Hopeless Unbeliever Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Pure hearsay but someone is claiming on Twitter that Darren Jackson will be Jackie's assistant at Dundee United. It could still be that Donnelly goes with them both (I know Jackson was working with them at Firhill), or Simon could have seen/been offered the opportunity to finish the job at Firhill and make a name for himself on his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Not sure. Donnelly is probably away. Jackson was coaching the strikers but his main job is as an agent and I think he had a lot to do with McNamara getting the utd job. Also represents a few of our players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I personally can't see it, but would be delighted if he stayed from a consistency point of view. That would make me feel a bit better, yeah my hot girlfriend has left me, but at least she let me keep the dog! Nah seriously, that'd be great, maybe Beattie told Sid job is his if he stays. Maybe Jackie's told him, stay and win the trophies, you'll be a hero, if it doesn't work out, leave in the summer and join me at united anyway, win win for sid he's got a job either way. This would definitely be the right thing do if possible in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I personally can't see it, but would be delighted if he stayed from a consistency point of view. That would make me feel a bit better, yeah my hot girlfriend has left me, but at least she let me keep the dog! Nah seriously, that'd be great, maybe Beattie told Sid job is his if he stays. Maybe Jackie's told him, stay and win the trophies, you'll be a hero, if it doesn't work out, leave in the summer and join me at united anyway, win win for sid he's got a job either way. This would definitely be the right thing do if possible in my opinion The scenario you paint is in every sense win - win; and with a convenient escape route if we win feck all this year. I guess all good things need to come to and end but will Jackie be able to borrow from Parkhead when he's at Tannadice? I'd suggest life will be hard and welcome to the bear pit: nae money and scraping to ensure that you stay in the SPL top elite or else. But what a season; we surely haven't handed the league to Morton? I'd hate to think that we'd change manager and then capitulate. We are still more than capable of winning the lot so why not give Simon D a chance. Although McCall did walk into the S&G on Saturday after the game... Just sayin' like and don't want to start any rumours. I know he makes quite a few games and let's be honest, he has still to deliver the last bit of his (was it a 5-year?) plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 The scenario you paint is in every sense win - win; and with a convenient escape route if we win feck all this year. I guess all good things need to come to and end but will Jackie be able to borrow from Parkhead when he's at Tannadice? I'd suggest life will be hard and welcome to the bear pit: nae money and scraping to ensure that you stay in the SPL top elite or else. But what a season; we surely haven't handed the league to Morton? I'd hate to think that we'd change manager and then capitulate. We are still more than capable of winning the lot so why not give Simon D a chance. Although McCall did walk into the S&G on Saturday after the game... Just sayin' like and don't want to start any rumours. I know he makes quite a few games and let's be honest, he has still to deliver the last bit of his (was it a 5-year?) plan. I'd consider getting McCall back in until the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'd consider getting McCall back in until the end of the season. I would be happy with that senario as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On Sky Sports News that "Partick have granted Dundee Utd permission to speak to assistant manager, Simon Donnelly". So that's that then by the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fredthecheesecloth Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Admin, looks like Ian McCall has hacked into a few forum members accounts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'd consider getting McCall back in until the end of the season. I would be happy with that senario as well No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Admin, looks like Ian McCall has hacked into a few forum members accounts. Belter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Archie in charge on saturday... a lot of players throwing his name in the hat last night on twitter (if he wants it). if the players are behind him, they should approach the board as one, requesting he gets the job til the end of the season... its a huge gamble to take for someone who has very little experience, a better manager than Moore might eat him alive in the mind game stakes... if he gets it til the end of the season and appoints murray as his assisitant, at least the fans will have their derek whyte, to blame if it all goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted January 30, 2013 Members Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On Sky Sports News that "Partick have granted Dundee Utd permission to speak to assistant manager, Simon Donnelly". So that's that then by the look of it. Double compensation then I would imagine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Archie in charge on saturday... a lot of players throwing his name in the hat last night on twitter (if he wants it). if the players are behind him, they should approach the board as one, requesting he gets the job til the end of the season... its a huge gamble to take for someone who has very little experience, a better manager than Moore might eat him alive in the mind game stakes... if he gets it til the end of the season and appoints murray as his assisitant, at least the fans will have their derek whyte, to blame if it all goes wrong. Too much at stake this season to risk the likes of Archie. If we were in a stagnant mid table position with no cup final to play then fair enough. We need someone with a bit of experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Too much at stake this season to risk the likes of Archie. If we were in a stagnant mid table position with no cup final to play then fair enough. We need someone with a bit of experience. JM had none..., other than last season. Archie has surely learned from him as he moves into coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 JM had none..., other than last season. Archie has surely learned from him as he moves into coaching. You may be right, but we took on McNamara when we were playing from scratch. We are currently in a crucial period, perhaps not for new starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunnikierjag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Archie would give us stability at a crucial time. Would another manager coming in with his own ideas not cause more problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 All this indecision and speculation. Not good. Take the job on until end of season then i will. Archie can be my Luke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Too much at stake this season to risk the likes of Archie. If we were in a stagnant mid table position with no cup final to play then fair enough. We need someone with a bit of experience. I think we should down play the Q o S game. The home fixture v Morton only three days later looks like it could be the most important game of the season. A manager who may be experienced in playing a different style of football with no knowledge of the individual idiosyncrasies of our most talented bunch of players for years. You may favour bringing in a course and distance specialist but his man-management skills are also going to have to be exceptional Edited January 30, 2013 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cup Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 On Sky Sports News that "Partick have granted Dundee Utd permission to speak to assistant manager, Simon Donnelly". So that's that then by the look of it. Why does that fill me with fear that Thistle have just been shafted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 That bit of astounding journalism from Sky Sports News is them obviously reading the press release put out on the official site. Clearly they know as much as we do - we'll have to wait until two o'clock to get the proper story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan1963 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Gareth Evans would be a good choice. He has his team playing a similar style to ourselves and knows the division and our players - the fact he's an ex Jag is an added bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Why does that fill me with fear that Thistle have just been shafted? Not sure how we can have been shafted when Beattie made it clear that with McNamara and Donnelly signing new contracts a few weeks ago would mean increased compo if anyone nicked them. Am I wrong in thinking it was the ** £100,000 compo that McCall had on his head that scared Dundee away when they wanted him ** sure that was the figure quoted at the time but not deffo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Not sure how we can have been shafted when Beattie made it clear that with McNamara and Donnelly signing new contracts a few weeks ago would mean increased compo if anyone nicked them. Am I wrong in thinking it was the ** £100,000 compo that McCall had on his head that scared Dundee away when they wanted him ** sure that was the figure quoted at the time but not deffo! McCall was on a 3 year contract though I thought? Jackie was on a 1 year rolling contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 McCall was on a 3 year contract though I thought? Jackie was on a 1 year rolling contract You could be right. I would imagine we will get less than £50,000 compo for both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Don't remember reading anywhere that Donnelly signed a new contract? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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