PlayStation jibe from Rangers hero Kris Boyd before my Hearts stint is everything wrong with Scottish football
dailyrecord.co.ukIan Cathro has reflected on his brief tenure as Hearts boss and insists Scotland's attitude towards rookie managers meant that he was always up against it in the capital.The 38-year-old landed the job in Gorgie in the December 2016 after spells as a number two across the continent with Rio Ave in Portugal and Valencia in Spain and as assistant manager to Steve McClaren and later Rafael Benitez at Newcastle.
His appointment was brutally ridiculed by former Rangers striker Kris Boyd, who in his newspaper column, described Cathro as out of his depth and that he had probably not been that excited since FIFA 17 came out on PlayStation.As it turned out, Cathro's tenure in Gorgie lasted just over seven months.
After the Jambos fell to a fifth place Premiership finish, Cathro got the sack after a disastrous campaign in the League Cup in the following summer where they were dumped out in the group stages.
A year after his exit, the Dundee-native returned to his post as a number two buy following Nuno Espirito Santo to Wolves, Tottenham and Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League.
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