Russ is man with a plan

THEY weren't exactly moving salt and pepper around the table into a 4-3-3 or 3-5-2.

- Scott McDermott

But whenever Steven Naismith and Russell Martin got together for Scotland international duty during their playing careers, they were already thinking about becoming managers.

Along with team-mates Steven Whittaker and Matt Ritchie, the quartet would discuss their views on the game.

The clubs they had been at, the systems they'd come up against, the bosses they had worked under.

Whether it was David Moyes, Roberto Martinez, Chris Hughton or Eddie Howe, they all shared and debates their views.

All of them had coaching ambitions.

And in Martin's case, Naismith had no doubt he'd go on to become a top boss.