Next manager

[TheDonbytheDee]

6 hours ago, Elgindon said:

Sources - probably fitba forums

Usually Twitter.

They have been right about things at times too, but I think Robinson is a wind up.

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2 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Just don’t see it with Robinson. It doesn’t add up. We’ve done much to mold ourselves into a bigger and more ambitious club in recent years, major business focus, investment, improved game day experience, bigger squad, player trading model, planning around playing in Europe, director of football etc. Dave is also, like myself, living in American sporting culture, and Robinson isn’t his type. We are a bigger and more professional club now, with bigger goals and ambitions.
Robinson is a step backwards. He’s had a little success, and I could be wrong, but I don’t see a progressive coach there with modern methodology. Does he even have a style of play that matches what lutz and Dave want? Both have said an appealing brand of football is required.
It would almost be like hiring Goodwin again. But with a little more experience.
It makes no sense to hire Lutz with his more world game experience, then hire from Dow the road at st mirren.

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.

2 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

 

 

The Motherwell checks the boxes, this guy does not. Neither does mcglynn.

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.

2 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

I expect Robinson to get the slightest of glances before we hire a more glamorous coach and vision aligned coach.

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.