New manager

[Big Ramy 1314]

2 hours ago, theabsentee said:

Sorry bud but it's not mental at all. Ure is 22 & in his first season as a regular first team starter, he's doing exceptionally well, but that doesn't mean he could have been some kind of magical solution to our goalscoring problems in the WC.  

   Ure is on a similar career growth path to Barney Stewart. They might be Scotland's future strikers but they might also fizzle out at higher levels of club football. 

  Bowie, even though he isn't as good a natural finisher, is a more complete player and was extremely unlucky not to have made this squad. Ure, on the other hand, may turn out to be our best natural finisher going forward but he has to do it for a bit longer in Sweden or in a higher level League. 

Ah, ok then..Cheers ma man !!

[theabsentee]

27 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said:

He's been mentioned loads of times on here.

Exactly, that's why I didn't bother replying to Malcolm, he should know that or Google him. 

[daviebee]

1 hour ago, Toepoke said:

We might get Austin McPhee back with him?

 

Isn't that the clown who was in charge of our corners and had McTominay taking them?

[Malcolm]

1 hour ago, er yir macaroon said:

He's been mentioned loads of times on here.

had to Google him - looks like he wants to play for Ukraine.

 

a lot of these guys we get over excited about...   Like that guy that was Bayern Munich… forgotten his name.

[theabsentee]

35 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

had to Google him - looks like he wants to play for Ukraine.

 

a lot of these guys we get over excited about...   Like that guy that was Bayern Munich… forgotten his name.

He wants to play for Scotland & has said it recently. Ukraine link is just another story overblown by the gobshite media. 

    Ure is doing extremely well is the Swedish league , but let's see if it continues and it leads to a successful move to a better league. I don't think many are getting carried away about him just yet, he's just one of a number of young strikers we're hoping can step up.

[BoundaryFault]

56 minutes ago, Malcolm said:

had to Google him - looks like he wants to play for Ukraine.

 

a lot of these guys we get over excited about...   Like that guy that was Bayern Munich… forgotten his name.

Sure there was somebody a few weeks back said Hearts might be interested. 

[onthe45]

4 hours ago, Tartan Chris said:

Has to be Ange.

His awful Forest stint and finishing 17th at Spurs means there won't be European heavyweights falling over themselves to want to appoint him currently.

So he probably needs a national team gig to boost his reputation up again as Poch is doing with the US.

Whole nation now is craving manager who'll actually have a proper go in the next major tournament and there are two years of nations league and friendlies to do this.

I want someone who'll just do logical stuff like Tierney at LB instead of Robertson who is past his best and shouldn't be guarenteed starter any longer.

And direct wide players on both sides. Obviously Doak is there and now Findlay Curtis needs to be given run of starts.

Ange has good experience of the Scottish game and how to handle the media and been international manager before so not something he'd just turn his nose up imo.

Would've looked at McInnes aswell but that is off the agenda for a year at least so he'd more come into contention post Euro 2028.

Other option would be to gamble on someone like Darren Fletcher although I don't think he'd have got anywhere near Carrick's results if he'd got the Man. United caretaker gig last season. However someone on another forum made a good point that Wales have no issue giving a recently retired player the job when they're still young and learning, Hughes, Giggs and Bellamy all got it in last 25 years when all three hadn't managed a club side.

It amazes me the lack of respect that Andy Robertson gets from some Scotland fans.

I don’t think Scotland have solved - or will solve - the conundrum of getting Robertson and Kieran Tierney in the same team, but I hope that Robertson continues to be our left back and captain for many years to come.

[biffer]

6 hours ago, theabsentee said:

Sorry bud but it's not mental at all. Ure is 22 & in his first season as a regular first team starter, he's doing exceptionally well, but that doesn't mean he could have been some kind of magical solution to our goalscoring problems in the WC.  

   Ure is on a similar career growth path to Barney Stewart. They might be Scotland's future strikers but they might also fizzle out at higher levels of club football. 

  Bowie, even though he isn't as good a natural finisher, is a more complete player and was extremely unlucky not to have made this squad. Ure, on the other hand, may turn out to be our best natural finisher going forward but he has to do it for a bit longer in Sweden or in a higher level League. 

Rumour is Ure isn't going to be in Sweden past the summer. French, Dutch and English clubs in for him. 

[Burj_Alba]

1 minute ago, biffer said:

Rumour is Ure isn't going to be in Sweden past the summer. French, Dutch and English clubs in for him. 

Their season resumes next week after the world cup break, hopefully he and Sirius can take up where they left off

[mccaughey85]

8 minutes ago, onthe45 said:

It amazes me the lack of respect that Andy Robertson gets from some Scotland fans.

I don’t think Scotland have solved - or will solve - the conundrum of getting Robertson and Kieran Tierney in the same team, but I hope that Robertson continues to be our left back and captain for many years to come.

I think ppl are disappointed that he hasnt led us out the groups during his captaincy. I also think he hasn't always played as well as we would have hoped

Ppl expect big things from him but he isn't a game changing player. He's a fullback whos job is defend and he generally does that well enough. Ppl expecting him to win us games are looking to the wrong guy. 

I also think Tierney has games where he looks better going forward and that ends up giving ppl the impression that maybe we would be better with Tierney at left back instead. The Brazil game being a good example of this.

I dont mind us playing Tierney and Robertson in a back 5 against top sides but many don't like that formation.

[onthe45]

4 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said:

I think ppl are disappointed that he hasnt led us out the groups during his captaincy. I also think he hasn't always played as well as we would have hoped

Ppl expect big things from him but he isn't a game changing player. He's a fullback whos job is defend and he generally does that well enough. Ppl expecting him to win us games are looking to the wrong guy. 

I also think Tierney has games where he looks better going forward and that ends up giving ppl the impression that maybe we would be better with Tierney at left back instead. The Brazil game being a good example of this.

I dont mind us playing Tierney and Robertson in a back 5 against top sides but many don't like that formation.

Yeah, I agree.

He’s a full back. It’s probably the least influential position in the whole team. He’s a top class player - one of our best ever - but there’s not much he can do to change the course of a match.

[DoonTheSlope]

I was very interested in Slaven Bilic getting the job when Strachans job was on the line as far back as post Slovakia 2016 (#bus8gate - if you know you know) up until Clarke got appointed in 2019

His career has fallen off a cliff since getting West Brom promoted though. His time at West Ham wasn’t exactly a roaring success either

During Covid when I wasn’t able to get into Easter Road I’d often go down to West Ham, Man City or Blackpool and Bilic’s name isn’t exactly sacred in East London despite getting them into Europe. Am I right in remembering from drinking with a few hammers fans they went out to Birkirkara? possibly even 2 years on the trot

His career since getting promoted with West Brom has been rank rotten having a quick look at his stats on Wikipedia 

 

[giblet]

Really would like to see Josh Doig get a run of games now at left back.  Robertson is on the decline, its been plain to see for last 2 seasons.

[scotlad]

3 hours ago, daviebee said:

Isn't that the clown who was in charge of our corners and had McTominay taking them?

That's the fella.

He keeps getting coaching gigs though, but his time with us was rotten. Our set pieces got better after he left!

[vanderark14]

1 minute ago, giblet said:

Really would like to see Josh Doig get a run of games now at left back.  Robertson is on the decline, its been plain to see for last 2 seasons.

Robertson has just signed for Spurs, an established EPL team who have the facilities and resources get into the top six in that league. after Robertson we have Tierney who IMO really should be at a higher level than Celtic

Left Back is the least of our problems

[onthe45]

7 minutes ago, giblet said:

Really would like to see Josh Doig get a run of games now at left back.  Robertson is on the decline, its been plain to see for last 2 seasons.

Come on now. Andy Robertson can keep the left back role as long as he wants.

[onthe45]

5 minutes ago, vanderark14 said:

Robertson has just signed for Spurs, an established EPL team who have the facilities and resources get into the top six in that league. after Robertson we have Tierney who IMO really should be at a higher level than Celtic

Left Back is the least of our problems

Tierney’s fitness is the major issue, isn’t it?

I think he was only lasting 65 minutes or less for Celtic. Even then, I don’t think he was playing all that well, was he? Difficult to tell in that horrendous Celtic team of last season, mind you.

[DoonTheSlope]

On 6/28/2026 at 9:09 AM, Barney Rubble said:

Rino Gattuso?

He’s the Scottish Paul Lambert

Both top to world class midfielders who both went into management. They’ve both got a list of clubs behind them the length of Leith Walk and despite achieving nothing of note and failing regularly they both continuously keep getting attractive managerial positions 

Having said all of that it sounds like the perfect criteria for those within the SFA

 

[onthe45]

2 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said:

He’s the Scottish Paul Lambert

Both top to world class midfielders who both went into management. They’ve both got a list of clubs behind them the length of Leith Walk and despite achieving nothing of note and failing regularly they both continuously keep getting attractive managerial positions 

Having said all of that it sounds like the perfect criteria for those within the SFA

 

Paul Lambert achieved quite a lot initially as a manager.

[mccaughey85]

5 minutes ago, onthe45 said:

Paul Lambert achieved quite a lot initially as a manager.

He was doing well enough for a few years but then went downhill. He has been out of management for a few years now. He's not the worst suggestion but it would be a bit of a gamble imo.

[mccaughey85]

11 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said:

He’s the Scottish Paul Lambert

Both top to world class midfielders who both went into management. They’ve both got a list of clubs behind them the length of Leith Walk and despite achieving nothing of note and failing regularly they both continuously keep getting attractive managerial positions 

Having said all of that it sounds like the perfect criteria for those within the SFA

 

Paul Lambert did well for a few years. Promotion with Norwich and kept them up in their first season back. Then spent a few seasons with villa and kept them up in the epl.

Hes struggled since then but the Scotland job isn't a hugely desirable job that pays big money so suggestions like Lambert aren't that outlandish.

[Super Gran]

Robertson's performances have generally been poor for Scotland. The fact he stated that he's played for us at times when he's only been 30% fit highlighted a big a problem. Certain players being played regardless of how unfit or out of form they are. There were plenty of times he clearly shouldn't have been playing and the coaching team should have known that. 

[Big Ramy 1314]

Just came across this !!

[Big Ramy 1314]

1 minute ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:

Just came across this !!

Quick question..How much coaching experience does Darren Fletcher have ?

[kumnio]

3 minutes ago, Big Ramy 1314 said:

Just came across this !!

Whoever has went to the effort of making that must be on acid.

McCann, Gemmill, Naismith & Pressley are comical stuff.