JFK-1 1,693 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Isn't Alex Neil the Preston manager just now and doing pretty well with them? I'd be amazed if he applied for the Rangers job, I might accept it if he was out of work but not whilst in a job and in a position to move up to the EPL next year. Moyes is interesting and McLaren terrifying. His Dutch title is a massive outlier in an otherwise under achieving CV. Preston have just lost three consecutive games and I doubt they have the depth of squad to mount a sustained challenge. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I'm biased as my kid gets private coaching from him - but we could do a whole lot worse than bringing Kevin Thomson into the 1st team picture at Rangers. A winner's mentality who would accept nothing short of best efforts from anyone. I've been speaking to him a fair bit about our plight recently and, without getting into the details of our conversations, he has very good insight, and he understands our club and the standards that should be expected. Completely agree. The more I see of Kevin Thomson the more I see an articulate and informed coach and tactician. Top bloke. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 1st November Neil Cameron: Rangers shouldn’t go anywhere near Alan Pardew when there is such an obvious choice for manager THE following story is absolutely true. When Alan Pardew was manager of West Ham United a few years back now, he and his coaching staff were having dinner on a Friday night before a game and, when the food arrived, the bold Pards decided that one of his minions’ plates looked better than what he had ordered and so he took the guy’s meal. “When you’re the King, you can do anything,” was Pardew’s explanation to the astonished onlookers. Do you want to know why we can be sure this jaw-dropping tale is accurate? Because it was in an authorised book written by a man called Steve Bacon who was the West Ham official photographer for 35 years about his time at the club. Bacon, something of a cult hero with the Hammers fans, let it be known that of the many people he had come across throughout the years, Pardew was his least favourite. “I don’t think I’ve ever known a more arrogant person in my life,” Bacon wrote. “There was one occasion when I threatened to stick a fork in his hand. I was sort of joking, but there were definitely times when I felt like swinging at him. Or telling him to fork off, if you follow my drift.” Steve, mate, we follow your drift. The next story, I believe, is probably true. Some time ago, A Fleet Street sports writer hosted a house party for those and such as those and a room was converted into VIP section. Yep, you read that right. Behind the cord which kept the plebs and beautiful people apart, sat just one guy on his own looking all smug. You’ve guessed it. Alan Pardew. I worked in Newcastle when he was manager there and the stories which emerged from the club about the guy’s ego were quite incredible. Pardew is the type who would join the navy so the rest of the world could see him. He banned my newspaper for a story I’d written - I was ever so proud - and tried to blame the subsequent critical coverage of the team, which teetered towards relegation before saving themselves on the penultimate weekend of the season, for the dreadful performances and results. I was there when he head-butted Hull City’s David Myler, on the day he corrected a journalist who spoke of St James’s Park when, in fact, it was the “Sports Direct Arena” and when he put himself forward to be the England manager one day when his name was on nobody’s wish list. In saying all of this, even the players who fell out with him, the former Scotland international Don Hutchison had a particularly bad relationship with his manager at West Ham, praised his coaching. Hutchison told me that on the training ground, there were few better than Pardew. But he’s no Rangers manager – it was reported “tentative contact” had been made towards his representatives from Ibrox - and surely even this club which has a quite astonishing record in recent times of getting things just plain wrong will do some due diligence and look elsewhere. Pardew is far too thin skinned. If he thought Newcastle was bad, and he did, what is he going to make of Glasgow? Oh, and he had a hopeless record in the North East derby. Although it would be quite Rangersy if they did go for Pardew. Just the other day I asked someone whose nose is bluer than most when he believed the last time Rangers got a big decision right. He reckoned it was bringing back Walter Smith in January, 2017 and he’s no huge fan of the former manager. Pardew would be a mistake and, personally, I don’t think it was ever*really a goer. Indeed, I believe Derek McInnes will be manager of Rangers soon enough and while he offers no guarantee of success, this would be a correct decision. At last. Such deals are rarely if ever simple but whatever Aberdeen want in terms of compensation, Rangers should pay. Rangers erred when they should have gone for McInnes last time and so if they fail to get their man, or go for someone else, it would feel as if they were trolling their own supporters. But if Pedro Caixinha could convince them he was the answer, anyone with an ego can. AND ANOTHER THING I HAD quite forgotten about Michael Kelly, the former Celtic director whose record as club custodian was, shall we say, patchy. A Twitter feud erupted with Glasgow’s former Lord Provost when he told Celtic fans: “It’s not your Club (sic) any more. Its (sic) owned by a foreign based billionaire. You don’t even know the present never mind the history.” If only Kelly and his gang could have held on. Celtic would be playing at Cambuslang having made billions from the bowling alley that was to be put in. Right... Kelly, I am led to believe, is not happy with the way he has been written out of Celtic history. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15630805.Neil_Cameron__Rangers_shouldn___t_go_anywhere_near_Alan_Pardew/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I am hearing it is only a matter of time before McInnes is installed as manager. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,966 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 From Oddschecker, he is a best priced 8/11 @Wm Hills. Betfair Exchange has him @1/10 Pardew from 4s to 8s; McLeish and MP'h from 4s to 10s. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Your kid gets private coaching from him? I didn't know... I agree: he'd be a great addition to the coaching staff. Good player in his day; loved the guy. No! My next door neighbours wife's aunty knew that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Completely agree. The more I see of Kevin Thomson the more I see an articulate and informed coach and tactician. Top bloke. Hibees follow his progress and say he's doing sterling stuff with young players but he'd need a bit more than that even to get a gig at the academy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 According to Sky Sports we are still compiling a list and haven't approached anyone yet. They say it will be next week before the new man is in place and suspect McInnes is the guy wanted. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Hibees follow his progress and say he's doing sterling stuff with young players but he'd need a bit more than that even to get a gig at the academy Not true regarding needing to do a bit more to get a gig at the Academy. He is as qualified to coach at the RFC Academy as many of the other Academy coaches - indeed moreso in some instances. He has his B license and the only reason he doesn't have his A license is because his Academy (which celebrated its one year anniversary today funnily enough) grew wings very, very quickly and he didn't want to let any of his kids down (he prides himself on the fact he has only ever missed one of his Academy sessions... and that was to co-commentate on one of our games - he wishes he had went to the Academy sessions as the game he co-commentated on was our 5-1 Old Firm horsing at Ibrox last season). He was coaching the Hibs U20 development team and currently takes Pro Youths on Saturday mornings, outside of their Pro Club coaches, including a number of Rangers Academy youths - and the RFC Academy coaches have seen the improvements in their kids since they have started attending KT's sessions. He has pro youths from a number of clubs including Rangers, Hibs and St Johnstone. I believe he has other clubs pro youth kids too. He is also good friends with Gary Crooks (RFC Overseas Development Officer) and has a good relationship with Craig Mulholland (Academy Director). So what else is it that he needs to do to "get a gig" ?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I think you are right about the academy I was thinking more about a higher level for him and threw that in with Murty in my mind I was talking shite unusual for me 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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