Next manager

[Panda]

20 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

There are plenty of options.  From the more experienced like Stevie Clarke, John McGlynn or Michael O'Neill.  A current SPL guy such as Robinson, or someone lower down the chain like Scott Brown or Gary Naysmith.  I'd argue that any of the above would stand a better chance of success than taking in someone from Norway that knows very little about either our club or about fitba in this country.

I can see why people wouldn't be that enthused by Horneland. I think his record is decent, although mainly at one club. I do like his tactics though and think he has the potential to improve on what Thelin did, so I'm on board with it if it's him.

But you've just pitched Scott Brown ahead of him, simply because he has more knowledge of Scottish football.

Two of the managers occupying the top four in the Premiership at the moment are foreign. The "knows Scottish football" thing is an easy thing that gets thrown about - it's a whole management team these days, and we play each other 4-6 times a season so they get to know the opposition very quickly.

[TheDonbytheDee]

Cheers for that Al.

We might not win a lot of trophies. But we do give it a go.

I'd also claim that us and other teams would have won more if it wasn't for the blatant cheating we have all witnessed in big games, especially where deadco were concerned.

Plenty reasons to be a proud Dandy and can easily claim to be Scotlands third club.

If a manager doesn't fancy signing for us, fuck 'em. Their loss.

 

 

[tlg1903]

1 hour ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

There are plenty of options.  From the more experienced like Stevie Clarke, John McGlynn or Michael O'Neill.  A current SPL guy such as Robinson, or someone lower down the chain like Scott Brown or Gary Naysmith.  I'd argue that any of the above would stand a better chance of success than taking in someone from Norway that knows very little about either our club or about fitba in this country.

How much did Jens Berthel Askou know about Scottish football before he pitched up at Motherwell? 

[brydedon]

Hi first time on this chat be gentle.

I personally don't think any managers in scotland appeal at the moment ( apart from steve clarke but don't think he would come to us and don't fancy waiting til summer either) so hoping this guy horneland takes the job and hopefully we eventually start playing some exciting football and maybe even start to win games.

But whoever gets the job we all need to get behind them and give them a chance 

SF

Edited 18 hours ago by brydedon

[The.Moog]

2 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Cheers for that Al.

We might not win a lot of trophies. But we do give it a go.

I'd also claim that us and other teams would have won more if it wasn't for the blatant cheating we have all witnessed in big games, especially where deadco were concerned.

Plenty reasons to be a proud Dandy and can easily claim to be Scotlands third club.

If a manager doesn't fancy signing for us, fuck 'em. Their loss.

 

 

There is not one footballing success metric by which Aberdeen FC are not the 3rd club in Scotland.

Its why the diets and spoon burners constantly obsess about attendances, its all they have to try and pretend they’re bigger clubs, laughable really.

As for the pikeys, they just dream of being us…

[tlg1903]

5 hours ago, brydedon said:

Hi first time on this chat be gentle.

I personally don't think any managers in scotland appeal at the moment ( apart from steve clarke but don't think he would come to us and don't fancy waiting til summer either) so hoping this guy horneland takes the job and hopefully we eventually start playing some exciting football and maybe even start to win games.

But whoever gets the job we all need to get behind them and give them a chance 

SF

Welcome to the board.  It's pretty chilled to be honest, even disagreement usually stays civil. 

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

17 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

What are our expectations though?

 

 

 

 

As said, pal over the years / decades I have learnt that the best way to be as a dons fan is to lower your expectations.

but you ask what are m expectations so ok I will answer that mate.

A team on the park that tries their best every fukin week, game after game irrespective who the opposition is. A team on the park that when the final whistle goes after every single fkn game we as fans can be proud of them and say at least they had a fukin go and gave it their all.

Sadly over the last umpteen fkn years we can count on one hand the amount of times the above has happened, and I have no idea why that is. But fk me it's not a lost to ask (is it) 

 

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

Oh and just for the record, this horny Norwegian dude can GTF already as it is clear he disna really want the job 

[Shetland Don]

1 hour ago, Blow.Up.Sheep said:

Oh and just for the record, this horny Norwegian dude can GTF already as it is clear he disna really want the job 

He wants to see us in action first before telling us “thanks, but no thanks”, as McGlinn, Robinson and others will likely do too when the shortlist is exhausted and they realise that they are at the bottom of the list - the long one I mean. It’s a complete shambles to be frank, and beyond embarrassing. 

[Slim]

It's amazing how much people are winding themselves up over their own interpretations of guesswork being published by sports reporters who themselves have no real idea of what is going on other than this Norwegian chap had been openly sightseeing around the city for 2 whole business days before they were remotely aware that he was under consideration.

If we can save a few £000k's in compensation by waiting a wee bit while we're not actually playing any games and have someone semi-competent keeping training ticking over, then it makes sense to do so.

And taking a job in another country away from where your family are, it's a big impact on your personal life and not something you can expect someone to take lightly. Allowing someone in that position to take some time to do some research, discuss with family, etc, is not a sign of weakness or a slight on our stature as a football club.

Basically, calm doon.

[BigAl]

5 minutes ago, Slim said:

It's amazing how much people are winding themselves up over their own interpretations of guesswork being published by sports reporters who themselves have no real idea of what is going on other than this Norwegian chap had been openly sightseeing around the city for 2 whole business days before they were remotely aware that he was under consideration.

If we can save a few £000k's in compensation by waiting a wee bit while we're not actually playing any games and have someone semi-competent keeping training ticking over, then it makes sense to do so.

And taking a job in another country away from where your family are, it's a big impact on your personal life and not something you can expect someone to take lightly. Allowing someone in that position to take some time to do some research, discuss with family, etc, is not a sign of weakness or a slight on our stature as a football club.

Basically, calm doon.

^^^^^^

This with bells on.

Sensible words Slim 

As I said on Saturday or Sunday on this thread, it's not about the money as to why he hasn't taken it yet 

[wee toon red]

15 minutes ago, BigAl said:

^^^^^^

This with bells on.

Sensible words Slim 

As I said on Saturday or Sunday on this thread, it's not about the money as to why he hasn't taken it yet 

What is it then?

[LeonMikeIsFat]

He has a problem with the folk who think the top of Union street is the castlegate

[Mason89]

He was feeling peckish and asked where the best chippy was in Aberdeen. He was still starving after listening to someone blethering pish about raans, fash & chippers 

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

53 minutes ago, BigAl said:

 

As I said on Saturday or Sunday on this thread, it's not about the money as to why he hasn't taken it yet 

Correct it is not about the money at all.

It is more like he is not really all that sure if he wants the job or not. And if that is the case with anyone on the penguins make believe "short list" then they should be crossed off straight away. 

[Ajja]

Think we need to keep some perspective on what we can reach for in terms of manager. We are unlikely to be buying in a market for experienced European managers who have a successful track record at a number of clubs. Very much like the players we are shopping for, we are taking a degree of risk with those who have shown performance at some point on their career but may have drifted off that trajectory. If they had continued to grow (Palaversa, Aouchiche etc and Horneland) we wouldn’t be close to getting them. It’s a calculated risk that hasn’t really paid off so it’s reasonable to question the strategy but if we bin that idea then we go down the McGlynn route. No guarantees that doesn’t fall flat on its face either. Knowing the Scottish game isn’t a recipe for success. Someone like McGlynn has spent a long time crafting Falkirk, would we give him that time?

Edited 3 hours ago by Ajja

[wee toon red]

21 minutes ago, Ajja said:

Think we need to keep some perspective on what we can reach for in terms of manager. We are unlikely to be buying in a market for experienced European managers who have a successful track record at a number of clubs. Very much like the players we are shopping for, we are taking a degree of risk with those who have shown performance at some point on their career but may have drifted off that trajectory. If they had continued to grow (Palaversa, Aouchiche etc and Horneland) we wouldn’t be close to getting them. It’s a calculated risk that hasn’t really paid off so it’s reasonable to question the strategy but if we bin that idea then we go down the McGlynn route. No guarantees that doesn’t fall flat on its face either. Knowing the Scottish game isn’t a recipe for success. Someone like McGlynn has spent a long time crafting Falkirk, would we give him that time?

Sums it up well. And no, as a fanbase we'd give McGlynn even less time to build a squad than we have given any other manager recently. I don't imagine that collectively we're much different to most other groups of fans - a winning team on the pitch is really the only thing that keeps us happy. Otherwise no-one's getting any time to do anything before the support turns on them.

[Blow.Up.Sheep]

2 hours ago, Slim said:

 

Basically, calm doon.

Nae looking to argue here. It's a bit harsh suggesting to anyone that they need to "calm doon" for basically jist being realistic.

We are a shambles at the moment and have been for a long long time. Fluked the scottish cup win back in May 2025 and we all fkn loved that. 
But we know that was a fluke and we were jist papering over the cracks that are getting bigger and growing year after year.

Nae sure what the advice to realists should be, but it shoodna be calm doon 

Edited 2 hours ago by Blow.Up.Sheep

[Slim]

It's hardly realistic if you're jumping to conclusions without knowing any of the facts.

The person tasked with fixing the "shambles" has only been in the job for about 2 months. 

So aye, calm doon.

[LeonMikeIsFat]

Time is money though - we’re slipping down the league and therefore losing cash.