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Ricardo Astley - Let It Be Tonight

That Spiers article seems a reasonable summation and clearly he’s been spikkin wi Dave ahead of it. Lets see if the Mea Culpa fae him actually materialises. The recruitment bit looks spot on to me. Its very easy to see who was behind which summer signings. I’d wager all the UK ones were pushed for by Robinson & the foreigners by a mix of Lutz & Mowbray. Pretty much all the signings have been shite, but the irony is that Robinson has been massively let down by his own guys who he thought he knew and could trust. He wanted players who knew the league, could handle the physical demands, play his system (what system I hear you cry) and show the required attitude and commitment. The club clearly pandered to his demands as surely even we wouldn’t have been going after the likes of Cadden, Lyons, Olusanya etc ourselves. Not one of them did meet his expectations on these metrics (neither have the others tbf) so his handpicked guys have basically cost him his job…

Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together @swaddon you are exempt from the ban mate, as we need you for the offishal match thread starter. I must admit I did type that fukin song masel at first and then thought nnnnnnooooooooooooo fukin way I can put that shit on here 🤪

Richard Paul Astley - Together Forever

Michael Wimmer has applied for the job, according to the P&J.

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up See you all later. I'll be on Aberdeen Mad if anyone wants to join me.

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart PS - Anyone ping up a song by Rick Fukin Astley on to this thread will be subject to an immediate ban 🥸

Aye. Perhaps I'm confused as to the role of sporting director, but I was of the belief that the manager worked directly for him, and not the guy above him. The CEO shouldn't be picking the manager. Helping, offering suggestions, certainly, a veto even, but not the guy making the decision. If I was coming in as new manager, and had got the role through contact with Bevington, I'd almost certainly see him as my ultimate boss and go to him for guidance and grievance rather than Lutz. It immediately undermines the role. Hopefully it's not as the article portrays and is more a case of Bevington being at arm's length whilst still providing vital input.

God is a deity for his work on the pitch. Off it, despite being generally pro-Dons (which is a nice change from most of them) he's every bit as ensconced in the Scottish football boys club as the rest of the Radio Scotland and newspaper squads.

The Spiers piece is certainly interesting but it's got a reek of Cormack's PR all over it. It also suggets Pfannensteil still isn't being given his place, or the authority the role he's meant to be in should have, even though clearly bypassing him to appoint Robinson and giving the manager final say on signings turned out to be a shambolic move. More money in the pot will be nice but who's really got an confidence that it won't be wasted?

Spiers is normally a prick, but in this instance, putting aside the errors highlighted in the previous two posts, it is refreshing to actually see a Scottish hack look beyond the obvious of shouting from the rooftops about Lennon, McGlyn and Elvis and actually acknowledging that not only might they not be the best options for us but also not the only options.

And he thinks we're playing Killie at home on 21st.

That Spiers article is quite concerning. Half of it is in italics, and then it suddenly switches back to a normal font with no apparent explanation.

Wossy started seeing his wife when she was 16 & married her 2 months after her 18th birthday. Cracked jokes about Walliams disappearing with 15 year olds but honestly knew nothing about it. Chris Evans who started seeing Billie Piper when she was a teenager, interrupted board meetings to show everyone his stauner and walked about his office with it hanging out. Over on Twitter, Ricky Gervais thought he was typing his own name into the search bar when in fact he was replying to a post about how Russell Brands wingmen should be shiting it Jimmy Carr seems to be paying to promote videos on social media of him being very righteous about women. This is similar to the MeToo movement in that the people with the media & money can’t really be protected from it. They will all be absolutely bricking it just now. Which is nice

Deep Purple - Never Before

The Chameleons - Before You Arrive

Reading a lot this week about Robinson being our worst ever manager. Nobody, up until now anyway, can come close to Alex Fucking Miller. I blame the folk running the club for Robinson, more than Robinson himself, for the past 8 months, but Alex Fucking Miller was off the scale wrong.

From Graham Spiers Further details have emerged about the departure of Stephen Robinson from Aberdeen and the way the club now aims to find his successor in time for the resumption of the Scottish Premiership campaign on November 21. Aberdeen will face Kilmarnock at Pittodrie that day and the club hopes to have a new manager in place. Failing that, he will be in the dugout for Aberdeen’s visit to Ibrox three days later. This gives the club a maximum 17 days in which to make a new appointment. Aberdeen is also set to have new financial provisions in place to aid the club in the medium term. Robinson is said to be distraught at the way his first full campaign began to unravel and has admitted that poor recruitment in the summer was the key factor. Whilst the Aberdeen recruitment team had produced its usual cache of names for summer purchase, it is understood the vast majority of those that came to Pittodrie were on Robinson’s specific recommendation. Like Jimmy Thelin before him – who also brought a raft of new players in the summer of 2025 – Robinson may wish he had signed fewer, but of better quality. Robinson is said to have maintained good relations with both Lutz Pfannestiel, the Aberdeen sporting-director, and Adrian Bevington, the club’s new CEO. But he also knew his fate was sealed following Saturday’s 4-0capitulation to Hibs. The departing Pittodrie manager is said to want a break from the game and may decide that his next job will be outside Scotland. Aberdeen and Robinson have agreed a compensation package which suits both parties. The key role now lies with Bevington, who is already believed to have a number of names in mind, including a few in English football whom the CEO knows from his many years there. Bevington spent years working for the FA and its coaches - from senior level down through the under-21s and below - and is known to have quite a few contacts in the game down south. The CEO also has experience of the wider European game from various roles he has taken up with Uefa. While some obvious names are being touted in Scotland – Steve Clarke and Neil Lennon being two – Bevington is set to consult with a number of coaches in England and abroad, to see who is available and interested. And affordable. It seems likely that Aberdeen’s next coach will not be a Scot, but an Englishman or a European. The role of Dave Cormack, the Aberdeen chairman, has also come into sharp focus in recent days since Robinson was sacked. Cormack appears to have split the Aberdeen fanbase – older fans staying with him, some younger supporters far more critical – over his stewardship of the club. On Monday morning Cormack took part in an Aberdeen board meeting but specifically asked Bevington and Pfannenstiel to lead the way. The chairman is said to want to play a largely hands-off role as the quest for the new manager picks up pace. But poor recruitment over the summer has left Aberdeen needing a fresh financial injection, and Cormack is seemingly ready to invest further. Since 2017 Cormack and his consortium are thought to have invested around £26 million in Aberdeen, the lion’s share coming from Cormack’s own family. The Aberdeen chairman is fully aware that a number of Aberdeen managers have crumpled on his watch, and is set to address that issue and others in the coming days with supporters. It is believed Cormack will announce his willingness to invest further in order to dig the club out of its current hole. Aberdeen will have to be busy – ins and outs – in the January transfer window. Cormack is also believed to have had a lengthy conversation with Stephen Robinson in the last 24 hours, where both men expressed their regret at the way things had turned out. The club knows its fanbase never really took to Robinson, but even then, results would have bailed him out. They weren’t to be. This is a saga-and-a-half at Pittodrie, with a blizzard of names set to be linked with the club. The new Aberdeen manager might very well be a left-field candidate

He didn't do too much wrong in the games he got. Young lads breaking through need role models in the team to look up to and guide them through games, we didn't have any of them on the pitch.

Dean Martin - Arriverderci Roma

The Proclaimers - Letter From America

Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)

As I recall, God pushed for Robinson too, did he not?

Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell

Always nice to find someone who hates Alex Miller as much as I do.