New Scotland Manager

[a1-don]

... or can you think of someone better?

[fatshaft]

... or can you think of someone better?

Nope, I am very fearful of Souness now, with fellow Hun in charge of SFA, and Souness allegedly casting his eyes towards the Ireland job, he would surely jump at the Scotland one.

 

This could all go horribly wrong.

[fatshaft]

Nope, I am very fearful of Souness now, with fellow Hun in charge of SFA, and Souness allegedly casting his eyes towards the Ireland job, he would surely jump at the Scotland one.

 

This could all go horribly wrong.

While first thoughts are Billy Davies, he has the reutation of being a fiery little ned.

 

Sturrock seems to have fallen totally out of favour in England, and he was doing welll before the Southampton fiasco, he's got my vote.

[a1-don]

While first thoughts are Billy Davies, he has the reutation of being a fiery little ned.

 

Sturrock seems to have fallen totally out of favour in England, and he was doing welll before the Southampton fiasco, he's got my vote.

 

Sturrock just moved to Plymouth today.

[swaddon]

While first thoughts are Billy Davies, he has the reutation of being a fiery little ned.

 

Sturrock seems to have fallen totally out of favour in England, and he was doing welll before the Southampton fiasco, he's got my vote.

I thought Sturrock was about to get the Plymouth job?

[fin32]

David Moyes???

[vanderark14]

Went for Mcallister.

 

not alot on offer at the moment that we can realisticly get

[swaddon]

David Moyes???

Good shout, but too expensive, probably. I doubt he'd want to leave a good gig at Everton to manage Scotland.

[Guest redbrigade]

Went for Mcallister.

 

not alot on offer at the moment that we can realisticly get

 

+1

[Guest LondonScottish]

I'd have Strachan and McAllister? frigg knows, defo not Souness. Was so happy with McLEISH.

[Hamish French]

David Moyes???

 

Av gone for Jim Jefferies.....would treat it as an honour to take the job, good at motivating palyers and could never really see him getting a better offer which would give us continuity if he's doing a good job.

[FIFEDONS]

would like 2 see burley but i think it will be souness

[paulkaneatemyhamster]

Should take their time over this one

 

i tell you who i'd like to get the job : Sir Alex

 

I get the feeling he'll go this summer, just in time for the WC games coming up, wouldn't require day to day work so he could still do his upstairs job at Man Utd , even if he's not the boss, he should be the "mentor" to the new guy.

[sheep_shagger]

Souness will probably get it. Cant see Strachan giving up on Celtic to take over at Scotland.

 

Moyes would be a good shout but also cant see him giving up on Everton.

[MightyDons]

I know we fecked it up last time but i would be tempted with a foriegn coach since more or less every scottish manager just uses it as a stop gap until a club side come in for them.

[DodgyKeeper]

I know we fecked it up last time but i would be tempted with a foriegn coach since more or less every scottish manager just uses it as a stop gap until a club side come in for them.

 

Jose Mourinho?

[fatshaft]

Sturrock just moved to Plymouth today.

FFS, just gets better.

[fatshaft]

Should take their time over this one

 

i tell you who i'd like to get the job : Sir Alex

 

I get the feeling he'll go this summer, just in time for the WC games coming up, wouldn't require day to day work so he could still do his upstairs job at Man Utd , even if he's not the boss, he should be the "mentor" to the new guy.

The trouble there is that a boss on the way out always seems to lose something, it happoened last time even to Fergie when he said he was in his last season, so he won't make that mistake again. Shame, becasue I was hopin McLeish could see us through 2010 by which time Fergie would probably be free.

[MG_Don]

I'd quite like to see Craig Levein get it. At least it would be a change from the EPL/Old Firm bias.

 

The most leikely options are Watson/Aitken or Souness. If he gets it though I would lose any enthusiasm for the national team because I cannot support a team managed by that prick.

[Emma1903]

Should take their time over this one

 

i tell you who i'd like to get the job : Sir Alex

 

I get the feeling he'll go this summer, just in time for the WC games coming up, wouldn't require day to day work so he could still do his upstairs job at Man Utd , even if he's not the boss, he should be the "mentor" to the new guy.

 

Oh yes, me too!!

[paulkaneatemyhamster]

why the antithapy towards souness ?

 

Club honours

 

Honours as player

 

Tottenham Hotspur

 

Winners 1968-69 FA Youth Cup

 

Middlesbrough

 

Winners 1973-74 Football League Second Division (Level 2)

 

Liverpool

 

Winners

1977-78 European Cup

1978-79 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1979-80 Charity Shield

* 1979-80 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1980-81 Charity Shield

* 1980-81 League Cup

* 1980-81 European Cup

* 1981-82 League Cup

* 1981-82 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1982-83 Charity Shield

* 1982-83 League Cup

* 1982-83 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1983-84 League Cup

* 1983-84 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1983-84 European Cup

 

Runner up

 

* 1977-78 League Championship (Level 1)

* 1978-79 European Super Cup

* 1981-82 Intercontinental Cup

* 1983-84 Charity Shield

 

Sampdoria

 

Winners 1984-85 Coppa Italia

 

Rangers

 

Winners

 

* 1986-87 Scottish League Cup

* 1986-87 Scottish Premier League (Level 1)

* 1987-88 Scottish League Cup

 

Runner up

 

* 1988-89 Scottish Cup

 

Honours as manager

 

Rangers

 

Winners

 

* 1986-87 Scottish League Cup

* 1986-87 Scottish Premier League (Level 1)

* 1987-88 Scottish League Cup

* 1988-89 Scottish League Cup

* 1988-89 Scottish Premier League (Level 1)

* 1989-90 Scottish Premier League (Level 1)

* 1990-91 Scottish League Cup

* 1990-91 Scottish Premier League (Level 1) (Left with 5 games to go)

 

Runner up

 

* 1988-89 Scottish Cup

* 1989-90 Scottish League Cup

 

Liverpool

 

Winners

 

* 1991-92 FA Cup

 

Runner up

 

* 1992-93 Charity Shield

 

Galatasaray

 

Winners

 

* 1995-96 Turkish Cup

* 1996-97 Turkish Super Cup

 

Benfica

 

Runner up

 

* 1997-98 Portuguese First Division

 

Blackburn Rovers

 

Winners

 

* 2001-02 League Cup

 

Runner up

 

* 2000-01 Football League First Division (Level 2) Promotion

 

 

A born winner, experienced, die hard Scotland man, ok sometimes it's not pretty football but he's a winner and will get the best out of the team.

[Sonoftherock]

I'd love to see Gary McAllister given a chance, he'd command the respect of all our players... the approach of gambling on an ex-international without much club experience has worked for Holland, Germany & Italy.

 

International football is a different game and sometimes I think you require the wisdom of someone who been there and done it all and knows what its all about....

[a1-don]

I'd love to see Gary McAllister given a chance, he'd command the respect of all our players... the approach of gambling on an ex-international without much club experience has worked for Holland, Germany & Italy.

 

International football is a different game and sometimes I think you require the wisdom of someone who been there and done it all and knows what its all about....

 

You'd have to try very hard not to succeed with Holland, Germany and Italy

[Wanderingdon]

Thinking of Levein(reminds me of Sven for some reason)

But really Hoping for Strachen, but canae see him leaving celts :-( pity

[fatshaft]

why the antithapy towards souness ?

 

Three reason

 

1. Playing record has sod all to do with management

 

2. The only club he's had any success with was Rangers, at a time when Celtic were nearly bankrupt, and he had more money to spend than the rest of Scotland put together.

 

3. He took Liverpool into the doldrums which they still haven't fuilly recovered from, had Blackburn in the relegation zone before Fat Freddy saved him, and proceeded to take Newcastle into similar straights.

 

The guy may be a winner as a player, but as a manager he is a total friggwit.

[vanderark14]

Three reason

 

1. Playing record has sod all to do with management

 

2. The only club he's had any success with was Rangers, at a time when Celtic were nearly bankrupt, and he had more money to spend than the rest of Scotland put together.

 

3. He took Liverpool into the doldrums which they still haven't fuilly recovered from, had Blackburn in the relegation zone before Fat Freddy saved him, and proceeded to take Newcastle into similar straights.

 

The guy may be a winner as a player, but as a manager he is a total friggwit.

 

and as a human being he was also a friggwit

[robbo]

were in serious trouble. i cant see the SFA shelling out money to get in Strachan. I honestly dont know who can fill the position now.

[minijc]

Right this may sound stupid but i reckon adrian boothroyd would be an excelent manager how ever being english i realise some /most won't be happen with that, he has a footballing brain and is a very good young manager that could do the job but then again i doubt we could afford him.

 

Also What about John Collins? Seems to know what he is doing and with a talented side like we have now i am sure he could do the job and looks to be getting on well at Hibs the now.

[paulkaneatemyhamster]

Three reason

 

1. Playing record has sod all to do with management

 

ok, but why the clamour for McAllister then ? average footballer, even worse manager

 

2. The only club he's had any success with was Rangers, at a time when Celtic were nearly bankrupt, and he had more money to spend than the rest of Scotland put together.

 

whilst i won't dispute he had lots of money to spend, he spent it wisely, sand you'll remember that there was another team who matched rangers all the way on the park during his time in charge

 

3. He took Liverpool into the doldrums which they still haven't fully recovered from, had Blackburn in the relegation zone before Fat Freddy saved him, and proceeded to take Newcastle into similar straights.

 

not sure doldrums is the word your looking for - lets call it a transition period , the aging 80's side needed replacing, and they had frigg all youth players then, remeber this was still 4 or 5 years before the Spice Boys team. All things considered, he couldn't do any better at the Mickey's

 

As for Newcastle well , he didn't do any worse than any Newcastle manger in the last 50 years, bar Keegen

 

The guy may be a winner as a player, but as a manager he is a total friggwit.

 

Very few good managers are less than figgwits - arrogant, brash, abrasive - in short men who demand little short of perfection, some times unrealistically but he demands the best and at Scotland i think he'd do very very well.

 

put it thisway, rather have him than Levein or Strachan or McAllister

[Bobby Connor]

You have got to be fishing PKAMH!

 

Souness has a track record of abject failure. The only real success he has had was with the Huns nearly 20 years ago and, as has been said, that success was on the back of spending 10x more than any other club at the time.

 

The guy f*cked Liverpool up beyond all recognition.

 

Not to mention the fact that he's an utter, utter c*nt.

 

If he gets the job my interest level in the national team will instantly drop to zero.