the saint in winchester Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 see headline. Personally, I think he's been shabbily treated. Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. All the best, GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 like trying to polish a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestSaint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Surprised he lasted as long as he did. Interesting to see who the next unfortunate team will be that some unsuspecting board will appoint him over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonibell Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 22 months and just 14 games incharge.... Its been on the CARDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 they have put some shocking performances in and made some strange tactical decisions according to my jock mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 There's a surprise. We did warn them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 yeah bit to be fair hes not even managed to make a pig skin purse out of a sows ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 see headline. Personally, I think he's been shabbily treated. Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. All the best, GB. Burley made a sow's ear out of a silk purse though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Players didn't look interested against Wales. Wonder if those players who made themselves unavailable for their country will now return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Surprised he lasted as long as he did. Interesting to see who the next unfortunate team will be that some unsuspecting board will appoint him over No-one can be that stupid, he'll end up as a pundit on Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 I suggest Pompey turn to George as their next Manager........Go on Blue boyzz give it a whirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 The bells have been ringing out for this one for a while. Still, I doubt if he will have any southern comfort in mind. Just wanted to scotch that rumour. The pay-off will at least be something of a tonic. hic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 I cant believe it took them 22 months to realise he was ****. Fair play to Burley though, 14 games of complete rubbish usually leaves a manager out of a job after a few months. He managed to pretend to know what to do for 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 like trying to polish a turd. Nigel Worthington had more of a turd and has delivered comparative success. Mcleish and Smith had the same turd and did infinitely better. Burley has frankly lost it. Did well at Derby but was a dreadful, shameful disaster for us and the Jocks. No doubt we'll be flooded by the loons on this forum who fete Georgie as some miracle worker achieving unbelievable results against all the odds . As if £12m to spunk up the wall on any players you like and the regime with the biggest non-Swiss feelgood factor ever seen at SMS is "all the odds"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 You didn't have to be Mystic Meg to see this one coming , right from the day he was appointed to be frank . If the SFA had bothered to read the generally welcome/delighted reaction the news that GB was leaving the Saints generated on here the jocks might have saved themselves a lot of bother . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Nigel Worthington had more of a turd and has delivered comparative success. Mcleish and Smith had the same turd and did infinitely better. Burley has frankly lost it. Did well at Derby but was a dreadful, shameful disaster for us and the Jocks. No doubt we'll be flooded by the loons on this forum who fete Georgie as some miracle worker achieving unbelievable results against all the odds . As if £12m to spunk up the wall on any players you like and the regime with the biggest non-Swiss feelgood factor ever seen at SMS is "all the odds"..... Don't often agree with you CB but I do over this. Burley was our worse ever manager considering the experience he had before arriving and the way he just lost interest when the money dried up was shocking. He left us in a worse league position than when he arrived and the club was falling apart at the seems thanks to him having given up the ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutwood2 Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Brazil likes him. Probably end up on Talk Sport with all the others who can talk a good game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 (edited) lol...so bloody predictable.. didnt one or two of the players go into early retirement because of burley.. the man was passed it before he came to saints... thank god scotland took him off our hands. good riddance from football I hope...he was part of the damage at our club over the last few years edit...just heard on the radio that there have been reports about his drinking (again)....jesus, how many times...??? Edited 16 November, 2009 by Thedelldays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Thank f*ck for that - he shouldn't have been appointed in the first place. As Walter Smith and Alex McLeish proved, we do have the potential to be qualifying for major tournaments, and nearly did that under them, beating France twice and drawing against Italy in the process. This time around, we couldn't even beat Norway. Hopefully the next manager will be at least half as good as Walter Smith - he'll still be miles ahead of GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Never mind - at least we got some money for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 5 Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Never mind - at least we got some money for him Who got that money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Who got that money? The bank, no doubt. But maybe it staved off 'the evil day' a tad longer. On reflection............ Oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 He did top the Sky fans poll for the managers job. I wonder how that happened:rolleyes::smt074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Who got that money? Nigel Pearson, by all accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Brazil likes him. Probably end up on Talk Sport with all the others who can talk a good game! For a moment there I thought you meant that national team that plays in yellow. I nearly choked on my coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Oh dare you lot slag off my beloved Georgie !! He averaged a win every other game, or 1.54 points per game, dontchyaknow. After all, look at how Lawrie Mac performed and was treated at the beginning. Its always the players fault !! Now serious, out of SOGGY mode... Burley has been completely found out now. No doubt some dumb schmuck will give him a job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 George has lost the will, as we all knew. Commentating will be his bag from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Oh dare you lot slag off my beloved Georgie !! He averaged a win every other game, or 1.54 points per game, dontchyaknow. After all, look at how Lawrie Mac performed and was treated at the beginning. Its always the players fault !! Now serious, out of SOGGY mode... Burley has been completely found out now. No doubt some dumb schmuck will give him a job... You really are a tw*t of the highest order Alpine. You are typical of the morons who vote for Jedward every week on X factor. Despite your obsessive hatred toward him he did a decent job at Ipwich and Hearts and yes, he is still the manager with the best win ratio that we have had...but let's slag the bloke off anyway. You obviously don't see making the play offs as anything to get excited about but he managed us in the last decent season we had, remember? Scotland are hardly blessed with a great side are they? Perhaps he could have done better? Perhaps Lawrie Mac should have done better at Sunderland? Or perhaps you should just shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Mods, why is a thread about the ex-Scotland manager on the Saints board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Mods, why is a thread about the ex-Scotland manager on the Saints board? To wind you up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 hopefully this will be the end of his mangerial career........ I wonder if the rumours are true that he has been on the drink again..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Sincerely hope that Scotland do not demand some of their compensation back now they realise they were sold a pup. Thank goodness they took him off our hands 2 years ago, GB became a shocking manager, but fortunately for us not everyone noticed. Staggered he has lasted as long as he did. That said, Scotland are dire and bereft of any decent players. How have the SFA allowed a country that once had so many stars for a small population to become arguably the weakest of the 5 countries in the British Isles. Their development system sucks and their league has become about as potent as the Welsh Premier League, no wonder Rangers and Celtic are keen to join the 2nd Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 hopefully this will be the end of his mangerial career........ I wonder if the rumours are true that he has been on the drink again..? Can you point me in the direction of the rumours that he was ever off it.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Nigel Worthington had more of a turd and has delivered comparative success. Mcleish and Smith had the same turd and did infinitely better. Burley has frankly lost it. Did well at Derby but was a dreadful, shameful disaster for us and the Jocks. No doubt we'll be flooded by the loons on this forum who fete Georgie as some miracle worker achieving unbelievable results against all the odds . As if £12m to spunk up the wall on any players you like and the regime with the biggest non-Swiss feelgood factor ever seen at SMS is "all the odds"..... Brillant post!Totally agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 16 November, 2009 Author Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Mods, why is a thread about the ex-Scotland manager on the Saints board? As the OP, I feel it's of interest to us, as he is a recent manager of this club. However, if the Mods move it to the Lounge or simply kill it, que sera sera, whatever will be will be, we're going to Wembley ... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Always said that he would fail with Scotland - just never thought it would be so spectacularly. His record there is totally abysmal - tried to play attacking football yet failed to score in so many games. That said, is he the poorest manager that ever walked the earth (as some here would seem to like to think) - I don't know. Some managers thrive at some clubs and dive at others, so it's hard to tell. My best mate is a Coventry fan, mention WGS to him and he will tell you that he is the devil in disguise, whilst most on here would have him in the 'god and can walk on water' category - so who is correct - I know not. Personally I hope GB gets another shot somewhere - no matter what people say, Scotland will always struggle to qualify for any major tournaments, as will the likes of Wales and NI, so he was always onto a hiding to nothing really. Perhaps it is time to start a minor nations world cup competition to allow such teams to compete at a level where the playing field is as such - food for thought maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Was on the cards, don't like to see anyone get the tin tack but GB has become a poor manager, some third world football nation will snap him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Having had that strange moment in The De Vere when he lurched past, as a Saints fan I was overjoyed that somebody wanted to take him off our hands AND pay us money to do it. As an Englishman I thought it was hysterical that the Jocks took him. As others have said, the only thing that could possibly make all this better is if he gets to take over from Paul Hart. Something in GB's life went wrong, that is a shame for any person, whether it was "politics" at Saints or whether it was his own nature we'll have to wait for the autobiography to be summarised on here. Saw Sounness on Sky News - he put it quite simply - I interpret - who would want to go and manage the pile of sh*t they have up there at the moment, It's not like you can go and spend 12mil and bring a footballer in... Poor old Jocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Despite your obsessive hatred toward him he did a decent job at Ipwich and Hearts and yes, he is still the manager with the best win ratio that we have had...but let's slag the bloke off anyway. You obviously don't see making the play offs as anything to get excited about but he managed us in the last decent season we had, remember? Decent manager at Ipswich and was looking good during his very brief spell with Hearts in just about the poorest league in Europe. Abject manager at Saints, made to look good by the arrival of Snodin, showed his true ability when Snodin left. GB is living on past glories. I would be surprised if he ever manages at a top level again, and I sincerely hope that he is never used as a commentator, his continuous whining and excuses would be hard to stomach let alone understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Decent manager at Ipswich and was looking good during his very brief spell with Hearts in just about the poorest league in Europe. Abject manager at Saints, made to look good by the arrival of Snodin, showed his true ability when Snodin left. GB is living on past glories. I would be surprised if he ever manages at a top level again, and I sincerely hope that he is never used as a commentator, his continuous whining and excuses would be hard to stomach let alone understand One good season in the PL, followed by a disastrous one. Not that decent. Oh dare you lot slag off my beloved Georgie !! He averaged a win every other game, or 1.54 points per game, dontchyaknow. After all, look at how Lawrie Mac performed and was treated at the beginning. Its always the players fault !! Now serious, out of SOGGY mode... Burley has been completely found out now. No doubt some dumb schmuck will give him a job... Yes indeed. I reckon he'd do a good job as a whiskey taster in a distillery. Abso-bloody-lutely. I see the Communist Party are out in force as usual, making sure the party line is toed and all criticism is stifled. We've been humilliated by a sh*te side, shown to have no depth, shown to be totally complaicent, and shown to be reasonably bereft of opponent preparation and tactics. But its only one defeat in 8 of course. Nothing to worry about despite how close Orient came, how we nearly gave the game away agaisnt Charlton in the last 15mins, etc, etc. There is a huge amount of work to be done at SMS still, including reducing our dependency on loans that can be disturbed or can p*ss off at the drop of a hat. The drunken Scot has been sacked, so cheer up FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 I suggest Pompey turn to George as their next Manager........Go on Blue boyzz give it a whirl. LOL:D One difference between Beer bottle Burley, and Hart. Hart is fu**in us up without the 7 mill to pizz up the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Having had that strange moment in The De Vere when he lurched past, as a Saints fan I was overjoyed that somebody wanted to take him off our hands AND pay us money to do it] As an Englishman I thought it was hysterical that the Jocks took him. Something in GB's life went wrong, that is a shame for any person, whether it was "politics" at Saints or whether it was his own nature we'll have to wait for the autobiography to be summarised on here. Like you I couldn't believe our luck that the SFA paid us for the services of a manager we could not afford to sack. I think something went off the rails before he joined us,remember the Hearts rumours, and Derby fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushey Saint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 My God he looks old in the photo here. He is almost exactly two years older than me and looks about 65. Poor sod looks positively haunted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Would love to see Burley at Pompey. After all, Jermaine Wright is still without a club and he deserves a second crack at the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 As said I also couldn't believe & continued to wind my Jock mate Lee up about the sweaty socks paying to take him off our hands. At the time we were well on the slippery slide & he was showing definite signs of having lost it at Saints. He then proceeded to loose/fall out with 3/4 of the better Scottish players including the Scots prem league top scorer(Kris Boyd) for the last 2 years.When they've had trouble scoring. Sounds a bit familiar to me playing his favourites no matter how badly it effects the team & its moral. Does seem to lack a bit of man management skills. Don't now if its the pressure that has got to him, but suggest for his own sanity he takes a long, if not permanent rest from the game. The poor bloke looks totally bereft of Idea's & has a really haunted look about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adysaint Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Yep, not at all surprised, we all knew he'd be a dreadfull manger for Scotland. Scotland are and always will be sh*t. All the praise Smith and McLeish got was undeserved. They bottled that Georgia away game when they just needed a result to qualify. Only Scotland could take 6 points off their nearest rivals and still **** it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 Don't often agree with you CB but I do over this. Burley was our worse ever manager considering the experience he had before arriving and the way he just lost interest when the money dried up was shocking. He left us in a worse league position than when he arrived and the club was falling apart at the seems thanks to him having given up the ghost. I have never, ever walked out during a game, ever. Until we were 2-0 down against Palace and heading for a pasting because that p i s s artist allowed two of the best defenders in the league to be replaced by Safri and some other lightweight useless midfielders. Under Burley we ended up with 14 (yes) midfielders in the first team squad. In season two he had totally lost it. Anyone with half a football brain could see it but Burley. Whatever happened post Hearts, he has just lost any managerial ability he ever had. Not a single Scotland player respected him - it was obvious from day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 You really are a tw*t of the highest order Alpine. You are typical of the morons who vote for Jedward every week on X factor. Despite your obsessive hatred toward him he did a decent job at Ipwich and Hearts and yes, he is still the manager with the best win ratio that we have had...but let's slag the bloke off anyway. You obviously don't see making the play offs as anything to get excited about but he managed us in the last decent season we had, remember? Scotland are hardly blessed with a great side are they? Perhaps he could have done better? Perhaps Lawrie Mac should have done better at Sunderland? Or perhaps you should just shut up. Thinking of the job he did at Ipswich and Hearts fills my soul with joy and puts a spring in my step. When I'm having a "down" moments I just cast my mind back to Marcus Stewart in full pomp, or Skacel smashing one past Hamilton Academical's goalie and everything takes on the rosy hue again. Thank you George. Thank you for Ipswich and Hearts. Thank you for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycrow Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 The bells have been ringing out for this one for a while. Still, I doubt if he will have any southern comfort in mind. Just wanted to scotch that rumour. The pay-off will at least be something of a tonic. hic. I was wondering who'd be first. Takes a big man to take the **** out of another man's alcoholism. Well done you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 16 November, 2009 Share Posted 16 November, 2009 I thought it was quite funny too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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