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I have a number of issues with Gerrard and wouldn't want him back. But cant see why his stint in Saudi is being used as a case against him, its not a serious football league its a marketing campaign. It would go the other way had he been a resounding success. I mean does anyone even know/care who the best teams and managers are in Saudi? I dont. Same goes for Muscat in China. Chinese football isn't serious and is essentially just a betting market.

Bottom line. Needs games to develop. Everyone needs to remember the Alan Hutton arc. Or Alan McGregor. Not every youngster is going to come into the team and be one of the best players from day one like Barry Ferguson.

I have said this for years now, but our club seems to value European success over domestic. The facts don’t lie. Problem is, European success for us is just doing ‘ok’. It’s not realistic to think we will win anything. The squad seems to have been assembled with this in mind, any of the qualities needed to succeed in Scotland seem to have been ignored Diomande probably the biggest examples of this. A very competent operator in the European arena. Cool under pressure, great at retaining possession and resisting the press. Lost count of the amount of times he was just bundled off the ball yesterday. Just pushed out the way by bigger, stronger players. You could say the same all over the park.

Weak, bullied again by a bigger, faster, stronger team.

Sterling and Ridvan in the treatment room

Hopefully we can sell him to the glue factory or whoever.

I've out hipstered the hipsters.

Seen Roger Schmidt mentioned on twitter, i'd probably take him.

Dyche and Mourinho don't develop players. They like to work with the finished article. Whoever we get needs to be able to polish up a few rough diamonds (or turds, depending on who you ask).

That looks garbage, Umbro is a garbage brand. Meh.

How many injuries has he had

The support hold no authority or influence over the club or directors. 2012 is the biggest example of that.

Premiership and MLS clubs can pay big wages. Is this guy taking a pay cut to come here? Will we get value from whatever we are paying him? There is a risk that, perhaps while the sporting director role works for wealthy clubs, or continental clubs who have utilised this model for several decades and worked out the kinks, it may not work for us. We have tried it with Allen, Wilson and to a degree Koppen. I am still to see the value it creates. I get there will be an argument about structure, visions, club philosophy etc. In fact we have heard it for several years now. We have never managed to get it started. Youth system synergy with formations and systems, farming out players on loan, game models, player trading models. All these things remain a pipe dream, we look on across the globe at other clubs, some far smaller, in envy at their capabilities in these areas. I remain unconvinced that this is necessary to punch down on small fish we need to contend with most weeks.

Not relevant to the point I was making.

Its a fair criticism, but it also reminds me of a fat Australian manager who did ok up here.

Its the smart move, however ruthless it seems. Farke probably wont mind, will get a nice promotion bonus, nice payoff and walk into another job with his stock still high.

Various sources.. 👀

Who isn't? Only a complete lunatic could be optimistic given the past few years.

I don't think the country UK thing would matter, its 2025 and the world doesn't really have borders anyway. The separate FA and national team thing however would be a huge blocker.

Looks like a Temu Frank Lampard

I cant see it happening for many reasons but the main one being it would set a precedent, Paris is relatively as close to England as Glasgow is, no reason why PSG wouldn't try to jump ship for example.

I thought zero mission was the boards ambition.

How do the rest of us manage to live sustainably? It’s not difficult. Keep one number lower than the other.