Easy to be nice when you've just been given a £4m pay out for being a complete waste of space. Bollocks to him.
Quote from: Risso on May 17, 2012, 07:05:32 PMEasy to be nice when you've just been given a £4m pay out for being a complete waste of space. Bollocks to him.Spoken like a true Thatcherite. *winky*
Quote from: Chris Jameson on May 17, 2012, 04:16:42 PMQuote from: Merv on May 17, 2012, 01:54:29 PMIncidentally, I've started reading Graham Hunter's book on the making of the current Barcelona team: he discusses McLeish and his attempts, as Rangers boss, to sign Messi and Iniesta on loan, which were ultimately unsuccessful. But he writes about McLeish when he was Hibs manager, and describes him as a coach who embraced European football, who was always 'imaginative' about signings for his squad, citing Frank Sauzee and Russell Latapy, and Mike Arteta, as examples.It sounded like a completely different coach, and it struck me that perhaps McLeish has really changed his philosophy since arriving in England. I wonder if the almost constant fear of relegation at Birmingham pushed him towards a cautious, do-anything-but-lose approach. As if he lost his way over the years.It's a brilliant book, I was gutted when I finished it, easily the best football book i've read. Graham Hunter is a friend of Mcleish so he might have bigged him up a bit!Easy to be nice when you've just been given a £4m pay out for being a complete waste of space. Bollocks to him.
Quote from: Merv on May 17, 2012, 01:54:29 PMIncidentally, I've started reading Graham Hunter's book on the making of the current Barcelona team: he discusses McLeish and his attempts, as Rangers boss, to sign Messi and Iniesta on loan, which were ultimately unsuccessful. But he writes about McLeish when he was Hibs manager, and describes him as a coach who embraced European football, who was always 'imaginative' about signings for his squad, citing Frank Sauzee and Russell Latapy, and Mike Arteta, as examples.It sounded like a completely different coach, and it struck me that perhaps McLeish has really changed his philosophy since arriving in England. I wonder if the almost constant fear of relegation at Birmingham pushed him towards a cautious, do-anything-but-lose approach. As if he lost his way over the years.It's a brilliant book, I was gutted when I finished it, easily the best football book i've read. Graham Hunter is a friend of Mcleish so he might have bigged him up a bit!
Incidentally, I've started reading Graham Hunter's book on the making of the current Barcelona team: he discusses McLeish and his attempts, as Rangers boss, to sign Messi and Iniesta on loan, which were ultimately unsuccessful. But he writes about McLeish when he was Hibs manager, and describes him as a coach who embraced European football, who was always 'imaginative' about signings for his squad, citing Frank Sauzee and Russell Latapy, and Mike Arteta, as examples.It sounded like a completely different coach, and it struck me that perhaps McLeish has really changed his philosophy since arriving in England. I wonder if the almost constant fear of relegation at Birmingham pushed him towards a cautious, do-anything-but-lose approach. As if he lost his way over the years.
Quote from: The Sound of Villadelphia on May 17, 2012, 07:27:56 PMQuote from: Risso on May 17, 2012, 07:05:32 PMEasy to be nice when you've just been given a £4m pay out for being a complete waste of space. Bollocks to him.Spoken like a true Thatcherite. *winky*That's the socialist in me coming out. A sum equal to a lottery win, or in the Daily Mirror parlance, 2,000 nurses for being an utter failure.
Quote from: Risso on May 17, 2012, 07:39:05 PMQuote from: The Sound of Villadelphia on May 17, 2012, 07:27:56 PMQuote from: Risso on May 17, 2012, 07:05:32 PMEasy to be nice when you've just been given a £4m pay out for being a complete waste of space. Bollocks to him.Spoken like a true Thatcherite. *winky*That's the socialist in me coming out. A sum equal to a lottery win, or in the Daily Mirror parlance, 2,000 nurses for being an utter failure.Admit it, Risso, you're just jealous.
That'd make an interesting poll, would you rather be poor and a nobody or rich and Alex Mcleish? ;-)
His comments on BBC sport, in reaction to his sacking, show a true respect for our Club.Fair play and best of luck in your new venture Alex
Quote from: not3bad on May 17, 2012, 10:06:34 PMThat'd make an interesting poll, would you rather be poor and a nobody or rich and Alex Mcleish? ;-)That's just a choice between being a poor nobody or a rich nobody.
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