnes has won a major trophy as a manager. For comparison, at least 3 players who played under Tommy Burns have went in to win a Scottish or League Cup. The idea that’s being touted by some in the media, of having Smith guide a younger coach, is fanciful.
Was Van Bronckhorst there in Smiths last season? Not saying he's a good coach but Gattuso's face must fit to get the Milan gig.

Steve Guppy are youth team coaches
Gupp is a coach for the Rep Of Ireland national team under MON :thumbsup:
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Craig Swan has Smith as the Scotland manager with McInnes and Clark helping him out.
Why?

Appointing Walter Smith would be the first step on the SFA's path to redemption - Swan
The former Rangers boss has been approached over a second spell in the Scotland dugout.
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7 Feb 2018, 08:30 AM
Craig Swan has Smith as the Scotland manager with McInnes and Clark helping him out.
Why?

Appointing Walter Smith would be the first step on the SFA's path to redemption - Swan
The former Rangers boss has been approached over a second spell in the Scotland dugout.
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Stein, Ferguson, McLean and Smith made such a system work back in the 1908s :rubeyes:
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Interesting that It is being spun as "if Walter is to be convinced" rather than "if Walter is to convince the sfa"

Sook the rancid old ebt hun boaby and be grateful for it.
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7 Feb 2018, 08:33 AM
Gothamcelt
7 Feb 2018, 08:30 AM
Craig Swan has Smith as the Scotland manager with McInnes and Clark helping him out.
Why?

Appointing Walter Smith would be the first step on the SFA's path to redemption - Swan
The former Rangers boss has been approached over a second spell in the Scotland dugout.
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Stein, Ferguson, McLean and Smith made such a system work back in the 1908s :rubeyes:
Then they were thwarted by the Great War.
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Time to roll out George Peat's plastic dinosaur, even that would be a better option than the Cardigan.
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This is just completely killing the game for me.
I can't handle the media, SFA and their Hun attitudes anymore.
Its a effing disgrace.
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Hairytoes
7 Feb 2018, 09:23 AM
This is just completely killing the game for me.
I can't handle the media, SFA and their Hun attitudes anymore.
Its a effing disgrace.
Just follow the tic and laugh at Scotland. That’s what I plan on doing :thumbsup:
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Walter Smith lol

A 70 year old who hasn't coached for 7 years should never be an option.

There is a big wide world out there full of coaches yet the SFA come up with Walter Smith.

It's truly embarrassing!!!
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I don’t think Clarke would be interested in it. Presumably he is hoping to replace Brendan Rodgers. The Scotland job is too much of a gamble at this stage, I expect he’ll want to stay on at Killie or step up to Aberdeen/Hibs/Hearts, depending on when BR moves on.

The Scotland job has too many elements that a manager can’t control, and it’s a very big stage from which to fall. Usually only desperados and part-time retirees are willing to manage international teams. Especially poor-average ones like Scotland.
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5 Feb 2018, 06:49 PM
The Loyal Cardigan's name being linked by the Daily Record with the Scotland manager's job will only have appeared in the Daily Record by kind permission of the Loyal Cardigan

My view is its another Jabba sponsored piece of spin.

He would love to get one of his own behind the doors of the SFA even if it is just as a manager.

If Sir Legned does get the job watch for the spin from Jabbas minions to get a(nother) dyed in the wool hun as the top post at the SFA. He's running scared in case some 'neutral' gets the job and starts to scrape the surface and expose the extensive corruption within our games top level.

Can we have a 'Shred-It' van watch set up?

Edit to include the extensive corruption involved in getting the huns their UEFA licence and all associated corruption involved with bringing Newhun into the game.
Edited by spartacusthethird, 7 Feb 2018, 09:44 AM.
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7 Feb 2018, 09:41 AM
I don’t think Clarke would be interested in it. Presumably he is hoping to replace Brendan Rodgers. The Scotland job is too much of a gamble at this stage, I expect he’ll want to stay on at Killie or step up to Aberdeen/Hibs/Hearts, depending on when BR moves on.

The Scotland job has too many elements that a manager can’t control, and it’s a very big stage from which to fall. Usually only desperados and part-time retirees are willing to manage international teams. Especially poor-average ones like Scotland.
There are too many variables i feel for Clarke to think along these lines. Rodgers could be here for another season or he could be here for another ten seasons. Clarke will lose his best players at Kilmarnock at the end of this season and half his squad seems to be made up of veterans on one year contracts. He’ll need to rebuild that team every year for as long as he stays there, which is a pretty thankless task. Given he’s already tried management down south, with mixed success, I reckon he’d see the Scotland job as pretty prestigious in comparison to what else is out there for him right now. With a great chance of qualifying for Euro 2020 due to the new set-up of the tournament, he may find he could do what Chris Coleman and Michael O’Neill have done and end up with his reputation enhanced.
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7 Feb 2018, 09:41 AM
I don’t think Clarke would be interested in it. Presumably he is hoping to replace Brendan Rodgers. The Scotland job is too much of a gamble at this stage, I expect he’ll want to stay on at Killie or step up to Aberdeen/Hibs/Hearts, depending on when BR moves on.

The Scotland job has too many elements that a manager can’t control, and it’s a very big stage from which to fall. Usually only desperados and part-time retirees are willing to manage international teams. Especially poor-average ones like Scotland.
It's only his "word" obviously, and in football words can easily be broken, but before Christmas when McInnes was concomitantly staying at Aberdeen and binning Sevco, Clarke was asked at the Killie AGM about taking that job and he said he would not leave Kilmarnock for another Scottish club.

Would hint that he sees his future being back in England at some point.

Having read into it a bit, as well as simply being back in employment, it seems to suit Clarke being back in Scotland at this stage of his career/life, or more accurately at this point in his parents lives. He's been away more than 30 years.

Apparently he has already said he does not want the Scotland job, but I have not read the quote.
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