BobbyBiscuit

Mad are reporting that the interim team will be made up of: Neil Cooper Neil Simpson Paul Hartley and a more hands on approach from Willie Miller. I am almost certain Hartley will be in a permanent coaching position with us in the next couple of weeks.

x2. Worst list of candidates I've ever seen for the Dons job. Be as well chucking A.F. Miller and Aitken in there too.

And the board may have concluded "Get the Celtic game out the road and then sack him". Then it was called off so he was sacked yesterday. Why else wait til a Wednesday to sack him when you have a game on the Saturday?

I think so. I reckon they've looked at the Tims game as an awkward match for a new guy to come into or even an interim. Even if we had taken a point or fluked a win they could still sack him after it saying "One win in 259 matches isn't good enough etc etc". I don't think it's any coincidence that he was sacked a couple of hours after it was announced the game was off.

The quotes are also in the Scotsman apparently.

And Warner.

Derek Soutar was worse

He relegated Caley when they were in a similar position two seasons ago. And as for the rest of his managerial record...

5/4 one of them is Sone Aluko 7/4 one is Jamie Langfield

Black had his own issues with the players at Coventry. They couldn't do a heading drill properly, and they got rather pissed off when Eric showed them how it was done. His suggestion to them was "Why aren't you as good as me?" A couple of days after that he was gone. I like Eric Black, seems a really good guy but I think we need to avoid that type of management as the poor wee souls at Pittodrie couldn't handle that...

Curbishley is the only one I'd take out of that lot but even then I don't think we'd get him. If we get someone who knows the Scottish game then that has it's own pitfalls... buys the usual Scottish journeymen shite players, fans have their own pre-conceived hang ups over him resulting in less patience from the fans. Someone from outside - be that an englishman or from elsewhere - could have some fresh ideas for us and no connection to ourselves or any other Scottish club could be a good thing, particularly for the support to start a fresh. But then, look at Ian Porterfield's time. Although he was Scottish he didn't know the Scottish game and he mis-judged the quality needed extremely badly. Basically, there are good and bad things about both appointing from outwith Scotland and from within. As long as it's the right man then it shouldn't matter where he's from.

Do you think we will?

Wasn't having a go at you Kow, he is actually a decent manager but not sure he's what our youngsters should be looking up to.

Drives a Lambourghini (sp?) because he couldn't afford one as a player, lost his last two jobs because he was shagging girlfriends/wives of his own players. We've got enough fannies at Pittodrie without a fanny in a mid life crisis leading the rest of the fannies. So, that's a no from me...

George Graham would be an excellent appointment. Won't happen though. Not sure why folk are so keen on Butcher, he took ICT down when they were in a similar position. If it's Chisolm and Dodds... that would be nothing short of a disasterous appointment.

Miller and Neil Cooper to take training I reckon. They've got a week and a half before the next game, they could get a new man in by then.

Jim Leighton now saying he'd go back as would JC. So we've got a new goalkeeper at least....

He was sacked according to Radio Scotland. Sandy Clark is on just now, says he wouldn't go back but JC would jump at it supposedly...

We weren't penny pinching under that cunt A. Miller. Agree there can't be financial suicide as you put it, but at some point there just has to be even a tiny element of speculate to accumulate.

I've heard he likes a bit of a party etc. His concentration has totally gone. He came on against Blackburn in the second half and was at fault for their goal and almost cost two others, this was after Rovers had lost every single ball forward to Vidic and Ferdinand. Would have to imagine Smalling is ahead of Evans and Brown now as centre half understudy.

The frightening thing is that with the team we had 15 years ago, the only player of this lot who'd get near it is Hartley instead of one of Heatherston/Kane/McKinnon to play beside Grant. Joe Miller is looking a preferred option to Aluko, and considering Aluko's natural ability that is a rather damning indictment I'd say.

His position is being reviewed on a game to game basis. Don't ask me why he's not gone yet, but I 100% guarantee that is the board's line on his position. EDIT - it was also in Monday's P&J that this is the case

He's on a game to game basis. It could well be that Paton was informed of the possible loan and wanted to give it a go. He's not in the picture here just now so he might as well. If a new manager comes in and wants him back we can just recall him, as long as that's in the agreement.

It's semantics. If you have a keeper costing a(nother) goal, he is not a solid keeper. He made solid saves in the match, but saves a professional keeper at this level should make.

I don't think you can claim a keeper has had a solid game if he could have done better at a goal.