Cutty Sark Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 hours ago, JIMMY CHOO said: It’s already too late. Everything you have said is spot on. Clyde is a great job for any experienced manager as it can only get better. Ian McCall gets my vote Ian McCall is an interesting one. A man with a 39% win rate across his managerial career and historically doesn't start his stints at clubs well. This is the man to save Clyde from certain relegation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY CHOO Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Cutty Sark said: Ian McCall is an interesting one. A man with a 39% win rate across his managerial career and historically doesn't start his stints at clubs well. This is the man to save Clyde from certain relegation? Ian McCall or Brian McLean now that’s a hard one to decide 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 32 minutes ago, Cutty Sark said: Ian McCall is an interesting one. A man with a 39% win rate across his managerial career and historically doesn't start his stints at clubs well. This is the man to save Clyde from certain relegation? He's available he has experience and his win rate as you have quoted from a higher level...I'd say give him until the season end to keep us away from 10th.......happy to hear who you would bring in to keep us up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde01 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, JIMMY CHOO said: I think by all accounts he made a difference although Peter grant should take a look at himself as he cost us all 3 points.The guy is an amateur at best. Were we going to win 0-0 until Grants mistake? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutty Sark Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 14 minutes ago, Right turn Clyde said: He's available he has experience and his win rate as you have quoted from a higher level...I'd say give him until the season end to keep us away from 10th.......happy to hear who you would bring in to keep us up. Nobody at the moment. It's clear Duffy was the issue. McLean should be given time to bring in his own targets. It is a massive week for him. Let's not forget Duffy was the "experience" option the last time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY CHOO Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Just now, Cutty Sark said: Nobody at the moment. It's clear Duffy was the issue. McLean should be given time to bring in his own targets. It is a massive week for him. Let's not forget Duffy was the "experience" option the last time. The shit show is down to one man Gordon Thomson. How do we get this guy to resign. To be honest we can’t afford to have a honeymoon with Brian McLean.Make the managerial change now as that is priority number 1 .What more do you need to know we can’t go any lower until the end of the season where we will find ourselves in the lowland league and this chat will say how did that happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Cutty Sark said: Nobody at the moment. It's clear Duffy was the issue. McLean should be given time to bring in his own targets. It is a massive week for him. Let's not forget Duffy was the "experience" option the last time. You honestly think what we need right now is a rookie boss...who captained the club to relegation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Cutty Sark said: Ian McCall is an interesting one. A man with a 39% win rate across his managerial career and historically doesn't start his stints at clubs well. This is the man to save Clyde from certain relegation? He's still being paid by Thistle I believe so would it be financially worth his while even if he was invested? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMY CHOO Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Walter said: He's still being paid by Thistle I believe so would it be financially worth his while even if he was invested? Ian McCall would sort this mess out.He’s no shrinking violet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Walter said: He's still being paid by Thistle I believe so would it be financially worth his while even if he was invested? *interested* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, JIMMY CHOO said: Ian McCall would sort this mess out.He’s no shrinking violet McCall had a decent squad available last season and made an arse of it. He doesn't do coaching. He likes assistant's to do it for him. He is a busted flush. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious Purpose Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 McCall? That would be nearly as bad a decision as the Duffy one was. A bizarre suggestion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, Glorious Purpose said: McCall? That would be nearly as bad a decision as the Duffy one was. A bizarre suggestion. Not sure about that but you'd criticise anything I suggested....who would you suggest or are you in the camp of giving McClean time? Maybe the coach of the under 14's at Glasgow Athletic could give some input to our football department? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Carrigan Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 For a start, this whole conversation is surely moot. I don't think Ian McCall would be interested in coming in to the team sitting bottom of League 2. Also given that he would have to work with the current group of players and wouldn't be able to assemble his own squad, it's just a mad shout. Personally, I think it's always been glaringly obvious that McLean was the wrong choice. Add to that, having him in with Duffy breathing down his neck and no assistant was ludicrous. HOWEVER we're now stuck in a situation where a squad has been assembled, and an extremely poor one at that. I'm not sure who would want to come near the job at this point, other than the usual desperado's who you'd trust less than McLean. I think what will happen is the board will stick by McLean until his position becomes more than untenable, probably some time in late November after losing 7 games on the spin. By that point it'll be well too late to save us. We've had so many chances over the past few seasons to have a real reset and every one has been passed up for whatever bullshit reason. I thought at the very least relegation would be the wake up call required that we needed to clear the decks but instead we've ended up in this absolutely horrendous position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right turn Clyde Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 9 minutes ago, Brian Carrigan said: For a start, this whole conversation is surely moot. I don't think Ian McCall would be interested in coming in to the team sitting bottom of League 2. Also given that he would have to work with the current group of players and wouldn't be able to assemble his own squad, it's just a mad shout. Personally, I think it's always been glaringly obvious that McLean was the wrong choice. Add to that, having him in with Duffy breathing down his neck and no assistant was ludicrous. HOWEVER we're now stuck in a situation where a squad has been assembled, and an extremely poor one at that. I'm not sure who would want to come near the job at this point, other than the usual desperado's who you'd trust less than McLean. I think what will happen is the board will stick by McLean until his position becomes more than untenable, probably some time in late November after losing 7 games on the spin. By that point it'll be well too late to save us. We've had so many chances over the past few seasons to have a real reset and every one has been passed up for whatever bullshit reason. I thought at the very least relegation would be the wake up call required that we needed to clear the decks but instead we've ended up in this absolutely horrendous position. All good points BC but I would also say that had the Board acted quicker and around the time the Chairman was grinning like a Cheshire cat over the donations... McCall would have had a fighting chance to get his own players in and have another go at the January window...for me all that is needed right now is survival this season, as we would have no chance over two legs with EK. Another crap piece of decision making by the Chairman. Again, the proposed takeover may well (we saw no real details yet) not have been right for the Club.......but what is clear is that this current Board is not fit for purpose....but they have now put themselves under intense scrutiny.....continual claims they are the right people to run the club, statement that the donator will only work with them and according to John Alexander there's millions involved.........tick tock gentleman...time to prove your worth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Bully Wee Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 My suggestion for what its worth is to contact Jack Ross and see if he could assist Brian McLean on an interim basis or ideally a position within the so-called football (void) department. Otherwise why not John Hughes, he definitely would take no prisoners......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Hervé Renard would be worth a shout as well. Apparently looking to get a start in Scottish football and would ultimately like to replace Steve Clarke eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious Purpose Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Right turn Clyde said: Not sure about that but you'd criticise anything I suggested....who would you suggest or are you in the camp of giving McClean time? Maybe the coach of the under 14's at Glasgow Athletic could give some input to our football department? You were not the only one suggesting McCall to replace "McClean" buttercup. It's a wild suggestion IMO that would hardly unite a support already split, should that be a decision that is needed to be made any time soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I'd heard a rumour at the last home game about a potential new director; someone with a background very much in football who actually knows Clyde pretty well. I daresay it's been put on the back-burner with the EGM stuff, plus I've not heard anyone else mention it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious Purpose Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Allan Maitland was in the directors box that day so I would guess and hope it was him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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