Comments on: Alex McLeish http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/ Technological Education, it's an adventure! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:53:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: big bruv http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28464 big bruv Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:27:02 +0000 http://foolfillment.co.uk/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28464 After last night, he can't go soon enough. After last night, he can’t go soon enough.

]]> By: Lord Of All http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28457 Lord Of All Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:59:45 +0000 http://foolfillment.co.uk/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28457 I don't thiknk he'll go for a few months after that. David Murray seems to rate him, and said after they qualified for the group stages that it was enough in Europe, so he can't well go sacking him for going out of Europe. It;s one of these things, he'll get through to the next stage of the Champions League, and suddenly he's safe for a few weeks again, until it's all gone for next season. Not that I care, not being a dirty hun. It's always nice to see the league open up, and I still hope Hibs can keep up and sneak above one of Hearts and Celtic. No money, a team based on young attacking footballers, has to be something you support. I don’t thiknk he’ll go for a few months after that. David Murray seems to rate him, and said after they qualified for the group stages that it was enough in Europe, so he can’t well go sacking him for going out of Europe.
It;s one of these things, he’ll get through to the next stage of the Champions League, and suddenly he’s safe for a few weeks again, until it’s all gone for next season.
Not that I care, not being a dirty hun. It’s always nice to see the league open up, and I still hope Hibs can keep up and sneak above one of Hearts and Celtic. No money, a team based on young attacking footballers, has to be something you support.

]]> By: big bruv http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28453 big bruv Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:41:48 +0000 http://foolfillment.co.uk/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28453 Well, about September I thought he was about a game away from the sack. I don't think he is now - unfortunately. I suspect that unless we get absolutely whipped by sellic he'll stay and stay and stay. He was supposedly a game away from defeat 4 draws ago. He seems incapable of coaching forwards, getting them to link up. The strategy seems to be to stick em on the park and hope it works. Almost every successful manager I can think of, you can picture how their teams played - Ferguson's best teams played with wingers, Wenger's teams passed through the middle, Smith was based on hard-working players, four midfielders with the passers wide and the grafters in the middle, and the bigman-littleman strike pairing. Even Graham Taylor we knew was long ball. McLeish? I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I still don't know. Every season, except his first , we end up 442, with two strikers playing wide, every season he tries to change it, every season it fails, we start badly and switch back to 442. Last year, we papered over the cracks and beat an aging sellic team with a distracted manager. That's why he should go. His successes, and they are there, can't disguise the fact he doesn't seem to know where to take the team. I thnk he's away this time. I suspect we'll lose twice to sellic and away to Porto, then to Milan then he'll go. And we'll get Jan Wouters as interim til the end of the season, cos Martin Bain is more useless than Eck. At least Eck has some successes on his cv. Well, about September I thought he was about a game away from the sack. I don’t think he is now - unfortunately. I suspect that unless we get absolutely whipped by sellic he’ll stay and stay and stay. He was supposedly a game away from defeat 4 draws ago. He seems incapable of coaching forwards, getting them to link up. The strategy seems to be to stick em on the park and hope it works. Almost every successful manager I can think of, you can picture how their teams played - Ferguson’s best teams played with wingers, Wenger’s teams passed through the middle, Smith was based on hard-working players, four midfielders with the passers wide and the grafters in the middle, and the bigman-littleman strike pairing. Even Graham Taylor we knew was long ball. McLeish? I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. I still don’t know. Every season, except his first , we end up 442, with two strikers playing wide, every season he tries to change it, every season it fails, we start badly and switch back to 442. Last year, we papered over the cracks and beat an aging sellic team with a distracted manager. That’s why he should go. His successes, and they are there, can’t disguise the fact he doesn’t seem to know where to take the team. I thnk he’s away this time. I suspect we’ll lose twice to sellic and away to Porto, then to Milan then he’ll go. And we’ll get Jan Wouters as interim til the end of the season, cos Martin Bain is more useless than Eck. At least Eck has some successes on his cv.

]]> By: Lord Of All http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28452 Lord Of All Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:05:48 +0000 http://foolfillment.co.uk/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28452 Yes, Alex McLeish is in trouble at the moment. If they hadn't qualified for the champlion's league, he'd be out by now. I'm more interested in your lack of interest in football now. I too have no interest in the SPL any more. It's too predictable (I don't believe the hype about Hearts), too expensive and you can only watch it on an expensive channel. But I thought only non-Old Firm people got bored with it. Yes, Alex McLeish is in trouble at the moment. If they hadn’t qualified for the champlion’s league, he’d be out by now.

I’m more interested in your lack of interest in football now. I too have no interest in the SPL any more. It’s too predictable (I don’t believe the hype about Hearts), too expensive and you can only watch it on an expensive channel. But I thought only non-Old Firm people got bored with it.

]]> By: Chris Miller http://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blog/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28451 Chris Miller Sun, 06 Nov 2005 05:11:02 +0000 http://foolfillment.co.uk/2005/11/05/alex-mcleish/#comment-28451 <blockquote>Sounds like the sort of person who believes in the death penalty and sterilisation for those on the dole.</blockquote> Wherein lies the problem in this?

Sounds like the sort of person who believes in the death penalty and sterilisation for those on the dole.

Wherein lies the problem in this?

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