Right, thoughts?

My money's on the statue of Fergie.

Couple of names touted by the P&J are Michael Wimmer, the German ex-Motherwell manager.

And Karel Geraerts, Belgian and has managed Union SG so ticks Dave Cormack box of "let's do what Hearts are doing".

15 minutes ago, Panda said:

Couple of names touted by the P&J are Michael Wimmer, the German ex-Motherwell manager.

And Karel Geraerts, Belgian and has managed Union SG so ticks Dave Cormack box of "let's do what Hearts are doing".

I hope "get relegated" is not on the list.

Wimmer is an interesting one and I wonder how seriously we'll take it.

Ticks a lot of boxes : -

The high intensity/aggressive style Lutz wants ✅

Has some experience (albeit four months) of Scottish football ✅

Reputation for developing youth ✅

Some relative big club experience from Stuttgart and Austria Vienna ✅

Also, his preferred formation is 3-4-1-2 or 3-4-2-1, so it's not like he would be coming in and trying to play wingers only to find his predecessor didn't bother to sign any.

The biggest difference is he wants players to pass the ball and attack. Been a while since our boys did that so might be a culture shock for some of them.

But, Motherwell fan I work with liked what he was doing there with a limited squad, and helped put the building blocks in place for Askou. Did beat Rangers at Ibrox (but got hammered by Aberdeen, who he called a "brilliant team" afterwards).

The concern would be he hasn't held down any previous manager job for much longer than a year, and he's quit his last two jobs early. Might be a positive for us though if he just leaves and saves us having to sack him.

1 hour ago, swaddon said:

I hope "get relegated" is not on the list.

Wimmer is a no from me

Regardless of actual reason, he couldn't fuck off quick enough from Motherwell

Next ?

1 hour ago, Panda said:

The concern would be he hasn't held down any previous manager job for much longer than a year, and he's quit his last two jobs early. Might be a positive for us though if he just leaves and saves us having to sack him.

He sounds perfect for us

The bean counters won’t even have to forecast a provision for his pay off in 2027

3 hours ago, BigAl said:

Wimmer is a no from me

Regardless of actual reason, he couldn't fuck off quick enough from Motherwell

Next ?I heard he was pumping someone so had to pull out (of Motherwell) Early.

Always nice to find someone who hates Alex Miller as much as I do.

From Graham Spiers

Further details have emerged about the departure of Stephen Robinson from Aberdeen and the way the club now aims to find his successor in time for the resumption of the Scottish Premiership campaign on November 21.

Aberdeen will face Kilmarnock at Pittodrie that day and the club hopes to have a new manager in place. Failing that, he will be in the dugout for Aberdeen’s visit to Ibrox three days later.

This gives the club a maximum 17 days in which to make a new appointment. Aberdeen is also set to have new financial provisions in place to aid the club in the medium term.

Robinson is said to be distraught at the way his first full campaign began to unravel and has admitted that poor recruitment in the summer was the key factor.

Whilst the Aberdeen recruitment team had produced its usual cache of names for summer purchase, it is understood the vast majority of those that came to Pittodrie were on Robinson’s specific recommendation.

Like Jimmy Thelin before him – who also brought a raft of new players in the summer of 2025 – Robinson may wish he had signed fewer, but of better quality.

Robinson is said to have maintained good relations with both Lutz Pfannestiel, the Aberdeen sporting-director, and Adrian Bevington, the club’s new CEO. But he also knew his fate was sealed following Saturday’s 4-0capitulation to Hibs.

The departing Pittodrie manager is said to want a break from the game and may decide that his next job will be outside Scotland.

Aberdeen and Robinson have agreed a compensation package which suits both parties.

The key role now lies with Bevington, who is already believed to have a number of names in mind, including a few in English football whom the CEO knows from his many years there.

Bevington spent years working for the FA and its coaches - from senior level down through the under-21s and below - and is known to have quite a few contacts in the game down south.

The CEO also has experience of the wider European game from various roles he has taken up with Uefa.

While some obvious names are being touted in Scotland – Steve Clarke and Neil Lennon being two – Bevington is set to consult with a number of coaches in England and abroad, to see who is available and interested. And affordable.

It seems likely that Aberdeen’s next coach will not be a Scot, but an Englishman or a European.

The role of Dave Cormack, the Aberdeen chairman, has also come into sharp focus in recent days since Robinson was sacked.

Cormack appears to have split the Aberdeen fanbase – older fans staying with him, some younger supporters far more critical – over his stewardship of the club.

On Monday morning Cormack took part in an Aberdeen board meeting but specifically asked Bevington and Pfannenstiel to lead the way. The chairman is said to want to play a largely hands-off role as the quest for the new manager picks up pace.

But poor recruitment over the summer has left Aberdeen needing a fresh financial injection, and Cormack is seemingly ready to invest further.

Since 2017 Cormack and his consortium are thought to have invested around £26 million in Aberdeen, the lion’s share coming from Cormack’s own family.

The Aberdeen chairman is fully aware that a number of Aberdeen managers have crumpled on his watch, and is set to address that issue and others in the coming days with supporters.

It is believed Cormack will announce his willingness to invest further in order to dig the club out of its current hole.

Aberdeen will have to be busy – ins and outs – in the January transfer window.

Cormack is also believed to have had a lengthy conversation with Stephen Robinson in the last 24 hours, where both men expressed their regret at the way things had turned out.

The club knows its fanbase never really took to Robinson, but even then, results would have bailed him out. They weren’t to be.

This is a saga-and-a-half at Pittodrie, with a blizzard of names set to be linked with the club. The new Aberdeen manager might very well be a left-field candidate

2 hours ago, Don Julio said:

Always nice to find someone who hates Alex Miller as much as I do.

Reading a lot this week about Robinson being our worst ever manager.

Nobody, up until now anyway, can come close to Alex Fucking Miller.

I blame the folk running the club for Robinson, more than Robinson himself, for the past 8 months, but Alex Fucking Miller was off the scale wrong.

That Spiers article is quite concerning.

Half of it is in italics, and then it suddenly switches back to a normal font with no apparent explanation.

19 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

That Spiers article is quite concerning.

Half of it is in italics, and then it suddenly switches back to a normal font with no apparent explanation.

And he thinks we're playing Killie at home on 21st.

Spiers is normally a prick, but in this instance, putting aside the errors highlighted in the previous two posts, it is refreshing to actually see a Scottish hack look beyond the obvious of shouting from the rooftops about Lennon, McGlyn and Elvis and actually acknowledging that not only might they not be the best options for us but also not the only options.

The Spiers piece is certainly interesting but it's got a reek of Cormack's PR all over it. It also suggets Pfannensteil still isn't being given his place, or the authority the role he's meant to be in should have, even though clearly bypassing him to appoint Robinson and giving the manager final say on signings turned out to be a shambolic move.

More money in the pot will be nice but who's really got an confidence that it won't be wasted?

37 minutes ago, wee toon red said:

The Spiers piece is certainly interesting but it's got a reek of Cormack's PR all over it. It also suggets Pfannensteil still isn't being given his place, or the authority the role he's meant to be in should have, even though clearly bypassing him to appoint Robinson and giving the manager final say on signings turned out to be a shambolic move.

More money in the pot will be nice but who's really got an confidence that it won't be wasted?

Aye. Perhaps I'm confused as to the role of sporting director, but I was of the belief that the manager worked directly for him, and not the guy above him. The CEO shouldn't be picking the manager. Helping, offering suggestions, certainly, a veto even, but not the guy making the decision. If I was coming in as new manager, and had got the role through contact with Bevington, I'd almost certainly see him as my ultimate boss and go to him for guidance and grievance rather than Lutz. It immediately undermines the role. Hopefully it's not as the article portrays and is more a case of Bevington being at arm's length whilst still providing vital input.

Michael Wimmer has applied for the job, according to the P&J.

That Spiers article seems a reasonable summation and clearly he’s been spikkin wi Dave ahead of it. Lets see if the Mea Culpa fae him actually materialises.

The recruitment bit looks spot on to me. Its very easy to see who was behind which summer signings. I’d wager all the UK ones were pushed for by Robinson & the foreigners by a mix of Lutz & Mowbray.

Pretty much all the signings have been shite, but the irony is that Robinson has been massively let down by his own guys who he thought he knew and could trust.

He wanted players who knew the league, could handle the physical demands, play his system (what system I hear you cry) and show the required attitude and commitment.

The club clearly pandered to his demands as surely even we wouldn’t have been going after the likes of Cadden, Lyons, Olusanya etc ourselves.

Not one of them did meet his expectations on these metrics (neither have the others tbf) so his handpicked guys have basically cost him his job…

31 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

That Spiers article seems a reasonable summation and clearly he’s been spikkin wi Dave ahead of it. Lets see if the Mea Culpa fae him actually materialises.

The recruitment bit looks spot on to me. Its very easy to see who was behind which summer signings. I’d wager all the UK ones were pushed for by Robinson & the foreigners by a mix of Lutz & Mowbray.

Pretty much all the signings have been shite, but the irony is that Robinson has been massively let down by his own guys who he thought he knew and could trust.

He wanted players who knew the league, could handle the physical demands, play his system (what system I hear you cry) and show the required attitude and commitment.

The club clearly pandered to his demands as surely even we wouldn’t have been going after the likes of Cadden, Lyons, Olusanya etc ourselves.

Not one of them did meet his expectations on these metrics (neither have the others tbf) so his handpicked guys have basically cost him his job…

Problem was he didn't have a system so the players couldn't play the system. Lyons and Olusanya I can see them meeting basic expectations when they are played in a consistent position with a consistent job to do, they're not there for their Mensa score. It's like Obi Wan: he plays left back and that's all he does, whether it's in a four or a five, he does the same thing, he doesn't change, doesn't need to. To hear the gaffer one minute say 'we're going to play high pressing, high intensity attacking football, but we're not sure whether to go three or four at the back yet, 4-4-2 or 3-4-3' and then on the pitch start with five defenders against St Johnstone and still lose and surprise surprise not score a single goal. That was, in retrospect, the omen that no one had a clue what was going on any more.

The problem is he signed players that are not very bright and not very adaptable and sort of like Soviet troops when the corporal and the cook are shot they can't fend for themselves.

Are we mental enough as a club to give it to John Hughes till the end of the season?

I want Steve Clarke to play full bore 5-5-0 Osama bin Laden style until the end of the season and then another clear out in the summer. That's the best option at this point imo: to just grind out the points until the end of the season and have someone who understands how the get the best out of a limited team, but also knows how to get the most from a few star players.

Edited Wednesday at 12:231 day by PatrickM

19 minutes ago, PatrickM said:

but also knows how to get the most from a few star players

I can see a slight flaw in this.

39 minutes ago, Mason89 said:

Are we mental enough as a club to give it to John Hughes till the end of the season?

I think you know the answer to that.

3 hours ago, wee toon red said:

The Spiers piece is certainly interesting but it's got a reek of Cormack's PR all over it. It also suggets Pfannensteil still isn't being given his place, or the authority the role he's meant to be in should have, even though clearly bypassing him to appoint Robinson and giving the manager final say on signings turned out to be a shambolic move.

More money in the pot will be nice but who's really got an confidence that it won't be wasted?

That was my take on it..

3 hours ago, swaddon said:

Michael Wimmer has applied for the job, according to the P&J.

1 hour ago, RicoS321 said:

I can see a slight flaw in this.

I'm thinking we might be able to get some decent loan players in the winter transfer window to improve things. We could def use a Matty Pollock and a Dennis Gieger also a bit of sparkle, Lewis Smith, Ntelo, Mahou and Yogane and Malloua were supposed to give us sparkle but IDK maybe Stephen Robinson gave them catatonic depression or something.

2 hours ago, Torry Derry said:

Club would need to have a Death Wish to go down that route.

I’ll get my coat…