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Some absolutely incredible chat on sportsound this afternoon about our next manager. Allan Preston: why is it taking them so long? They should’ve appointed someone by now. They clearly don’t have a clue what they’re doing. God: You’re right, I think they’re scared to make an appointment. Everyone knows when it comes to picking a manager you look at the evidence, make your best guess and hope for the best. Michael Stewart: They need someone with experience and if Strachan is genuinely interested they should be snapping his hand off. Absolutely wild stuff. Not even a mention of a new chief exec starting in just over a week or anything. Complete dinosaurs making it clear why they’re all on the radio rather than coaching, managing or running clubs.

And get it right up Leanne Crichton as well.

On the face of it Burrows looks a great appointment. Was very good at fan engagement when he was at Well so hopefully that’ll translate to a bigger and, dare I say it, more demanding and cantankerous fanbase…

I know that, this week of all weeks, we’re not exactly in a position to be laughing at anyone but wtf is this hun-ac/dc love in pish all about?!

Aye, unreal. They’ve only now decided to tell him that want to see better? Nothing prior to Monday maybe made them think that might be a good idea? Fuck me. That “football monitoring board” is a joke.

Gunn’s got to go as well as Goodwin, clear out of the entire “football department” needed. Imagine finally getting rid of Milne and the club getting worse

Our youth team would beat them and the ladies would give them a game. If the dons were to lose this game then it isn’t just a sack the manager job, it’s sack the entire workforce at the club from top to bottom.

This mob are basically amateurs. We’ll hump them. Never mind a “stenhousemuir moment”, if Darvel were to beat Aberdeen it would be the biggest upset in Scottish football history.

Hands up, Coyle was maybe a slightly ridiculous shout but after the failures of Glass and (so far) Goodwin, I don’t think Cormack or the rest of our board have the wherewithal to pick and up and coming manager. I’d rather we go after someone who - much like mcinnes when we got him - has a decent track record but maybe something to prove. Getting someone like that to come in and report to Gunn might be an issue right enough.

Malky MacKay toxic? What about Owen Coyle if we're looking at managers in Scotland?

If that was really all that was on offer then keeping Goodwin would be better. However, if Owen Coyle or Malky Mackay were in the running...

Does Stewart have some qualities that you only notice when he isn’t there?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64255149 This won’t come back to haunt us at all, no sir.

Delighted for the boy. Would imagine his future lies away from the Dons but hopefully his time at Stevenage will set him up for a decent career in the game.

It’s exactly this scenario where the director of football appointment should come into its own. We should be able to fire a manager and trust that the DOF will be able to oversee the January window but I’ve probably got even less confidence in Gunn than I do in goodwin.

As it should be if the host club are happy to have it. If they needed the money - which I believe Darvel certainly don't - then by all means move it in order to flog more tickets but if playing at home gives them a better story and a better chance to win then they should go for it.

Four players 100% developed by AFC, plus Ferguson who we must get the lion's share of the credit for. Massive credit has to go to the youth setup of the last few years for that. You've also got Christie, who obviously had a very good spell with us too.

The key to containing Haaland is containing the rest of the team and in that regard I'm not particularly concerned about Norway. If Haaland scores once in each game - which, as you mention, is more or less his record - I'd back us to score at least twice anyway.

Willie collum amazingly seems to get worse.

Cooper seems to have been given the dreaded vote of confidence. Looks like they'll need to start winning within the next couple of games. Mental.

Yon weird-looking guy at Forest looking like the next one for the chop. Taking them from bottom of the championship to the premier league not good enough apparently, even with 22 new signings to try and build into a team.

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Indeed, Willie also said that. “I know the club said he wanted to go home but my information is that they sent him away”.

God and Michael Stewart just said on sportsound that Ramirez didn’t ask to go back to the states last season but that the club actually sent him away. Maybe that’s old news and I’ve just found out but something major would surely have to have happened to spark that.

I’m pleased we didn’t go down the route of signing any old player to fill the squad and didn’t take “any” number 10 if the one we wanted wasn’t available. If we get short of centre backs and it means Milne and/or Mackenzie get a run of games then it’ll do their development no harm or, worst case, prove they’re not up to it. Far rather see our young players used as back up than stacking the squad with fillers. The same goes for Ryan Duncan, if Vinny is playing 10 then it moves Duncan up the queue for the left wing spot.