My old mate should still be in the dugout

HE was by his side at Falkirk, Hibs and Inverness - but Brian Rice can't believe John Hughes is so long out the game.

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Yogi hasn't managed since leaving Dunfermline three years ago after relegation to League One.

But Rice said: "Taking Brendan Rodgers out the equation, tell me anyone else in Scotland with the CV Yogi has got. His CV stands up to anybody.

"He got Falkirk into the Premier League. Kept them there. Got to the 2009 Scottish Cup Final and into Europe.

"He brought players through. Got players in from the Premier League on loan, Kasper Schmeichel, Tim Krul, Anthony Stokes. He then won the Scottish Cup with Inverness.

"Yogi's enthusiasm is incredible. People just look at him as this big centre-half but they have no idea about his football knowledge.

"How he sees the game, how he wants it played.

"He took a lot of his ideas from Tommy Burns at Celtic. He'd written down sessions Tommy had put on there.