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Note 128.200              World Cup qualifying Group 1                200 of 201
AIMTEC::WICKS_A "U.S.A 2 England 0 - I was there!"   10 lines  13-SEP-1993 21:57
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    Archie,
    
    what were his reasons? I mean they're not actually out of the World Cup
    yet. 
    
    Brian Clough and Terry venables are available!
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.Wicks

    
    
     What about Ally McCloud @:^)) He's the master of hype,Anyone who can
    work fans up so much that 30 000 of them(bet you were there Archie) 
    turn up to wave the team off is ok in my book.
    
     SCott

    
    OK, I admit that I was at Hampden (When it had a North Stand) to wave
    to the team. I still admire Ally McLoed for actually getting me to do
    that! I even ran a bus to it from my work at that time - and the bus
    was packed.
    
    Newspapers today seem to be of the opinion that the SFA will take the
    easy option and go for Craig Brown if he makes a reasonable job, ie
    none of the players get killed, presumably, in the 2 final WC matches.
    
    The run of 5 in a row for the WC looks over, will it be the end at 1 in
    a row for the Euro championships. I'm almost saying "Who cares?" so
    maybe it's time to bring Ally back.
    
    Archie.
    

    
    
     I don't think anyone was that surprised when Roxburgh quit. However,
    the SFA in all their wisdom have appointed another "career" man to
    run the national team for the next 2 games and will probably appoint
    him manager in due course.
    
     Now, I have nothing against Craig Brown, but the interest in the
    international team is at an all time low. Surely it would have made
    more sense to at least try to attract a high profile name to the job
    and get the fans to support the team again.
    
     I hope Brown can become a successful manager but unless the set-up
    in Scotland changes, he'll struggle to build a decent team. There will
    still be the usual half-dozen call offs after the players are forced to
    play a league game on Saturday prior to a Wednesday international
    match. How can a manager build a good squad of players when he's forced
    to chop and change from 1 match to the next? The muppets currently
    running Scottish football into the ground have got some serious changes
    to make before we have a good international side again.
    
       Danny.

    Hey maybe we are better with an Ally type. I personaly am fed up with
    the crap that we had ever since he left started by Jock Stein [world
    class club manager crap international one]. He was first to con us with
    "it's a marvellous achievement for a small country like ours to reach
    the World Cup finals". Bullshit.  No wonder we turn upand don't play.
    
    If it's impossible for a small nation of 5 million or so to produce
    excellent teams then someone forgot to tell Holland or Denmark in the
    past or Norway and switzerland now.
    
    Craig Brown - yeh that sums up the ambition.

    If were serious about having a credible international team then the SFA
    have to be seen to be doing something.  A couple of saturdays ago, the
    English premeier league did not play, due to the international team
    playing on the Wednesday following.  In Scotland a full league was
    played and 3 or 4 players were injured resulting in them pulling out
    the squad.....wheres the intelligence in that ??
    
    If we have limited resources, we have to utilise them all the more.
    
    Paul

    
    The SFA knew before the match against Switzerland, that we were OUT of
    the 1994 finals, and therefor didn't bother cancelling the previous
    Saturday's matches.
    If we hadn't been gubbed 5-0 in Portugal a few months back, you can
    rest assured that there would have been a free week prior to the tie
    against the Swiss. 
    

Today's Sun carries an exclusive about Jane Nottage's affair with Andy.
Jane was Gazza's personal assistant, and one that told her story to a Sunday
newspaper. Affair been going on for a while, before she met Gazza. I think she
was at Italia 90 as England's press relations officer.

Chris.

Have the SFA got a crystal ball then???

Remote though it was, Scotland did have a chance to still qualify, if they had
beaten the Swiss. The SFA should have given The National side all the assistance
it possibly could, by having the previous Saturday as a rest day.

Al

    
    Ireland suffered similar problems in the pre-Charlton era.  Established
    players withdrawing from the squad but making miraculous recoveries the
    following Saturday.  A strong manager can discipline these players.
    
    It's just over a year since the European finals in Sweden but Scotland
    look a pale shadow of that side.  Scottish managers are doing very well 
    in England.  Maybe one of them could be tempted to come back.
    
    Gary.

    They won't come back because the pay is peanuts compared to their club
    salaries. 
    
     John.

    
    It's because the job isn't attractive enough..
    
    Neil...
    

    So you think if the SFA doubled a certain managers wages(which they
    wont),he wouldn't consider it,attractive or not.I think he might.
                                            
                    
                                            Davy...