Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Highlandmagyar said: Knowing our board it will be Barry Ferguson of Donald Trump. Donald is Barry's dad? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Just now, Zen Archer said: Donald is Barry's dad? Well, you know what Trump is like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, Highlandmagyar said: Well, you know what Trump is like. Aye, the c**t is probably my dad as well. Edited October 19, 2016 by Zen Archer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RandomGuy. Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I don't understand why any Scottish manager would drop to League One, filled with brutal teams all deluding themselves into thinking because the EPL is massive so are they, while you're fucked with the fans from day one due to coming from the "jock league", despite the resounding success most successful managers up here have when they go down south (Neil), as they judge it on the fucking shite managers who somehow got a move down there (McInnes, Lomas, Stubbs etc.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilitbang Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: I don't understand why any Scottish manager would drop to League One, filled with brutal teams all deluding themselves into thinking because the EPL is massive so are they, while you're fucked with the fans from day one due to coming from the "jock league", despite the resounding success most successful managers up here have when they go down south (Neil), as they judge it on the fucking shite managers who somehow got a move down there (McInnes, Lomas, Stubbs etc.) If it makes financial sense for his family then you can't really blame him tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I don't understand why any Scottish manager would drop to League One, filled with brutal teams all deluding themselves into thinking because the EPL is massive so are they, while you're fucked with the fans from day one due to coming from the "jock league", despite the resounding success most successful managers up here have when they go down south (Neil), as they judge it on the fucking shite managers who somehow got a move down there (McInnes, Lomas, Stubbs etc.) McInnes and Lomas were hardly "shite"managers were they? Lomas wasn't very likeable but he had a successful season with us. McInnes was also successful at Saints and since his spell down south has sorted Aberdeen out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I don't understand why any Scottish manager would drop to League One, filled with brutal teams all deluding themselves into thinking because the EPL is massive so are they, while you're fucked with the fans from day one due to coming from the "jock league", despite the resounding success most successful managers up here have when they go down south (Neil), as they judge it on the fucking shite managers who somehow got a move down there (McInnes, Lomas, Stubbs etc.) I don't disagree with the sentiment but apart from the obvious financial reasons I think it probably depends on how the manager sees his career developing. If he has genuine aspirations of managing in England and all that brings with it then there may well be a feeling that he has to start somewhere. Even more so if he has no real profile in the English game or experience of their league.I'd say Neil has probably been the exception rather than the rule in terms of relative success moving from this league to Championship and even then he saw his side relegated last season.Having said that I'd be quite surprised if Archibald swapped the relative security he seems to have at Thistle, unless of course he feels he's taken things as far as he can and this is an opportunity that benefits all parties. Thistle get some money and he gets to move with his CV showing he consolidated his side as a top flight club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Our two relegations from the top division in my lifetime have come the season after the manager who got us promoted (Lambie on both occasions, obvs) left. So that would be ominous never mind the potential for appointing an absolute clown. I wouldn’t blame him if he left as he might reckon this is as far as he can take Thistle and he’ll leave the club on his own terms with legend status. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 You mean "he scares the shit out of fans every spring proving he has just about consolidated Thistle as a top-flight side", shirley? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 11 hours ago, Highlandmagyar said: Knowing our board it will be Barry Ferguson of Donald Trump. Unlikely, as we already have a squad that folds up when it's within 20 feet of a team called 'Rangers'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 A quick glance at the Shrewsbury Town fans' forum reminded me of the pomposity that permeates English football. Archibald's already being derided as some no-mark Jock who won't be able to handle Shrewbury's superstars - Ian Black, Ryan McGivern, Jim O'Brien and Jack Grimmer among them - and doesn't have the nous needed to manage at their level. They seem to be basing their opinions on the 'fact' that Lee Clarke has been a success(!) in Scotland, so our league must be sh*t. Oh, and Colin McMenamin was one of the top strikers in Scotland, apparently. It's almost enough to make me hope he does leave and is a success down there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 5 minutes ago, Nizzy said: A quick glance at the Shrewsbury Town fans' forum reminded me of the pomposity that permeates English football. Archibald's already being derided as some no-mark Jock who won't be able to handle Shrewbury's superstars - Ian Black, Ryan McGivern, Jim O'Brien and Jack Grimmer among them - and doesn't have the nous needed to manage at their level. They seem to be basing their opinions on the 'fact' that Lee Clarke has been a success(!) in Scotland, so our league must be sh*t. Oh, and Colin McMenamin was one of the top strikers in Scotland, apparently. It's almost enough to make me hope he does leave and is a success down there. Lucas Akins was one of the best players in a team promoted from League One last season. That's enough to put them back in their box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 You only need to look at what Graham Carey is doing in league one to see how piss poor the standard is. No doubt the salaries given to manager are just as ludicrous as the salaries given to players. I can quite see the attraction if you have very little ambition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 27 minutes ago, Nizzy said: A quick glance at the Shrewsbury Town fans' forum reminded me of the pomposity that permeates English football. Archibald's already being derided as some no-mark Jock who won't be able to handle Shrewbury's superstars - Ian Black, Ryan McGivern, Jim O'Brien and Jack Grimmer among them - and doesn't have the nous needed to manage at their level. They seem to be basing their opinions on the 'fact' that Lee Clarke has been a success(!) in Scotland, so our league must be sh*t. Oh, and Colin McMenamin was one of the top strikers in Scotland, apparently. It's almost enough to make me hope he does leave and is a success down there. It's not a league that I've ever given much attention to but I've been keeping an eye on League 1 this season purely on account of Johnson having ended up at Oxford and Stephen Robinson taking the Oldham manager's job (with Baraclough as his assistant!) and taking guys like Josh Law with him along with bringing in Connor Ripley and Lee Erwin on loan. There's such a weird delusional entitlement around quite a few of the fanbases, particularly Oxford who seem to take a bizarre moral high ground and have a far higher opinion of themselves than they actually warrant. I watched their game against Wimbledon the other week when it was on the telly and it was absolutely dire. Proper throwback hoofball stuff. For all the talk of the attraction of the game in England, their lower leagues seem to be utterly soul destroying; empty stands and generally poor fare with managers getting binned left, right and centre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Seems you can only be a success in England if you've managed there. The fact that football's a relatively simple game is too difficult a concept for the muppets to grasp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, capt_oats said: It's not a league that I've ever given much attention to but I've been keeping an eye on League 1 this season purely on account of Johnson having ended up at Oxford and Stephen Robinson taking the Oldham manager's job (with Baraclough as his assistant!) and taking guys like Josh Law with him along with bringing in Connor Ripley and Lee Erwin on loan. There's such a weird delusional entitlement around quite a few of the fanbases, particularly Oxford who seem to take a bizarre moral high ground and have a far higher opinion of themselves than they actually warrant. I watched their game against Wimbledon the other week when it was on the telly and it was absolutely dire. Proper throwback hoofball stuff. For all the talk of the attraction of the game in England, their lower leagues seem to be utterly soul destroying; empty stands and generally poor fare with managers getting binned left, right and centre. I watched the Oxford v Wimbledon game too and the standard was laughable. Guys looking the part with their pink boots, top-knots and sleeve tattoos who cannot control a ball, others who pass it 10 yards either side of the intended recipient, and big brute central defenders who spend the entire game launching it into the corners, usually out for a goal kick. Eye-bleeding stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I've quickly pulled together a list of those Scots/players who've played north of the Border who are currently playing with/attached to League One clubs. It's a collection of names that would strike fear into the heart of any prospective Shrewsbury manager... Sean Kelly Lyle Taylor Nicky Law Filipe Morais Chris Robertson Mark McChrystal Josh Magennis Paul McGinn Thomas Grant Declan McManus Jack Hendry Gregg Wylde Zander Diamond Connor Ripley Josh Law Jamie Reckord Ryan Flynn Billy McKay Lee Croft Lee Erwin Chris Maguire Alex MacDonald Kane Hemmings Marvin Johnson George Moncur Conrad Logan Murray Wallace Jamie Ness George Long John Fleck Stefan Scougall Mark McNulty Ryan McGivern Ian Black Jim O’Brien Jack Grimmer Isaiah Osbourne Honestly, just who the f*ck do these Shropshire bumpkins think they are? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 16 hours ago, Cerberus said: Lol. Sean Welsh is shitting himself. Given that Martin Woods played for Shrewsbury at the start of last season, I'm sure there will be space there for another pet midfielder for Archie to take. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, Nizzy said: Sean Kelly Mark McChrystal Josh Magennis Declan McManus Gregg Wylde Josh Law Conrad Logan John Fleck Ryan McGivern Ian Black Isaiah Osbourne 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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