https://www.afc.co.uk/2024/04/16/dons-appoint-thelin-as-manager/
 

Confirmed as Aberdeen boss.

Starts early June. Peter Leven takes the team until summer.

4 minutes ago, Jute said:

Just repeating what I was told. Only discussions have been with the DOF and head of recruitment. Mate has said players have found it odd not speaking with manager as it’s what happens elsewhere. 

Aye, so it's not that he didn't know about the signings, just that he didn't speak to them during the recruitment process.

Nothing really to add to what's been side, other than that I'd love to hear his unvarnished take at some point down the line (don't suppose we ever will). 80 games is an awful lot not to work out how to play to succeed in a league where you have more purchasing power than most of your competitors. I reckon there's a great book to be written by anyone who could get the inside scoop.

Sorry to see him go, grateful for the cup and the league run early last season. Belting out "F you, Celtic, we're gonna win the league" for about 15 minutes after losing 6-0 was also a personal highlight in a stubborn, Stand Free, type of manner.

Best of luck Jimmy. It wasn't to be.

2 hours ago, Don Julio said:

Nothing really to add to what's been side, other than that I'd love to hear his unvarnished take at some point down the line (don't suppose we ever will). 80 games is an awful lot not to work out how to play to succeed in a league where you have more purchasing power than most of your competitors. I reckon there's a great book to be written by anyone who could get the inside scoop.

Sorry to see him go, grateful for the cup and the league run early last season. Belting out "F you, Celtic, we're gonna win the league" for about 15 minutes after losing 6-0 was also a personal highlight in a stubborn, Stand Free, type of manner.

Best of luck Jimmy. It wasn't to be.

I'm sure there would be great mileage in a book detailing all the happenings amongst all managerial appointments since Dave took over the club.

I don't think any writer would have to embellish the stories much either.  

I know I'm drifting off topic here, but I did suggest once on the auld place that a book about the last 25 years of the AFC (2000 - 2025) would be an interesting, if difficult read.

The glory years have been written about by many authors over the years, a book which focuses on the less good times needs to be written.

"AFC - the gory years"

53 minutes ago, swaddon said:

I know I'm drifting off topic here, but I did suggest once on the auld place that a book about the last 25 years of the AFC (2000 - 2025) would be an interesting, if difficult read.

The glory years have been written about by many authors over the years, a book which focuses on the less good times needs to be written.

Be a fair size of a book.

AFC The Toasterless Years 1995 - 2025

Rumours around he is in talks for a fitba managers job in Oz.

Possibly he and his family fancy a new life in the sun. 

On 05/01/2026 at 16:26, Don Julio said:

"AFC - the gory years"

AFC - "A blight in the North"

30 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Rumours around he is in talks for a fitba managers job in Oz.

Possibly he and his family fancy a new life in the sun. 

What cause he liked the look of the Aussies we signed ffs 🤣

Hopefully he signs our aussies for decent money!

7 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Hopefully he signs our aussies for decent money!

It's actually Duhan, Milanovic and Yengi's original club. They are an absolute basket case of a club and are seriously underperforming, I really hope he doesn't take it. I want him to do wherever, but prefer it not to be in the A-League.

Rumoured to be on the verge of being reappointed manager of Elfsborg.

Might he return to pay us good money for some of our signings from his time in charge here 😉

Elfsborg have said that he turned down the chance to return to the club.

2 hours ago, swaddon said:

Elfsborg have said that he turned down the chance to return to the club.

I honestly think we broke the man.

 

11 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

I honestly think we broke the man.

 

Or he just follows the rule "don't go back once you've left".  

8 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

Or he just follows the rule "don't go back once you've left".  

I do hope it's just that.

According to the P&J, Jimmy has missed out on the Leicester City job.

 

3 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

According to the P&J, Jimmy has missed out on the Leicester City job.

 

Me too 

1 hour ago, Mason89 said:

Me too 

I was interviewed, but my lack of management experience outside of Football Manager counted against me.

Just waiting for Horneland to be unveiled as new Leicester manager.

Can imagine fans of any club he’s linked with doing the same dance we are doing with Horneland (and several other European unknowns)

….Yeah but he won a trophy there and he had that amazing run….there’s definitely something there. Maybe he just needs a different environment etc etc 

I would say not getting the Leicester gig is dodging a bullet as they have just been docked points under financial fair play rules and likely to be having to reduce costs for the next while. 

Obviously it's just hypothesising but it's perhaps worth a conversation while I wait for my supper to appear.

It's my opinion that we'd be in a far better place now if we'd just kept Thelin in situ until the end of the season rather than replacing him with that hun fud Leven.

Anyone in the mood to profer up their own opinion?

I agree that Leven is a hun fud 

1 hour ago, Bukta Bertie said:

Obviously it's just hypothesising but it's perhaps worth a conversation while I wait for my supper to appear.

It's my opinion that we'd be in a far better place now if we'd just kept Thelin in situ until the end of the season rather than replacing him with that hun fud Leven.

Anyone in the mood to profer up their own opinion?

Said this repeatedly to anyone that would listen at the game on Saturday night.

Didn't think it possible at the time but we have regressed in the past two months