Colin Calderwood looks to have won the race against Steve Clarke, Billy Starke, Pat Fenlon and Michael O’Neill.
Colin Calderwood :lol:
Colin Calderwood is expected to get the Hibs job.
I posted on the Championship thread at the weekend that Strachan must have been on the verge. He made an utter cunt of that job. Mowbray will come into the reckoning as it’s his home town club, he’s an ex-player and he’s had success at that level. Gas if he ended up there with McDonald and McManus - they absolutely hate him.
Gordon Strachan is gone, fell on his own sword
From bbc.co.uk/football
Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan has left the club after less than a year in charge, BBC Sport understands.
The Teessiders lost 2-1 at home to Leeds United on Saturday, dropping to 20th place in the Championship with six defeats in their first 11 league games.
Strachan, who won just 13 of his 46 games in charge, succeeded Gareth Southgate as manager in October 2009.
The club are yet to confirm who will take charge of Tuesday’s trip to Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
Always thought Strachan was an alright sort, further proof of that by his tearing up of his own contract, thereby waiving any compensation.
That’s a more than decent gesture all right. He’s a complex character and can infuriate at times too.
Tony Mowbray has been confirmed as Middlesboro’s new manager.
Lots of twitter rumours that Ancelotti is resigning from Chelsea. No sources mentioned though.
Spalletti being strongly linked to Inter after leading Zenit to the Russian title.
Gary Speed to be new Welsh manager
Ex-Limerick Manager Sam Allardyce has been given the boot.
Hes priming himself for the upcoming vacancy at Inter no doubt.
Or the pool ???
A strange decision on the face of it, at least to do it mid-season. They play a horrible style of football though, so I welcome it.
I’m not sure Allardyce could have done any better with Blackburn - they’re up around 10th on a small budget and their league form is good with 4 wins out of 6. It must be simply a case of the new club owners fancying bringing in their own man and they may have been influenced by the horrible style of football that they’ve witnessed. I’m not sure where Allardyce will end up (possibly West Ham) but I imagine Europe’s elite will be aware of his availability.
Allardyce: I should be manager of Real Madrid not Blackburn
By Robin Scott-Elliot
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Sam Allardyce faces Fulham today but would rather it be Real Sociedad
Sam Allardyce has never been one to shy away from pointing out his own worth. When Fabio Capello announced he was to step down from the England job, Allardyce suggested himself as an appropriate successor.
Yesterday the man who has managed Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn with a robustness that brings Arsène Wenger out in a cold sweat declared he would be the perfect candidate to be in charge of Real Madrid.
This afternoon Allardyce will send his Blackburn side out to face Fulham, but yesterday he said that he would be “better suited” to sitting in the Real dugout for their La Liga trip to Real Sociedad. And if Real were – if you can imagine the circumstances – to rid themselves of Jose Mourinho with his three European trophies and league titles in England and Italy, and replace him with Allardyce (one League of Ireland title and a League Cup runners-up medal) then they would see the European Cup back at the Bernabeu every season he was resident in the Spanish capital.
“I’m not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Internazionale or Real Madrid,” said Allardyce. "It wouldn’t be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the Double or the league every time.
“Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it wouldn’t be a problem. It’s not where I’m suited to, it’s just where I’ve been for most of the time. It’s not a problem to take me into the higher reaches of the Champions League or Premier League and would make my job a lot easier in winning it.”
It is a point Allardyce has made at regular intervals since he took Bolton into the top eight of the Premier League for four successive seasons, albeit never quite as quixotically as this. He has frequently upset Wenger with his muscular approach, but what he achieved at Bolton with limited resources was undeniably impressive. During his tenure he was an enthusiastic, and early, proponent of sports psychology and the use of dieticians and detailed statistical analysis of his players’ performances. The 55-year-old asserts that he, and the likes of Mark Hughes, deserve a proper chance at bigger clubs.
Hughes was sacked by Manchester City last season, but has started well at Fulham, who are unbeaten so far. “His Manchester City reign obviously was not long enough. A little bit like me at Newcastle,” said Allardyce. “But that is the way it is sometimes, there is a perception that other people can do better than you, but often the reality is not the case.”
Unfortunately for Allardyce the sight of a Christopher Samba-style emergency striker at the Bernabeu is unlikely to become a reality.
Cut from the same cloth? Big Sam v Europe’s elite;
Sam Allardyce
Highs: Lost 2004 League Cup final. Led Bolton to last 32 in Uefa Cup in 2006.
Lows: Sacked by Blackpool. Relegated with Notts County in 1997. Overlooked for England manager’s job. Style of play derided by other managers. Sacked by Newcastle after just seven months.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Highs: Two European Cups, 11 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups, two Cup Winners Cups.
Lows: Lost 2009 European Cup final. Three third-place league finishes.
Jose Mourinho
Highs: Two European Cups, six domestic league titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup. Domestic treble with Porto and Internazionale. Eight-year unbeaten record in home league games.
Lows: Sacked as Chelsea manager.
Rafael Benitez
Highs: One European Cup, one Spanish title, one Uefa Cup, one FA Cup. Second place with Liverpool in 2009.
Lows: Failed to advance past group stages in European Cup last season. Prone to losing it at press conferences.
Who is this Robin Scott Elliott clown, bandage…Does he not realise Rafa won 2 titles with Valencia not 1, shocking lack of knowledge
Writes for The Independent - English version.
Allardyce did a great job at Blackburn. Took over a rabble from Paul Ince that were bottom of the league. He is an arrogant cunt of a man but this is a diabolical decision.
Who is likely to replace him???
Gamst Pedersen is shocked by the Allardyce sacking.
Some interesting stuff on his personal website - I was thrilled to read praise of Dublin around the time of Norway’s friendly last month.