Former manager Mark McGhee has admitted that his time in charge at Bristol Rovers was a 'failure'.
The 55-year-old, who was last week appointed by new Scotland manager Gordon Strachan to become his number two in the national team set-up, was relieved of his duties by Rovers following a 4-1 defeat at York City on December 15 to bring to an end a disappointing 11-month spell in charge.
McGhee, who also had endured a torrid spell in charge of Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen prior to succeeding Paul Buckle at the Memorial Stadium last January, admitted: "I see those two episodes (at Aberdeen and Bristol Rovers) as failures as well, therefore as far as I am concerned I would imagine that people would be questioning my ability, my motivation to still be doing the job, all those things.
"So yes, I think I have questions to answer and I think I can only do that below the surface.I am not the manager, I am not there as the number one, all I can do is give Gordon as much support and make him the best manager I possibly can and hope that people see the job I'm doing and appreciate it.
"I have enjoyed Christmas at home and my intention was to be a football manager or coach.I am not going to sit here and go into what happened at Aberdeen and Bristol Rovers, but I feel I have a legitimate right to consider myself as a viable football manager."
McGhee, however, saw no reason for having to justify his appointment.
"You only have to look at the nature of our business," he said. "I am not the only manager who has lost his job and got another job, that's what happens.
"Anyone who looks closely at circumstances and situations in any football job, will know that there are more than one side to every argument.
"People get sacked and get jobs again. What you have to do is not be blase about that and expect that every time you get the sack you are going to get another job.
"I think you have to be determined and I feel very unfulfilled as a manager, regardless of the successes that I have had, and I have had a lot of successes.
"But I feel very unfulfilled as a manager. I imagined that I would spend my whole life managing in the Premier League and I haven't so I still have things to do and getting an opportunity at this level is okay.
"You never give up on anything. I am only in my mid-50s, there are a lot of managers a lot older than me. I still have the time to recover and be a manager but here I am as number two and I have no issues with that whatsoever. I am thrilled, I couldn't be more pleased with this opportunity."
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