kumnio Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57593276 He is looking forward to the games in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRobRoy Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Nothing was going to change anyway. He hasn't enhanced his reputation so no one will headhunt him, and no one else will want the job so there's no point in punting him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryWood34 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Job for life in my book. Players love him, has created a team spirit, got the 23 year old monkey off of our backs, doesnt pander to the old firm / media, caps players on ability rather rather than what club crest they wear. I could go on and on and on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 He's totally useless apart from organising the players for penalty shoot outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger intae them Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 ‘Totally useless’ ……. mmmm, bit of a wild statement….. very english. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Glad he is staying on. We change our managers far too often. Be good if he does a 5 year stint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I think he deserves another crack at it however he needs to learn from his mistakes pretty quickly. Qualifying papered over the cracks that we've not really seen much of an improvement since he took over from McLeish and his records is pretty poor overall. Hopefully the experience has galvanised the squad and we can see an improvement from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I agree with the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 His record is absolutely pish. He’s got better players than any manager since Craig Brown in the mid 90’s and we get outplayed and/or horsed by teams like Israel very regularly. He needs to get the youth, who are the best options in their position anyway, into the side ASAP & if he does so then atleast we will go into the next round of games with a little bit more hope and positivity than just now. It was great to qualify, we qualified because the nations league presented us with a very simple route, not because we have a good manager who took us there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 9 hours ago, kumnio said: He is looking forward to the games in September. I'm glad someone is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Since Craig Brown left, only Berti Vogts and Craig Burley have a lower win rate, that’s some progress under him…. I can’t mind if I moaned about it on here, or just on WhatsApp, but the last set of qualifiers with Austria, Israel and the Faroes are the lowest I’ve been in a decade, his absolute unwillingness to try and win games is pathetic. I get the impression that he would settle for a point in every single game, we are simply dreadful to watch, and we don’t even have a solid defence to fall back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzohiggy Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 The players love him and he is clearly a very astute man manager. His job is in no danger whatsoever. He did however make some errors in the Euros that I hope he doesn’t make again. Team selection and failure to adjust in both the first and third games. Lot of room for improvement with performances, off the pitch he’s been tremendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 37 minutes ago, ProudScot said: His record is absolutely pish. He’s got better players than any manager since Craig Brown in the mid 90’s and we get outplayed and/or horsed by teams like Israel very regularly. He needs to get the youth, who are the best options in their position anyway, into the side ASAP & if he does so then atleast we will go into the next round of games with a little bit more hope and positivity than just now. It was great to qualify, we qualified because the nations league presented us with a very simple route, not because we have a good manager who took us there. He's got a worse record than Strachan or Levein. He managed two draws and two penalty shoot out wins to get us to the Euro's via a route that only contained teams of a similar ability to us. He couldn't get a win against Slovakia or Israel to almost guarantee us a world cup play off spot. And he keeps picking McBurnie (that ones for you Proud Scot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, gonzohiggy said: The players love him and he is clearly a very astute man manager. His job is in no danger whatsoever. He did however make some errors in the Euros that I hope he doesn’t make again. Team selection and failure to adjust in both the first and third games. Lot of room for improvement with performances, off the pitch he’s been tremendous. How many times have you heard "the players really love him" line regarding other managers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: He's got a worse record than Strachan or Levein. He managed two draws and two penalty shoot out wins to get us to the Euro's via a route that only contained teams of a similar ability to us. He couldn't get a win against Slovakia or Israel to almost guarantee us a world cup play off spot. And he keeps picking McBurnie (that ones for you Proud Scot) Thank you, I think the final sentence was needed there. Fucking bet that useless dick is back for the September games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzohiggy Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: How many times have you heard "the players really love him" line regarding other managers? Not that many. You can genuinely tell the players really like him and are bought into his plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I'm going to choose to believe that he will learn from his mistakes. We should have kept Strachan as I felt he was at the same place, made mistakes and would have been better for it but he got canned and we got McLeish MK II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 55 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: How many times have you heard "the players really love him" line regarding other managers? We loved playing under Burley we loved playing under Levein We loved playing under McLeish We loved playing under Strachan etc etc etc How about we liked winning games for a change, how good would that be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Every Scotland manager in recent history that has tried to be a bit more expansive has paid a heavy price. I don't criticise Clarke for his caution and loyalty to players in the Czech game, but his failure to recognise we needed to change personnel and system at half time after getting out of jail at 1-1 against Croatia in a 'winner takes all game' was absolutely criminal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 32 minutes ago, kumnio said: We loved playing under Burley we loved playing under Levein We loved playing under McLeish We loved playing under Strachan etc etc etc How about we liked winning games for a change, how good would that be. Don't think many claimed to love playing for Souness............give him the job. Come to think about what did players say about Ferguson and Stein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzohiggy Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 36 minutes ago, kumnio said: We loved playing under Burley we loved playing under Levein We loved playing under McLeish We loved playing under Strachan etc etc etc How about we liked winning games for a change, how good would that be. How about we stick with a manager long enough for him to make a real difference? Last Friday, everyone on this forum would have been giving nothing but praise to Clarke for his tactics against England. Less than a week later and he should be getting sacked according to some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, ceudmilefailte said: He's got a worse record than Strachan or Levein. He managed two draws and two penalty shoot out wins to get us to the Euro's via a route that only contained teams of a similar ability to us. He couldn't get a win against Slovakia or Israel to almost guarantee us a world cup play off spot. And he keeps picking McBurnie (that ones for you Proud Scot) I don’t even know where to begin with this statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkm_vancouver Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 He needs to show some improvement really quickly as his tournament performance was poor and has dropped down substantially in my view of his capabilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, kumnio said: Since Craig Brown left, only Berti Vogts and Craig Burley have a lower win rate, that’s some progress under him…. True, if only we'd been knocked out the play-offs by Israel, our win rate under Clarke would be 45%, that's higher than Craig Levein or Walter Smith or Jock Stein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: I don’t even know where to begin with this statement. Think about it, it's pretty simple. We needed one win to win our nations league group and bar some miracles that would have got us a world cup playoff spot Edited June 24, 2021 by ceudmilefailte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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