Jimmy Thelin

[RicoS321]

29 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

We are a truly dreadful team. Jimmy out. 

We're keeping him.

Forever.

[OrlandoDon]

Can the 3 year project start the first time we ever spoke to jimmy?

get the Motherwell boy in asap, and I’d act soon before someone else snaps him up.

 

[Kowalski]

I feel we had better creativity in midfield with McGrath, Clarkson and Palaversa. Now we have a midfield of headless chickens.
 

And Armstrong needs dropped.  

[OrlandoDon]

3 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

I feel we had better creativity in midfield with McGrath, Clarkson and Palaversa. Now we have a midfield of headless chickens.
 

And Armstrong needs dropped.  

I think we could build around Kjarten and aouchiche in the middle, maybe add David Watson if we are lucky. Add another piece of quality in there. Problem is we have no wingers or center forward.

I’m officially over sideways and backwards. We are a really poor watch and new signings under jimmy don’t do it for me. I haven’t seen enough from jimmy to think he can be successful here. Next.

[Panda]

On 19/12/2025 at 21:34, Panda said:

Results (domestically) have picked up since this thread was last active, but not sure we're much more convincing than we have been at any other stage of the season.

Next five games:-

 

I would love to come up at the other end of these with a good tally of points, but that's four away games there, at least three at tough venues, and I can't say I'm confident about winning any of them.

At least two of them though are after all our new January signings arrive...

 

On 22/12/2025 at 02:23, Panda said:

Since that Hibs win in April, it took us another 11 games to win another league game. And Hibs have been back to Pittodrie and utterly dominated us since then. That's regression rather than progress.

The next two games are huge. Not for the result, but if we go to Easter Road and get a chasing then what the hell have we been doing since April?

One point from nine, and we didn't at any point tonight look better than Hibs despite the players they had missing. We're probably fortunate they weren't at full strength.

Now we've got Falkirk away - lose and they leapfrog us, and they've had a free week to prepare. Rangers home and away - I don't see us getting anything at Ibrox if we play the same way we did tonight. 

And the Raith Rovers cup game, that's a season saving game because it's looking increasingly likely top five may in a month or two be realistically out of reach.

[OrlandoDon]

48 minutes ago, Panda said:

 

One point from nine, and we didn't at any point tonight look better than Hibs despite the players they had missing. We're probably fortunate they weren't at full strength.

Now we've got Falkirk away - lose and they leapfrog us, and they've had a free week to prepare. Rangers home and away - I don't see us getting anything at Ibrox if we play the same way we did tonight. 

And the Raith Rovers cup game, that's a season saving game because it's looking increasingly likely top five may in a month or two be realistically out of reach.

New manager bounce and 3-4 January signings and 3rd, 4th at worst. 
cormack has given Thelin everything, 18 months, time money patience, it’s just not working out. There is absolutely nothing positive we can say about performance, a that’s been the case fo over a year for the most part. I don’t think there’s anyone saying to give him more time, how can you justify that? I also think this is the first time where there is a young talented manager in the league performing well on a fraction of our budget. For the first time in years I can say I want x manager asap. Guy is young creative, and has a team playing attractive football, no brainer.

[Panda]

15 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

New manager bounce and 3-4 January signings and 3rd, 4th at worst. 
cormack has given Thelin everything, 18 months, time money patience, it’s just not working out. There is absolutely nothing positive we can say about performance, a that’s been the case fo over a year for the most part. I don’t think there’s anyone saying to give him more time, how can you justify that? I also think this is the first time where there is a young talented manager in the league performing well on a fraction of our budget. For the first time in years I can say I want x manager asap. Guy is young creative, and has a team playing attractive football, no brainer.

I absolutely would not want Askou.

Because, if he even considered a move to Aberdeen, rather than back himself to chase down Hearts and the Old Firm when he's only eight, five and two points behind the three of them, then what the hell is wrong with him?

Also, keep this going until the end of the season, and a bigger job than Aberdeen will be on the table for him.

[OrlandoDon]

3 minutes ago, Panda said:

I absolutely would not want Askou.

Because, if he even considered a move to Aberdeen, rather than back himself to chase down Hearts and the Old Firm when he's only eight, five and two points behind the three of them, then what the hell is wrong with him?

Also, keep this going until the end of the season, and a bigger job than Aberdeen will be on the table for him.

Motherwell will never be a good/big job. He may even lose players in January. And he doesn’t have a budget. We’re a much more attractive option. Short term he has a good season at Motherwell maybe, long term we’re much more appealing. Do you have a reason not to want him other than leaving well for us in a position below well??

[Jute]

3 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Motherwell will never be a good/big job. He may even lose players in January. And he doesn’t have a budget. We’re a much more attractive option. Short term he has a good season at Motherwell maybe, long term we’re much more appealing. Do you have a reason not to want him other than leaving well for us in a position below well??

If he has a great season at Motherwell then more likely he gets a bigger job than us though so you would have to question his judgement and ambition if he did come to us. 

[Mason89]

If theres one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that we shouldn’t hire managers from Motherwell 

[manc_don]

2 hours ago, Mason89 said:

If theres one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that we shouldn’t hire managers from Motherwell 

Someone had to say it

[OrlandoDon]

2 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Someone had to say it

Craig brown built the foundation for Mcinnes, not all bad!

[manc_don]

1 minute ago, OrlandoDon said:

Craig brown built the foundation for Mcinnes, not all bad!

We’re due another good one in fairness.

[OrlandoDon]

2 hours ago, Jute said:

If he has a great season at Motherwell then more likely he gets a bigger job than us though so you would have to question his judgement and ambition if he did come to us. 

Let’s be realistic, at best Motherwell will finish 4th. I don’t believe they’ll finish above either of the Glasgow two or hearts. They won’t win a cup. So who do we realistically think are watching him? I said we act quick because maybe he goes to united ? Maybe hibs if they were to tank and can Gray. Maybe hearts if Mcinnes  goes to Scotland post World Cup. I don’t think he’s on that many people’s radar besides Scottish teams at present, and I’d say he’d need at least two good seasons up here, maybe a cup final/win, before an English team or abroad comes calling. Look at us with Mcinnes, how many teams came in for him from down south or abroad? I don’t see him leaving Scotland any time soon.

Edited 9 hours ago by OrlandoDon

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

Thelin really has to be shown the door, but Cormack is the bigger problem and there is no way that his over inflated ego will let him do that, because by doing so he will be admitting that once again him and his mates got the appointment wrong. Including Warnock this is now five (FIVE) fukin appointments on the trot that Cormack has totally fkd up. His ego will never allow him to admit that.
Yes I am convinced Thelin is totally out of his depth and a pretty p1ss poor manager. 
But we should never be trusting Cormack to appoint the next one. so we are kind of caught between a rock and a hard place with no idea what is the correct way to turn 

[TheDonbytheDee]

5 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Let’s be realistic, at best Motherwell will finish 4th. I don’t believe they’ll finish above either of the Glasgow two or hearts. They won’t win a cup. So who do we realistically think are watching him? I said we act quick because maybe he goes to united ? Maybe hibs if they were to tank and can Gray. Maybe hearts if Mcinnes  goes to Scotland post World Cup. I don’t think he’s on that many people’s radar besides Scottish teams at present, and I’d say he’d need at least two good seasons up here, maybe a cup final/win, before an English team or abroad comes calling. Look at us with Mcinnes, how many teams came in for him from down south or abroad? I don’t see him leaving Scotland any time soon.

Lots of clubs will be watching him, not just on these shores.

A person would have to be a real dumb, bitter person not to be commending the job he has done at Motherwell. He has won nothing, before some smart c*nt points it out, but the way he has consistently got players to respond and perform to his system has been very impressive up until now.

Getting Paul McGinn to perform for them the way he has done this season, is impressive enough, but he has done this with the whole squad, exactly what a manager should be doing. We keep deluding ourselves we are going to buy our way to a good team.

As much as the boy at Motherwell has been impressive, it is still a no from me, as I just have a feeling we would take what looks like a silk purse of a manager (at the moment), and turn it into a pigs ear.

[TheDonbytheDee]

1 hour ago, Blow.Up.Sheep said:

Thelin really has to be shown the door, but Cormack is the bigger problem and there is no way that his over inflated ego will let him do that, because by doing so he will be admitting that once again him and his mates got the appointment wrong. Including Warnock this is now five (FIVE) fukin appointments on the trot that Cormack has totally fkd up. His ego will never allow him to admit that.
Yes I am convinced Thelin is totally out of his depth and a pretty p1ss poor manager. 
But we should never be trusting Cormack to appoint the next one. so we are kind of caught between a rock and a hard place with no idea what is the correct way to turn 

Maybe ditching Jimmy and letting our new DoF do his thing, whilst having, what is supposed to be the correct structure at the club in place, might make a difference this time.

I'd happily see Cormack out of the club today, but he isn't going anywhere soon, as nobody appears interested in taking over from him and if their was, it would likely be in the form of another American businessman and I don't think are good for our game.

I don't think Jimmy is going just yet, due to this three year project pish, so have to hope he turns it around and very quickly.

 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by TheDonbytheDee

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

22 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Maybe ditching Jimmy and letting our new DoF do his thing, whilst having, what is supposed to be the correct structure at the club in place, might make a difference this time.

I'd happily see Cormack out of the club today, but he isn't going anywhere soon, as nobody appears interested in taking over from him and if their was, it would likely be in the form of another American businessman and I don't think are good for our game.

I don't think Jimmy is going just yet, due to this three year project pish, so have to hope he turns it around and vert quickly.

 

 

 

I don't think Jimmy is going anywhere any time soon either pal. As mentioned Cormack's ego will never allow him to admit that is five fkn appointments on the trot that he totally got wrong and made a complete arse of.
Yip we have to hope the Thelin can turn this around and do it pretty fkn quickly, but sadly we have been saying the same thing for a long time now. OK we have the January window and maybe there we can create some hope within the fanbase, but we need to do our business right now not towards the end of the window (as usual aberdeen pesh) fk me Hearts have announced two new arrivals already and the windee is not even officially open yet with the first one of that arrivals (Altena) looking like he will be registered to play this weekend.

What the fk is wrong with us? OK I will answer that question as well. Dave fkn Cormack what is wrong with us, but sadly we are stuck with him and his prawcess and this three year project malarkey which even a blind man can see is nae fkn working Dave.

Oh the joys of being a dandy 

Happy New Year pal 

Edited 3 hours ago by Blow.Up.Sheep

[Elgindon]

7 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Let’s be realistic, at best Motherwell will finish 4th. I don’t believe they’ll finish above either of the Glasgow two or hearts. They won’t win a cup. So who do we realistically think are watching him? I said we act quick because maybe he goes to united ? Maybe hibs if they were to tank and can Gray. Maybe hearts if Mcinnes  goes to Scotland post World Cup. I don’t think he’s on that many people’s radar besides Scottish teams at present, and I’d say he’d need at least two good seasons up here, maybe a cup final/win, before an English team or abroad comes calling. Look at us with Mcinnes, how many teams came in for him from down south or abroad? I don’t see him leaving Scotland any time soon.

Why cant they win a cup after this seasons results?

  It would be good if Askou had a longer track record as a manager,....he's been a year here,18 months there,....all mostly as an assistant. Weve all seen plenty managers setting the heather on fire,then fizzling out a year later.

  just saying,looks promising though....

[Panda]

3 hours ago, Blow.Up.Sheep said:

Including Warnock this is now five (FIVE) fukin appointments on the trot that Cormack has totally fkd up. 

I don't criticise him at all for appointing Thelin. It's the sort of appointment the club should be trying to make; a manager whose stock was on the rise and was held in high regard. And it delivered a Scottish Cup and £6m from Europe, so in terms of success it's still above most Aberdeen managerial appointments over the past 30 years.

Probably only McInnes ranks above him in that time - he's the only* Aberdeen manager since Smith/Scott to have had consistently good seasons, and even then it finished on a sour note. 

*Some might say Calderwood too but that's a debate in itself.

There's an argument the structure hasn't been in place properly for Thelin, the sporting director is only just in the door for example, and there's been failures at the club that aren't all on Thelin. But likewise, they're not all on Cormack, and there's a few at the club who like to hide away at times like these.

[Nordicus]

19 minutes ago, Panda said:

I don't criticise him at all for appointing Thelin. It's the sort of appointment the club should be trying to make; a manager whose stock was on the rise and was held in high regard. And it delivered a Scottish Cup and £6m from Europe, so in terms of success it's still above most Aberdeen managerial appointments over the past 30 years.

Probably only McInnes ranks above him in that time - he's the only* Aberdeen manager since Smith/Scott to have had consistently good seasons, and even then it finished on a sour note. 

*Some might say Calderwood too but that's a debate in itself.

There's an argument the structure hasn't been in place properly for Thelin, the sporting director is only just in the door for example, and there's been failures at the club that aren't all on Thelin. But likewise, they're not all on Cormack, and there's a few at the club who like to hide away at times like these.

Wasn't Thelin rejected previously . I wonder why. I could be wrong,  but that's what I read somewhere. The poor bloke doesn't want to be here & not for want of trying , can not escape the situation.

Since chairman Milne  ,  the  club have consistently placed impostors in various posts they shouldn't be, with obscene wages to boot , which is a real disgrace - especially now since they are wasting DNA money & making a fool of those contributors , who have nothing to show for owning part of the club - so to speak.

[Panda]

10 minutes ago, Nordicus said:

Wasn't Thelin rejected previously . I wonder why. I could be wrong,  but that's what I read somewhere. 

He wasn't rejected as such, more that Barry Robson went on such a good run of results the club opted to give it to him full-time.

There's an argument that the club should have been looking at the bigger picture and should have appointed Thelin regardless. However, that's a tough argument to make when football fans generally look at results. Example - Wilfried Nancy's current results at Celtic compared to the interim Martin O'Neill.