On March 26th, one month from today, the first Scotland squad under new manager George Burley will take to the pitch at Hampden to take on visiting Croatia. Of course, the Croatia side that comes out of the visitor gates will be down one major player, with the injured Eduardo out for the season. […]

George Burley is still moving his things into the office at Hampden Park, but he’s already turning some heads with his choice of assistants. He looks likely to be bringing in two (gasp) Englishmen to help him get Scotland to the 2010 World Cup. Terry Butcher and Malcolm Webster are both likely to […]

Finally, we officially have a manager. Scotland signed George Burley today to a 4-year contract that will take him through the 2012 European Championships, assuming he doesn’t cut and run at the first smell of cash. Not that a Scotland manager would ever do such a thing. Seriously, though, I have a […]

The SFA has made its first offer for a manager to replace Alex McLeish, and have made a great decision in my opinion in offering the post to George Burley. The Southampton manager is a strong, and to my mind, under-rated coach and if he can do with Scotland what he did briefly with […]

According to the BBC today, three of the four previously mentioned coaches in line for the Scotland manager position were officially approached for the first time today. The SFA has apparently asked Celtic, Southampton and Motherwell for official allowance to speak to Tommy Burns, George Burley and Mark McGhee, respectively. Graeme Souness needs […]

Well, the reputed final four candidates for the Scotland manager position have been leaked, and they are as follows. George Burley, Tommy Burns, Mark McGhee, and, yes, the toughest man in football, Graeme Souness.
I am, needless to say, a bit disappointed by both the inclusion of Souness and the exclusion of Kenny Dalglish, but […]

Since November 27, when Alex McLeish left the Scotland manager post for Birmingham City, we’ve all been waiting and speculating, some even betting, on who will come in to replace him. The usual suspects, like Billy Davies, Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish have been joined by new ones like Mark McGhee, John Collins and […]