New manager

Genuinely didny know * still smoked spice.

 

I don't want Steve Clarke (ever) but think United played him there first.

This is where my random click of the thread left me for whatever reason and thought I had to answer

 

“As you were”.

I love it when someone is so far off it but still so confident.

 

In a heat of the moment press conference after being called every sectarian name under the sun he said he was glad to get away from Scotland for most of his career due to to the bile the huns sing and chant about but I still think if the club contacted him about the position he wouldn't say no, could be wrong of course

"must win pressure", what happened at the end of the Belarus game? A Scotland win, 3 points.

You'll laugh at this but I remember Kilmarnock fans in interviews just after Clarke left for Scotland saying that the football he had them playing was the best they'd seen in a long time, yes it's Kilmarnock and they're not renowned for quality football obviously however it's not like he played eye bleeding football there.

We did beat Barca under Lennon, let's be honest though, Forster was the difference that night, made world class save after world class save, without Forster that night, we don't win that, same way Lennon heavily relied on Forster to beat the huns in the cup final and Lazio games, whereas Clarke beat Spain with Angus Gunn as his GK ffs, Gunn who is not very good and can't even get a game for a struggling Nottingham Forest right now, that's worth noting in that comparison

Tend to agree, without asking him the question we'll never know for sure but he's probably comfortable enough in the current Scotland role.

 

Low IQ response

Carry on

 

You’ve not understood me at all.

Coaching a national team, one who are pretty average at the best of times and not dominating games (being played off the park by Belarus)… is polar opposite to Managing a club, one who demand 3 points every game and dominate games of football. Even winning sometimes isn’t enough and the way we win matters so much to some.

The team Clarke has is streets ahead of Strachans. Not even close. No point comparing the two.

 

"aura and steel"

Clarke has that, admit it, sure you may still not want him, but he does have that aura and steel you talk about

 

I’m responding to someone that has worse football takes than my Mrs.

You said a whole lot of words with absolutely no substance then said “As you were” as if you’re Liam Gallagher.

You made yourself look at right *.

Pressley over Nancy and McKenna

 

Can't dominate every single game no matter who you are, he's still getting Scotland 3 points in most games and got an admirable draw away to Denmark, also worth remembering that Clarke doesn't get to spend much time with the Scotland players, only so much coaching can be done in two week stretches, especially with a bunch of players from loads of different clubs who are used to various other systems, your main objective as national coach is to get results and qualify for tournaments, playing nice football is secondary to that when you only have so much coaching time available, Clarke is getting results and qualifying for tournaments

Wouldn't say Clarke has a team streets ahead of what Strachan had either, doesn't even have a striker and still getting results, that's nearly a miracle in itself

 

Doubt we’ll be looking at him anyway


Probably happy with getting the tracksuit on every 6 months anyway

 

Going from what we've watched under Rodgers this season so far to Steve Clarke is straight out the frying pan and into the fiery pits of *

 

This what they call playing the man and not the ball…

As you were indeed LG x

 

I'm not going to continue doing this because it's a losing battle with those who don't want Clarke due to the lazy accusation that his football is "* and boring", you won't be changing your minds on this no matter how many counter arguments I put forward.

Just one question though, how did Steve Clarke defeat Partick Thistle 5-1 and Hamilton Accies 5-0 as Kilmarnock manager if his football is *, boring and defensive?

 

Besides it all, we need a manager with a great head of hair. You look at the one across the river and he has some head on him

Clarke no way can pass the test. Marco Rose, Pressley are good options. They do say there’s a correlation

 

Keep MON if possible ffs.HH

 

Steve Clarke get that chat in the * bin

 

Clarke always viewed him at his best further forward in midfield than he was pigeonholed, he also had McGinn on fire in that role. Wanted a RCB and LCB who could get forward on the underlap with the others shifting into a 4 or back two at the back. And that’s why Tierney was also at centre back. And it worked well.

Then McGinn got sussed a bit, and he moved McCtominay into an attacking midfielder, and is the catalyst to where he is now. When he first done it, he got slated. Before the game and McCtominay running riot. He scored more goals during that qualifying when he done it than Vini Jr has for Brazil all in.

He did play him at CB, for attacking reasons. He also is the only manager upto that point who knew for a fact he wasnt a DM, and he should be getting up the pitch. He wouldn’t be at Napoli doing that if not for that. He’d be a tries hard tall DM and average instead.


And that said, I wouldn’t take Clarke. He hasn’t got the force of personality needed here. Clarke wouldn’t take it either, despite being a fan, he doesn’t want that pressure and scrutiny and the abuse that comes along with it and hes made that clear at several points over the years.

We’d also hate his pragmatism, probably while getting 1-0’s in Europe. Demanding to go for it. He’s like a slightly more cautious WGS. And WGS got it stinking at the time, while strolling through the CL. And the criticism was justified anaw

 

Think nowadays most of us would be delighted with any boring 1-0 wins in the CL. But yes, think Clarke is unlikely and probably not the right fit for us.

 

You underestimate our throbberness mate. First season wouldnt get a grumble, maybe, a second season of it we’d be wanks. Probably dig out Jock Stein quotes.

 

Tbh i’d happily take a 1-0 * game over a far superior opponent in the CL than trying to match them for possession and overpower them but get skelped 6-0

My problem with Clarke is he just doesn’t deliver on the big stage, we’ve never won a game under him in either of our euro campaigns.