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You've mixed up "having a big budget" with "having 10 times the budget of your nearest challenger." At Celtic, only twice was Lennon up against a decent Rangers team - his first full season (they finished 2nd) and last season (finished 2nd). Every other season Mark McGhee could have won the league.

Tommy Wright's teams were brutal to watch, and he's an arsehole. That's two reasons to not want him. I don't think pointing out Lennon's failures and weaknesses is "pedantic" but each to their own.

Will likely be the new manager's first home game, Fergie coming home, big pre-match display, and "the New Firm derby" if they sort of thing tickles you. Gutted I'm working otherwise I'd definitely be driving up for it so not surprised ticket sales are good. Just think, if Cormack had his way with a 16,000 capacity stadium, it not only would be sold out but around 500-1000 who currently have tickets would have been turned away.

As someone pointed out, McInnes didn't arrive with much more experience than Goodwin and, for the first 4 years at least, did alright. People look at St Johnstone & think because they won those two cups last season, that every manager of a small club should be aiming for that. Lets be honest here, it was a fluke in a weird season when nothing was normal. If you look at the smaller clubs in the Premiership, the normal is that they don't win anything. Motherwell - nothing since 1991. Dundee - I'm not even sure but haven't won the Scottish Cup since 1910. Livi one trophy in their history, Ross County I think it's one in their history, etc. What Goodwin has done at St Mirren might not look impressive, in the same way that Celtic fans wouldn't look at McInnes making four cup finals & staying top four as impressive. But, for the size of club he's managing, he's actually doing very well which is why you'll struggle to find many St Mirren fans who want him to leave. He's earned the chance to take on a big club with five times the budget to see what he can do. If it's not us, maybe it's Hibs or Hearts. Would I prefer a big name - of course, in the same way that if you had offered me a 40-year-old Ibrahimovic or Christian Ramirez with an average goal scoring record, I'd take Zlatan all day long. But Ramirez has done alright, and maybe Goodwin does too. People talking up Hibs finishing third as an achievement. Aberdeen were really poor that season. Hearts were out of the division. Hibs didn't at any point appear to be impressive. Hibs fans were desperate to get rid of Ross, even when he finished third he was getting slated. He bottled very winnable semi-finals. They were far too inconsistent. He didn't really build anything at Hibs. The reason I rate Goodwin over Ross is because Ross, twice, has had a chance at a big club & not done the business. This is third time lucky if you like. Goodwin hasn't and there's still that unknown about him which is intriguing, but from what I've seen he has the ability to make a small club hard to beat, deal with the loss of big players, and with a bit of money you wonder what he could do with that team. And that makes me wonder what he could do with us. Are Lennon's stats good though? Winning trophies with Celtic when you have the biggest budget - most managers in the Premiership could probably do that. At Hibs, they were eighth when he left them. Lennon actually comes across as a manager who hasn't moved with the times. I'm told his training was really poor. Tactically he was poor. That Celtic team unravelled spectacularly last season. Yeh, it was a bit of a freak season, but they were in a mess when Postecoglou took over.

Do you want a hug? I know this new manager lark is stressful for all of us but try to remain positive pal.

This is actually the first time since the Rangers game that I'm actually getting to watch an Aberdeen game so I for one am very excited. Presume McCrorie & Lewis out? Think I'd rather have Robbie Winters in goal over the current options. Last time we had interim bosses in charge it led to the debuts of Ramsay & Mackenzie. So fully expecting Barron, Ruth and Shingler all to get a run-out, and a year from now us to be turning down bids from Sunderland & Sampdoria.

You weren't "scrutinised" for suggesting foreign managers. It was because you suggested three crap ones while beating your chest about being ambitious.

Putting two and two together here, but Scott Burns reporting There have also been applicants with English Premier League experience and with top Championship CVs. Jokanovic may well be one of them.

It's actually two cup semi-finals. And as someone else pointed out, technically he's foreign. You're won over now aren't you? I'll send you my PayPal details so we can get the Goodwin flag ready for his appointment.

Yeh, and I explained my reasons for Goodwin. Yours is "they're foreign" and "once made a semi-final".

If we appoint Jack Ross, it would be as disheartening as it was when we appointed Alex Miller. He reminds me a lot of him - dour in interviews, no real coherent plan with Hibs, showed a bit of promise as a younger manager but hasn't progressed into anything other than very ordinary. Give us something to be excited about Cormack? Fuck it, let HaarDon pick the next boss.

What am I missing here? Some guy made a semi-final, one guy won promotion from a lower league. Hold me back.

And what's so ambitious about the three guys you've touted, aside from the fact they're foreign? What's Pedro Caixinha doing these days?

I was asking the same this time last year when he was being touted to replace McInnes. I wanted evidence he could actually have a sustained level of consistency and wasn't just a one-off (ala Callum Davidson. To be fair, after that he took them to the Scottish Cup semi-final, and now has St Mirren back in the top six (which doesn't sound exciting but they haven't done it since 1986 or something). They draw a lot of games (11 this season) but a lot of that is down to lacking a goalscorer. I mean, they're playing Curtis Main up front. But they're generally solid at the back (13 clean sheets compared to our five). But on the other hand they're actually not long off an 11-game run without a win. Although you could also point out within that run they drew with Celtic, and actually only lost five of them. So aye, I do tend to think with a bigger budget he could do something with us. Just please not Jack Ross.

He'll be in Scotland this week too, save us having to pay flights to Norway Goodwin will jump at the Aberdeen job. Also I'm fairly sure Glass had a big say in transfers - certainly Polvara would have been one of his.

Alex Neil was always a non starter - he was adamant he wanted to manage in England.

Absolutely fucking not to Jack Ross, Paul Hartley, Neil Lennon, Dick Campbell. Also no to Steve Clarke who I think has just been blessed with the best group of players Scotland have had for some time. I don't think he's as good a manager as made out to be. Jim Goodwin - about the only manager in Scotland I'd be willing to give a chance to. But would like to think a few more exciting names might be linked with it.

Well I'm probably in a minority that's sad he's gone. I think he would have got it right eventually - but it was taking too long, and from what I hear Allan Russell was not very well liked by the players or people at the club. My main fear now is what happens with Scott Brown. I don't want him to leave because I think he still has much to offer as a player. Likewise, I don't want him stepping up as manager because I doubt he's ready yet. Hopefully he carries on as player-coach under the new manager.

Due to covid, the away dressing room was moved to the away stand, and appears to be staying there for the time being, so the team had to walk up the steps past the fans.

Yeh I just can't get my head around that. We're asking our ex-manager to develop Campbell while we play who Celtic don't rate. He's certainly no Ryan Christie.

Woah, where's all this positivity come from? Heard a rumour we're looking at signing Michael Devlin from Hamilton.

In defence of Glass, Hibs apart we had a decent December and were showing signs of getting it together, and since then we've been playing with four players short because Watkins & Mackenzie injured & Hedges & Ramsay went missing in January. Even now, if everyone was fit, Jenks & Ojo probably wouldn't be in the team. This new Dutch guy has only just arrived. Polvara not kicked a ball yet. If Glass was able to name his strongest team, we might be in decent shape. Lewis Ramsay McCrorie Bates Mackenzie Brown Ferguson Vicente* Polvara Watkins Ramirez Can throw Hayes, McGeouch & possibly even Snodgrass into the mix. If he had that at his disposal then there would be no excuses. *too lazy to Google his surname

Snodgrass past his best, but if he's better than Ojo then worth a punt.

Did he? I seem to recall him failing in two attempts to get out of League One, despite a vastly superior budget to the rest of the division. He was sacked with Hibs in seventh, is that not "fighting to make the top half of the league?" Callum Davidson won both cups last season, not seen his name touted anywhere. I haven't said he should be in charge for next season yet. We haven't finished sixth. It's February.

Big rest of February ahead for Glass now. It's make or break. I think it will shape whether he gets another crack at the job next season or not. Wednesday 9th: Celtic (home) Saturday 12th: Motherwell SC (away) Tuesday 15th: St Johnstone (home) Saturday 19th: Motherwell (away) Saturday 26th: Dundee Utd (home) After that it's Hearts & Rangers away in the same week, and hopefully a Scottish Cup game if we've got past Motherwell. Focusing on those first five games.. If he wins the cup game and takes 6/7 points from 12 in the league games, then at least the season remains alive going into March. Lose the cup game, then anything less than 9/12 and the pressure on Glass would force Cormack to make a decision.