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I'm going to defend Lutz here. Bigger clubs than us have had vacancies at the same time, and have been happy to just appoint interims until the end of the season. Man Utd (Carrick), Celtic (O'Neill - for the second time this season) are two such examples. Had we just said "Leven until the end of the season", would we have been happy? It's coming up to three weeks, which isn't that long. As long as he appoints him within the next week, and the boy wins at least two trophies - at least one of which needs to be a European trophy - then I'd say the wait was worth it.

Heard some chatter about us being interested in Denizcan Cosgun, an Austrian attacking midfielder. Appears to have gone quiet though.

His squad building has been minimal though, it's not like this team were all with him in the Championship. On average, they have around five players in the starting line-up who were there last season. We usually have around six who were regulars last season (and that doesn't count Jack Milne). In truth, they've just signed better than us. We've signed 15 players, and in our last four games we've named only four players in each starting line-up that were signed this season. McGlynn has heavily utilised the loan system. They've brought in eight players across the season, and signed four on permanent deals. What he has done well is find gems in the lower divisions, given youngsters a chance who didn't make the grade elsewhere (a few from Aberdeen), and loaned players from the likes of Man Utd, Sunderland, Sheffield Utd, Swansea and Leicester City. Maybe he has just hit the jackpot with his signings and that's why we're not looking his way, and perhaps there is an argument that we should wait and see if he can continue Falkirk's 'success' when all those loans return and bigger clubs sniff around a few other players. Or, he does say it himself - what could he do if given money to spend?

In my lifetime, we have appointed Roy Aitken and Steve Paterson. I'd also argue Jimmy Calderwood's track record wasn't as good as Steve Paterson's. And there's also Neil Warnock. The club also thought Alex Miller would do a turn. Too young to remember Portefield. Like I say, he wouldn't be the worst manager we've appointed. Would appear it does, so we currently have space for three more, although Olusanya is rumoured to be one, and if Sumans is injured then a goalkeeper might be another.

Like I said before, I don't think he's a bad manager. He may well be a success. We've appointed worse managers than him. It's more the fucking about with our "strategy" and "vision". We keep abandoning it every year or two, before going back to it again. Either stick with it or ditch it. The indecision is pathetic.

That's the bad news. And in that same article, here's the fucking terrific news* *For the avoidance of doubt, I'm being sarcastic.

Was 600-something for Barron.

They wouldn't get more tickets anyway as we're unable to do so. Sure Rangers should have been entitled to 20% in the cup a few years ago, and Aberdeen explained they couldn't do it. I was suggesting cutting their tickets from the usual 1,600 they get now, because the 600 allocation we get down there is dreadful.

Was talking about this with Hearts & Celtic fans the other day. Let's say Hearts can win the title and Aberdeen make the top six. Hearts would likely want as many tickets as possible for Pittodrie. We might have nothing to play for. Is it wrong that I really want us to finally give Hearts the same allocation they give us for Pittodrie? "Your biggest game for 40 years is it? Here, have 600 tickets."

Aberdeen v Motherwell a 7:30pm Saturday night kick-off, live on Premier Sports. Good kick-off for those in the city. Not so good for those travelling - including the Motherwell fans - as the SFA/Premier won't have bothered factoring in there being no trains going to the central belt after the game.

Far be it from me to direct you from a BBC article to a Daily Record one, but Scott Burns saying:- Also dismisses Robinson & McGlynn being preferred candidates, as per those tweets yesterday, but crucially doesn't rule them out being on the shortlist. My guess would be if we do approach them formally, then a deal has already been agreed informally. We all know how it works now, none of the youngsters even know the term "tapping up" these days, everyone has given up policing it. For now, until another name emerges that makes me go "Oh fuck aye", then I'm hanging my hat on Robert Klauß or John McGlynn.

I agree with pretty much every word. But we have previous form for this. McInnes-Glass-Goodwin-Robson-Warnock-Thelin. Every man so different from the next. There's no consistency there in selection. We abandon the plan, try short-term success, then go back to the plan again. We can't make up our minds. I can't help but feel Cormack is again looking enviously at Hearts. McInnes - experienced, knows the league, good at motivating the squad, has had some success before, and having a poor season at Kilmarnock hasn't stopped a very good league campaign so far at a bigger club. Who is the most similar type of manager in Scotland for Aberdeen to recreate that - Stephen Robinson. I also think it's personal for Cormack. He got rid of McInnes, and yet this will be the second time in four seasons in the top flight that McInnes has finished above Aberdeen. Hearts finishing above Aberdeen with McInnes in charge is a big problem for Cormack, especially if he does the unthinkable and wins the title. Why does Askou check the boxes but McGlynn doesn't? If McGlynn was Portuguese, 20 years younger and in his first season here, we'd be raving about him. It's not the slightest of glances. He has his fans in the boardroom, has been considered before, and is being considered now. Robinson is a good manager, that's the thing. He could actually be a successful Aberdeen manager. We would likely have to accept a horrible style of football, but let's not pretend there is not a very competent manager there. But, if we go with the - as you put it, the vision aligned coach - we're asking for time to get it right. We wanted to give Thelin time, and we did until we couldn't any more, but it wasn't all his fault, but will Cormack and the club accept their share of the blame? I think Cormack wants instant success this time and thinks Robinson will come in and lift the place (yes, just like that McInnes character) and paper over the recruitment/structure cracks we have. But here's hoping Lutz has others ideas.

There IS something to the Robinson links. Again, I don't know if the boy tweeting it is right that he's now the front runner, but he is on the club's radar and has fans in the Dons boardroom. And to be fair to the guy who tweeted about Robinson today, he broke the Olusanya story hours before it, which other media are now reporting. (although, granted, he hasn't signed yet, but it appears he's been first to an exclusive there). McGlynn sounds more like a guess, and I say that because the site posting it (footy insiders) has form for being way off the mark with things. But as is often the case when there's a vacancy, it's about timing, and McGlynn is very much the in-form manager just now, so I'd be surprised if he wasn't in the conversation.

If Stephen Robinson gets the job at least it'll be his third time in a week facing Livingston, so will know exactly what to do to beat them. (Didn't beat them on Saturday and at the time of writing is 1-0 down, but let's not allow that to spoil things).

He's definitely being considered, whether he's now the front runner I don't know. Putting two and two together, the reason he's been so angry in his recent interviews is because he's seeing his chances of getting it dwindle with every defeat. Olusanya also feels like a Robinson signing, but again I'm speculating. Had to laugh at the tweet that started tonight's gossip though, which said it'd be a "huge coup". Trust me, he'd walk to Pittodrie for the job.