Steve Clarke? ex Assistant at Chelski and West Ham? (merged)

[Prawn Sandwich]

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I've got money on it.

16/1 at Paddy Power......it was 20/1 yesterday.

[SidBurns]

Heard it's all but a done deal!

Ex players:-

Jodie Morris - WOULD TAKE
Craig Rocastle - EH NO
Gialuca Vialli - BETTER THAN NISHY!?!

HAHA

No seriously though, he'll be announced early next week, potentially Monday to take in the Scotland v Iceland U21's match

[SouthMoroccoStu]

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Heard it's all but a done deal!

Ex players:-

Jodie Morris - WOULD TAKE
Craig Rocastle - EH NO
Gialuca Vialli - BETTER THAN NISHY!?!

HAHA

No seriously though, he'll be announced early next week, potentially Monday to take in the Scotland v Iceland U21's match

but

Would be nice if true

[3pm]

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Heard it's all but a done deal!

Ex players:-

Jodie Morris - WOULD TAKE
Craig Rocastle - EH NO
Gialuca Vialli - BETTER THAN NISHY!?!

HAHA

No seriously though, he'll be announced early next week, potentially Monday to take in the Scotland v Iceland U21's match

[Danderhall Hibs]

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Just passing on some intel i had received,

I love this phrase.

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It won't be as far advanced as that yet.

Course not - it always seems to take us ages to get the wheels in motion. Although if you sak a manager at international break you must have had someone in mind to be in place prior to the next match. That's the sensible way.

[Ritchie]

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16/1 at Paddy Power......it was 20/1 yesterday.

12/1 today on victor chandler

[MacBean]

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I love this phrase.



Course not - it always seems to take us ages to get the wheels in motion. Although if you sak a manager at international break you must have had someone in mind to be in place prior to the next match. That's the sensible way.

thought i'd jazz it up - perhaps ive been playing too much Call of Duty - these army phrases are sticking in my noggin!

[Albion Hibs]

Cant see any chance of this one happening. He has been an assistant for over a decade, dont know why all of a sudden he would chose to go into management, seems like he is happy to perform that role. IF he was to go into management I would think he would quite easily get a decent championship club - Middlesborugh for example, or even a premiership club to be honest.

On the money from as I understand it, he was the highest paid assistant manager in the EPL, which would mean he is way out of our pay scale.

[Skanko79]

Was just speaking to a guy at work who delivers linen to various hotels in Edinburgh, he was just dropping stuff off at an upmarket hotel in the city centre and the chap on the reception who is apparantley a big Hibs fan told him Steve Clarke is staying there just now. Make of it what you will, wether he is being interviewed for the job or not he is certainly in Edinburgh.

[bawheid]

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Was just speaking to a guy at work who delivers linen to various hotels in Edinburgh, he was just dropping stuff off at an upmarket hotel in the city centre and the chap on the reception who is apparantley a big Hibs fan told him Steve Clarke is staying there just now. Make of it what you will, wether he is being interviewed for the job or not he is certainly in Edinburgh.

This is the stuff we like. The linen delivery man says it's Clarke. I'm off to the bookies!!

[Dr_Regal]

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But doesn't rule out a job in Scotland...

I'm glad he thinks the quality is poor. It is!!

I think he would listen to us.

Should be easy for him then.
He is not gonna get offered a premiership job, unless he proves himself as a manager first, and a club like us is perfect for him.

[Skanko79]

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This is the stuff we like. The linen delivery man says it's Clarke. I'm off to the bookies!!

haha! The boy knows jack **** about football so has no reason whatsoever to make up a story like that. SC is one of the guys in line for the job so why not? I'm not in the habit of making up fantasy stories like alot of folk on here, simply just passing on info to my fellow Hibs fans.

[Hibby Kay-Yay]

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This is the stuff we like. The linen delivery man says it's Clarke. I'm off to the bookies!!

could make it more concrete with "FACT" or "ENDOF"

[Purehibee_MYB]

I put a bet on at 12-1 yesterday for Steve Clarke to become Hibs manager...Really do hope it happens!

[bighairyfaeleith]

10/1 on willies

[scoopyboy]

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Cant see any chance of this one happening. He has been an assistant for over a decade, dont know why all of a sudden he would chose to go into management, seems like he is happy to perform that role. IF he was to go into management I would think he would quite easily get a decent championship club - Middlesborugh for example, or even a premiership club to be honest.

On the money from as I understand it, he was the highest paid assistant manager in the EPL, which would mean he is way out of our pay scale.

He's unemployed I believe.

I reckon our pay scale would beat that.

[James70]

Steve Clarke would be a fantastic signing but if he is as good as he is made out to be how long could we realistically expect him to stay?

He has stated an ambition to manage a Premiership club and doesn't have a high opinion of Scottish football.

Do we really want to be looking for yet another manager 12 months down the line if he makes such a great impact?

There is always a risk in football that any successful and ambitious manager or player is going to move to a higher level as quickly as they can but the risk factor with Clarke seems to be unacceptably high.

I am not saying that I wouldn't want him but there are ominous signs about him already!

[Brooster]

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Steve Clarke would be a fantastic signing but if he is as good as he is made out to be how long could we realistically expect him to stay?

He has stated an ambition to manage a Premiership club and doesn't have a high opinion of Scottish football.

Do we really want to be looking for yet another manager 12 months down the line if he makes such a great impact?

There is always a risk in football that any successful and ambitious manager or player is going to move to a higher level as quickly as they can but the risk factor with Clarke seems to be unacceptably high.

I am not saying that I wouldn't want him but there are ominous signs about him already!

So would you rather we sign a dud who we will need to pay off in 18 months rather than sell a successfull manager to an English team?

[matty_f]

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Steve Clarke would be a fantastic signing but if he is as good as he is made out to be how long could we realistically expect him to stay?

He has stated an ambition to manage a Premiership club and doesn't have a high opinion of Scottish football.

Do we really want to be looking for yet another manager 12 months down the line if he makes such a great impact?

There is always a risk in football that any successful and ambitious manager or player is going to move to a higher level as quickly as they can but the risk factor with Clarke seems to be unacceptably high.

I am not saying that I wouldn't want him but there are ominous signs about him already!

Regardless of who we get, if they're great they'll be off.

IMHO, the absolute must in all of this is that we start the succession planning as soon as the new manager's appointed (maybe even let him bring someone onto his backroom team with a view to them replacing him as and when the time comes).

We have to want other teams to want our manager and players, because it will mean we're successful. More power to Clarke if he wants to manage in the Premiership. Hibs are a great starting point for him to prove himself, and if we make it part of his remit to look past his tenure at the club then potentially any good work he does could conceivably be carried on beyond his departure.

It requires a heck of a lot of foresight from the board, though.

[Albion Hibs]

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He's unemployed I believe.

I reckon our pay scale would beat that.

Being unemployed must be a killer when you have millions in the bank - real struggle, I would certainly hate to be in that situation!

If it was just about getting a job I would fancy his chances of walking into most clubs in England. If he has not retired I would think he would stay down south, plus agree with a couple of the above comments in terms of how long he would stay - whilst I know people do not like the ex player route, I think that is the best way to get a manager to come in and stay in given how we opperate as a club.

I want the next manager to be a long term play, please please not another 12 month appointment.

[bighairyfaeleith]

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Regardless of who we get, if they're great they'll be off.

IMHO, the absolute must in all of this is that we start the succession planning as soon as the new manager's appointed (maybe even let him bring someone onto his backroom team with a view to them replacing him as and when the time comes).

We have to want other teams to want our manager and players, because it will mean we're successful. More power to Clarke if he wants to manage in the Premiership. Hibs are a great starting point for him to prove himself, and if we make it part of his remit to look past his tenure at the club then potentially any good work he does could conceivably be carried on beyond his departure.

It requires a heck of a lot of foresight from the board, though.

Yep I'd agree with all of that!

[James70]

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So would you rather we sign a dud who we will need to pay off in 18 months rather than sell a successfull manager to an English team?

No, and if you read my comment I think I make it quite clear I would be delighted to have him but surely the club needs some stability now and I get the impression from the newspaper article that he wouldn't be around for long. I would hope our next manager whoever he is will be successful and stick with us for at least 3 years.

[SouthsideHarp_Bhoy]

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Being unemployed must be a killer when you have millions in the bank - real struggle, I would certainly hate to be in that situation!

If it was just about getting a job I would fancy his chances of walking into most clubs in England. If he has not retired I would think he would stay down south, plus agree with a couple of the above comments in terms of how long he would stay - whilst I know people do not like the ex player route, I think that is the best way to get a manager to come in and stay in given how we opperate as a club.

I want the next manager to be a long term play, please please not another 12 month appointment.

There is no long-term in football nowadays (at least not at the level we operate) - Bosman and reactionary fans have killed that stone dead.

In my opinion we should look to work on two or three year cycles - a long-term manager at Hibs nowadays has to mean medicority - if hes good hes off, if hes bottom six hes off - and if he isnt, his best players certainly will be.

I think there is no point in pining after the stability panacea, for me stability should be the off-field cheif exec type stuff, and in that respect we are great.

On-field, i think stability is impossible when you are as far down the UK football food-chain as we (and every other SPL club) now are.

So we should work within the realities of 21st century football, not the past.

[ALF TUPPER]

He knows his football alright. The quality of Scottish football is crap.

Would love the tachemeister to get this guy on board. Time to show huge bit of ambition Rodders. He's out of work the noo so might jump at chance to be his own man and take the reins at ER.

SC would do for me

Rod you know what you need to do ............

Glory Glory

[Mikey]

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I want the next manager to be a long term play, please please not another 12 month appointment.

If the next manager is successful he'll be away in 18 - 36 months.

If the next manager is a disaster he'll be away in 18 - 36 months.

If the next manager is mediocre and keeps us around 4th or 5th in the league and regularly gets us to quarter finals of the cups he'll be here for the long term. Do you want that?

[Mikey]

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- a long-term manager at Hibs nowadays has to mean medicority - if hes good hes off, if hes bottom six hes off - and if he isnt, his best players certainly will be.

Beat me to it

[basehibby]

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This is the stuff we like. The linen delivery man says it's Clarke. I'm off to the bookies!!

I'm not moving on it until the Fish delivery guy gives us the nod

This is an exciting prospect though - I was favouring giving Nevio Scala a ring as I think we need an experienced hand on the tiller right now. But for someone in the up and coming bracket as a manager Clarke's experience is pretty much unparalleled - filling just about every role apart from manager at top English clubs as he has.
So - I'll wait on tenter hooks now for reports of Clarke sightings around ER - what day does the fish get delivered again

[Mikey]

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what day does the fish get delivered again

The fish man delivers to Yogi's house. He got an exclusive this morning........

**** off

[blackpoolhibs]

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The fish man delivers to Yogi's house. He got an exclusive this morning........

**** off

Hard on the players or too pally, I always felt yogi was stuck between a rock and a hard plaice

[bighairyfaeleith]

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Hard on the players or too pally, I always felt yogi was stuck between a rock and a hard plaice

nae excuse for taking it out on the fish man though