if brewster was to leave who would u lyk to replace him as the next caley manager?

i'll start with steven pressley as a player/man

any other suggestions?

Gordon Chisholm?

I would like to see someone completely new in charge of the club with a proven track record as a manager, not a player/manager, not a 'young ambitous manager' and not an ex-player just because we liked him or he played well for us.

I know this may be difficult to find, but I would be happy to search down a league or two as this is what always used to happen - managers had to start at the bottom and work their way up. Unlike Brewster or Charlie for that matter who were immediately given a SPL job.I think a manager should earn that right by his track record not just handed to him on a plate.

Great post. Agree completely.

Like who?

Can't believe no one has mentioned Stuart Baxter !!!!! :o

Stuart Baxter

Stuart Baxter

Slainte

Problem is, I dont think anyone has the chance to manage ICT unless they are friendly with the so called 'heathmount mafia'.

The club are doing excellent work with improving communication between themselves and the fans, but why won' they listen to the things closer to ICT fans hearts i.e, the way our team is being run, the way players are being treated, and the performances on the pitch. Defeats like saturday would be far easier to take if we actually looked like we turned up.

the buck must fall at the feet of the manager, and failing that, the board of which appointed him.

Playing our star players out of position is WRONG

Switching formations week in week out if WRONG

Rotating the starting lineup week in week out is WRONG

Untimely subatitions are WRONG

All these things are fault of no-one else but the manager... and he is driving our best players out.

Rankin, Niculae, Wyness, Bayne, Wilson and possibly Cowie and Black in 3 short weeks time... Disgraceful.

Ian McCall

Mike Fridge (currently managing in New Zealand) plus Charlie Christie.

Steve Paterson or John Robertson.... or perhaps

Steve Paterson AND John Robertson. What a team that would be!

john collins??

Not so sure on Pele or Ian McCall

Although both excellent managers in the lower divisions, they didnt really cut it in the SPL.

Robbo on the other hand, was excellent for us and was doing well at hearts before being booted out for not following the Romanov rules and regulations of team selection. He has good connections in the game and above all else, has the respect of both players and fans. Why he was not re-appoined instead of brew is beyond me, and I have no doubt barry would be back in a coaching role within 12 months, should brew finally see sence and resign with at least a little dignity.

I was actually thinking of mentioning Ian McCall as well but thought I would get slated.

He is doing well with Partick, did extremely well with Falkirk, QoS and Airdrie and although he wasn't brilliant at DU his record was much, much, much better than Brewsters and we still gave him the job. McCall averaged over 1 point per game as DU manager, whereas Brewster averaged less than 0.5 points per game

I think McCall can be a bit of a niaff (sp) but if he got the results and got us playing more entertaining football who cares.

Not saying he is definitely THE man for the job, but I would be happy to bet he would be much better than Brewster.

I was actually thinking of mentioning Ian McCall as well but thought I would get slated.

He is doing well with Partick, did extremely well with Falkirk, QoS and Airdrie and although he wasn't brilliant at DU his record was much, much, much better than Brewsters and we still gave him the job. McCall averaged over 1 point per game as DU manager, whereas Brewster averaged less than 0.5 points per game

I think McCall can be a bit of a niaff (sp) but if he got the results and got us playing more entertaining football who cares.

Not saying he is definitely THE man for the job, but I would be happy to bet he would be much better than Brewster.

He'd definitely be much better than Brewster but on the downside, he'd single handedly destroy our Youth setup. I'm sure he's done similar things at every club he's been in charge of.

Realisticly, I'd like to think the shortlist would look like this:

Charlie Christie

John Robertson

Gordon Chisholm

Craig Brown

The board would probably really like to appoint Christie again, but if he has any sense, he'll turn the offer down. He is way to inexperienced to sort out the mess he'll inherit from Brewster.

I'd like to see us appoint any of the other 3 with Bazza, CC or Donald Park as assistant. If Robertson was appointed, does anyone think Park would be likely to return? He is afterall, only a coach at Hibs and isn't involved in the management but I think he really liked being in the assistant role.

Edited December 10, 200817 yr by Jay_7

Only a coach at Hibs? He is assistant manager mate.

:thumb04:

My bad. I thought he was only a coach. Well that removes Park from the equation

The choice my heart keeps making is Robbo with CC and Barry as his assistants ... but I could see merit in Gordon Chisholm or Craig Brown.

How about Craig Brown with Barry Wilson as his assistant learning the ropes ? That said, my personal preference would still be Gordon Chisholm.

Craig Brown with Barry is a very good shout I think.

Robbo and Shearer is a lot more likely tho....

personally i wouldnt mind Robbo as DoF, knows the game, has played it at a high level and has contacts outwith the highland league in the game.

whether viable or not i would love to see a manager from the following:

Eric Black

John Collins

Ally McCoist

Kevin Macdonald

Ricky Srbagria (sp)

Craig Brown (DoF maybes?)

John Robertson (either the aston villa one or our former boss would be good IMO)

with a coaching role for Barry Wilson too and Pele as a scout

Maybe all Brewster needs is a new 'lucky' hat to pull his team selections out of

Eric Black ? assistant manager at wigan ? not a snowball in hells chance

Maybe all Brewster needs is a new 'lucky' hat to pull his team selections out of

Given the fact that he seems to be pulling them from his erse right now, then I think a hat would be a big improvement.

Maybe all Brewster needs is a new 'lucky' hat to pull his team selections out of

Given the fact that he seems to be pulling them from his erse right now, then I think a hat would be a big improvement.

:thumb04: classic!!

Edited December 10, 200817 yr by Libero

would like to see the following

manager-robbo local good contacts in game has best win percentage of any ict manager attacking!!!!

assistant- charlie loves club not in direct firing line so not as much pressure on him also attacking!!!!!

coach - barry well respected good buffer between players and management and can learn his trade

all 3 local all 3 love the club all 3 succesful at club all 3 popular all 3 can communicate with fans bothh robbo and charlie signed cracking players (bingham wilson hastings dods black rankin cowie and vigurs woods duff)plus they WANT the club to be better than just staying in the premier league they want to be ambitous they want to win things jesus they want to entertain and no risk as they KNOW the players and wont waste precious months assessing our squad they would know strengths and weaknesses another manager might take to long and might be too late to stop our slide