New Manager-who Would We Get?

[Wellfan1984]

What did Calderwood say/do to make him so reviled ?

 

Here you go traffic

 

Colin Calderwood talking about the minutes applause/silence at the English games yesterday. Nottm Forest chose not to have a tribute.

 

"I didn't particularly want one. The fact it was a boy from Scotland, does that make it any different to a boy from Colombia? There was nothing from the football league to us, although i heard some talk of it just before kick off. Sometimes i don't think it's appropriate for every tragedy that happens. Sometimes it has to be a bit closer to home

[steelboy]

and as i said at the time where was our silence for antonio puerta? i don't want the guy as our manager but he should be allowed an opinion.

[trafficlight]

Who was he talking about ? Phil O'Donnell ?

[brainier]

and as i said at the time where was our silence for antonio puerta? i don't want the guy as our manager but he should be allowed an opinion.

 

His opinion is worth nothing. Don't forget that Forest played Motherwell at Fir Park only five months before Phil's passing. Surely that should have given them more of a reason to participate.

[GazzyB]

"I'm just there as a frontman until a new man comes in. When you've been at a club for 13 years, albeit over two spells, I'm more than happy to help out as much as I can."

 

What a legend Craigan is. The last paragraph sums up his attitude to the game. Top man!

[trafficlight]

and as i said at the time where was our silence for antonio puerta? i don't want the guy as our manager but he should be allowed an opinion.

 

 

Difference being there was a silence at every ground in England. There was certainly one at Old Trafford and I think the game might have been on live tv.

[steelboy]

His opinion is worth nothing. Don't forget that Forest played Motherwell at Fir Park only five months before Phil's passing. Surely that should have given them more of a reason to participate.

 

i would say that about a lot of opinions but as this website continues to prove on a day to day basis everyone is entitled to one.

 

i still don't think his comments are any reason to demonise him though it should rule him out managing here (as well as being shite). i would have been happy to have had a minutes silence for puerta who had played in glasgow five months earlier but others on here you could guarantee would said it was OTT.

[Toxteth O'Grady]

BBC say there is another name in the frame - Miodrag Krivokapic.

[MelvinBragg]

BBC say there is another name in the frame - Miodrag Krivokapic.

Time for another poll!!!

[Stu92]

Sanchez appears to have a bit of a squint going on in that pic on the BBC.

 

One eye's looking for ye, the other eye's got ye!

[Ya Bezzer!]

Three main contenders win percentages as managers

 

Gary McAllister 47.16%

Steve Staunton 35.29%

Lawrie Sanchez 28.38%

[one m in motherwell]

Interesting, the Beeb article mentions Mio too - Luc and Mio wouldn't be too bad.

 

That said, something worrying tells me it will be Sanchez. It's odd, I'm not going to jump on him before he's even got the gig, but it's not exactly too inspiring...whatever happened to close seasons where we got genuinely excited about things?

 

Ach, forget it, just give it to Dindeleux.

[steelboy]

One eye's looking for ye, the other eye's got ye!

 

one eye's going for the messages the other one's coming back wae the change.

[Kmcalpin]

BBC say there is another name in the frame - Miodrag Krivokapic.

 

Maybe not a lot to go on, but Mio's record along with John Philliben's a few years ago, whilst in temporary control, didn't set the heather alight by any stretch of the imagination.

[Rammer]

Just met Craig Brown in Prestwick and he totally refuted that he was getting the job. He did say he thought wee Tommy McLean should get it though.

[Lobey_Dosser]

If Sanchez wants it, Sanchez will get it.

 

I'm intrigued to here that Mio has been mentioned though.

 

I could have envisaged him coming back to the club along with McCart but he doesn't appear to be in with a shout.

[Coolhandluc]

Maybe not a lot to go on, but Mio's record along with John Philliben's a few years ago, whilst in temporary control, didn't set the heather alight by any stretch of the imagination.

You sure? I seem to remember they did quite well for the limited time in charge

[nethertonwellfan]

You sure? I seem to remember they did quite well for the limited time in charge

Me anno I'm sure they won their first two games and am pretty sure on of them was against Hearts, but a could be wrong It was a long time ago!!

[Rickoza]

The certainly did do all right. We beat FHW 2-0 (that's ALWAYS a great result), lost 1-2 at Airdire in the diddy cup (a late Las oggy), beat Saint Johstone 3-2 in Perth (remember the mental celebrations to Stevie Nicholas's last-minute winner????) and we were absolutely robbed thanks to a late, late, late Maloney dive to steal a penalty winner at home to Shellic.

[Cakes]

...we were absolutely robbed thanks to a late, late, late Maloney dive to steal a penalty winner at home to Shellic.

 

That was a travesty. Cheatin' wee prick.

[London Irish]

Football isn't rational to the supporters, it's emotional and if there is one name that gets the Motherwell supports emotions raging it's Colin Calderwood.

 

I'm sorry, that's ridiculous. People should be allowed to have an opinion on whether minutes' silences are an appropriate way to respect the dead. I don't have a strong opinion myself, but will respect others' right to have one. Phil O'Donnell's legacy should be to celebrate all that is good about football, not demonise someone like Calderwood who happened to express an unpopular opinion. Why can't supporters be rational, are we idiots or savages or something?

[ForthThistle]

I'm sorry, that's ridiculous. People should be allowed to have an opinion on whether minutes' silences are an appropriate way to respect the dead. I don't have a strong opinion myself, but will respect others' right to have one. Phil O'Donnell's legacy should be to celebrate all that is good about football, not demonise someone like Calderwood who happened to express an unpopular opinion. Why can't supporters be rational, are we idiots or savages or something?

 

That is one of the worst posts i have ever read on this forum.

 

EDIT.....

 

This is the worst post i have ever read on this forum.

 

you are a muppet!!!!!!!!!!

 

End of!!!!!!!!!

[weeyin]

Of course fans aren't rational and this is another example of a double standard. If someone dares to take a contrary opinion about Phil then they are demonised. If it's a player in a different country that dies tragically we get threads like this.

 

You can imagine the moral outrage if jokes like that were being made on the Uncle Phil threads.

 

Personally, I hope when I pop my clogs, nobody takes it too seriously and feels free to slag me off to the same extent as when I was alive.

[Cakes]

I had typed up a fairly lengthy post to reply to that (not weeyins post, I'm far too slow at the typing by the looks of it) but reading it back it seemed pointless trying to justify my dislike of that fuckwit. Far be it for me to speak on behalf of others but I'm not the only one who would resent his appointment as Motherwell manager.

 

As far as I'm concerned, he can go and take a running fuck to himself. He can let his mouth run away with itself when he was Billy Big-boots in charge of Notts Forest but all of a sudden he's looking to get back into management and sees the 'Well job vacant? Tough shit bawbag, you made your bed and you can lie in it. Watch out who you step on on the way up, you might see them on the way back down and all that.

[mfc1886]

Sanchez appears to have a bit of a squint going on in that pic on the BBC.

 

One eye's looking for ye, the other eye's got ye!

 

 

He could watch tennis wothout moving his head