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- Sieb22
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Re: A Championship Manager
Trap_6 wrote:
Not just his Northern Ireland work. He was also headhunted by Mexico to be part of their backroom staff at the last World Cup.
Been reading a bit about him. Seems his real strength is opponent analysis.
Yes, I have seen a few of his opposition reports from when he was at St Mirren, very thorough and comprehensive. Even though he is known as an assistant he was manager of the mighty Cupar Hearts and led them to their first Scottish Cup final a few years back in his first and only season before he was poached by Danny Lennon.
Would love it if he worked at United in whatever capacity but sometimes the job fits the man and sometimes it doesn't no matter what skills you have. Hopefully whoever United appoint next can be THE man.
- Sieb22
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Not saying you are wrong shed, I know nothing about the guy to be honest, but he is part of a management team that will be at the Euros in the summer after taking NI to their first tourny in 30 years, so surely he must have something about him?
I'm sure some of the Ceres Arabs guys and some guys on here already know that me and Austin were friends at school. We used to go to the games together and play football together after school. Nicest guy you could ever meet, haven't spoken to him for a few years but very proud of what he has achieved so far.
I can't speak for him personally, but he has a lot going on with his football academies AM Soccer that he would probably prefer to stay as part of the back room team for this moment in time. Just pure speculation though.
One of the last times that I saw him was when I organised a team to play against John Holt United team for charity. I played first half in goals and made a great point blank double save from Jocky Scott who was fizzing. Played outfield the 2nd half as did Hamish McAlpine and he came up to me to tell me what a great save that was, even though we got humped 9-4 I was on cloud 9.Hamish. Austin scored a hat-trick in that game also
If you get the chance, ask him why he stop sending his decent kids at AM Soccer to Dundee United and started sending them to Fife Elite??
Don't need to, he explains it here... 
- RogerTheAlien
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I know Austin well, he'll be delighted with your comments lads.
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I'm sure some of the Ceres Arabs guys and some guys on here already know that me and Austin were friends at school. We used to go to the games together and play football together after school. Nicest guy you could ever meet, haven't spoken to him for a few years but very proud of what he has achieved so far.
I can't speak for him personally, but he has a lot going on with his football academies AM Soccer that he would probably prefer to stay as part of the back room team for this moment in time. Just pure speculation though.
One of the last times that I saw him was when I organised a team to play against John Holt United team for charity. I played first half in goals and made a great point blank double save from Jocky Scott who was fizzing. Played outfield the 2nd half as did Hamish McAlpine and he came up to me to tell me what a great save that was, even though we got humped 9-4 I was on cloud 9.If you get the chance, ask him why he stop sending his decent kids at AM Soccer to Dundee United and started sending them to Fife Elite??
Don't need to, he explains it here...
I was more concerned about the reason he stopped sending them to United...