Tekel Towers » Who do you want to replace McKinnon?

bowers · 25/10/2017 9:01 am

Not seeing many with much confidence in jimmy mac or hughes myself included.

Hut realistically thats who its between.

Fuck you Thompson

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25/10/2017 9:26 am

You know this tho, the futile thing is there's a 90% chance whoever gets the job won't be very good.
The job of football manager/1st team coach (call it what you will) is all but untenable, the whole thing's a farce I'm afraid.
We're looking for our 15th permanent manager post JYM & you can count the very successful ones on one finger and maybe the ones who scraped a pass mark on two fingers.

WeeDude_83 · 25/10/2017 9:26 am

Peter Houston.

25/10/2017 10:41 am

Jim Mcintyre would be my number 1 target.

Reading this in his wikipedia entry got me sold;

"After four straight wins, McInytre was awarded the First DivisionManager of the Month award for December.[13] He again won the award, this time for Dunfermline's unbeaten run in September 2008.[14] In the 2010–11 season, McIntyre led Dunfermline to the First Division Championship and promotion back to the Scottish Premier League,[6] eventually winning the league by ten points, ahead of Raith Rovers. In three and a half years in the division with The Pars he was Manager of the Month five times"

25/10/2017 11:47 am

Houston out of running according to Tully and Stubbs has ruled himself out.

Can't say I am disappointed in either case

Arab87 · 25/10/2017 12:32 pm

John Hughes has an interview at 3pm today.

arabchanter · 25/10/2017 1:02 pm

Hope it's for Universal Credit

tangerine72 · 25/10/2017 1:17 pm

My choice out of that list would be McLeish. For the old head and that he would surely have an established framework of scouts, coaches etc. But The snake's not gonna tempt him. Same with Billy Reid ... he sounds like a good option but it would take some serious dosh to tempt him.

I have a feeling that we are going to be left with the cheapest of whoever hasn't ruled themselves out !!

25/10/2017 1:32 pm

If Laurie Ellis as Caretaker Manager wins at Dumbarton on Saturday then beats St Mirren next Saturday do you think we might keep him...?

25/10/2017 3:31 pm

Arab87 wrote:
John Hughes has an interview at 3pm today.

At least we'd be able to update our answering machine...press shree...

Weejimwuzagod · 25/10/2017 5:49 pm

If Kilmarnock & ross county can attract ex-premiership managers then we should be able to as well. However, it shouldn’t need anyone with more than a wee bit of brains to get us promoted. It’s an easy job with a club that has,by far, the biggest budget in the league. We spend premiership wages & have the best facilities to work with.

However, there appears to be a rotten core inside tannadice & Utd seems to be a great career ender for up and coming managers. If there was any name that’s been linked with the job that appeared to be a safe pair of hands I’d be all for appointing them. The nearest to that would appear to be lambert, imo. Not sure he’d be interested but he’s the only guy mentioned that interests me.

However, for where we’re at and what we need, I think Jim mcinally would be a decent fit. A guy that takes no prisoners, ex players talk highly of & knows how to set a team up...

Ex Houston Arab · 25/10/2017 6:56 pm

Out of the names stated billy reid is the only one that doesn't fill me with absolute fucking dread.
It's just a mixture of Scottish football tombola and ex players / managers all who have had some success but mostly failures.
Not sure who I would want but Reid so far is the only name that hasn't made me say 'fuck no'

Arabnophobia · 26/10/2017 7:47 am

Gordon Young now mentioned by local press as a candidate.

Arab87 · 26/10/2017 7:56 am

I thought Gordon Young was decent, we played better football and won games under him. Think I would like to see him in charge of our youth development though, im sorry but wtf does Bowman do?

PatReilly · 26/10/2017 8:05 am

Gordon Young was simply mentioned on a message board by a fan the other day, so doubt there is anything in that at all. Fckn hope not.

Ex Houston Arab · 26/10/2017 8:37 am

TBH I like the route Motherwell have taken.
I would prefer it for some player recruitment as well.
Getting managers and players with a bit of a track record from the English lower leagues seems to work well.
They are familiar with the style of play but also focus a lot more on strength, fitness and structure.
If we could entice someone up to the Scottish second tier on the premise that our situation is just temporary, I think that's better than yogi Hughes or Jim mcintyre

26/10/2017 8:59 am

PatReilly wrote:
Gordon Young was simply mentioned on a message board by a fan the other day, so doubt there is anything in that at all. Fckn hope not.

According to Tully board are seriously considering him

Tek · 26/10/2017 9:08 am

I wouldn't be as horrified as others if he got it.

He impressed me in his time here and tbh i would have gave him a crack at it rather than McKinnon in the first place.

Arab87 · 26/10/2017 9:53 am

TBH when we were relegated, I thought we should have kept Gordon Young, brilliant coach

bowers · 26/10/2017 10:24 am

Update from utd
Ellis to take charge for sat over 50 applicants
https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/5392/UPDATE-MANAGERIAL-VACANCY.html

PatReilly · 26/10/2017 10:41 am

bowers wrote:
Update from utd
Ellis to take charge for sat over 50 applicants
https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/5392/UPDATE-MANAGERIAL-VACANCY.html

Good news about the 50+ applicants. Hopefully it won't be one of the most quoted we get, and instead the board runs a proper process AND ensures we don't hand out an unrealistically long deal. Some sort of incentive based contract would surely be sensible.

Regarding Gordon Young, and putting aside my personal dislike for him, what makes some United fans think he'd be a viable, even 'brilliant' option? Based on his Mixu involvement, I can't recall thinking 'that management team have prepared the players for this match today', or watching Young during the warm-ups, the players just clowned around, some ignoring his attempts at organisation or even hand slapping at the conclusion.

I'm also baffled that the games following relegation being confirmed are taken as some sort as endorsement of his abilities. We didn't win two and draw one under his command. We lost at Inverness due to his (and others) stupidity in playing an ineligible player. The draw against a Thistle team at Tannadice wasn't a great result, and needed two very late goals against a Jags team which had downed tools. Same at Rugby Park, against a Killie team resting for the play-offs.

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bowers · 26/10/2017 2:55 pm

Not that it means anything but bookies have jimmy mac at 1/3 favourite and yogi 5/2.

Ex Houston Arab · 26/10/2017 6:32 pm

bowers wrote:
Update from utd
Ellis to take charge for sat over 50 applicants
https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/5392/UPDATE-MANAGERIAL-VACANCY.html

Never thought I'd see the day when such a complete no mark was in charge of our team.

No offence to him but I don't know who the fuck he is.
He could come up to me in the street and hoof me square in the plums and I'd struggle to give the police a description 😩

SuperMario · 26/10/2017 7:52 pm

Alan stubbbs now favourite according to the bookies

26/10/2017 8:03 pm

SuperMario wrote:
Alan stubbbs now favourite according to the bookies

No, really no - can only hope this is cos only three people have bothered placing bets 😣