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Talk about getting blood out of a stone...

Bang on. We got very lucky and were massively out performing our XG in those 10 games. Then we reverted to the mean. And everyone figured us out. God it was fucking marvellous though.

Who have we ever had as manager in our history who had previously managed a “big” club? Neil Warnock. Failed miserably. Craig Brown. Steadied the ship. Mark McGhee. Disaster. Alex Miller??? (No laughing - the question marks are for whether Hibs are a big club) Keith Burkinshaw (for 10 days) Our better managers have generally gone on to bigger/better things after us. In an earlier post Rico said: “To be honest, I think the whole "managers can't manage a big club" a bit of a myth. Robinson was at spurs, Bournemouth, Luton and an international player. The notion that he wouldn't have got some understanding of "big clubs" whilst there is a little unbelievable.” In broad terms I agree with this. I think the key point about Robinson, though, was that he brought in players from smaller clubs who didn’t seem to have the mentality to step up to a greater level of scrutiny/expectation, and/or just aren’t good enough. He acted like he was still at St Mirren in his recruitment . As pointed out on the HWG podcast the two from Kilmarnock weren’t part of the team that dug them out in their last 4 games. They were part of the team that got them into that mess. Obi-two I think is an exception in that he’s shown the right mentality. All of which to say I’d have no qualms about McGlynn or Valakari.

I'm not overly fussed about the big club aspect. They have both been in positions where they have the biggest/best funded squad in their relative league and smashed it. I do think McGlynn would find it much harder to leave Falkirk though. Given how they are performing, the task at hand at Aberdeen and then throw in re-settling to the north east at age 65 when he's likely very settled in the central belt..... You're going to have to talk him into it put it that way. Valakari on the other hand does not have such roots laid down in his personal life nor the same affection for StJ as McGlynn has for Falkirk. My feeling is he would jump at the chance 2bh.

I spent the dog walk trying to work out if there were any positives to take from the Robinson era. Here’s my list: We didn’t get relegated last season We got to keep Findlay Marshall We didn’t let him spunk much cash on players as I understand it Maybe Ayoub Maloua (time will tell) We beat Hearts He wasn’t Neil Warnock That’s it I think. Any more for any more?

@tlg1903 Surely everything that applies to McGlynn also applies to Sue Smith Valakari though? Hasn't managed at a big club, has a safe job that might make him difficult to prize away from, etc.

I don’t see how Pep Guardiola can give the opportunity a miss to finally prove he is Sir Alex’s equal.

This idea can fuck right off. And when it gets there it can fuck off again as well. Jesus wept, my blood pressure does not need rumours like this.

I agree re Mcglynn. I was all for him last time round but I think it would be too hard to prise him from there now. He would need to be really convinced to leave Falkirk for Aberdeen and it would be all kinds of humiliating if he knocked us back. Too much risk all in with that appointment if you ask me. Would genuinely be shocked if Clarke had any interest, he's got a cosy life in London and if he was to get back into club management I expect him to show up at a championship club in that vicinity. The only manager I would go for domestically is Valakari whom I have dug further into since Robinson was confirmed gone. We have a good chance of getting him and he will have a release fee that is likely affordable. I REALLY like his track record too. Over 500 matches managed, 6 trophy wins, two second tier league titles and a fucking 51% win record! 51%...... I don't care what level it is at, that ain't nothing (and Finnish league, where the majority of those 500 games were played, is hardly novice level). He also seems to have a great track record at sorting out monumental messes left to him as Craig Levein was his predecessor at St J.... Nuff said there but if memory serves Simo still had them playing some good stuff before the got relegated. T'internet says he has a strong record at developing youth and overall he would certainly seem to tick all the boxes Cormack said he want ticked best I can tell so the likes of Bevington and Lutz would surely be on board.

Wigan are 21st league 1. No thanks.

Met Lockie socially back in the days after McInnes left us. He has been mates with McInnes for years and years and was extremely bitter about AFC so would pay absolutely no heed to anything this irrelevant hack has to say

Gary Caldwell be touted on twitter.

We didn’t deserve to win all 10 of those 11 and we didn’t deserve to lose some of those in the slump I know we beat Dundee or someone after the 6-0 humping in the semi but that still caused division imo Also I think teams saw our way of playing, worked us out, and we didn’t have a credible plan B - we then were relying on individuals rather than a team unit capable of being flexible

Ignore the weegie media numpties.

That this melt is still employed says everything about the fantasy of meritocracy.

Contracted till 2030 so I would suggest no. Even if he does have a release fee it will be in 7 figures most likely and we ain't paying that. I'm already wincing at what it has cost to bin Robinson, Kerr and Craigan.

Just been shown an article by Bill Leckie. "Aberdeens problem is not Stephen Robinson, it's comparing everything to the Fergie era." 2026 and still peddling shyte like that as journalism.

I’m already resigned to it being Neil Lennon.

Elkie Brooks -Fool If You Think It's Over

Is Horneland a realistic option?

Someone just put that on one of my chat groups. I had to watch it twice. The guy even says it with a straight face.

Perma-ban for this lunatic

If it is Steve Clarke, then clearly Lutz has been sidelined and Cormack has once again ignored his big philosophy schtick, as the high energy, high pressing, attacking football we have been promised does not apply to Clarke. John McGlynn. The more I think about it the less enthused I am. My fear would be it would once again be taking a manager from a smaller club and hoping he can make the step up (granted, he has experience at Celtic. Hearts don't count as a big club though). Goodwin, Thelin and Robinson have all struggled, Glass/Robson were inexperienced. I think we need to go for someone with more of a track record at bigger clubs. McGlynn's signing policy too of taking gems from the lower leagues wouldn't necessarily go down as well here. Falkirk had a poor start, he wouldn't get that same patience here, especially considering he probably needs two transfer windows to sort us out. But, you have to say his football at Falkirk is terrific. And I've met the guy twice and he's a big loveable bastard. Steven Pressley, Neil Lennon, and dare I say it - John Hughes - are all in the "wise up min" category. I remain in the Jon Dahl Tomasson camp until he rules himself out, or Lutz springs a more exciting name on us.

I opened this post to see if it was Russell Brand…