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Offline Concrete John

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2010, 11:31:13 AM »
Sorry to hear that and feel like a bit of an idiot for asking now - I should have known that!

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #31 on: September 13, 2010, 11:34:39 AM »
What about Steve Clarke?

Absolutely.

An outstanding coach. I'm less sure of McAllister mind. He didn't do that well at Leeds and is currently Stracan's assistant at Miseryboro.

Offline Rich6by7

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #32 on: September 13, 2010, 01:18:30 PM »
Keown, Shearer and Southgate have all become regular fixtures in football on TV though- it's an arena that entices ex pros in and rarely sees them make a successful return to the game. McCoist has been an exception, but in the SPL you only have to be the better of two teams to be a success. Dowie, Merson, and Kamara have all tried their hand at management and ended up preferring the easier ride of TV football- it keeps them in the public eye and under much less pressure. Merse in particular was dead set on becoming a manager in his book Hero and Villain, but now he seems happy to have people watching him watching football on a Saturday afternoon. After Shearer trying his hand at saving Newcastle two years ago, and Southgate's Middlesbrough experience, could you blame them for preferring the studio to the training pitch and dugout? Alan Hansen made it perfectly clear that management is not for him, and as a result he has one of the safest jobs in football.

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #33 on: September 13, 2010, 01:21:37 PM »
I think Southgate will make a very good manager one day. It was just too much to soon at a PL club. He needs a spell earning his stripes at a Championship or League One side, or as an assistant manager, coach at a PL club. He has always come across very intelligently, and we could do a lot worse than have him working in the background under Houllier.

Offline jibba81

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #34 on: September 13, 2010, 04:16:44 PM »
Strachan was just on 5Live saying that we have approached Boro about McAllister.

Offline DrGonzo

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Re: Sunday Times article
« Reply #35 on: September 13, 2010, 04:26:31 PM »
Gary Mc would be an excellent addition, very calm under pressure, and with Houllier's medical history that might be a real bonus.  I know Southgate acted like a prick when he left Villa, but that was in the days of HDE and we were lacking ambition, he just landed on the wrong ship and lookedlike a chump for doing so.

 


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