I was actually thinking this might not have been such a bad thing to happen during McCoist's tenure.
At the end of the day we've been given the players because the ones we have haven't been doing their jobs, but a lot of them have played week-in week-out regardless. I feel for our young players who haven't been given a chance, but I can't feel too bad for the others who've had all the time in the world to make themselves look indispensable and have failed badly.
I'm not really happy with McDowall generally after this situation. His comments make it clear he couldn't give a crap about the team and his role. He just wants to be paid off or put on gardening leave like his mate McCoist. It seems like inverted constructive dismissal where he's trying to make it impossible for the management to keep him in his post. I have sympathy with him for being thrust into a job he never really wanted, but he can walk away any time he likes instead of trying to wangle a year's salary for NOT working.
The sooner we get a real manager in the better, but if the board really are picking the team that's going to be next to impossible and we'll be stuck with McDowall. No chance of promotion if that happens.
At the end of the day we've been given the players because the ones we have haven't been doing their jobs, but a lot of them have played week-in week-out regardless. I feel for our young players who haven't been given a chance, but I can't feel too bad for the others who've had all the time in the world to make themselves look indispensable and have failed badly.
I'm not really happy with McDowall generally after this situation. His comments make it clear he couldn't give a crap about the team and his role. He just wants to be paid off or put on gardening leave like his mate McCoist. It seems like inverted constructive dismissal where he's trying to make it impossible for the management to keep him in his post. I have sympathy with him for being thrust into a job he never really wanted, but he can walk away any time he likes instead of trying to wangle a year's salary for NOT working.
The sooner we get a real manager in the better, but if the board really are picking the team that's going to be next to impossible and we'll be stuck with McDowall. No chance of promotion if that happens.