An overlooked gem?

Imagine if I told you about the following player...

He is one of the most successful Scottish players of all time. During a lengthy career, he won four English league titles, a European Cup (and was runner-up on another occasion). He won three FA Cups and was part of a double-winning team. He is one of only 8 Scots to win the FWA Footballer of the Year. As a player, he played under Paisley, Ferguson, Dalglish and Stein and represented Scotland at the World Cup. He was a gem in one of the best sides ever to play in the English league and could play in nearly every position.

As a manger he's been in charge of a successful side in a leading footballing country* for 7 years. He has guided them to winning the country's equivalent of the FA Cup. As the country operates a play-off system it is difficult to talk about league placings but on four occasions he has guided them to runners-up in the play-off game.

In 2008, he guided his team to winning the Champions League equivalent of his continent. Although, admittedly, there are only three nations involved...

This is the sort of guy we'd normally be running over hot coals to consider. The last odds I saw didn't list odds for my candidate but did for the likes of Souness, Davies, Jordan, John Collins and even Stuart Baxter.

So why, when we talk about the next manager of Scotland, do we talk about Collins, McGhee, Souness and Jordan... but not about Steve Nicol?



If anyone disrespected him... I'm sure he'd allow them to look at his medal collection?

RCM

PS - I may not agree with his politics (here and here) but what about this for a save from Gigi Buffon! Of course, it may well be that by the time you look at it UEFA have taken it down.

* Currently ranked 11th...