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Bigger than us? Don't agree.....plus we have more stands than them 🤪

Great post. 4yr deal is bonkers. 2yr deal more realistic. This is the guy who wasn't renewing then suddenly changed his mind. If he gets us out group stage then clears out the dross then I might give him more time

Loved it when he slapped the bald guy on the head........whoops......wrong Beni Anyone under 35 will have no idea what I am on about

Falkirk aren't bigger than us. Time at the top level means something. McGlynn would be daft to move from that gig unless he gets a significant pay raise. My guess is he will end up at Dundee Utd in September when Goodwin has a bad start to the season.

I don't think he'd come, and I don't really want him to come, but I think you'd lose the "bigger than us" argument for the 2026 versions of both our clubs. What would bring him to Fir Park could be more money, a crack at Europe and a squad that doesn't depend on 5 or 6 loan players every season. (and a stadium with 4 sides )

By handpicking, I didn't mean not making it available. I meant they can choose to make part of it available - the part that does them less or no damage - and we wouldn't know if anything was missing.

Precisely my point. If its not made available, we should be asking why not. I dont really want to dwell on this but you can still demand transparency without the expectation of it, and highlight the lack of it when it occurs. Might end up with a sign on our backs again right enough.....

Why would John McGlynn leave Falkirk and join Motherwell. They’re arguably as big a club if not bigger than we are.

Clarke definitely took a shambles of a Scotland outfit and turned it around into a team that was difficult to beat and that the players wanted to part of. And no doubt he did well to qualify for our first Euros. The way we performed in those finals was embarrassing and 100% down to his tactics. I would have punted him then, but was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt given it was our first Finals in 200 years or whatever. When we got to our second Euro Finals our performance was even worse. Literally no lessons learned from the first debacle. That, for me, was when Clarke absolutely had to go. Fair play for what he had achieved, but he had more than reached his limit as a coach by then. Anyone who watched or World Cup qualifiers could see were dead lucky to make it. Outplayed in multiple games with only moments of individual quality rescuing us in spite of the insipid tactics played. In that last game against Denmark, they battered us for most of the game. As happy as I was to see us win, and with some cracking goals, our 30% possession in must-win home tie says it all. Even with 10 men, they were the better side. It was a miserable performance with miserable tactics once again rescued by 3 moments of individual quality. A classic Clarke approach, and with no change in approach to squad selection, I expect every game to be a grind in the US regardless of how far we do or don't get. Now was the time to bring in someone more progressive and take full advantage of some of the more talented players we have available.

TBH over the period Clarke has been good for Scotland BUT… why extend is contract now , we could easily , probability and likely go out with a whimper - time to replace and give someone else the opportunity . overall poor decision

sadly wont happen. Clarke just been awarded a new 4 year contract

Handpicking what they want to share is not transparency though.

Maybe not. But in the interests of transparency we should still hear it. Even if all it does is annoy us all summer. Keeps the boiler stoked for next season and the first shitty decision that comes our way.

I look forward to seeing a 38 year old Kenny McLean and Grant Hanley included, despite not even playing club football, with Clarke commenting how impressive they've looked during kickabouts with their kids in the garden.

Bugger . His adventurous, cavalier, forward thinking, slick passing ,attacking style would have suited us perfectly. He would have been an asset for the club at the weekly jurno interviews aswell.

At least we can rule him out for Motherwell job 😂

That’s the national game fucked

Beaton will be back as usual next season. I really hope his first game is at Tynecastle. No mention of him giving Celik the title at Fir Park.

Nothing to see here. Sweep, sweep.

I hope Lennon MIller wasn't planning to play in the 2030 Finals: "The Scottish FA has announced that Steve Clarke has signed a new deal, extending his stay through to the 2030 World Cup" As terrible SFA decisions go, this must be one of the worst.

It won't make much difference regarding what is seen or heard on any VAR show. No action will be taken, no changes made, refs will still favour the OF with big calls and VAR will continue to be a pox on our game.

Id love to hear the comms. But I suspect we wont, or it would probably have been released by now.

It certainly seems that the board were well aware that Jens was away long before it happened, so I would agree a 3 week process from that point seems reasonable, albeit potential candidates may still be in employment up until the end of the month. Would certainly expect an announcement early June so we can get some the recruitment signed off before the players come back on June 19th. Be nice to know and be able to relax before I bugger off to the World Cup!

Well, the directors can't be far away from making a decision. Recently, its taken us about 3 weeks to make an appointment. When JBA left last week, unlike last year when Michael Wimmer resigned suddenly, we were told that the recruitment process was well underway. Given that it seems the board knew about his likely departure some weeks previously, we surely can't be far off an announcement. These days, the Board is being far more professional about managerial appointments with no leaks, premature or otherwise. Evidence of that is the lack of even remotely credible media articles, if indeed they interested at all.

Yes, it'll be interesting. Whether or not it was an actual penalty is now largely irrelevant. What will be be fascinating is how he analyses the process. The referee makes a call, rightly or wrongly. That decision must stand unless there is compelling clear and obvious evidence that he got it wrong. No-one, except diehard Celtic fans and some Hibs fans have seen that.