Right, thoughts?

My money's on the statue of Fergie.

45 minutes ago, The.Moog said:

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

I’ll get my coat…

😄

1 hour ago, The.Moog said:

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

I’ll get my coat…

Calm down dear, it's only an application

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

17 minutes ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

McGlynn was just here a couple of weeks ago.

Michael Beale has become available.

28 minutes ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

Aye the search probably never stopped upon Robinson's signing; abody else at the club probably saw him as a temp.

52 minutes ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

According to who? Not saying you are wrong, just curious of source.

Re the Spiers piece, while it’s good to hear DC is willing to dip into his pockets again and to take a back seat in the process, I'm left wondering why this level of insight is coming from Spiers. Someone close to the decision making has leaked that through him, can they not just come directly to the fan base rather than give him the info and let him spin it how he pleases? Strange way to manage messaging.

1 hour ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

I don't know if I am ready to have a manager that quickly 😊

Raphael Wicky a contender according to The Sun. Just been sacked from an MLS team.

11 minutes ago, Slim said:

Raphael Wicky a contender according to The Sun. Just been sacked from an MLS team.

Is that the dude that finished bottom with Kansas?

1 hour ago, OrlandoDon said:

According to who? Not saying you are wrong, just curious of source.

That's just the chat.

33 minutes ago, Slim said:

Raphael Wicky a contender according to The Sun. Just been sacked from an MLS team.

Been sacked by every team he's managed. Seems to be a Swiss Neil Lennon managerially; wins when he inherits a good side. No record of ever building a team or making them better.

He was linked with the Rangers job a year ago and lost out to Danny Rohl.

Just now, Panda said:

That's just the chat.

Been sacked by every team he's managed. Seems to be a Swiss Neil Lennon managerially; wins when he inherits a good side. No record of ever building a team or making them better.

He was linked with the Rangers job a year ago and lost out to Danny Rohl.

Because of your post I did look up the 1993 Scotland - Switzerland lineups at Pittodrie wondering if he was involved, and he wisna - so he can gtf but I do wonder what Stephane Chapisuat is up to these days...

5 hours ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

Also makes me suspect whoever they are going for is either without club or has a release fee. Happiest man in pittodrie will probably be Duff if this is true. Fuck having to manage us at the moment 😂😂

13 hours ago, Panda said:

Club hoping to have their man in place by the end of the week. That's very quick, especially when you consider how long the last search took. Makes you wonder if Robinson was on thin ice for a while and the club have been doing some work in the background.

You’d have to ask why he wouldn’t have been on thin ice for weeks given the performances and results.

Ok they sanctioned them, but one look at the signings he asked for before the season even started should have been a massive red flag.

Maybe Bevington came in, took one look at Robinson and his squad and said fuck this for a game of soldiers. Probs wishful thinking but would be nice.

Either way, lets just hope that this means they are finally learning their lessons from previous disasters both with the appointment and the prawcess…

I’ve completely lost faith in any ability to select the right person. A huge part of that is the evidence base that sits before of us of the DC era. If I’m honest, there is also a part that is the basket case that is Scottish football. There has been so many failed attempts to find that magic formula by clubs in our league - tried and tested Scots, gritty northern Irish guys, lower league English guys, the maverick European, the MLS experiment. Then there is the idealogues, the systems, possession based, gegenpress, transitions, 433/442/4231/532/4222. My head is wrecked wth trying to understand what will and won’t work. Again the evidence base is not there to make much of a case for any of it other than coming back to a bloody good coach. Even JBA as a test case, as brilliant as his work was, they couldn’t put the ball in the net and it was starting to unravel a bit as a result. McGlynn has worked out a brilliant style of instilling massive belief in his young, impressionable lads and exploiting weakness in his opponent but could he do that at Pittodrie? It would take him too long and he’d be punted before he got close. Pressley is interesting but mostly because he comes across as a guy who doesn’t give a shit and let’s be honest, Dundee have plundered points from teams on their arse at the right moments this season.

It feels like whoever we go for is going to be another spin of the wheel. A lottery ticket purchased. Is it that Scottish Football is so difficult to fathom or is it Aberdeen FC that’s the basket case. I’m both fucking clueless and devoid of hope right now.

Press and Journal

EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Kombouare - I'd cut short month-long M...

Ex-Aberdeen centre-back Antoine Kombouare - a twice-Coupe de France-winning boss with PSG and Nantes, lauded for saving Paris FC last season - told The Press and Journal he's still keen on the Dons ma

Big Toni wanting the job.

At least I have heard of this candidate.

Tuchel rules himself out of the Aberdeen job

23 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

Press and Journal

EXCLUSIVE: Antoine Kombouare - I'd cut short month-long M...

Ex-Aberdeen centre-back Antoine Kombouare - a twice-Coupe de France-winning boss with PSG and Nantes, lauded for saving Paris FC last season - told The Press and Journal he's still keen on the Dons ma

Big Toni wanting the job.

At least I have heard of this candidate.

Would cut down on club expenses as his bus travel would be free. He would probably also get a cheap deal in the staff canteen.

Looking at his record. and given he’s managed some big clubs, his W:L and GF:GA stats are nothing special.

This is from an article about Man Utd in The Athletic but it goes some way to explaining my feelings on the type of manager we need. We‘are clearly not a “super club” but the general description of the qualities such a manager needs can also be applied to us, albeit on a much lower scale. It’s why “successful” st Mirren and Falkirk managers don’t necessarily make good Aberdeen managers.

Clubs of United’s size tend to be coached successfully by main characters. Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho. Mikel Arteta in the present day. They have a strength of personality and a muscularity in control that helps them define the environment in which they work. It does not stand that every alpha succeeds. Clearly that is not true, nor does it follow that someone different — such as Carlo Ancelotti — is unable to succeed, but historically the odds are not in their favour.

That’s because big-club management under normal circumstances is not about releasing pressure, making players feel more comfortable, and being friendly with the media. More often, the task requires enrapturing charisma, ludicrous self-belief, and the ability to harness vast egos. Taken a step further, a coach in that situation is also a salesman of sorts, responsible for pitching the club to new players and for representing the path forward. Big club management is big tent preaching.

1 hour ago, wee toon red said:

This is from an article about Man Utd in The Athletic but it goes some way to explaining my feelings on the type of manager we need. We‘are clearly not a “super club” but the general description of the qualities such a manager needs can also be applied to us, albeit on a much lower scale. It’s why “successful” st Mirren and Falkirk managers don’t necessarily make good Aberdeen managers.

Clubs of United’s size tend to be coached successfully by main characters. Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho. Mikel Arteta in the present day. They have a strength of personality and a muscularity in control that helps them define the environment in which they work. It does not stand that every alpha succeeds. Clearly that is not true, nor does it follow that someone different — such as Carlo Ancelotti — is unable to succeed, but historically the odds are not in their favour.

That’s because big-club management under normal circumstances is not about releasing pressure, making players feel more comfortable, and being friendly with the media. More often, the task requires enrapturing charisma, ludicrous self-belief, and the ability to harness vast egos. Taken a step further, a coach in that situation is also a salesman of sorts, responsible for pitching the club to new players and for representing the path forward. Big club management is big tent preaching.

Definitely quite interesting if not a little cock swinging.

13 minutes ago, Ajja said:

Definitely quite interesting if not a little cock swinging.

If one has a little cock, should they be swinging it in public?

Should they be swinging it in public regardless of size.

No, keep it in your pants folks!

19 hours ago, Kowalski said:

Michael Beale has become available.

When he was the Huns manager, I actually had to turn down my radio everytime he was being interviewed, as his voice (and him) was grating and annoying!!

36 minutes ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

If one has a little cock, should they be swinging it in public?

Should they be swinging it in public regardless of size.

No, keep it in your pants folks!

More And More Peado Scandals thread in the Off Topic section for stuff like this 😉

Seems to be a lot of posts about Steve Clarke on social media.