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It was really deflating at this time, especially after a first half that we had edged and could have scored in.

It's full time. I don't feel so bad about them beating us in midweek now.

Certainly puts a little perspective on our result against them on Wednesday 2bf.

Celtic will win 3-2. Dodgy penalty in the 14th minute of stoppage time.

2-0 Falkirk at half time. How can Celtic compete with the spending power of Falkirk. We might be shytr, but will never not laugh seeing either, or both cheeks getting beat.

We need a manager with the expectation of winning and challenging for trophies. And has shown he can do that. A manager who can coach attacking football against teams who sit in, defend, and are hard to break down. As much as I was not a huge fan, Mcinnes was able to beat teams, and do this. He ground out wins. Glass Goodwin Robson and Thelin pretty much came from lower level teams, and or who punched above their weight and won against better teams - Thelin was sold to us on winning games with lesser possession and counter attacking football, but that’s not really us. Problem with this approach is that we have very little quality in the squad right now to be this type of team. I dont know how we can fuck up so many transfer windows but we are no better a squad than last year, or the year before. The squad is awful and that’s not just on the manager.

Falkirk 1-0 up on Victims. Ex Don Ethan Ross with the goal.

Super Classsico on Premier Sport 1 at 6pm.

Remaining ties played yesterday. Surprised by Threave score against Pollock with a division between them.

Guessing him just going there rules him out for us.

Now ensconced about the length of King Dong’s stroop from Hampden, I was unable to travel to The Wrong Side Of The Spey yesterday to see the latest humiliation of Rothes. Heath Duncan, Pittodrie development yirlin scored goals 1, 2, and 3 for them Maroons in a 3-0 pasting. Maybe I’ll see some of you at Rugby Park in three weeks’ time.

Who was the guy that was invited to come to a game and sat in the stands then mysteriously disappeared off the radar? Schwartz or summink? looks like he’s doing pretty well at Dynamo Moscow. Playing high energy press and possession based fitba.

We have to win this. Losing and going bottom of the league would probably see us staying there with this squad.

We can forget Dave Challinor as he has apparently agreed to go to Sheffield Wednesday.

I agree completely about the need for quality to come in but I see the coaching thing differently. Not saying we should keep Robinson at all but I think he is actually an effective coach. The issue is he can coach a team to play the way we played yesterday rather than to be a positive, front foot unit. He’ll say that’s a player availability/quality issue but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we looked well-organised yesterday with players who knew their jobs yet when we play Falkirk or St Johnstone the players look a bit lost. And where this comes back to reflect poorly on Cormack and the hierarchy is that we chop and change between styles depending entirely on who is in charge of coaching the team in any given season, meaning wholesale change is required every time we change head coach. That’s meant to have changed with Lutz but if anything the leap from Thelin to Robinson is as egregious as anything we’ve seen.

Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better

Thanks. It was about 20 years ago, but it still stings. I still carry that failure with me. I let the club down.

Robinson will be in charge, of that I am sure. A team looking for a first win in about eight games, with a new manager. I bet he's counting on his win bonus already. We've read this one too many times. Hopefully we can dig out a result and get the three points as that's what it is all about, regardless who is in the dugout.

He did get St Johnstone playing fitba when he took over from Levein. The damage was already done for them, at that point, but he took them straight back up, without too much issue and was praised for his style in the Championship, which may be handy. They seem to be holding their own in the league, despite a pumping from Newco last week. I'd prefer someone from outside Scotland, but lets be honest, whoever comes in needs to hit the ground running and work with a fairly shit squad of players. We won't be an attractive job for anyone decent. Maybe the opening post on this thread is now worth a shout. We've tried about everything else. Either the Fergie Statue or Angus the Bull. We could also create a new toppest of top, top reds, DNA Membership, whereu members can get a chance to manage their heroes. They win, they take the next game, they lose and the are out, with the next one in. The joy is, they are paying us, so no expensive pay offs. Don't think we could be any worse off and with potential TV rights, could be on to a moneyspinner, albeit in the Championship.

Going to throw a slight curveball in here and it’s probably for a different thread but I’m starting to form a view about coaching. Yes the failures of DC are evident, totally agree with Slim assessment on that (well apart from the pass marks bit 🤣). Also agree with Moog on expectation, mentioned it in the new manager thread. My concern is that since the Doc, and the guy who worked with Thelin briefly I’m not sure we have had anyone in place who can actually coach a team well. I see other guys doing it, JBA, McGlynn and possibly Pressley being recent examples, and there are rewards in this league for it. We need to focus on getting that quality in.

I’d agree he comes across well and seems to be able to adapt for the circumstances rather than these idealogues. Only risk is the ‘levels’ problem. I don’t know his background but has he got experience at a club where the expectations sit on a par with the Dons? We’ve seen in the past when you bring in a manager who’s primary objective is survival in the league and defending territory and trying to eek out victories.

PhD - I Won't Let You Down

Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again Should be adapted as the new theme song chanted out from the Pittodrie Faithful

lowering the expections a bitty more for this one. 0-3 and HIbs climb off the foot of the table

Hopefully Hibs come up with a false confidence taken from a humbling of the Jambos at Hampden and we catch them out with a thumping 3-0 win.