lcafiero
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Though this may be correct, the doctor makes a good point. The rest of the world DOES play football and there are talented players and managers around the world. You don't have to go much further than Brazil and Argentina in this hemisphere for proof of that. What I hear John no saying is that for our purposes, a manager with a degree of European experience may be required.Correct, Europe is the benchmark for world football and plenty of available managers other than taking a punt on a complete unknown with no track record upon the European scene, ridiculous to even be considered
Logical, of course, but whether it's "ridiculous to even be considered" is arguable. There are many factors involved, and with the right guidance and chemistry between players and coaches -- Exhibit A for this would be Brendan Rodgers, as much as I hate the m*****f**ker, who got the best out of everyone on the club -- a degree of success might be achieved by an unknown who possesses all the right management tools.
I don't have a problem with this Australian guy, he seems to have some pretty good credentials. But I would agree that there are probably better candidates closer to home.
Regardless, whoever we end up with -- finally -- should get our support 100 percent. And now I will put away my Captain Obvious costume.
Also, as an aside, I wish the Steve Clarke interview had gone better. Thinking about how Kilmarnock died a slow, painful death without him (heh heh heh), he was responsible for Killie consistently punching above their weight in the Premiership and I think he would have been a good fit for Celtic.