Tommy Brown Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 If Clarke doesn't want, I would have no problem with McKay getting it. Other than that, wait to see who applies. Open to non Scot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Imagine if this summer, Clarke had a choice between Scotland and Celtic. Who would he choose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_A wehatethehibs Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said: Imagine if this summer, Clarke had a choice between Scotland and Celtic. Who would he choose? Obviously Celtic ? Why would anyone want to manage the absolute mare that is Scotland in all likelihood it would probably ruin his career, whereas at Celtic he could shoot fish in a barrel, buy a load of players, manage champions league games, make money and then get himself back into the premiership. The Celtic job is the easiest job in world football the Scotland job is pretty much one of the hardest Edited April 19, 2019 by A_A wehatethehibs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said: Imagine if this summer, Clarke had a choice between Scotland and Celtic. Who would he choose? 1) I don’t think Celtic will go for Clarke, I think they’ll bring in a foreign manager. 2) He’ll choose Scotland. He wanted it last time and he probably knows he can’t take Killie any further forward without investment. He’s basically saying, come and get me, I want to job, without standing outside the SFA headquarters with a big sign saying “pick me”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Finally a journalist tells the truth about Rod Petrie. This is outstanding and could have been written a long time ago - https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/andrew-smith-it-s-time-the-leaders-at-hampden-paid-for-their-failings-1-4912219. "McCrae will head off into the sunset in a couple of weeks at the end of a four-year tenure in which the Scottish national game has endure new lows. That he will be replaced by Petrie feels like a sick joke." "Petrie is a man who would take the charm out of any charm offensive. A shunner of public pronouncements whenever possible, as Hibernian chairman he presided over the club’s longest exile from the top flight in their history. Yet he never appeared to consider whether he ought to retain his position within the Easter Road hierarchy. An unctuous individual, the idea that he would have any input into choosing a successor to McLeish causes the heart to sink." "It is understood that chief executive Ian Maxwell will take charge of the recruitment process. Does anyone really believe, though, that Petrie won’t be lurking somewhere in the background as a malevolent presence?" Should have mentioned he also took Hibs from a period of strength to relegation. Crazy that in that time he was given positions of responsibility within the Scottish game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 6 hours ago, ToqueJambo said: Finally a journalist tells the truth about Rod Petrie. This is outstanding and could have been written a long time ago - https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/andrew-smith-it-s-time-the-leaders-at-hampden-paid-for-their-failings-1-4912219. "McCrae will head off into the sunset in a couple of weeks at the end of a four-year tenure in which the Scottish national game has endure new lows. That he will be replaced by Petrie feels like a sick joke." "Petrie is a man who would take the charm out of any charm offensive. A shunner of public pronouncements whenever possible, as Hibernian chairman he presided over the club’s longest exile from the top flight in their history. Yet he never appeared to consider whether he ought to retain his position within the Easter Road hierarchy. An unctuous individual, the idea that he would have any input into choosing a successor to McLeish causes the heart to sink." "It is understood that chief executive Ian Maxwell will take charge of the recruitment process. Does anyone really believe, though, that Petrie won’t be lurking somewhere in the background as a malevolent presence?" Should have mentioned he also took Hibs from a period of strength to relegation. Crazy that in that time he was given positions of responsibility within the Scottish game. It beggars belief. Look at his track record of managerial appointments at Hibs. Even when he had what could be decent fits like Collins or Hughes, he allowed his tribe of ned players rule. Look at the Lennon debacle and how it was handled. But this guy is one of the top powers in Scottish football. If anyone ever wants a quick summation of what’s wrong with our game, tell them about Petrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Walker Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 https://www.gerryhassan.com/blog/how-can-we-change-the-declining-fortunes-of-scottish-football/ A final observation is that football is meant to above all be a sport and something which brings enjoyment and pleasure to people who play and watch it. In our country it has for too long carried too much investment, baggage and simmering resentments from the past to be healthy. Thus, we need radical change to our game: structurally, culturally, and of course, in how we play, train and resource players and particularly, young boys and girls. We cannot continue to allow the farce of the main league to continue as some dysfunctional cartel of crony carve-up between Scotland’s biggest two clubs (with us not even having the benefits of a duopoly at the moment as Celtic dominate the league). But maybe we have to question why this game matters so much: a game we have contributed so much to historically but which we now struggle to compete at with others. Perhaps in an age of the £198 million pound player (Neymar) we could chart a different course: of the local, the small and even our rich mosaic of junior teams. But that only comes with leadership, ambition and accountability running through the game from top to bottom, and in that we are sadly lacking while those at the top get away with presiding over this sad state of affairs. We should at least try not to quietly go along with things as they currently are, for all they promise are more embarrassments, more Kazakhstans and further decline. Do we really want to just accept that? And maybe the men’s game could learn something from the success of the women. Think of that Tam Cowan and other sexist male football fans: you are part of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 42 minutes ago, TheBigO said: It beggars belief. Look at his track record of managerial appointments at Hibs. Even when he had what could be decent fits like Collins or Hughes, he allowed his tribe of ned players rule. Look at the Lennon debacle and how it was handled. But this guy is one of the top powers in Scottish football. If anyone ever wants a quick summation of what’s wrong with our game, tell them about Petrie. I can still visualise the pain on his fizzog during the cup presentation on that never to be forgotten day. No need for words. The expression said it all. That experience would’ve haunted me for the rest of my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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