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For what they're worth, "the stats" show we're a bit better than the league position suggests - if we could only get the ball in the fucking goal! Possibly still clinging to false hope but maybe a bit reminiscent of Hibs last season? BTW I detest xAnything when it comes to football but I'll clutch at any straw I can find right now.

Whenever Jimmy goes - hopefully in 5+ years after managing to pull off the unlikely and turn this thing around but even if it's next week - the new manager simply cannot be appointed until the technical director position is filled.

“To” much To hope that it’s this guy?

This is exactly how I feel as well. I’m hoping for a Hibs 24/25-style turnaround. I’m also choosing to believe that it could happen because life’s generally better when you’re an optimist.

Completely agree. I’ll give him until Christmas before I jump on any JMG bandwagon but only because of the high player turnover. We really need to see changes from him as well as the players between now and then.

We’ve got a team of modern, risk averse robots. Very few risks are taken because you must keep the ball at all costs. Maybe works elsewhere but it’s clearly not doing us any good and I’m not sure Jimmy is ever going to figure it out if he hasn’t by now.

Leaving next month. https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/09/16/director-of-football-steven-gunn-to-depart-afc/ Sounds like a polite sacking. Chance to get a "proper" DOF/Technical Director for @RicoS321

Please take this as a genuine question Orlando Don as I think it was you that said it (apologies if it wasn’t): What specifically is it that schools and colleges over there are teaching that’s “left” and lead folk like Charlie Kirk to think the opposite point of view needs to be put out on campuses across the country?

Looks like the system and the set up is working, it's the finishing touch that's missing.

Gyamfi and Alfie in at the back, shinnie and sivert in midfield, karlsson and nisbet starting. mitov jensen Alfie knoester gyamfi sivert shinnie keskinen aouchiche karlsson nisbet No excuses today Dons, three points a must.

If I change my original use of "creativity" to "comfortable on the ball" then I don't think we're in any disagreement.

You might not need creativity in the sense of beating a man or slipping in a through ball but you need to be able to manipulate space and pick a pass, as well as dictate the tempo. You can’t just have two players in there to be a brick wall, that would just lead to the midfield getting bypassed and spending 90 minutes watching the ball fly over their heads. There’s got to be balance between the pair.

I think it has to be Shinne/Sivert and Clarkson/Palaversa. The other combos are either not creative enough or don't cover enough ground. Shinnie and Clarkson would be my first pick, subject to finding out more about Kjartanson's capabilities.

The vocal element of our fan base doesn’t have the patience to allow a youngster to develop. Jack Milne is a case in point, and it was Mackenzie before him. They’re not as young as Boyd but it’s the same principle.

The winter window has been shite so far, you'd think we'd have signed someone by now. Burrows and Gunn out.

Stuart Armstrong?

Scott burns says loan deal confirmed. My word, that’s some signing!

Maybe, maybe not. Looks like we’re in with a shout of karlsson anyway, which is very surprising.

Some random site has him on €20k per week. We’re not going anywhere near that. We can dream tho…

Wages surely make this Swedish boy unlikely? Turnbull I could see.

There are about a hundred things involved in a transfer, the narrative that we could’ve spent X more to get him earlier is far too simplistic.

“Amorim style” or jimmy’s cup final version? Not sure we’ve anything like good enough midfielders for the former and I hope we’re more ambitious than the latter, as plan A anyway.

That’s a great deal if it’s true.