Calderwood Sacked

[NorthernLights24]

Hibernian have sacked manager Colin Calderwood, BBC Scotland reports

 

No surprises there then after Saturdays defeat to Dunfermline. One Calderwood out, another Calderwood in maybe

[zander]

They have a worse managerial turnover than us.

[NorthernLights24]

AGM is on Tuesday so the board will have seen this as the ideal time to sack him.

 

Hibernian have sacked manager Colin Calderwood after just 12 months in charge at Easter Road.

 

This follows a disappointing run of results, including a 1-0 home defeat by Dunfermline on Saturday.

 

Following the match, a group of fans protested outside the main entrance to the Easter Road club's stadium asking for Calderwood and chairman Rod Petrie to go.

 

Calderwood managed just 12 wins in his 49 matches at the helm.

 

The club hold their AGM on Tuesday. It was on the morning of last year's meeting when they decided to depose the previous manager John Hughes.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15614041.stm

[minijc]

Perfect job for McGhee and his style.

[OddJob]

Perfect job for McGhee and his style.

Well Dingus wanted the St Johnstone job so he very well could be a candidate

[E-P-K]

Perfect job for McGhee and his style.

 

Very similar results wise, Calderwood 12 wins in 49 matches, McGhee 13 wins in 53 for AFC.

 

 

[minijc]

Very similar results wise, Calderwood 12 wins in 49 matches, McGhee 13 wins in 53 for AFC.

Think that team would suit McGhee and he'd suit them with the style he wants to play, Hibs have always been a better 'footballing' side than us, well in my time anyways.

[baconman]

I think this is exactly what Calderwood wanted. His heart was never in it for Hibs. Now he will get a nice payoff and a plumb 1st team coaching job for a club in the EPL or Champ...........................

[NorthernLights24]

I think this is exactly what Calderwood wanted. His heart was never in it for Hibs. Now he will get a nice payoff and a plumb 1st team coaching job for a club in the EPL or Champ...........................

 

I think Calderwood was what McGhee would call a "drainer". He never sounded like the kind of manager who could inspire a team. Even after a positive result he'd sound utterly depressed.

[Donmacca]

Got a mate who's a hibee and he's hoping they go for Billy Davies. Wishful thinking there.

[Dynamo]

Been coming for a while.

[DD1903]

What I don't get is why they fought for so long and hard to keep him during the summer?! Would have saved them a fortune.

[RUL]

Got a mate who's a hibee and he's hoping they go for Billy Davies. Wishful thinking there.

lets hope your right

[E-P-K]

Not that these odds usually reflect who gets the job, but Shamrock Rovers manager Michael O'Neil is fav, with Tango second.

[E-P-K]

Not that these odds usually reflect who gets the job, but Shamrock Rovers manager Michael O'Neil is fav, with Tango second.

 

Or not, according to this

 

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/hibernian-specials/next-permanent-manager

[Ke1t]

He's been sacked, and yet he's doing no worse than Craig Brown.

 

Maybe they're just a wee bit more ambitious than Aberdeen, though.

[madjockmcferson]

Hibs have or had the finances and the players to achieve much much better than they have. Hibs are the biggest underachievers in the sphell in the last few years....they are solvent, have great facilities and in the last few years they have had good players.

[barassie_afc]

Hibs have or had the finances and the players to achieve much much better than they have. Hibs are the biggest underachievers in the sphell in the last few years....they are solvent, have great facilities and in the last few years they have had good players.

 

 

I wouldnt be too sure about that

[Mouse]

Hopefully the Tache makes another bad managerial appointment. To be honest like to see Hibs doing well but anything to hinder them falling below us

[E-P-K]

I wouldnt be too sure about that

 

Operating loss of near £1 million in 2010, They no longer have the list of players to sell on for vast sums like previous years.

[RUL]

Only 100s on martin o neill???

[OddJob]

Mare likely Shaquille O'Neil tbh.

[SkyeDon]

It was only a matter of time. He's a strange guy and I don't think the players ever liked him. I don't think he's any better than someone's assistant in the Championship.

[madjockmcferson]

Operating loss of near

[E-P-K]

Really? Thats bad.

 

Seems like they have squandered the best opportunity they have had for decades.

 

They have however reduced the debt from a high of

[zander]

Operating loss of near

[E-P-K]

Can that not be attributed to the new stand ?

 

No.

 

Hibs hves been making at operating loss for a number of years, they have of course been able to sell players to show an end profit.

 

While they have players to sell on, this of course is a decent business model, but when the players are no longer there, prolems begin.

[Ke1t]

Hibs always seem to underachieve, dunno what it is with them.

 

A few years back they seemed to be getting a team together that was pretty decent, and I'm talking about pre-O'Connor... like early 90s they had a decent team that I thought was going to do something, but they always seemed to fuck it up/

 

Then we went through the period a few years ago where they had just a whole string of exciting prospects coming through under John Park, and I thought, well, this time they're going to go places..... and they did fuck all.

 

They seem to go through patches where they promise a lot, and deliver bugger all.

 

Oh to be a ... Hibee.

 

No fucking thanks.

[Bobby Connor]

We are, and will always be, much,much bigger and BETTER than Hibs, Hibs,,, ffs... Hibs! ... whatever they get up to and never win they will still just be Hibs...

 

A footnote. Nothing... A fairy someone once caught a glimpse of at the bottom of the garden. An encapsulation of failure.

 

 

Let's please pretend this conversation never started.

[Rossshepherd]

Someone mentioned it earlier.. I simply cannot believe they tolerated him at the start of the season when he was bending over and getting it horsed up him by the prospect of being a first team coach at a Championship club. I'd be furious if an AFC manager flirted with departure only days before the season opener, especially as they had a terrible 2010/2011.