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You beat me to it Al (and funnier than my post would have been too).

Just because he played that way at Fulham (in a bid to keep them in the EPL over the course of a few games) doesn't mean he can't play other styles. Having said that, with the names mentioned, I'd still be more interested in Gary Mac or Luc. What this does show, however, is that there are always people queuing up for manager jobs; even in the SPL.

That would be an interesting shout. There's no doubt he did a decent job with the NI squad and good to hear that it's the 'love of the game' that keeps him motivated - because he's not going to make his fortune with us.

You got one from Aberdeen because Mcghee swooped for the Motherwell email addresses and, as none of you were under contract, Flow could do nothing to stop him.

It took Tommy more than one season to do that, though. Not that I would argue over who was the better manager, mind, because I think we agree there.

This is what his agent said 2 months ago. ""Maros is keeping his options open for next season and that could also include staying at Motherwell." Hardly a commitment.

Ah, so the two of them are being interviewed at JB's hoose as we speak

And, of course, he said he wanted to stay if an appropriate deal could be made. Not that he would turn down better offers to stay.

Not unless you are planning to use it in the next week or so.

Well it's better than the Blue Square that Setanta show. If you want to watch Ebbsfleet Utd this season it will cost you 15 quid at the gate.

Aye, the direct quotes seem a little thin on the ground. I read "But a little bit of cash for experienced players would help too" as meaning he was looking for a club with a budget after his financial constraints in his prior job. I thought I had read a similar thing in a different report, but I might be misremembering. Either way, I'd take Gary Mac over Luc for a variety of reasons.

We might lose money if the OF weren't in the SPL, but the OF would lose more if the other 10 teams weren't in the SPL.

I'd take Gary Mac. In the press article (if you can believe it) Luc says he would only take the job if we "match his amibtions" and also mentions he wants cash to spend. Even if we meet the former, we don't have any cash to give him, so that would likely be a deal breaker. I imagine Gary Mac is more in tune with the Scottish game at the moment too.

Roger Hynd, if I was to guess.

I know what you mean, but the players do need some time off too. The early Euro games are really part of the pre-season too. I know they are important, but I don't think they can be dealt with any other sensible way.

That's the great thing about facts. There are so many to choose from

McLean almost got us relegated. Butcher almost got us relegated. Mowbray got WBA relegated and he's ready to take the Celtic job. I'm not saying I want Jeffries (I don't), but anybody that takes an SPL job outside the OF is going to battle relegation once in a while.

I thought contracts were dictated by the board, not the manager.

If he based his decision on a few postings to this website, then he will never have the temperament to be a manager.

As long as the next manager doesn't turn up and tell us on day one how he'd rather have the Celtic job, I think we'll all get along just fine. I don't see anybody on here saying McGhee didn't do a good job on the park. Just that his pathological need to tell everyone within range that he wanted a 'step up' every 5 minutes, tended to grate after the first 3 months.

I think whoever you heard it from is on the Buckie Cheesecake.

See, we agree on this one I also believe that in these days of the modern manager, there are many good assistants who won't want the step up. Gone are the days when the manager was the guy who ran the day-to-day minutiae of the team. Most of the training and player wellfare seems to lie with the assistant, while the manager has to take care of other responsibilites within the club. If you are the sort of guy that gets more satisfaction from running the coaching and training, then club management might not be the career for you.

If that thread does exist, I guarantee you won't find any such comment from me. What you will see in other threads are some comments accusing me of being 'Happy Clappy' when I have supported some of McGhee's managerial decisions and been appreciative of what he did for the club. Where he fell down was touting himself for a new job within a few months of joining. He didn't learn from that and continued to express what should have been private thoughts to the media. I doubt many people care what ambitions he harbours, but it shows a lack of respect to his employers to keep airing them in public. He has a reputation for walking out on clubs. It is mostly undeserved, but it's easy to see how he has acquired it, by continuously talking about moving on to better things while under contract to a current employer. He has already done it again with Aberdeen by telling them he really wanted to Celtic job. You need to have a psychological problem or an ego the size of Fir Park to do that, as it's not the behaviour of a rational person. That might be acceptable to you, but to me that lacks class. That doesn't mean I think he did a poor job for us. It means I think he did a poor job in managing his exit. If you want to call that droll revisionism, then feel free.

What he said.