Burley goes...

He's staying, then he's going, then he's... nah he's gone.

We're all now agreed that Burley was shite as Scotland gaffer. He may have been unlucky, but his plan to add more attacking flair to the rigid platform built by Smith and McLeish failed, and his man-management was as bad as his media performances. Good-bye.

Who's next? The BBC has dutifully covered the early candidates (watch this spectacularly amateurish video, where poor Craig Brown tries to finish his latte while assessing the options, and then offers himself for any work going).

Fuck Walter Smith.

Jimmy Calderwood would be "honoured" to get the job, and we like Jimmy. But his cup record with Aberdeen was woeful, so that rules him out.

Craig Levein looks too embedded with Dundee Utd to move, and anyway he's too spiky for the SFA.

Jim Jefferies is "flattered" by the link, and he's a viable candidate. A grumpy candidate, but viable.

John Collins would be a good choice, if his media savvy was as sharp as his tactical brain, and he would commit Scotland to at least trying to pass the ball. But mud still sticks from his fall-outs with players and directors at Hibs.

Billy Stark from the u21s? Low media profile, knows the set-up, it's a promotion that's worked in the past.

Gary McAllister? Poor coaching record so far, but surely he's going to prove himself as a manager somewhere?

There's no obvious choice, because it's not a hugely inspiring list so far. At least Graeme Souness has ruled himself out.