Apparently wants to "step up" his career one more time before retirement and has therefore made enquiries at Dunstable United and Congleton Rovers for the assistant manager roles there. Will be tough to get interest there though having most recently dropped down to the level of Scotland manager.
Apparently wants to "step up" his career one more time before retirement and has therefore made enquiries at Dunstable United and Congleton Rovers for the assistant manager roles there. Will be tough to get interest there though having most recently dropped down to the level of Scotland manager.
I think he needs to start again working with better quality players. He has actually left the Scotland job to take over an over 55 walking football team.
Apparently wants to "step up" his career one more time before retirement and has therefore made enquiries at Dunstable United and Congleton Rovers for the assistant manager roles there. Will be tough to get interest there though having most recently dropped down to the level of Scotland manager.
racist jokes aside, he already walked out on the national team once for club football and i have no doubt he would have done it again given the chance.
should never have been given the job second time round and imho was only given it as they needed someone after all the fannying around trying to get o'niell from NI
In all seriousness I do wonder why Scotland cannot produce hardly any top class players anymore . When I was a kid pretty much every top club in England had several Scottish players. Leeds for instance had Billy Bremner Joe jordan Eddy Grey Peter lorimer Plus plenty more. Spurs had the likes of Dave McKay Alan Gilzean etc. Liverpool,Man Utd,Arsenal and all the other top clubs had at least a couple of Scottish players. Nowadays apart from three or four players the premier league is almost empty of top Scottish footballers. Being Scotland manager today is probably harder than ever with the lack of quality to pick from.
As a Scottish person who has been disconnected from the national side for some years I can honestly say it doesn’t matter who they put in charge it will still be a shitshow. There were a number of players in the last squad who I had genuinely never heard of. There are a few genuine talents like Fraser, Forrest and Tierney (who is overrated btw IMHO) but they are few and far between. Utter shambles unfortunately and the Tartan Army is slowly diminishing through increasing disinterest. They need to find a young manager with fresh ideas who will pick the kids and leave him well alone (Think Southgate and how the FA are treating him). Only problem is Southgate has got a wealth of genuine talent to pick from. Sad times. McLeish was a busted flush who should never have got the job again in the first place so he won’t be missed. Who’s next? God only knows.
As a Scottish person who has been disconnected from the national side for some years I can honestly say it doesn’t matter who they put in charge it will still be a shitshow. There were a number of players in the last squad who I had genuinely never heard of. There are a few genuine talents like Fraser, Forrest and Tierney (who is overrated btw IMHO) but they are few and far between. Utter shambles unfortunately and the Tartan Army is slowly diminishing through increasing disinterest. They need to find a young manager with fresh ideas who will pick the kids and leave him well alone (Think Southgate and how the FA are treating him). Only problem is Southgate has got a wealth of genuine talent to pick from. Sad times. McLeish was a busted flush who should never have got the job again in the first place so he won’t be missed. Who’s next? God only knows.
100% this. yet, already, the likes of Strachan being linked with the job. Farcical
Could say the same about Northern Ireland though; only Craig Cathcart and Jonny Evans are playing in the Premier League
A lot of their squad are made up from the Football League but they've got so much more about them than Scotland do
the problem Scotland have at the moment is players constantly pulling out of squads. AM used 46 different players in his year in charge, largely due to squad withdrawals.
whoever takes over should get Brian Gunn on the coaching staff so he can convince Angus Gunn that he should be Scotlands No1 for the next 10+ years
Could say the same about Northern Ireland though; only Craig Cathcart and Jonny Evans are playing in the Premier League
A lot of their squad are made up from the Football League but they've got so much more about them than Scotland do
the problem Scotland have at the moment is players constantly pulling out of squads. AM used 46 different players in his year in charge, largely due to squad withdrawals.
whoever takes over should get Brian Gunn on the coaching staff so he can convince Angus Gunn that he should be Scotlands No1 for the next 10+ years
They'll probably give it to Bryan Gunn after his sole Management performance with Norwich!!
Could say the same about Northern Ireland though; only Craig Cathcart and Jonny Evans are playing in the Premier League
A lot of their squad are made up from the Football League but they've got so much more about them than Scotland do
the problem Scotland have at the moment is players constantly pulling out of squads. AM used 46 different players in his year in charge, largely due to squad withdrawals.
whoever takes over should get Brian Gunn on the coaching staff so he can convince Angus Gunn that he should be Scotlands No1 for the next 10+ years
They can take our players, but they will never take our freedom.
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should never have been given the job second time round and imho was only given it as they needed someone after all the fannying around trying to get o'niell from NI
When I was a kid pretty much every top club in England had several Scottish players.
Leeds for instance had
Billy Bremner
Joe jordan
Eddy Grey
Peter lorimer
Plus plenty more.
Spurs had the likes of Dave McKay
Alan Gilzean etc.
Liverpool,Man Utd,Arsenal and all the other top clubs had at least a couple of Scottish players.
Nowadays apart from three or four players the premier league is almost empty of top Scottish footballers.
Being Scotland manager today is probably harder than ever with the lack of quality to pick from.
A lot of their squad are made up from the Football League but they've got so much more about them than Scotland do
whoever takes over should get Brian Gunn on the coaching staff so he can convince Angus Gunn that he should be Scotlands No1 for the next 10+ years