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11-12-2016 09:02 PM #2
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11-12-2016 09:05 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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12-12-2016 09:47 AM #5
The reaction to his appointment in Scotland is a perfect example of how backward we are as a footballing nation.
He hasn't spent 10 years kicking the **** out of flair players for East Fife? Clearly not qualified.
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12-12-2016 09:57 AM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
People like Craigan and Boyd expect to finish their careers and be guaranteed a coaching role in Scotland as part of the jobs for the boys merry-go-round. The idea of having to compete with intelligent, innovative outsiders such as Cathro scares the life out of them and they are lashing out. They will be gutted if he's a success. So will I, but for different reasons
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12-12-2016 10:04 AM #7
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It is also pretty unusual for any coach or manager not to have played the game - not unheard of but unusual.
When you put both together, the age and the lack of having played the game, it is very understandable that there has been some reaction along the lines that he lacks experience or qualifications for the role.
Having some new thoughts on the game also doesn't make him right - you would struggle to convince me that Busby, Shankly, Clough, Ferguson etc didn't really understand the game.
As it happens I think he will probably do okay, largely because Hearts have got a good budget, good facilities and a structure where he doesn't have to deal with everything a football manager would usually have to cope with.
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12-12-2016 10:14 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think there's a recognition in the country that coaching needs to change so this appointment has been largely welcomed.
Fwiw if he's not as well qualified as Craigan and doesn't have the experience of Craigan I can understand why he'd be wound up at the suggestion he'd automatically know more than him or be better qualified. Cathro might end up being brilliant but at this stage it's unknown and anyone who questions it shouldn't be labelled as being scared of change.
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12-12-2016 10:26 AM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'll put it this way - would there be the same level of hostility to a similar appointment in say, Spain?
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12-12-2016 10:30 AM #10
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As has been noted above I think the reaction has actually been largely positive, which in itself is not based on much either.
Are you aware of many managers on other leagues who have been both very young and never really played? If we knew then we could compare the reactions.
For what it is worth the Valencia fans didn't think Neville had enough experience to mange them and as a player he had done just about everything in the game.
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12-12-2016 10:42 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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