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I think calderwood instability would have put players off coming to aberdeen as well. Its common knowledge that there was pessimism of the managers ability in a wide cross section of the support, i dont think a player would be quite so keen to sign for a manager that might not be there in 6 months. Whatever else mcghee gives us he gives us a lot more appeal to new signings on these grounds alone though of course any new manager would have provided this. He wasn't my first choice but far from my last. That said I think he will do a better job than calderwood, possibly quite a bit, and im very pleased we have appointed someone who knows the club and the scottish game. There will be none of the JC niceness directed toward every single team except celtic. Hopefully we might even recreate the siege mentality fergie had going. No reason why not though, most teams fans in scotland hate aberdeen (well apart from some sellick and hibs fans). Im also actually looking forward to hearing a press release from the aberdeen manager, its been a while since i could say that the amount of drivel JC came out with. Welcome home Mr Mcghee

I hear you there

No its not. Given the finances of the club though its probably the best reference available now

Honestly, what did you think was going to happen?

I think thats the final nail in the "Eric Black dons manager" coffin, pretty gutted to be honest but onwards and upwards. Mcghee is clearly the no 1 favourite and given that Levein is unlikely to come he is now my first choice of the realistic options. One thing i will say about Mcghee is i think some of the comments saying we would be as well off with calderwood are wide of the mark. Mcghee is quite a different type of manager than JC is, I dont envisage any more ridiculous press comments under his (assuming he gets it) reign or any of the tactical lunacy of the past five years. Motherwell were a tough nut to crack in his first year in charge and its fair to say that though they disapointed this season they did get a few key injuries and that pitch would not have helped them in the slightest. We could do significantly worse

Boothroyds cv is pretty good but I am very wary of appointing anyone who has no experience of the scottish game.

Wow a debate about the wether Darren Mackie is any good or not, what a novel idea....

Felt sorry for falkirk, thought they passed it around pretty well and dominated play. They should have had higdon on from the start, weir was shitting it everytime the ball wwent near him

I think smith has actually done the right thing here. Fuck them and their british bollocks, really looking forward to supporting whoever they play

Not only that but can you imagine the ron atkinson effect on someone like aluko after his slur against desailly. No No Please Please No

I agree. Before you even look at his record im willing to bet he knows absolutely fuck all about scottish football.

I think this boy could be worth a fair wad of cash by the time he leaves. I would give him a new deal now even if he still has 2 years left on his current one

Tom that video is a doozer, def going to put that on my face book page!!!!!! I dont want a manager from down south, i think it is really important we get in someone that grew up with scottish football and knows it inside out. Why? Because we are so dependant on youth development and a scottish manager will have a better understanding of the mentality of young scottish players.

Nah its not the best if you ask me, at the end of the day its still red and as long as the inhabitants of it play well i really dont care

I notice in the poll that black is by a country mile the most popular appointment for donstalkers. Does anyone think this is a fair reflection of the support as a whole?

Well i want a gold plated khazi...... lets hope hughes is just as disapointed as i am

HA! Yeah i did but it didnt mean i wasnt aware of it previously, got a good friend who's an arab and he's been bitching about how useless the midfield is without those two

Whoever the new man he will surely take a good long hard look at the squad before making any signings. I would be pretty pissed if he spent money on strikers instead of a new centre half (mihadjuks has been released by ICT and i thought he looked pretty usefull), right back and central midfielder. Miller, bebo, paton, mackie, aluko and wright can all play there. They just need improved service (tin hat on).

I would not be particularily delighted with john hughes as i dont think he's the man for the job. All that really goes in his favour for me is that he has a really good record with developing youth.

Aye but when the scum are in town its normally on the telly which keeps folk away. Given the odds were pretty much with us to snatch europe from utd i thought we would have had 17 18 easy but maybe your right and im being a bit generous. Who knows?

You misinterpret me, by bullshit i mean the inane droning on usually reiterating the same thing over and over which JC press releases were full of over the 5 years

Given what was at stake i dont think im totally out of line to expect 4000 more. Hell if i hadnt had a once in a lifetime opportunity i was coming through and i am seriously skinters at the mo TF. All im saying is i think its important to get a manager that the fans will back straight away to get season ticket sales up.

I just looked up his record, its pretty good to be fair with promotion two years on the trot. The only thing im wary about is the whole sentimental aspect of appointing him

The attendance was 14083. Aye thats massive

Fair dues kow but i like him and his style. Utd were playing some very decent football up till january when they lost their starting central midfielders flood and robertson, if you look at their results thats where they started to dip.