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I'd like to think that's true, especially given the amount of "he'll go to the Huns for free like Jack, the Hun cunt that he is" type nonsense he's had. Good deal for us though, although I'm very much of the opinion he'll be difficult to replace, especially how the transfer market is. If the young Kenny was available from St Mirren now, the Huns would be trying to sign him, and even the Tims might be sniffing around as a "buy to let" type signing as they did with Morgan and Christie.

Believe it, don't believe it, whatever helps you sleep at night. I personally don't think a statement saying he wasn't going would've stopped either the press campaign or the Huns sniffing after him, irrespective of how much of a cunt he'd have made of himself if he'd turned down a job he wasn't offered. You can bet the Huns would've released a statement mocking him if he did that. He's never going there now. Critical analysis of the team, players and manager going forward is key. Nothing else really matters.

Mmmmm. The poster you directed your "happy clapper" jibe at was on about respecting McInnes for the choice he made - didn't see anything which suggested he thought everything was fantastic on the pitch - unless every post needs to come with a disclaimer? People can be delighted that he's here, but hope for an improvement on the park from the poor run of form we're on at the moment.

Get over yourself The team selections and results can of course be questioned, but him going to the Huns would have had ramifications beyond us losing a good manager to a rival. He picked us over them whether you like it or not, and you're ultimately just going to need to get over it. Also, "happy clapping" makes you sound like a greetin' faced wee lassie FYI.

The supporters will have to get over themselves if they get on his back over this saga. By all means question him on tactics, signings, results and all the other stuff managers get criticised for. But the impact and ramifications of him going there would have been massive, way beyond a team losing a decent manager to a rival club. He picked us over that shower when faced with a straight choice, no matter the circumstances that's something to cherish and enjoy. This will hopefully have a galvanising effect, starting tomorrow night.

Don't think it's as black and white as that. My best guess is that he may be open to hearing what the Huns have to say, just as would be the case with countless other clubs should they have had a vacancy available. I don't think his chat about "due diligence" or about having a good relationship with the chairman was a front, I think he'd need to be mad to go there but he may wish to hear them out. The thought isn't a pleasant one, but it's probably not a million miles off where we're at. If he turns them down, then he'll come back. Milne won't sack him, given he stood back and watched Blunderwood try and whore his services down south and McGhee's chat about Celtic on his opening presser. He'll lose a lot of goodwill and leeway from the fans, but if he gets us firing again then people will need to get over themselves, quite frankly.

Nail on the head. The clamour for him to come out and say something is ridiculous. I don't even think if he came out and said "I AM THE ABERDEEN MANAGER AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TO RANGERS" as folk are demanding that it would stop the Weegia pish at all - people seem to forget how much they fucking hate us, and how much fun they're having turning the fans against the club and unsettling us. People are playing right into their hands without taking a step back and thinking about what's going on. Let's be perfectly honest, if he's enough of a cunt to go tho the Huns, he'd be enough of a cunt to pay lip service to the fans and pander to them and throw them the quotes they wanted to hear. What he says means fuck all in the scheme of things. Actions will speak louder than words.

To be fair it's the bookies odds being reported rather than made up Weegia pish (this time)

This is what it seems like to me too. And 2 up top definitely didn't work. "Why sign him then?" - the gaffer can plan as meticulously as he likes, sometimes things don't work that well in practice. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Shame for the lad but I'm glad he's not just tried to shoehorn him in to try and justify the signing.

He strikes me as the type who thrives upon the day to day stuff. He'd also be a sensible choice, which probably rules him out.

4-2-3-1 has worked well for us regardless of whether it's a "fad" or not. Our strengths are undoubtedly in the wide areas, it allows our wide players to play in advanced positons and two sitting midfielders gives further protection our defence (Taylor), and Maddison looks tailor made for the hole. 4-4-2 just means we have two strikers starved of service rather than one with the two wide men further back the pitch.

Regardless of how poor Celtic were, it'd have been an unbelievable achievement to have won the league last year. So I'm counting 2nd as a stable, if unspectacular season with both unfortunate draws and significant room for improvement in the cups. I get what he's trying to do with us, Jack's injury came at a bad time when he was really finding form and the midfield had a balance to it, we probably signed one too many strikers and it's a shame we don't have two O'Connors, but there's certainly a lot to be happy with too - perhaps back to basics and what served us well over the last two years (4-2-3-1), make the most of our excellent wide players and with the added boost of a threat through the middle in Maddison. He gets more than six weeks leeway/goodwill from me - if we're nowhere near Europe come May then see where we are, but he's shown he's good enough to get us on a run more than once, so I'm still hopeful of a good season.

I don't see the point in raising negative hypotheticals that may never happen. In the real world, the sensible reaction would be to appreciate that this isn't the hysterical over reactive world of the EPL, over the last two seasons we've finished 2nd (where we should be budget wise) and the goodwill extended to McInnes would extend beyond a poor opening six weeks to the season. As things stand though, it's a completely irrelevant point.

Have the courage of your convictions - if he "failed" would you want him out?