tom_widdows

And the much maligned Stewart Milne wasn't/ isn't?

Your choice of the term 'forgive and forget' is the problem.

I think you just dug yourself a bigger hole with that last bit

10/04/21 St Johnstone (A) 3pm 21/04/21 Celtic (H) 7.45pm 01/05/21 Livingston (A) 3pm 12/05/21 Hibernian (H) 7.45pm 15/05/21 Rangers (A) 12.30pm

Might bring Louis Moult with him

This thread has taken a bit of a left turn

We just given up on this thread then?

Rico OOT Wee Toon Red Hanging on by piece of dental floss Last time I recall feeling like this about a season was 2009-10. Dons only score 36 league goals that season. With 5 games to go they have only scored 32.......... Rules: 1. One name per points tally for the season, first come first served! 2. Only allowed to change prediction until closure of January transfer window as along as it is to an empty tally. 74 - MBT 73 72 71 70 69 68 - danthedon 67 - RicoS321 66 - Manc_don 65 64 - Wee Toon Red 63 62 - BigAl 61 60 - Jute 59 58 - Elgindon 57 56 55 54 - Tom_Widdows 53 52 51 50 49 ------- Previous Champions: 2009-10: Dave_min (41 points) 2010-11: BigAl (38 points) 2011-12: Snapper (41 points) 2012-13: Tyrant (48 points) 2013-14: 2014-15: Dandy (75 points) 2015-16: Dandy (retained due to no correct scorer) 2016-17: Rico (76 points - Flawless Victory. Nothing questionable about it at all) 2017-18: Tom (73 points) 2018-19: DantheDon (67points) 2019-20: No winner - DantheDon retains title following an independent inquiry

That McGinn corner sums it up.

just under 22stone

In the wonderful world of the internet Jack MacKenzie is 6ft2 but weights 139kg?! Does he moonlight at the WWE?

35 odd years since Ferguson went to Man united, and Murray was told to GTF by Ayr United to spunked all his cash into Sevco. In that time 105 Scottish trophies have been up for grabs. 82 have gone to the Old Firm with the other 23 split between 12 teams. The Dons have won 4 which still makes them 'the best of the rest' (Hearts and Hibs have 3 each) Would need a complete financial meltdown of world football and televised sport in general for the SPL to go to anyone else. Either that or some mad Aberdonian tycoon sells their billion pound business and then spunks the lot on his boyhood team for the final years of his life, after which the surviving family members gradually pull the investment and the club sinks like a stone. Some Arabs thought they were getting that with Eddie Thompson but £30million in 2004 isnt the same as Jack Walker's £360million in 1989.

Red card number 1.

Sabine Schmitz (Queen of the Nurburgring) - 51 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/17/sabine-schmitz-former-racing-driver-and-top-gear-presenter-dies-aged-51

I had hope the dark days of demanding the club spend millions they don't have on players who they cannot guarantee will deliver, had been kicked into touch following the examples of Hearts & Dundee in Scotland, and multiple teams south of the border. However more than a decade of tory rule once again spending more than you earn on the basis everything will somehow turn out OK is back. The traning ground is an asset. It allows the club to control when and where they carry out training rather than having to rely on the tide being out, the sports village not being fully booked etc, and looks a lot more impressive to prospective players. It can also generate income from hiring out the facilities and now all the crap that was buried under the 'green-belt' has been removed the value of the land will have increased and will hold its value (suspect there still is and always will be a demand for houses in the Kingswells/ West Hill area.

He might but the question which I certainly want answered is, is would he be hired as 'manager' as in he has control over transfers and hiring coaches,team selection etc or; would he be hired as 'head coach' to deal with the players already there and whoever the board decide to bring in? If it is the latter who on the board is in control over recruitment and what are their qualifications for this role? Could it mean multiple Hernandez style signings, or even a situation as was rumoured to have happened at Hearts when Cathro was in charge ie Glass would have minimal or possibly no control on team selection?

and again head coach is not the same as a manager. A manager has full reign over transfers, and coaching staff appointment. A head coach does not. You are hired to work with who the board tells you and whilst you could determine a player is not good enough and should be let go, the board can disagree and even insist they play. Heinze is head coach of Atlanta United First Team and will work with the first team squad in the MLS Glass as it stands is head coach of Atlanta 2 and works with the second team/ development squad in the USL Championship. As there is no promotion/ relegation in the MLS and Atlanta 2 do not take part in the US Open cup they are two seperate departments in the same team. Both will answer to the Atlanta Board and I highly doubt one will have seniority over the other as it would upset the business model.

Billy Dodds appointed assistant manager at Caley Thistle. Neil Mccann currenlty the interim manager while John Robertson is on compassionate leave

Head Coach is not the same as Manager

Taken from https://www.essentiallysports.com/manager-vs-head-coach-real-boss/ 'A manager is a part of a football team who has complete authority over the running and functioning of the team. He has the autonomy to choose his supporting staff, along with the provision to add players to the team if he deems it necessary. He is the one in-charge, and he makes sure the team gets the results. Sir Alex Ferguson is the best example of a manager you can find- he made sure he got the players he wanted for the team and had complete authority over his first team selection, along with a select few of his supporting staff who used to aid him during training.' 'A head coach, rather, is like a teen studying. All though he is completely responsible for what he does in school, his parents dictate what he does outside of it. A head coach is only given the responsibility of ensuring his team putting a good performance in the match they are playing. That includes the likes of choosing a first team and training the players in specific sets of routines required for their position in the team. The management of the team is under the club board, and any player who joins or leaves the team does so on their calling, and not the coach. It’s like running on the beach with heavy ankle weights.' So the answer is 'no one' is the 'manager' of Atlanta 2

The last time I can recall an angeing outfield player coming to the dons and making a real impact was a Craig Brewster. 40 years old but scored 4 goals in his 9 games and set up Barry Nicholson's equaliser at Tynecastle. Honourable mention goes to a 34 year old Paul Hartley (8 goals in 32 games) but under McGhee he was doomed It takes a special type of outfield player to keep going into their later years and whilst they can have a fantastic season age 36, the drop off in their ability, fitness and indeed attitude the following season can be (scarily) rapid making everyone wish they had retired from top flight football on a high. The smart players knows when its time to either completely call it quits, or drop down to lower league football for a few years while they work out what they want to do when they stop playing.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/11/the-unlikely-story-of-how-dundee-united-became-an-insult-in-nigeria

It's easy to say you will do something in an imaginary situaiton, but often very different when you actually have to experince/ face it.

Easy for fans of any club to say that when it comes to players signing for their rivals. Sol Campbell springs to mind when he signed for Arsenal. Death threats, called Judas etc. The cold hard fact was Spurs offered him about 75k a week, whereas Arsenal offered him 104k per week. £3.9million a year or 5.4million a year? Pro football career lasts about 15-20 years depending on your position and injuries but at the same time it can be ended with one bad tackle or an awkward fall in training so you go where the money is to make sure you are set for life. Sad fact is SEVCO and the Tic can and do pay more and 4 years playing in their reserves/ sitting on the bench can set most SPL players up for the rest of their life, unless the tax man comes calling of course. Think about what you do for a living. I can't imagine a situation in which I would declare a former colleague has sold out if they quit my office and went to work for a rival architects firm for a higher salary.