He had my backing providing he got results, this was the only thing that could distract me from his talking pish in the press, sucking up to the old firm, tactical ineptitude, constantly playing players out of position, terrible youth record and APPALLING football on the park.
Calderwood came into a club in turmoil and admirably steadied the ship. There have been times when I have been delighted with him but with sickening inevitability this has faded time and time again. My point is he’s not been all bad. Cup results though are important to us and clearly this is where the club needs to develop. JC has proven he is incapable of this in spectacular fashion, beaten on penalties by 3rd division part timers, conceded 4 goals to a mid table 1st division side and then failed to beat another 1st division side over 210 minutes of football who had lost its last 4 games. Throw into that the total capitulation to utd in the league cup semi and the same result to a very average Kilmarnock side and you have the straw’s that broke the camels back. Cup shocks happen in football but for 3 seasons in a row? Thats unarguable incompetence especially when you think of the lost euro revenue that a cup final place would have earned us last season.
On these grounds i want him gone. I want eric black to replace him and no i dont care about his lack of managerial experience. The couple of jobs he's had have sufficiently impressed me. He's cultured, thinks before he speaks, knows the scottish game and most importantly knows the club. I know peopel dont necessarily agree with this but i feel it in my bones he is the right man for the job and i trust my instincts.