Slim

Davie Provan has a bit of a hit piece on Cormack in one of the tabloids today. In it he says it was widely known that McInnes was going at the end of the season and that McInnes himself was telling this to players he was trying to sign in January which scared off the top targets. With the way the previous 10 matches have gone, McInnes not having much motivation knowing he’s out the door and the players appearing to be performing accordingly, I’d say there’s more chance of Sheerin/Robson getting a tune out of the players in the remaining 6 matches than McInnes would have. No-one is going to turn things around when they’re working their notice period.

Seems Glass was a mentor to Brown when they were both at Hibs, which at least explains the connection. I would assume Glass would have a salary commensurate with his experience and track record, I’m not sure Brown would come up here for less than that amount, whatever it may be. At least I hope he wouldn’t.

What does Maloney contribute to Belgium’s playing style? He’s basically there just to put out the cones for training a couple of times a year.

How about Billy Reid? Did a good job for many years working with young players at Hamilton and has been working as assistant at a fairly high level for the past couple of years, currently at Brighton (where ex-Don Kyle Macaulay is currently head of recruitment).

Would you be so enthusiastic if ex-St Johnstone striker Graeme Jones was in the frame? He was Belgium assistant coach when they finished 3rd at the 2018 World Cup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Jones

If it’s Glass it’s a big gamble that will destroy Cormack’s credibility if he fails, especially after the Hernandez debacle.

Is Malky Mackay still too toxic?

What was the point in bringing Ethan Ross back from loan if we're not going to trust him in games like this to get a decent run out and hopefully get a goal or an assist? McGeouch isn't going to play a defence-splitting through ball FFS.

"We brought him back and sat down and said we were keen to get him playing first team football and come back to us next season. "So every time he scores, it's not frustrating. It's a pleasure that the boy's doing well. "I know it's a good story for people to throw at me, but we feel for his development, the best thing for him is to go through that loan process to try and get to the endgame.“ Is he aware that Anderson is out of contract at the end of the season?

And an assist

Yes we need to give our manager of 7 years time to integrate players who will be here for little more than 3 months.

BBC gave him Man of the Match too

Strachan or McLeish would be “high profile” I suppose. Not keen on either obviously. Malky Mackay another (terrible) option. Struggling to think of anyone I’d be happy with who is available and I’ve heard of them.

Not sure how I feel about Hendry being given the no. 9 shirt.

A failure of a loan spell at Ayr is not necessarily a barometer of a player’s ability.

I'm sure the Livingston manager knows some people who can clear some lines of snow quickly.

Is that Aquaman at left back for Livingston?

Considering we’ve been whoring Cosgrove around for the best part of a year, you’d think we would have a regularly updated shortlist of replacements for him, especially in the event that someone comes in for him in the last few days of the transfer window, I.e. lessons learned from the McKenna saga. Scrambling about getting a St Johnstone fringe player in on loan is not very encouraging. Open to the idea of Hornby but a giant long-haired galoot up front for Aberdeen is going to be an easy target for referees. I’d rather put McGinn up front than most of the other names linked.

- Hibs have been linked with showing an interest in the Daily Record

Ross Stewart coming in on loan for 6 months. At least he will in a year from now as he’s about to sign for Sunderland.

Papers today are saying we scared off Sheffield Wednesday with our quote for Cosgrove. Only has 18 months left on his contract so the window for getting a big transfer fee for him is narrowing.

Need to get Ojo off before he has a brainfart and picks up a 2nd booking. And because he's pish of course.

Will we need to incorporate the perimeter road for the Bouley Bashers as well? If Cowdenbeath can do it...

Doesn't really make it fair for us that Hibs get to play their youth team tonight.

It's the sort of thing Cormack should be interested in if he wants to Americanize the matchday experience and have fans milling about the stadium for hours before a match.