Smile 26,592 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Alex McLeish believes he would be suited to becoming a director of football as Rangerscontinue their search to fill that very vacancy. The Ibrox board have drawn up a short list for the right candidate to work with manager Pedro Caixinha and implement a new structure at Ibrox. Southampton's Ross Wilson has already knocked back the opportunity, while former Spurs head of recruitment Paul Mitchell continues to be linked. However, ex-Rangers manager McLeish has admitted it is a role that increasingly intrigues him on the back of missing out on several managerial posts south of the border. And, despite not quite throwing his hat into the ring to be considered, the 58-year-old backed himself to have the necessary talents and expertise to fulfill the crucial post at the club he once guided to a treble. “Go down a new career path? Well you never know," he said. “It’s something I have considered and obviously a director of football can also be influential in terms of recruitment, which is the most important part after you install your coach. “It’s something that has been in my mind for a wee while with getting overlooked for some of the bigger jobs in England. “I’ve done my wee stint abroad, and I wouldn’t rule going abroad again, it was great coaching out there and working with sporting directors and directors of football. You get a wee feel for that. “At Genk it was a wee bit different because the sporting director had chosen all the players and I just worked with a group for the whole season that were mine. I didn’t bring anyone in. “And that was a club who were trying to consolidate and we did it quite nicely. I’ve got those kind of capabilities I feel, yeah." McLeish had been linked with replacing Mark Warburton as manager while his name was also mentioned for the new vacancy that has yet to be filled. Despite that, he claims no formal talks have taken place. “No we just had a nice casual chat," added McLeish, who is part of Bt Sport's team that will be covering Aberdeen v Hearts on Saturday. "If Rangers had given me the nod that they wanted me to come back I would have asked for a further meeting just to clear some things up. “It wasn’t a done deal if they had said ‘you are the man we are going for’. There would have been further chat as well just to understand some parameters.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Lol no was hoping we had now forgot about the idea tbh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooblue 1,959 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Don't think so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Most of the players he signed as a manager were beyond horrendous... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lloyd72 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, K.A.I said: Lol no was hoping we had now forgot about the idea tbh Hopefully not, there's serious problems behind the scenes at our club which a DoF could solve imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Just now, Lloyd72 said: Hopefully not, there's serious problems behind the scenes at our club which a DoF could solve imo Like what? Make us play better and turn average players good over night ? Paying a guy in a suit 300k a year for it unless the guy comes with a top scouting pedigree I'd pass Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel no 1 27 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Any of these guys would walk into our team today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneva_ger 9,242 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Rotten 5 - 10% success. Not a good return. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lloyd72 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 15 minutes ago, K.A.I said: Like what? Make us play better and turn average players good over night ? Paying a guy in a suit 300k a year for it unless the guy comes with a top scouting pedigree I'd pass That's nothing to do with behind the scenes, our scouting network is non existent and we have no plan for the future with a DoF it would be his job to build a scouting network which would solve a lot of our problems. I think we need someone who has good scouting experience with a decent track record of signings, I wonder if John Park would be interested in a DoF role. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Samuel no 1 said: Any of these guys would walk into our team today. Doubt it considering they've all retired.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 No No No Nooooooooo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooblue 1,959 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 McLeish seems to have turned into Yosser Hughes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackrfc95 4,255 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Reeks of desperation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,826 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Aye cos he missed out on the managers job no one else will touch him so all of a sudden he's a director of football?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1984 6,314 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 26 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said: From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten That's a pretty brutal list apart from kizinanishvilli, he wasn't the worst imo. And berg who did a decent job for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,592 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWBear 1,640 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 bet he gets the job. if he does, it's a fucking shambles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don81 2,832 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said: From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten Was Walter Smith who signed Rothen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclothmonster 1,680 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Please no, just no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFM 3,809 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I think id be great at being the Sultan of Brunei, doesn't mean I should or would be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,438 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said: From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten Geez Seeing that list gave me acid reflux i actually have wiped the majority of them from my memory Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblueal 2,117 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't make a good DOF. I'm damn sure he shouldn't be let loose to find out at Rangers. I think we will get an as yet unnamed candidate. Who saw Pedro coming? The board seem to have a wide net and I don't expect this to be any different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryju84 3,170 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said: From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten But.... b... b... but - Jeffers was billed as the "fox in the box"... a natural goalscorer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPWF 8,117 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said: From 2002-2006 Muscat Thompson Bonnissel Eggen Capucho Khizanishvilli Vanoli Berg Emerson Ostenstad Namouchi Kalenga Rae Fetai Mladenovic Carcary Djordjic Santala Murray Fanfan Nieto N'Guessan Maniero Bernard Jeffers Ashikodi Rotten Boumsong, Prso, Novo, Buffel, Boyd, Andrews. Aye he signed some stinkers but let's not pretend he didn't bring in anyone decent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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