SlimStripey Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Killie_Damo said: If Clarke is interested and within budget it would border gross negligence if we don't appoint him Agree 100%. Should be bending over backwards to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, Doonhamer said: Take the Killie job, get yourself back in the market, do a good job and a half decent English team will come a calling. KFC are then back to square one within a short period of time. If he does his job properly then this shouldn't be a problem. The groundwork should be there for a young manager like Holt to come in and carry on where he left he off. This should've happened when Kenny left but AJ managed to obliterate everything he achieved. Probably didn't help that MJ wanted to destroy any evidence Kenny wad every at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Doonhamer said: It’s another LC scenario. Take the Killie job, get yourself back in the market, do a good job and a half decent English team will come a calling. I think that English clubs will make their minds up on Steve Clarke regardless of how he potentially did at Kilmarnock. He could only damage his reputation by doing very badly which brings up the subject of risk and reward. What are the risks to him of taking the post and how much do the rewards justify these? The financial rewards are likely to be comparatively negligible. The biggest reward would be to achieve stunning success and enhance his reputation. What is the likelihood of that at RP with the current financial constraints, potential support, training facilities etc? Edited October 7, 2017 by skygod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 He doesn't appear to have even been interviewed yet and already we've had two incorrect spellings of his name. After Shields, Johnstone, Lock, Clark and McCullough I think this makes him a shoe in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, Dillinger said: I'd be delighted with Clarke. Can't believe folk are saying they wouldn't take Mixu. Under him we played the best football I've seen us play, up there with the best of Williamson. Easily one of our best managers of a generation. Times have changed. We are not the blank canvas he inherited the last time with a pre season to sculpt. At the moment we look an unfit shambles lacking quality in key areas. He won’t be in a position to make real changes to the team until January. We are too like the United team he inherited and that did not go well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalkillie Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 17 minutes ago, Scooby_Doo said: He doesn't appear to have even been interviewed yet and already we've had two incorrect spellings of his name. After Shields, Johnstone, Lock, Clark and McCullough I think this makes him a shoe in! Don't forget Jeffries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Of course. I think Calderwood was our last manager who had a name everyone could spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doonhamer Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Oh what it is to be perfect ! -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter's Heeder Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 16 minutes ago, Scooby_Doo said: Of course. I think Calderwood was our last manager who had a name everyone could spell! What about Paata, paate, pate...ah f**k it -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby_Doo Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Mixu? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullitt Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 I’m sorry guys but it won’t be Clarke. Absolutely no chance whatsoever. He can only harm his reputation coming to Killie. He’s managed in the Premiership and there are only two ways to look at this: 1) he has ties to the club and would like to wind down his career back home. Yet he’s still young as managers go 2) he sees Killie as a stepping stone. If he thinks he could do a job and get head hunted elsewhere down south then the highest he could hope for is lower championship. Killie are a basket case of a club just now and I genuinely think any self respecting manager would think twice about taking this job. I hope I’m wrong. Trust me I want to be wrong. I want to open this thread up and everyone be telling me I’m a fanny and GIRUY. I hope that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojike and Bod Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 19 minutes ago, Bullitt said: I’m sorry guys but it won’t be Clarke. Absolutely no chance whatsoever. He can only harm his reputation coming to Killie. He’s managed in the Premiership and there are only two ways to look at this: 1) he has ties to the club and would like to wind down his career back home. Yet he’s still young as managers go 2) he sees Killie as a stepping stone. If he thinks he could do a job and get head hunted elsewhere down south then the highest he could hope for is lower championship. Killie are a basket case of a club just now and I genuinely think any self respecting manager would think twice about taking this job. I hope I’m wrong. Trust me I want to be wrong. I want to open this thread up and everyone be telling me I’m a fanny and GIRUY. I hope that happens. So why has he applied in that case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesper Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 17 hours ago, The_new_gaffer said: This is the basics that EVERY club should have! Agreed. But it's the calibre, and therefore the associated costs, of bringing in guys that Clarke might want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Not just the calibre but the number. Three assistant managers and a first team coach isn't unusual in the EPL and Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullitt Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Mojike and Bod said: So why has he applied in that case? Has he though? I’ve seen nothing concrete about him applying. If he has then that’s fantastic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouser2 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Up to 15 getting an interview ..according to BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piffer Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 That’s a crazy amount. Considering they had hoped to have a new manager in place before the Partick game I was expecting five to be the limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 "The Board of Kilmarnock FC can release the following update on the vacant managerial position at the club. Since Lee McCulloch’s departure, the club has received over 50 applications and we have been impressed by the calibre of those expressing an interest in the position. The Board appreciates the time and effort taken to express these notes of interest and will give due consideration to all applications. The process to identify a new manager is well under way and the club intends to provide a further update next week. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWnnnnnn! Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Will be announced on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scooby_Doo said: two incorrect spellings of his name. 2! Obviously there's Clark but what's the other one? You could still easily misspell Calderwood if you wanted. Edited October 7, 2017 by Isle of Wight Exile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, WWWWnnnnnn! said: Will be announced on Monday. What will? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWnnnnnn! Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 In the next manager thread, really? Ok then, the next manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skygod Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Former Portugal international Jorge Costa is among over 50 applications for the Kilmarnock manager's post, while the club are keen to talk with Steve Clarke, BBC Scotland has learned. The Rugby Park club are seeking a replacement for Lee McCulloch after a poor start to the season. Costa, 45, was Porto's Champions League-winning captain in 2004. Clarke, 54, has managed West Brom and Reading, having been an assistant at Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle. The former St Mirren and Chelsea defender, capped by Scotland on six occasions, was most recently assistant to Roberto Di Matteo at Aston Villa but was not retained when Steve Bruce took over in October 2016. A source at Kilmarnock told BBC Scotland that Clarke has "the right kind of experience", adding that Costa, who played 50 times for his country, is one of the applicants the Ayrshire outfit are "excited by". Costa has managerial experience with clubs in his homeland, Romania, Cyprus and Tunisia and was national coach of Gabon. Kilmarnock, who are bottom of the Scottish Premiership with three points from eight matches, are next in action away to Partick Thistle on 14 October. Thistle are level on points with Killie but it seems unlikely the visitors will have a new manager in place before the game at Firhill. (Jane Lewis, BBC) If the club is excited by Jorge Costa - and it is not the kind of misinformation I was referring to - it doesn't seem to be shared by the support. Edited October 7, 2017 by skygod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskychimp Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, skygod said: Former Portugal international Jorge Costa is among over 50 applications for the Kilmarnock manager's post, while the club are keen to talk with Steve Clarke, BBC Scotland has learned. The Rugby Park club are seeking a replacement for Lee McCulloch after a poor start to the season. Costa, 45, was Porto's Champions League-winning captain in 2004. Clarke, 54, has managed West Brom and Reading, having been an assistant at Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle. The former St Mirren and Chelsea defender, capped by Scotland on six occasions, was most recently assistant to Roberto Di Matteo at Aston Villa but was not retained when Steve Bruce took over in October 2016. A source at Kilmarnock told BBC Scotland that Clarke has "the right kind of experience", adding that Costa, who played 50 times for his country, is one of the applicants the Ayrshire outfit are "excited by". Costa has managerial experience with clubs in his homeland, Romania, Cyprus and Tunisia and was national coach of Gabon. Kilmarnock, who are bottom of the Scottish Premiership with three points from eight matches, are next in action away to Partick Thistle on 14 October. Thistle are level on points with Killie but it seems unlikely the visitors will have a new manager in place before the game at Firhill. (Jane Lewis, BBC) If the club is excited by Jorge Costa - and it is not the kind of misinformation I was referring to - it doesn't seem to be shared by the support. Winning a champions league gets you a certain kind of kudos. If he couldn't turn that into being a manager in Portugal but instead ended up in Gabon, I'd think that says enough. No thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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