Source: Team_Talk
McGhee backs Burley to keep job
Burley is fighting to save his job after failing to get the country into the play-offs for next summer's World Cup.[LNB]The 53-year-old is set for a crunch meeting with his Scottish Football Association bosses next week, where he will try to convince them he is taking the team in the right direction.[LNB]McGhee went head to head with Burley and Graeme Souness for the Scotland job back in January last year and would doubtless love the opportunity to manage his country.[LNB]But he believes axing Burley now would be completely counter-productive because it would waste the experience he gained from the World Cup campaign, with whoever takes over likely to have to start again from square one.[LNB]"I think that there has been a big investment in George in this World Cup campaign in terms of his experience," McGhee told BBC Scotland.[LNB]Former Scotland striker McGhee saw enough signs of improvement in the final two Group Nine matches against Macedonia and Holland in the past week to be convinced of Burley's credentials.[LNB]He said: "He has now got a group of players who, for me, clearly are behind George, the way they played in these two games - the second half against Macedonia and the way they played against Holland.[LNB]"You can see that they're playing for George. I think he has them, he has the dressing room.[LNB]"I think tactically against Holland they were different class.[LNB]"The changes he made against Macedonia won them the game.[LNB]"George has shown a lot over this period and I think it would be a shame if they now discarded that to allow someone else to come in and have to go through the same process.[LNB]"So, for me, George is the man. He should go into the European Championships and be given the opportunity to use the experience he has gained in the World Cup campaign."[LNB][LNB] Falkirk v Aberdeen. Click here to bet.
