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We drained our glasses.
"Ah, well," he said and reached for the bottle.
McKean's legacy remains controversial. My interview with him was, of course, ridiculed by my more illustrious colleagues, although it is still a favourite topic for discussion amongst experts in pubs. Mainstream opinion is sharply divided. One side takes the view that McKean was nothing other than a crap manager. The other side, whose adherents include many of the most respected observers of the game, considers him a visionary, credited with introducing the fast paced Kazakh style to the Scottish game, restructuring a stale Rangers set-up with an infusion of fresh talent (who would have guessed Zoltan Vinnega and Bela Sfronty would have blossomed as they did after a shaky start?) and laying the foundations for Ranger's triumph in this year's European Champions' Cup. This latter view would seem to be the accepted version at Ibrox, where a new refreshment stand has been named McKean's Pantry, and the great man's photo hangs between Scott Simon and Willie Waddell.
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