Talk:Alex McLeish

Laughed off?
Surprised that this is the first comment! Question: was the prospect of Rangers winning the league last year "laughed off for the previous three months by the Scottish media?" Maybe people were reading different papers from me, but as I recall it, the papers were saying that O'Neill's Celtic were too old, that one more win would be too much for them, that O'Neill's concentration wasn't there because of his wife's illness etc. Didn't Rangers have quite a healthy lead over Celtic at one point, which they squandered in the last few games before the spilt? I do remember that some of the papers "handed" Celtic the title after they went 5 points ahead with 4 games to go, but I also remember some papers saying that this would lead them into a false sense of security. Perhaps someone could find a couple of references? Camillus (talk) 02:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, you’re right there Camillus. The media certainly wrote off Rangers chances after Celtic won at Ibrox with five games left, but then so did most Rangers fans!


 * They certainly weren’t written off three months before the end of the season. In fact, as you say, it was more Celtic who were being written off, especially after Rangers won at Celtic Park. Forbsey 01:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

First Scottish team?
Wikipedia's page on the Champions League, echoing the official information from UEFA, states that the CL began in 1955. Hibernian FC reached the semi final that year. Dundee, Dundee United and Rangers have also reached the semi final. Celtic have won the competition. Unless the final or semi final is somehow not "the knockout stage", this "first Scottish team" line really must be excised.


 * I've tried to edit it to reflect that it was the best European Cup run since 1993, when Rangers reached a group stage for the last eight clubs. I think the progress was also noteworthy in the sense that Scottish clubs have a terrible record in group stages, or indeed the national team in World Cup and European Championship finals. 212.113.23.124 14:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Rangers Success

 * "He enjoyed successful management spells at Motherwell and Hibernian. He last managed Rangers"

Isn't this just a wee bit ungenerous? While McLeish may not go down in history as Rangers best or favourite manager, surely his successes with Rangers (7 trophies in 5 years), outstrip anything he achieved at MFC or Hibs? Camillus (talk) 16:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Managerial record
The statement that McLeish won 7 and drew 3 out of ten games in charge of Scotland is plain wrong. Scotland lost to Georgia and Italy under McLeish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.235.103 (talk) 23:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Contract
I'm sure he announced he was resigning, not having his contract terminated? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.35.213.226 (talk) 20:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

Celtic Fan
Despite going onto manage Rangers, McLeish grew up a boyhood Celtic fan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.76.93.139 (talk) 20:29, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Source? I'm fairly sure I have read quotes of him saying he was a Rangers fan. Even if it were true it would be trivial. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 20:36, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Squad
Alex McLeish is not a player therefore he is not in the squad of Birmingham City. Therefore the edit has been deleted again.Paul210 22:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Managers are included in squad templates, so it is appropriate to add the template to the manager's page. --Jameboy 23:49, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough Paul210 08:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Some people
"Some people are tipping him to take the job at Manchester United when his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson eventually retires." O rly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.90.209 (talk) 11:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2016
Within the Aston Villa section, it states that Alex McLeish "currently holds the record for being statistically the worst manager of Aston Villa, with a win percentage of only 21.4%." This is inaccurate as the statistics for being the 'worst manager' is not reflected upon win %age. Also, this is very out-of-date as there have been 3 managers since Alex McLeish that has a worse winning %age than him. My suggestion is to remove this line entirely.

Immediately before this, there is a line "and set an unwanted club record of only four home wins." Again, this is now out-of-date information and should be removed.

108.171.128.174 (talk) 08:47, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I have removed the first point as it was unsourced and (according to list of Aston Villa F.C. managers) it is no longer true. I have left the second point in as, although the record has since been broken, it is true that it did set a record at the time. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 10:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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