http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/8363594.stm
Interesting quotes from JC:
"As Graeme Souness said the other day, no-one is going to come in with a magic wand and turn us into a fantastic football team," said Collins, who won 58 caps.
"There is a lot of work to be done and it will be one stage at a time.
"The role of any manager in the world is to take a group of players and make them better, make them perform at their peak.
"It's not always an easy thing to do but the objective is to make them better individually and collectively, make them harder to score against, more creative when they've got the ball."
And worrying ones from Jumbo Jim:
"The one thing I've always said with Scotland is, 'It's not how you play,'" he continued.
"People travel and spend a lot of money to see the team get a result. Because they don't play every week, it doesn't matter how they play.
"It's about qualifying and getting the points and not losing, because they've not got the same quality as a lot of the nations.
One seems to be wanting to move forward and the other making us hard to beat and a bit of "hoof" added.
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17-11-2009 12:20 PM #1
Collins declares interest in Scotland Position
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17-11-2009 12:22 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-11-2009 12:30 PM #5
One is a seasoned campaigner who knows a thing or two about getting results from mediocre teams. The other a hopeless ideallist who failed to do (for whatever reasons) what he is preaching when he had the chance at club level.
Like it or not Jim Jeffries is the sane choice for the job out of those two.
Hopefully Levein takes the role.Last edited by Wilson; 17-11-2009 at 12:35 PM.
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17-11-2009 12:33 PM #6
I think given the fact that Levien, Smith and McAllister are not quoted makes me think these are the main targets.
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17-11-2009 12:36 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I hate to say it, mate, but with the players Scotland have right now, a fair degree of pragmatism - hard to beat, hit 'em on the break - may be the best way forward.
One of Burley's mistakes may well have been to move away from the pragmatic approach and try to be too fancy....
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17-11-2009 12:40 PM #9
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How funny would that be
Infact, Shabby, Square Napper or Jumbo Jim would be hilarious
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17-11-2009 12:44 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis is how it feels
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17-11-2009 12:46 PM #12
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Beenhaaker would be an excellent choice. I doubt the SFA would get him in, but I'd love to see him.
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17-11-2009 12:57 PM #13
Wouldn't want John to be manager! definitely prefer him to spearhead change in direction of Scottish Football as a whole!! He could become the main man, booting out Gordo Smitty as he is useless, leading us into a new era similar to France but employing real footballers from Scotalnd.
We need rid ourselves of the three associations SFA/SFL/SPL and change it to, simply...Scottish Football! or Scottish Football Authority. There is no association in Scottish Fottball, there is nothing tying it together its all disjointed and disfigured, at the moment considering it is run by West Coast mercenaries, Rangers and Celtic sycophants and to a lesser extent the Scottish Media or is that meedja?!
Time is right now for change! everything is rotten in Scottish Football and it's time to put it out of its misery and move on..........tbaLast edited by MrSmith; 17-11-2009 at 12:59 PM.
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17-11-2009 01:30 PM #15
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Notice that Guus Hiddink is at 20/1. That's what we need right now, someone who would come in and shake up them lazy, complacent ****-wits at the SFA. As with Clough all them years ago with the FA though, they won't appoint anyone who will upset their little apple-cart. Sorry, but for me, Uncle Wattie is a stick-on.
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But it will never happen. I'd be quite happy with JC in charge of Scotland. Not so happy with Jeffries though.
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17-11-2009 02:01 PM #17
I would love Collins to get it, just on the basis of it sending jakeyback.com into total apoplexy
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17-11-2009 02:02 PM #18
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17-11-2009 03:00 PM #19
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Maybe JC and Jumbo could stage some kind of play-off.
I suggest Hampden in the snow
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17-11-2009 03:20 PM #20
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As for Jumbo Jim, don't think so - having paid off Burley's contract to some level, the SFA have nae money to pay compensation to any club.
So that makes it Jimmy Calderwood with Craikie Broon as his assistant!!
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17-11-2009 03:40 PM #22
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The same could be said of any number of the current Scottish squad - and you want Collins to manage that???
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But i'd much rather see him having a go at it than any of the other duds that are being classed as options.
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17-11-2009 03:47 PM #24
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17-11-2009 04:11 PM #26
I know JC isn't the perfect appointment.
But who would you rather see over him?
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17-11-2009 04:17 PM #27
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Collins must be in with a good shout. Jury's out on him as a manager, but he still carries a bit of glamour and clout as a 'big name' plus there's no doubting his playing pedigree when it comes to Scotland. He talks a good game and started off great at Hibs so I imagine the SFA will seriously consider him. I remember as soon as he declared his interest in the Hibs job we all pretty much wanted him appointed there and then.
Anyone rather than Levein IMHO.
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17-11-2009 04:31 PM #29
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If Collins does the job , do you think Kevin Thomson will play for the national team under his reign ??
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17-11-2009 04:32 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Brown, Thomson, Whittaker, Fletcher
Never JC, I think that Jumbo would at least do as well as Big Eck or Smith did, ie hard to beat, hit on the break, beat the diddy teams, and have a hope against the good teams.
At the end of the day all we can really expect is to get to the World cup qualification play offs, and then it's hope for the best. But with the expanded Euros we should be able to get to that each time, we should ALWAYS be in the top 24 European teams - which it will be in 2016.
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