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  2. Stabbed In The Back

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    WTF do you expect a person who has just been promoted to the top job after 4 years as assistant to be, miserable as hell ! FFS I cannot believe some of the pish being posted on here tonight. Just get behind the team and give the guys a chance. Any managerial appointment is a risk but this looks like a safe if somewhat uninspired decision. Some of the abuse on here is scandalous and personal and not warranted.

    Spot on. Let's get behind our manager.

  4. Stabbed In The Back

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Lex

    Plenty on here care Lex. thumbdown.gif

    Well I don't. Danny is a nice guy in public and because he won a cup he is a club legend.

    However, he was well paid to do a job in his time here and he leaves with his reputation intact.

    There are plenty of ex players who will tell you a story about being stabbed in the back by Danny, right back to John Potter and Gareth Wardlaw, right up to Lee Mair and 3 seasons worth in between. Forgive me if i lack sympathy now it's apparently happened to him.

    He's history, let's move on and look forward.

  7. St Mirren's New Manager Is Tommy Craig

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    I think Danny left because a couple of important relationship break downs and his failure in the transfer market more than on pitch performance.

    I imagine the board couldn't trust him to rebuild this summer after the mess he made of it last year, and their lack of trust is completely justified.

    Now we have a new man with the final say on transfers and some fresh ideas on the coaching side.

  16. St Mirren's New Manager Is Tommy Craig

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

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    If I was Murray and was offered the job but told who my number two was going to be I'd tell them to lump it. That's a step away from the board picking the team on a Saturday

    Yeah, perhaps. But then I can't see the BoD wanting to employ Jack Ross after bonus gate.

    Therefore, unless Murray is willing to give his current assistant up I think we can rule him out as a candidate.

  17. St Mirren's New Manager Is Tommy Craig

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Lex

    I think the most telling thing about today's events is what never happened. Most of us knew or strongly suspected Danny was leaving at the end of the season, so that news wasn't a big surprise. The most surprising news was that Tommy Craig is still at the club. This was an assistant apparently picked by Danny.

    To me that signifies one of two things. One is that Tommy is about to take over. I think that's pretty unlikely, he's more of a coach than a manager and there's never been any rumours that he's after the main job in his 3 years here. The second more likely explanation is that Tommy is going to remain as assistant to the new manager.

    This could mean that the BoD have earmarked Murray, but won't accept Jack Ross (his assistant) coming with him due to his history with the BoD, bonus gate et all. Therefore Murray comes to us, TC continues as assistant as a condition of his employment and acts as the very experienced sounding board, Jack Ross gets the Dumbarton job.

    Alternatively, maybe they're intent on an internal promotion. Teale, Thompson maybe even Longwell, and they want an experienced coach like Tommy to be the tutor for a manager in his first ever senior coaching job.

    Thirdly, and most intriguingly, John Collins and Tommy Craig have a relationship that goes back to Johns playing days at Celtic. Tommy has been Johns assistant at both of Collins managerial roles (Hibs and Charleroi). Perhaps the reason Tommy's still here is actually because he just happens to be the new managers chosen and trusted assistant.

    Anyway, the only conclusion I can draw from all this is that it certainly won't be Barry f**king Ferguson!

  18. St Mirren's New Manager Is Tommy Craig

    in General St. Mirren Discussion

    Posted

    The last time we had a poll like this on here, the name of the eventual manager wasn't even mentioned, and the site was alot quieter then than it is now apparently!

    http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/index.php/topic/29411-new-manager/page-2

    Would it be a big shock if that happened again? I don't think so.

    I just hope whoever it is, that the decision is made this week, or early next week at the latest. No matter who the BoD pick there will be some fans (probably alot of fans) not happy, but hopefully we all get behind him no matter who it is or where he comes from.

  21. John Collins

    in The Rumour Mill

    Posted

    Funny how the same people who've been championing Danny's League Cup win are asking what Collins has done in management :lol:

    I'm sure many people have referred to Alex Ferguson as a 'knob'. Being a nice guy isn't a required skill for being a good manager.

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