McLeish resigns from the Scotland job

Let's have a managerless UK and Ireland tournament this year, all we need is the welsh to get rid of Toshack....(don't care about N. Ireland)

 

Alex McLeish has resigned as Scotland manager, and is expected to be unveiled as the new manager of Birmingham tomorrow.

Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has confirmed that McLeish submitted a written resignation this afternoon.

"We are very disappointed to lose Alex as our manager," said Smith.

Scottish FA president George Peat said in a statement: "It is with regret that I can confirm that Alex McLeish has notified the Scottish FA that he has resigned from his position as national team coach with immediate effect.

"I am disappointed that Alex has chosen this course of action.

"He is an outstanding manager who has done a fantastic job with the national team."

 

AND

 

Dave O'Leary will be the new Derby manager

 

jewel is 1/10 on, and o'deary has drifted from 50/1 to 300/1 in the last 5 mins

 

i kid you not

 

Jewel is a cert then.  Proves the point a made elsewhere, these markets are manipulated by bookies, they closed the book on ince yesterday having been backed from 33/1 into odds on (now 9/2)

 

we live in a media frenzied world where the bookies leak to the press a load of speculation, create betting markets and play off each other to make a profit themselves

 

Now a clever man like Delaney could easily place a few bets himself on who the next ireland manager is with his inside info, pay for a nice holiday for himself, or new house

 

It reminds me of Kenny Miller in a tenuous way; gave up Champions League football for a part in Derby's cameo appearance in the Premiership. SFA should feel extremely let down, I know my friends do in Glasgow! What price loyalty these days...