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It’s there in the record books but no Aberdeen fan should take that game seriously

There was a lot of that, but I'm not sure I totally agree with the last sentence. We were playing at a ridiculously high intensity, with guys like Devlin, MacKenzie, Shinnie etc doing an insane amount of work. I thought our team effort was some of the best I've ever seen for the Dons. The problem was the lack of a squad. The aforementioned were irreplaceable, with guys like McGarry as backup. We had Duk, Clarkson, Palaversa, Sokler available to come on, but they never really seemed to suit what we were doing. Sokler was never a replacement for Nisbet for example. The cracks had started to appear in the back two of Molloy and Rubezic (who were really good together for a bit, and I can't help but think Rubezic tired in the same way as those around him did and the mistakes overwhelmed him). Nilsen had played for 18 months, and we didn't have a replacement that could compliment Shinnie, and he started to make lots of errors too before getting injured. We were running on empty for at least a month until the January window, and we picked up injuries as a result. It's all very good playing with such intensity, but there has to be pragmatism when you don't have twenty players that can interchange within that system.

That's some fair points there mate, although I still think we could have and should have went for him back in 2021 but hey ho we didn't and we will never know but I do take take your point about entire control, but I also think back then Lennon would have been a step up from McInnes But hey we all have different opinions and for sure over the coming weeks all these opinions are going to be getting chucked about all over the place. I have no idea what way we should be going this time round but it really should be last chance saloon for our board of illustrious clowns and "leaders" to get this next appointment fukin right, which they drastically failed to do with every single one from 2021 till today. I also hope they don't drag it on for as long as they did last time before appointed they appointed Robinson that timeframe was also fukin shockin. If we are going to go down the road of scottish managers then for me I would be happy with Pressley or Clarke. Foreign managers i do not have a fukin clue (a bit like cormack) It will be what it will be and it will be a laugh on here at the opinions and the disagreements that will materialize over the next few weeks. SF mate and onwards an upwards

Lennon was exactly the same, but demonstrably worse, than McInnes. The whole point in getting rid of McInnes was so that we didn't hand entire control of the club to one person, and that's how Lennon would have wanted to operate. Glass could have been the right choice if we'd bothered to get the actual structure in place before he joined (and signed players in the January before he arrived). Lennon then would have been what Robinson was now, a universally despised appointment who'd have lasted less time than Glass. He also appeared to be a bit of a mess at the time with a massive chip on his shoulder. I wouldn't want him, but he'd be a far better appointment now than he would have been six years ago.

I was told that bids were accepted for both Frame and Devlin and both turned down moves, after which, they were told their game time would be limited. True or not, who knows, but it doesn't sound far fetched.

He’s gone well before 31st January - for once…

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canna be arsed finding it. But as I have said before we missed the Neil Lennon boat in 2021 as he should have been first choice then ahead of Stephen fkn Glass ffs. That was the time to take him onboard and at that time as most of you will remeber I was very vocal and supportive of him back then (took a load of pelters for it) some justified maybe and some not. But anyway our merry bunch of clown decided to go with Glass and as they say the rest is history. we are too far down the swanny for Lennon to be able to turn this shit around and to do anything remotely successful with our basket case of a football club. Pressley is an interesting shout but I think he is on a good wee gig at Dundee and doing OK. Surely he is nae daft enough to come to pittodrie knowing fine well that he could be sacked in 5 or 6 months 🫤 Where do we go from here I have no fukin idea, bu we might at least see Mitchell Frame back in the "frame" for a game again, Did Robinson just really hate the laddie or what

just a thought. Is it really to too early to start a new thread entitled who will be our next Manager after the next incoming one ?

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I think that is a bit of a myth. Shelling out six figures for Chris Cadden, was cause for his sacking alone.

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