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It's not that old. Jose Mourinho is 63 and currently managing the biggest club in the world. Worryingly, so would some of our boardroom.

McGlynn is still eight years younger than the Celtic manager.

Not having a go, but why on earth would anyone take Lennon? Has achieved absolutely nothing as a manager other than at Celtic where a chimpanzee could have won those trophies given the financial advantages he had. He’s also got serious personal issues and flaws, we’ve had managers like that (Paterson anyone) so why on earth would we go down that road again? The one thing I’d say for him is I did like his attitude when at Hibs and the fact he never backed down or shat the bed against the uglies - we could definitely do with some of that attitude - but the myriad red flags waaaaay outweigh that. So for the avoidance of doubt, its a no from The Moog jury…

I wouldn't take Lennon. I have been impressed by Pressley but it's a no from me just now as would like to see him get a bit more experience but I wouldn't rule out wanting him in the future. If we were to be looking domestically I have said before my preference would be Simo Valekari. I've been really impressed by him since he came back to Scotland and I think he ticks a lot of boxes. Lots of managerial experience, has won things, has managed clubs where the expectation is to win most weeks and did it again with St J last season winning one of the most competitive leagues in European football comfortably. Overall his teams have been nice on the eye from what I can tell though I saw in the flesh he knows how to manage a game and shut it down when they beat us 1-0 recently. Worth noting as well he was the manager that got James McPake to turn potential into a player that is now getting Scotland call ups and has done very well for Hearts. At the very least he would be worth an interview.

I like McGlynn but he’s 65. We’re at the point where I would take Lennon, but definitely not Pressley. Surely Lutz needs to get his black book out to find a good European manager.

If the best we can come up with is Pressley and Lennon, then we may as well just save ourselves the compo and give Robinson another six months. McGlynn the only manager in Scotland who should be considered, and even then I'm not sure if he fits into Lutz's set-up.

Our Lutz is innocent. Was all west coast bias.

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To the dogs? As for gone, I’ll believe it when I see it. The fact he’s actually still here as I type given the board we have in charge is the least surprising thing in this whole saga to me…

That was where my opinion of Cormack hit rock bottom

Seems to be a few outlets saying his departure is imminent . Traditionally the next stage ( once he leaves) is the players mentally absolve themselves of any blame New manager in ....hobble down the road for a bit ...rinse and repeat

Aye, top Dandy. I like him.

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Going from bad to verse.

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I know he’s got the nightmare playing CV but he grew up an Aberdeen fan, didn’t he? I kind of like the fact he’s a total oddball. Might be a good fit for us

Larkin wid be a great appointment.

Except that's exactly how all managers progress in the game, and exactly what we'd be doing if we employed a manager from abroad. McGlynn has been Hearts manager. He's also a good coach. The biggest impediment to him being successful would be time. It takes a while to implement his particular style, and there'd be plenty of mistakes along the way. I don't think McGlynn would get the patience that a foreign manager would get because of the attitude that he doesn't understand the demands or whatever. I think Robinson understands the demands of Aberdeen, he just isn't that good a coach. 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. Goodwin and Robinson both stand out, to me, for their inflexibility and lack of tactical awareness. Their coaching appeared to rely on pragmatism, being difficult to beat and old school "get intae them" mentality, which can only take you so far. I suspect Goodwin has far more humility than Robinson and I wouldn't be surprised if he has developed as a manager between us and utd. McGlynn spent a lot of time after leaving hearts relearning the game, and spent a good bit of time with the Tims as scout (where I'm sure the "big club" thing might have raised its head). His approach to the game is significantly different, comfortable changing systems and working on actual passages of play that exploit weaknesses. Regardless, I don't believe he'll be in the frame for our job, and I don't believe he'd want it.

The final line of Phillip Larkin's poem 'Going Going' is "I just think that it will happen, soon". Apposite.

To be a long season with 'Crags' at the helm.

To give him another few weeks.

It's now or never. All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me.

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