Right, thoughts?

My money's on the statue of Fergie.

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.

 

 

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? 

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 February 9Feb 9 by brydedon

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…

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. 

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) 

 

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

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. 

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.

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 

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?

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

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 

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. 

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 February 10Feb 10 by Ajja

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.

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 February 10Feb 10 by Blow.Up.Sheep

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.

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

 

 

I fully agree the wait has become frustrating as we all feel like we are in limbo a wee bit.  Equally though I don't see it as a sign of the club being a shambles, just thorough. 

I would also add that is possible to be interested in a job but still require  convincing that it's the right one for you.  

 

Been swamped at work of late so not overly up to speed with things. I’m certainly a glass is half full guy and defend the club and cormack, but, what I’m finding increasingly surprising is the lack of communication/updates from the club. Don’t think I’ve missed anything but when did we last get an update?

It’s been over 5 weeks since we canned Thelin. It does appear horneland became available approx a month into the search and we pivoted, sound right?

are we getting any inside info? Financial delay? Issues with st etienne? Wanting to see us play? Us being a step down? Are those all garbage??

the silence has certainly fed rumors, this certainly hasn’t helped anyone and many fans are losing their minds!

anyone know anything???

5 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

Been swamped at work of late so not overly up to speed with things. I’m certainly a glass is half full guy and defend the club and cormack, but, what I’m finding increasingly surprising is the lack of communication/updates from the club. Don’t think I’ve missed anything but when did we last get an update?

It’s been over 5 weeks since we canned Thelin. It does appear horneland became available approx a month into the search and we pivoted, sound right?

are we getting any inside info? Financial delay? Issues with st etienne? Wanting to see us play? Us being a step down? Are those all garbage??

the silence has certainly fed rumors, this certainly hasn’t helped anyone and many fans are losing their minds!

anyone know anything???

Not really sure they could update us  other than with "we have interviewed people" which we already know.  

5 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

Not really sure they could update us  other than with "we have interviewed people" which we already know.  

They could at least phone and see how we all are. 

6 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

They could at least phone and see how we all are. 

I was thinking they offer grief counseling during such a difficult time!?!?

15 hours ago, Slim said:

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.

It's hardly "jumping to conclusions" tho is it?

Anyway, keep wearing your red tinted glasses min I am sure you will be fine.

Jist stay calm