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You know you're not getting to bed early enough when you read "deepest, darkest" as "Budapest" and think we're in for a cracking away day Kilmarnock are proper shite, but then we were very fortunate to take all three points there last time. There's a chance a new manager could be announced, but Leven still in charge for this one, unless it's made early in the week. Whoever is in charge, tough run of games after this: Celtic (h), Motherwell (h), Dundee United (a), Motherwell (a). So kinda important we take something up the road.

It was one of their main selling points at the beginning. Think they've slowly put it to the bottom of the list of benefits now..

And the promise that we'll be first choice for season tickets in the new stadium...

Time stopped at that point. And I swear he hit that shot in slow motion.

Great game, despite a terrible referee. Shinnie ran midfield. Frame a delight. Topi becoming the player we all hoped he would. Nisbet again about to have a better second half of the season than first? Obviously helped by Livingston not being particularly good. If that's Leven's last game as interim then nice way to sign off.

We better hope Morrison fit for the next game. No Milne, no Polvara. Devlin subbed, so Nilsen at CB.

Milanovic to score. I can feel it. I have money on it.

I just liked your last post, scrolled down and saw this. I should rescind it.

One wee thing I noticed, just after the equaliser, Leven was screaming at them to stop celebrating, get back up the pitch and get another before half-time. Just a wee thing but I like that attitude. Thelin was usually fist pumping the entire bench.

This one is extra special though.

Every time Ross Hardie referees us, there are bizarre decisions and he appears to lose control of the game.

They couldn't draw the lines so ref had to make the call at the monitor.

Rumours Polvara has played his last game for the club, so that may explain his absence. Morrison injured I think. Leven promising Clarkson more game time then dropping him. Lobban coming in, impressing, then barely getting a sniff since his red card is odd.

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.