Tam Cowan: "Sacked by Saints" is a bad look on Craig's CV...but its no worse than "I worked for Saints"

Tam's worried about how Craig Levein's CV looks after his sacking..and his appointment

And we start this week’s column with some good news, folks. It would appear that, within the next two years, every single one of Glasgow’s potholes will be fixed. Yep, the Dear Green Place has been awarded the 2026 Commonwealth Games!

So you know what that means. Just like the glory days of 2014, the entire city will be getting a tidy up. For example, there’s talk of smartening up Sauchiehall Street by dropping a nuclear bomb on it. (Memo to Glasgow City Council: you don’t need to fix ALL the potholes. There’s one at the bottom of our street which, after a downpour, could easily be used for some of the swimming events…)

Reports suggest the 2026 Games will be “scaled back”. In other words, a much cheaper version than 2014. Oh-oh.I’ve now got a horrible feeling we’re going to watch the world’s top athletes trying to win gold for Hopscotch, Kerby and Kick the Can. Meanwhile, in other sports news, you cannae beat football rivalry.

Following the news that Greenock Morton player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was charged after £600,000 of cannabis was seized at Stansted Airport, it MUST have been a St.Mirren fan who posted the following on social media: “Supporters of the Greenock club are utterly shocked. They could have got the exact same stash for MUCH cheaper…” The reaction from Morton fans?

My pal Kelly – a lifelong season-ticket holder at Cappielow – said: “A good excuse to get Jay Emmanuel-Thomas out of the team. He’s been dugmeat for months.” If Kelly was the judge, she’d probably bring back hanging.

As it stands, the maximum sentence is 14 years in prison. Shouldn’t be offering any advice to an alleged drugs dealer but, if Jay says he has mental health issues, was bullied as a child and wasn’t admitted to Oxford University, I assume he’ll just get a six-month suspended sentence…

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In other football news, “sacked by St Johnstone” doesn’t look great on the CV (in terms of enticing a new club, I reckon it’s only marginally worse than “employed by St Johnstone”). So I offered a hand of friendship this week to my old pal (and regular Off The Ball guest) Craig Levein following his dismissal at McDiarmid Park.

Yep, I sent the big man a text saying: “You free for a pint on Tuesday, October 1st or Wednesday October 2?” And he replied: “I’m free on Tuesday the 1st, Wednesday the 2nd, Thursday the 3rd, Friday the 4th, Saturday the 5th, Sunday the 6th, Monday the 7th… you get the idea?” That’s the spirit! Keep yer chin up, pal.

I just wish the co- host of the popular podcast Sacked In The Morning had some sort of outlet to tell HIS side of the story… My only personal gripe about Craig’s spell at Saints? Well, he apparently signed a total of 16 players for the club, including a guy called Arran Cocks… and nobody told ME! That could have kept us going on Off The Ball for six months…

* Can you believe that it’s just over a month until Halloween? I only knew that it was that time of year again when I noticed the supermarkets had started selling Easter eggs… I quite like Halloween as it’s the one night of the year when I do my bit for the environment – I switch off all my lights for three or four hours so nobody thinks there’s anyone in.

Nah, only kidding. Quite a few miserable sods take that approach and I love it when they get their comeuppance.For example, I recall reading about a guy who actually got the sack after turning off his lights at Halloween. Sounds harsh, but that’s not the behaviour we expect from a lighthouse keeper.

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