AnderooMFC Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 From that interview; "All that work was done before... My job is to see if I can get a reaction maybe by having a different voice, by maybe asking one or two different aspects of the game, whether that's a change of shape or however that might fall." "...similar group of players to what played on Saturday." Goss and SODs are staying on the team sheet lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 If we appoint Tommy Wright I am ramping up my (currently paused) campaign against the board. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 56 minutes ago, MP_MFC said: The Sun reporting Wright is the boards first choice. Appointing a guy who was appointed to save Killie and failed to do it would be incredibly on brand for this board. Nice touch by his agent to put in the "has to be persuaded" line so that it doesn't look like we passed on him when it turns out he wasn't in contention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: If we appoint Tommy Wright I am ramping up my (currently paused) campaign against the board. If you need a chief of staff or even a door to door canvasser I'm available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatermass Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 If Wright was going to get the job it should have been when Robinson left. In fact, I was convinced it was his job. The fact he took Killie straight down and was struggling to get them back up should be just enough of a concern for us to paperclip his application to McPake’s in a folder marked ‘Recently achieved what we are desperately trying to avoid’. Literally a Brian Rice tabloid shout away from relegation bingo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Based on the fact the last manager we brought in with any Scottish experience (outside of McGhee MK2) was tommy McLean in '84 (I think), and the that only 2 current premier league managers have managed other teams in the division, Tommy Wright is exactly the left field candidate we're looking for. A total shift in how we do things, which is exactly what we're all crying out for. Cool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 5 hours ago, rowsdower said: Based on the fact the last manager we brought in with any Scottish experience (outside of McGhee MK2) was tommy McLean in '84 (I think), and the that only 2 current premier league managers have managed other teams in the division, Tommy Wright is exactly the left field candidate we're looking for. A total shift in how we do things, which is exactly what we're all crying out for. Cool. I’m sure the last one with top league experience was Bobby Watson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I'd have been happy with Wright when we appointed Alexander, having seen him completely screw it at Killie from an identical position...no thanks. But I do acknowledge there's never an obvious candidate for Motherwell and some element of the support is guaranteed to be unhappy. The alternative to picking someone who has failed is picking a novice and there's near universal agreement that's not the path to take. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Our board must be staunch as absolute f**k to be considering this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifespud Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Don’t get the anti Wright stuff. Worked miracles at Sainties. Taking McPake over him would be very high risk, insanity I’d say, and he’s in a different class to Hughes, no? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Fifespud said: Don’t get the anti Wright stuff. Worked miracles at Sainties. Taking McPake over him would be very high risk, insanity I’d say, and he’s in a different class to Hughes, no? My man he took Kilmarnock down from a similar position and was making an arse of getting them promoted again. The fact we're considering him now is utterly inexplicable. As for Hughes & McPake? f**k no. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) I had concerns about Wright the last time when it was apparently between him and Alexander. Basically my main reservation was that for all he had success with St Johnstone it was at a club he had already been in the building at when he got the job, it was established over time and his 7 years or whatever it was had been at one club. Essentially he had no real experience of being dropped into a new dressing room and positively changing the "culture" which was the job that was being asked after the players had downed tools under Robinson and tbh, everything points to it being a similar situation now. The fact that he managed to relegate Killie from the position he did while Alexander helped us climb the table to a comfortable 8th suggests that there was more to our choice than just the beard/All Saints/skinny jeans combo that got Eric Nicolson wildly bent out of shape. It kind of makes me wonder whether it's been Burrows who has been steering things in that respect. I mean, I'd not be entirely surprised if we leaned "experience" with this hire and it's not a shock in any way to read that it's a short term deal we're looking to offer. I'd just have thought that we'd maybe not exactly be sold on a guy who got Killie relegated from an almost identical position as we're in now. Edited February 15, 2023 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, well fan for life said: Our board must be staunch as absolute f**k to be considering this. Purple Invicibles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, well fan for life said: The fact we're considering him now is utterly inexplicable. Nicely done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RostokMcSpoons Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I can see there are lots of people we ('we' as in The 'All-Powerful-Thread-Mind') are ruling out... Is it all of them? Is there anyone we'd actually like to have? We're going to have to rely on some left-field candidate dropping in from nowhere and actually being surprisingly brilliant/average/lucky, aren't we? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Yogi Hughes time at Raith Rovers was summarised by the bold Shaughan McGuigan at the original Terrace live event at the Caley Uni and it was genuinely hilarious. I'd rather avoid that car crash unfolding in ML1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, well fan for life said: My man he took Kilmarnock down from a similar position and was making an arse of getting them promoted again. The fact we're considering him now is utterly inexplicable. As for Hughes & McPake? f**k no. One bad job doesn't automatically make a bad manager. And if Wright wasn't even slightly damaged goods then he wouldn't be touching Motherwell with a bargepole in your current predicament either. I understand the lack of inspiration among Motherwell fans but it is an entirely explicable pick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, RostokMcSpoons said: I can see there are lots of people we ('we' as in The 'All-Powerful-Thread-Mind') are ruling out... Is it all of them? Is there anyone we'd actually like to have? We're going to have to rely on some left-field candidate dropping in from nowhere and actually being surprisingly brilliant/average/lucky, aren't we? There's certainly no single candidate everyone would like to have - there's not even consensus on a short- or long-term appointment. And as we nearly always go left-field, does that means that's routine for us and our true left-field is a boring tried and tested SPL manager from the merry-go-round? Assuming we don't want a rookie though, people will need to accept the fact our next guy will have at least one black mark on his CV. If it's mcpake you could say the circumstances weren't quite like ours and he's hopefully gained from it, as seen by bouncing back well with the Pars. On the other hand, as much as Wright gives you the fear for having failed in an identical situation, you could make the case (though personally I wouldn't) that if he's learned from that identical situation he's the best guy we can get. I've made my peace that whoever we appoint will be a bit meh tbh, it's just where we are. Edited February 15, 2023 by Handsome_Devil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, virginton said: One bad job doesn't automatically make a bad manager. And if Wright wasn't even slightly damaged goods then he wouldn't be touching Motherwell with a bargepole in your current predicament either. I understand the lack of inspiration among Motherwell fans but it is an entirely explicable pick. Link It's a long-ish running bit. We appointed Alexander, Nicolson published that article. Killie appointed Wright a couple of weeks later. We stayed up and subsequently finished 5th. Wright relegated Killie and was subsequently emptied in the Championship. Edited February 15, 2023 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, RostokMcSpoons said: I can see there are lots of people we ('we' as in The 'All-Powerful-Thread-Mind') are ruling out... Is it all of them? Is there anyone we'd actually like to have? We're going to have to rely on some left-field candidate dropping in from nowhere and actually being surprisingly brilliant/average/lucky, aren't we? From my POV, I get that the first few days is going to be agents and media pals just launching names into the discourse or idiots amongst the support just putting 2+2 together and getting fish. That's how it works. IMO there's generally been a type of manager that's worked out quite well for us historically in terms of experience etc however the problem with almost all of the names floating around so far is that they're miles from that sort of profile. Add in everyone involved losing the run of themselves and giving the job to Hammell 6 months ago along with Burrows leaving (the one guy on the board who seemed vaguely switched on to the broader football landscape) and it's very much a case of "what are we doing here lads?" I mean...FFS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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