At least we can laugh at the Jocks during an international break
Alex McLeish says he will need to "stand up and be brave" as the pressure increases on the Scotland manager.
Sunday's 3-1 home loss to Portugal means he has won two of his six games in charge of the national side.
The friendly defeat came just three days after a 2-1 collapse away to Israel, ranked 94th in the world, in the Nations League.
"It's never easy to lose and that was a tough weekend," said McLeish.
"I have to stand up and be brave and take it forward.
"There's other examples of managers being under the cosh - Michael O'Neil and the Russian camp and Stanislav Cherchesov persevered. I'll always retain that determination."
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:22 pm
by llondel
What he means is "You'll have to fire me, I'm not quitting". He's OK until they give him his two weeks' notice, aka "The SFA stand behind our national team manager". Or is that just an English league thing?
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:59 pm
by Woody
A lot of people enjoyed this tackle last night
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:30 pm
by llondel
By my reckoning he played the ball. That was never a yellow card.
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:48 pm
by Wodrick
+1 and I know little about Footy
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:21 pm
by Woody
Even the Premier League haven’t sunk this low, yet
Real Madrid have opposed staging a Spanish league game between Barcelona and Girona in the United States.
La Liga asked the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for permission to hold the match in Miami on 26 January.
In a letter to the RFEF Real said it was "fundamental" teams play "home and away at each other's stadium" for "the integrity and equality" of La Liga.
The RFEF president Luis Rubiales has spoken out against the game, as has the Spanish players' union (AFE).
European governing body Uefa, the US Soccer Federation and Concacaf, which governs the game in north and central America and the Caribbean region also need to give their permission for the game to happen.
The proposed 'home' match for Girona, a Catalan town situated around 60 miles north of Barcelona, would take place at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on 26 January at 19:45 GMT.
Organisers not certain Girona v Barcelona will be moved
Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui criticises US game plan
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La Liga, Spain's top division, has agreed to play one game a season in the US as part of a 15-year deal with media company Relevent.
In their letter, Real said: "First of all we would like to declare that Real Madrid were never informed that La Liga had requested to play the game nor of the intention to make the request, and we were never asked our opinion on it.
"Nor, obviously, did La Liga obtain Real Madrid's agreement, despite the fact that this game affects a competition in which we participate."
Following a meeting with La Liga, the AFE said the players would have the "final say".
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said it was "hard to stand here as a loser again" after Everton scored twice in the last three minutes to snatch a dramatic Premier League victory.
You’d think that he would be used to it by now
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:15 pm
by lasernigel
Good old Woy!
Well we won 0-3 but think someone else lost 0-1!
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:19 am
by ian16th
I'm p*ssed of at a team that could score against Rotherham!
Re: The New Football Thread
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:36 pm
by Woody
I see that it’s the Fylde coast “ El Classico “ this weekend
