Calderwood admits he didn’t do enough

Published on Wednesday 7 December 2011 01:40

COLIN Calderwood has spoken fully for the first time about being sacked by Hibernian and has admitted “I should have done better.”

Calderwood was axed last month after little more than a year in charge at Hibs.

He quickly bounced back into a job as the assistant manager at Birmingham City, but the fact he could not make a success of his time in charge at Easter Road will rankle with him for some time.

However, the former Scotland international central defender has predicted a golden future for Hibs.

He said: “I didn’t achieve the success that I wanted. It was a huge disappointment at the end. But what Hibs do have is a really talented group that will flourish. I have absolutely no doubt about that.

“I am disappointed in myself that I couldn’t give them the results that they deserved, because I certainly believe in the group of players that are at the club.

“It was not really about not having time, because we live in the present and I should have had better results this season without a doubt.

“We shot ourselves in the foot once or twice, but I can see beyond this and I know that group is good and I know what youthfulness and talent there is in the squad.

“There are players there that people will know a lot more of in the future and they are just progressing at the minute.

“We didn’t progress at the rate to get the results required at Hibs, but it is the right foundation for that club, which is run in the perfect way.

“The structure is absolutely spot on and that is the one regret – that I haven’t given the supporters, in the end, the type of success they would expect. If I’m honest, I don’t think that it was going to start this season, but it was growing.”

Calderwood admits he was lucky to have a new job so quickly and is grateful to Chris Hughton for handing him the post at Birmingham.

Calderwood was also Hughton’s assistant at Newcastle United and he added: “I owe Chris a bit of loyalty and it is not as if I am in the starting blocks looking for the next manager’s job.

“This is my time to come and work properly at Birmingham City. It comes back to the level of the club. That was the reason, and the person who is manager has a big influence. They were the reasons why I forfeited waiting to see if there was a another manager’s job out there.

“Chris is not so set in his ways that he will not listen to anyone. He welcomes opinions and he is a very thoughtful coach and man. He is thorough, professional and an excellent man and manager.”

Birmingham are in npower Championship action tonight when they take on Hull City. Hughton’s men go into the game on the back of two defeats – first to Braga in the Europa League last Thursday and most recently to Cardiff in the Championship on Sunday, when Curtis Davies was sent off.

Blues are 14th in the table, six points off the play-offs, but still with three games in hand on the top seven because of a backlog caused by their involvement in Europe.

Asked whether the team were treating the games in hand as points in the bag, goalkeeper Boaz Myhill said: “We’d rather have played the same games as everybody else all the time.

“It can be difficult and if we just think ‘we’ll win them’ it can be dangerous. We’re taking it a game at a time.”

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View From The Shed

Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 08:49 AM

His mind was always on getting a job with his mates and he did,nt put enough into managing Hibs because his heart (no pun intended!) was,nt in it. He should have gone when the Birmingham offr first came up as it would have benefitted him and Hibs at that time. Birmingham have now lost their last three games and a play-off place is beginning to look doubtful. CC strikes again???

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john

Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 07:51 AM

omg colin what are u doing to birmingham ur consistent u deserve all ur support from us hibs NOT

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Dragonlord

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 05:35 PM

22# Why would anyone want to smell your fingers after they have been near your boy friends behind?

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Dragonlord

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 05:30 PM

8# Hibernian lives within it's means? They made a loss last year and will make a bigger one this year, as they fans are not turning up, and all your players are not good enough to sell even to the OF! You guys need to worry about relegation rather than Hearts demise.

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themanwith2brains

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:42 PM

now im going to give tott and anyother jambo a bit of advice. vlad did not pay 22m for your club. what he done was pay off 2 major shareholders and then through manipulation gain enough shares to take hmfc out stock market, leaving him a free rein to do what he wanted, ie run up debt ,take all transfer money etc. when the debt got to over 40m took out an equity of 12m, run up debt again and took another for 10m. the equity being the stadium and thats why he is selling club in 2 lots. now the consortium is trying to raise 30m hoping he will accept it and leave club with stadium and debt free. now thats the best anyone can hope for . failing that i told them to try at the very least to get stadium and if needs must do an airdrie, but at least they would have their own stadium to lay a foundation for hmfc to start afresh

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themanwith2brains

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:27 PM

theres only 2 clubs in spl in danger of imploding, and thats hmfc , grfc but youve got to chuckle when a t1t comes on to slate other clubs thinking his mickey mouse club will be here in the near future, well you better wake up and smell ma fingers, your going out of business unless a brain dead sheik wants to chuck 50m away. and your average growd of 14k wont keep you from oblivion. and as to hfc being 1 point of bottom big deal, the season doesnt finish in december but your club could be out box by january

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Hen Broon

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:08 PM

#JB&....and I was merely humouring you for adding your idea of humour re Hearts on to yoy humouring #1..... if u can follow that then let me know what it means.....forums full of those that like to giveth not so keen on taketh.

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jbwsevennil

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM

#15 TOTT You will not let go will you ,I was humouring #1 .Know for a fact he did not walk away with a bundle of money as the Brum job was on the table hence no comments from either parties.mutual parting of the ways.Please find some other trivial Hibs story to get your teeth into if it takes your mind of whats happening to your own club.

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Nutty Professor

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:04 AM

Hello fellow Hibs fans. we are looking for donations of tins of soup, beans, anything to help the unpaid hungry players who are not being paid wages for their exploits on the park. long live romanov, HIBS ARE BACK IN TOWN..........

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connermcleod

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 10:23 AM

Distinct lack of brain cells on this thread from down gorgie way, tick tock chaps, say bye bye to half your squad.

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The Green Green Grass of Home

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 09:32 AM

RP's biggest mistake was appointing CC in the first place and his 2nd biggest mistake was not letting him leave in the Summer when we could have got compensation. Why appoint a manager who has a reputation for boring negative football and who is not prepared to relocate his family or work with an assistant. Incidentally who's decision was it to appoint Derek Adams eventually? He certainly didn't hang around for long as things were obviously not working out between him and CC.

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MrHibs07-1973

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 09:21 AM

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Hen Broon

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 09:08 AM

#14 I get it....Hibs have a better ,albeit half empty staduim & pay the numpties that have taken them to a point off the bottom of the SPL on time. All I was saying was....give us a goal....and that JB 7 's comment that ''COCO walking away with bundles of cash thats what you get for working for a proper run club'' was a daft comment.

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The Green Green Grass of Home

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 09:02 AM

#5 Oh great deluded one, spouting a load of tosh again. There is none so blind....... At least Hibs can afford to pay their players on time, it is going to be a lean Christmas for all your mega stars!

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themanwith2brains

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 08:12 AM

wheres the 3m you took for driver, oh i your holding out for 5m. ha ha ha . hfc own their own ground,training ground pay the wages on time, i cant believe even a doughnut of a jambo would come on here and slate hfc

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