New manager

[Don Julio]

When you recruit for a job, you often have a candidate in mind, but until you see the field you can't say for sure they're the best option. So while I don't doubt for a second that Cormack had Glass right at the forefront of his mind, if e.g. Eddie Howe had applied then I'm pretty sure he would have been chosen. None of us, except maybe MSM, know who applied and so maybe there was no-one in the field who stood out and so Cormack goes with Glass. Fair enough. I don't think that means he was pulling a fast one, or necessarily trying to pull the wool over our eyes about the 'prawcess'.

It might work out, it might not, but let's not be too conspiratorial about the whole thing. We didn't want the same old Largs suspects and we're not getting one. So that's a big tick. Clearly it's a risk, but as I've said before, I think a lot might come down to the team around him and as a group what their contacts are like in the market, etc. If the boy they're talking about as a striking coach is good enough to work with E**land then just maybe he's an improvement on what we have now.

For me, what I'm looking for in the first instance is the following list (in no particular order):

- Make a few canny purchases in the market

- bring through some youth,

- show some genuine ambition,

- get them working a bit harder in training (given recent suggestions),

- try to play a less turgid brand of football.

Wouldn't we'll all be quite happy with that as a start? Then let's see if the results come. I don't see why Glass can't deliver that for the start of next season.

[Don_Corleone]

When you recruit for a job, you often have a candidate in mind, but until you see the field you can't say for sure they're the best option. So while I don't doubt for a second that Cormack had Glass right at the forefront of his mind, if e.g. Eddie Howe had applied then I'm pretty sure he would have been chosen. None of us, except maybe MSM, know who applied and so maybe there was no-one in the field who stood out and so Cormack goes with Glass. Fair enough. I don't think that means he was pulling a fast one, or necessarily trying to pull the wool over our eyes about the 'prawcess'.

It might work out, it might not, but let's not be too conspiratorial about the whole thing. We didn't want the same old Largs suspects and we're not getting one. So that's a big tick. Clearly it's a risk, but as I've said before, I think a lot might come down to the team around him and as a group what their contacts are like in the market, etc. If the boy they're talking about as a striking coach is good enough to work with E**land then just maybe he's an improvement on what we have now.

For me, what I'm looking for in the first instance is the following list (in no particular order):

- Make a few canny purchases in the market

- bring through some youth,

- show some genuine ambition,

- get them working a bit harder in training (given recent suggestions),

- try to play a less turgid brand of football.

Wouldn't we'll all be quite happy with that as a start? Then let's see if the results come. I don't see why Glass can't deliver that for the start of next season.

Aye, I would go along with all that. I think Glass should be able to tick your boxes - I think I would probably manage to tick a few of them myself to be honest - ie getting them working harder, showing more ambition, play less honking football - these 3 are pretty easy for anyone to achieve! I wonder what will happen with the youth set up - will Sheerin and Robson hang around? It sounded like Cormack was keen to keep Simpson, but not sure about the other two - Sheerin's managerial performance on Saturday didn't inspire me with much confidence that he's going to produce a team of attacking, winning youngsters any time soon.