St Johnstone have been a managerial proving ground in recent seasons. Owen Coyle did a great deal of good work without achieving promotion to the SPL, but his two years there managed to sufficiently impress Burnley that they tempted him south. The people of Burnley were probably as surprised as the rest of us when Own led them to the FA Premier League but five months into the season he jumped ship to Bolton Wanderers.
Coyle kept Bolton up in 2010 and again in 2011 but they slipped from the league last summer. Poor form in the Championship soon turned sentiment against the manger and he was relieved of his duties in October.
Derek McInnes followed Coyle at St Johnstone and brought them into the SPL in his first full season but 15 months ago, after being touted for several jobs in England, he left for Bristol City, who, bottom of the Championship, sacked him today.
Steve Lomas is St Johnstone’s current manager and the latest to impress clubs south of the border offering larger pay-packets. He would be foolish to accept a job from a struggling club who have sacked their manager mid-season. As we have said several times before, managers receive a great deal of credit or blame but the success of a football club is infinitely more dependent on the entire structure of the club.
St Johnstone’s structure is just fine. The same is true of Inverness, where Terry Butcher decided to stay this week, as well as Ross County and Motherwell. The city clubs, Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee United and Dundee all churn through seasons as compulsive underachievers. If they were able to do something about this fact our league would be the envy of most.
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The ECA are like sevco….. A new ‘club’…….
Dreadful miss from Sturridge.
excathedra44
Hooper is a goalscorer. Sturridge is not, as that absolute sitter he missed proves
And Sturridge misses a sitter…
excathedra44
15:13 on
13 January, 2013
Have you just landed from another planet…?
Ulysses McGhee
Re the decline of Liverpool. Have not really been watching the Man U v Liverpool but know the score. I think that Liverpool has never truly recovered from the twin disasters of the eighties in Heysel and Hillsborough. The first tarnished them and more pertinently banished them from European competition for six years. They had been the best in Europe in the era 76-85 and although they remained a superb team in the four years following Heysel they could not measure themselves against the best Europe had to offer- the great Milan side.
Hillsborough is too well known as a pivotal moment( and I am too inarticulate )Liverpool’s history for me to say more than that it’s significance in football terms was to lead directly to the eventual resignation of Kenny Dalglish as manager in 1991 and the appointment of Souness as manager which turned out to be a major mistake for the Reds. One from which they have never truly recovered. The victory over Milan – fabulous but also a fluke- did not see them return to anything like the top of the English game. They have not had one truly top class manager in 28 years – one savvy enough to outwit Ferguson
I am something of a Liverpool sympathiser but nothing in their recent history suggests that their fortunes will change in the next few years. Sad.
Watching Juve just now. If we can avoid giving away free kicks in Pirlo range I think we might do ok
Jimbo
SwanseaBhoy
Is it a Trophy?
Excathedra
Hooper’s contract situation doesn’t detract from his abilities as a footballer
Sturridge is an outrageously over valued over paid player…a very lucky boy IMO
Mind you the Liverpool team is riddled with over valued players …Allen , Henderson ,Sturridge …..not to mention Carroll …
However, for what it’s worth if Hooper doesn’t want to sign up then I’d sell him too …..
Neville gives Wellbeck MOTM….is he on the bevvy or something …..haven’t seen Wellbeck contribute much to the game
ulysses mcghee
15:17 on
13 January, 2013
And Sturridge misses a sitter…
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You must be a Daily Record man,selective reporting,he has transformed L’Pool second half.
All about opinions of course.
excathedra
why, did he not miss a sitter?
u
Just heard some devastating news about a young man called Adam Bain who played for Gartcosh amateurs in the Caledonian Laegue.Iam not sure of the full details but it appears he collapsed during a game yesterday and spent last night in hospital where he sadly passed away today, he was only 31 years old.
Spare a thought for him and his family,his fellow club members,his opponents and the referee.
If you have a god please pray for them if you do not please keep him in your thoughts.
R.I.P. Adam Bain
Danny Welbeck MOTM
Best joke of the day so far
Parma 0—Juve 1.
@ 60 minutes gone.
Pirlo . Free kick . Right foot.
Juve yet again demonstrating why they want to buy a centre forward
TBB
There may or may not be a way round the Bosman ruling in terms of the way the individual player’s contract would be written but it’s worth looking at.
e.g. – £6K wage = 50+% tax/ N.I. etc – however footballers enjoy personal pension plans (that mature much earlier than us plebs) – it could be that a % of the earnings could be put in trust for them.
They benefit from; 1) immediate financial security (mortgage availability etc),
2) development of their skills within their home environment,
3) a retirement fund/ income that provides for them when their playing days are over.
Pretty sure that there are a number of other incentives that could make the scheme more attractive to the youth player – before he gets snared by the agent!
Neville gives MOTM to Welbeck
And to think some people love him as a co-commentator
Welbeck was the biggest dud in a Man U shirt today
Kenny Miller with a tan right enough
….PFayr
15:23 on
13 January, 2013
Thats a fair assessment,I just cannot abide players using the Club then bailing out.
Yes I know its not just Hooper,I can go back a bit!!
excathedra44
Agreed, I thought Sturridge played extremely well when he came on for the second half but aslo need to give credit to Rodgers for changing the shape of his team and putting man Utd under more pressure
Daniel Sturridge? Tony Watt is a far better player even now at his age.Hooper would complement Suarez more with his movement.Having watched that match Valencia is a class act, and it’s a pity that Celtic didn’t get Utd in the draw.Fergie certainly wouldn’t field a second eleven against Celtic as he did against the Norwegian Blue.
ulysses mcghee
15:27 on
13 January, 2013
excathedra
why, did he not miss a sitter?
u
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Yes of course my point was he also scored.EX
Juve sliced open 1-1.
Excathedra44
I’m deadly serious.
Sturridge scored 13 goals in 63 games for Chelsea
5 in 21 for Man city
8 for 12 at Bolton
Now 2 for 2 for Liverpool which is impressive.
He may go on to be the better player but at present he is not
Hooper has scored a far better goals to game ratio and has had success in Europe against quality defenders
1-1
Parma player scores a T W type goal.
I think Hooper is for the off!! Neil said 2 weeks ago that his agent was coming up to sort things out. They havnt.
Celtic’s tuesday friendly v Steaua Bucharest live on ESPN @ 6:30pm
Parma 1 —-Juve 1
Juve opened up by a quick break and a good through ball . They are vulnerable to a counter attack . They badly miss Chiellini
Rumour that Sports Direct have bought the naming rights to the Bigotdome
The natives will not be happy
Lazio 2 up on Atalanta——–if things stay as they are ——Juve’s lead at the top of Serie A will be 3 points .
TMWTL
Just saw a tweet about Goodbye to Ibrox – this is what it refers to I guess. Blimey.
Ex
I’m confused as to your logic re Sturridge and your anger towards Hooper.
I’ve watched Sturridge’s past two games. He scored against smaller opponents and conspired to miss against them as well.
He scored from a rebound today and missed two other chances.
They paid 15 million for him – FIFTEEN MILLION!
Rodgers changed Liverpool’s approach in the second half – that coupled with a poor Man United side, who play in spurts made the game more interesting.
Sturridge had it in his grasp to hand his manager a point today.
Plain and simple.
And Hooper is a better, more intuitive, smarter player who doesn’t get caught up in the palaver of manufacturing goals, he gets on with the scoring of them.
U
I used to watch Liverpool in the late 70s and early 80s. They won about 6 titles and 3 European cups etc by passing the ball back to the keeper. Despite the romance and legend status, and I’m sure 99% of people on this forum are going to disagree with me, it was boring to watch. Once the pass back rule came in they were finished.
If Sports Direct have bought the rights, the knuckle draggers will probably be fine as McMoist said he didnt thave any problems with it
Talking of McMoist, his recent conversion to sporting intergrity when joining the bottom tier of the league missed one thing – England operate a pyramid structure, so Division Two isnt the lowest. I doubt the Conference teams would be happy if someone was parachuted in.
And the funniest bit?
The media will be forced to call it the Sport’s Direct Arena every time they are talking about it on TV – sponsors and all that.
If it is true of course.
Must be a new club. No way would they have renamed the old stadium with the old regime. Even Craigy Whyte wouldn’t have tried that trick.
my mates a newcastle fan with a love for all things celtic… hes naw be happy
Come on The Arsenal
The biggest irony is SPORTS Direct is that it could EVER EVER be associated with bigotdome ……..right enough, though, it gives the orcs another reason to riot……
But, it is just another indicator as to what greengo thinks about sevco, and where his priority lies…..to get as much money as possible in, and then fly oot….
Thought Man U’s defence looked very suspect at times.
Parma 1 ——-Juve 1.
Cue meltdown on Juve blogs –
Drogba now !
Llorente now !
Lewandowski now .!
Catania beat Roma –yes !