Either it's a magic wind up or County have actually sacked **** Campbell  :017:

I've heard Charlie Christie is getting the job  :011:

***** been chopped ? Surely not ? :crazy07:

Just heard it on the radio !

Funnyily enough.....I immediately though of CC too ! :007:

Just as well they weren't bottom of the league, eh.

Charlie with Alex Bone - the new Viccy Park dream team.

He's the main speaker at a Sportsman's Dinner I'm going to in a couple of weeks. I'll see if I can get anything interesting out of him - if he hasn't been sacked from that as well!

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Less than 5 months in charge, Top of the 2nd Division, "It was mutually agreed that his contract be terminated with immediate effect,"  :024:

Gotta be far more into this story than its letting on :004:

MAybe the stench and filth of Dungwall got too much for him

when saw this topic i automatically thought CC will go or get offered the job.if they have any sense they wouldn't!

To be fair, they didnt make the League Cup quarters.. been on the cards for a while.

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the wheels have literally fallen off the Cunty bandwagon  :sillywave:

Derek Adams as Player/Manager?  Suspicious moi?

Looks like our feeder club have got themselves there very own Vladimir!  :015:

Word is that Neale Cooper will be back.

**** Campbell had a problem with **** Adams -- sorry George Adams, anyway we wait with baited  breath  -    not

He's the main speaker at a Sportsman's Dinner I'm going to in a couple of weeks. I'll see if I can get anything interesting out of him - if he hasn't been sacked from that as well!

He's a top turn,did our player of the year at the end of last season,FAF some great memories and stories,wears his heart on his sleeve,shame he's oot at Coonty.....yahooryesir

He's a top turn,did our player of the year at the end of last season,FAF some great memories and stories,wears his heart on his sleeve,shame he's oot at Coonty.....yahooryesir

You been at the Irvine Welsh books again?

Aye, they must be pretty confident of winning div 2 if old Fester's got the chop. There's not many know more about that league than him.

There has been a rumour for a while about tensions between **** Campbell and George Adams. Nevertheless, given that they are on course for promotion, his departure is something of a surprise.

I can't see Charlie being interested given his reasons for standing down at ICT.

No-one's come up with that old chestnut "Barry Wilson in player-coach role" yet... Oops.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Cooper back. His record there was pretty good and surely it's better for his caeer and wallet than being Pele's No 2 at Peterhead.

There may be a connection betwen ICT and the new County manager. I believe that Stuart Golabek is a serious contender for player manager.

Every single County manager since Bobby Wilson has been mince apart from Robbo. I wonder which dud they'll approach next... Billy Stark, Maurice Malpas, Tom Hendrie, Jim Leishman perhaps? I wouldn't put ANYthing past those numpties in the Stags boardroom.

They should go for a manager who's working his way up this time, not one working his way down!

No-one's come up with that old chestnut "Barry Wilson in player-coach role" yet... Oops

seen as the job comes up every 6 months or so i would say barry would prefer to stay in the top league for a few seasons yet :003:

Quite a surprise this one, but Barry Wilson or Stuart Golabek would be daft to entertain what could turn out to be a very short-term position. Stick with Caley Thistle and don't be tempted by the County.  :018:

Speakin to Bobby Wilson at the ICT legends night at Drummossie,Eh said  "see yer name got a mention on the website in connection wi the ICT job Bobby"     

"aye" he replied" I posted that!!! "

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the wheels have literally fallen off the ****y bandwagon  :sillywave:

Is that what they call a caravan through there now?  Or maybe a Transit van?  :015:

George Adams is sure getting a reputation for ruthlessness with two Managers away in 6 months.

Amazing that some link Charlie with County - did people not see him play in the derbies? Charlie would deliberately take them down to Division 3!

I am sure Duncan Shearer will do very well there.

Quite a surprise this one, but Barry Wilson or Stuart Golabek would be daft to entertain what could turn out to be a very short-term position. Stick with Caley Thistle and don't be tempted by the County.  :018:

Golabek is already there though. :016: But I'm not so sure he'd be the right choice. Charlie needs time away from the pressure of management to take stock.

Personally I think Bobby with Barry as player/coach would be a desirable partnership for County.

I wouldn't be surprised if Pele was poached, top manager and weaken one of the contenders for promotion at the same time.

I'm not sure that Pele would relish working with George Adams as his Director of Football.

Top of league, but Campbell sacked 'to save the soul of Ross County'

ALASDAIR FRASER

**** Campbell was yesterday sacked by Ross County after only 20 weeks in charge - with the Highlanders sitting top of the Second Division. The Dingwall club's board took the shock decision after growing unhappy with the team's style of play.

Campbell, appointed on 17 May, was charged with winning promotion at the first time of asking, and vowed to walk away if he failed. However, his departure came much sooner than anyone could have anticipated.

County, who have battled clear of administration danger, are now seeking their sixth manager in a little over two years, and chairman Roy MacGregor admitted yesterday the move would be greeted by disbelief in some quarters. But he said the decision to terminate Campbell's tenure was for the good of the club.

MacGregor said: "We thank **** for his services, but there was a difference in styles between the club and him that was not to the good of Ross County long-term. We had to make the judgment as to whether we could win the league with that style and, if so, whether it was worth losing something of the soul of Ross County.

"We want to win the league and do it with a bit of panache and style. We are a full-time team who, in my opinion, have the best players in the league and we've always been a club who've tried to entertain.

"Some people will say it is a strange decision when we are top of the league. But I can assure the supporters and everyone connected to the club that this was done for the good of Ross County. People may not understand the decision immediately, but I hope they will come to."

County, who suffered a setback in a 2-2 draw at home to Alloa on Saturday, escaped administration a couple of years ago only by MacGregor's intervention.

Along with director of football George Adams, he effectively acted as administrator and secured agreement with County's bankers on a new business plan.

But upheaval has been almost constant since Alex Smith was dismissed just as he picked up an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list back on June 2005.

Previous to Smith's departure, County had enjoyed much greater stability. Bobby Wilson was controversially axed two years after guiding the team into the Scottish leagues, with Neale Cooper replacing him for seven years up to November 2002. Smith lasted two-and-a-half years but paid the penalty for failing to guide County into the SPL.

John Robertson then took over but lasted just four months as he stormed out in October 2005 after a bust-up over plans to slash ?100,000 from the playing budget.

Gardner Speirs then acted as caretaker for five months, losing only four of 23 games in charge, but was then overlooked for the permanent post.

At the start of last season, George Adams joined forces with rookie Scott Leitch, but the young team lurched to relegation despite winning the Challenge Cup and Leitch was sacked.

Campbell seemed to have been given a win-at-any-cost remit when he arrived in late May, but County sources say there were a number of contentious issues behind the scenes.

Campbell, given the urgency of his task, had paid little attention to youth development, it is claimed, while spending little additional time at the club outside of training hours. It is claimed he had also faced internal criticism for the deployment of certain players, including the omission of skipper Stuart Golabek in recent games. But the biggest factor was that a body of supporters, corporate backers and the board were unhappy with County's style of play.

Campbell was trying to win his seventh title with County. His biggest successes before ill-fated spells at Partick and now County included reaching four Scottish Cup semi-finals with Dunfermline, winning promotion to the SPL in 1996.

Campbell, a staff coach with the SFA and current chairman of the SFA's technical coaching staff, could not be contacted yesterday.

Whata joke County are