The Famous Aberdeen - Season 2022/23

[VincentGuerin]

3 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

He maybe gets his opinions from you...

I think Aberdeen's a nice place.

[coprolite]

I couldn't give a shit what Goodwin thinks about the city.

Slightly more concerned that he's built a squad that's 2 or three good options deep in attack but threadbare in defence, that he's made our second worst player captain, he's slow to change tactics or formations that aren't working and that his substitutions almost always make things worse. Yesterday was our fourth abysmal performance against poor opposition so far this season. 

On the plus side, when the team is clicking we're a great watch and some of the signings have been exciting. 

I'd favour getting rid asap and letting somone else have the window, but if we let him bring in a first choice right back, centre back and squad midfielder i wouldn't be too distraught. (yet, and subject to not losing the next two games in similarly shite fashion.)

[Girth]

[AngusTheBull]

1 hour ago, Molotov said:

I’m just genuinely interested in who you think could turn the fortunes around. Sorry. I’m not having a go. 

I just don’t see any candidates up and coming in our domestic leagues to make progress with arguably Scotlands third biggest club.

The easy option would be Robinson from St Mirren. A bigger “risk” would be Martindale. I think he has done an incredible job with Livingston.

Aside from them who else could you realistically go after?

 

We shouldn’t be hiring domestically next as there are no particularly promising candidates there.

Likewise, we shouldn’t have hired our current manager domestically given there were no particularly great candidates but it is what it is.

1 hour ago, betting competition said:

I find it incredible that we have lost 10 out of 19 games and we are sitting 4th.

Agreed, I thought we’d need a minimum of 7/12 points from the previous four games to remain in strong contention for third place so to gain zero and still (just about) remain 4th is incredible. 
 

By my reckoning, Glass had us on 24 points in seventh place after 19 games last season.

[Irrational Behaviour]

Need to move away from the British Isles for out next manager. Can't see how difficult it would be to find someone from abroad who's won a trophy at a similar level. 

Same applies to bringing in players from south of the border. Think we all need to accept that the wages sky rising in league one and two makes it extremely difficult to bring in players who are good enough for top flight scottish football. 

[kingjoey]

15 hours ago, The_Kincardine said:

A rowie has a shelf life longer than a Dolly manager these days.

So I don't think you did.  Loon.

A rowie?

[kingjoey]

4 hours ago, DunbartonshireRed said:

He brought Lee Sharp and Craig Samson. We've since added to the backroom staff since he's been here with the Spanish data analysts but i'd imagine they'd stay. 

Stephen Glass brought Craig Samson to the club.

[Dons_1988]

31 minutes ago, kingjoey said:

Stephen Glass brought Craig Samson to the club.

He did. He arrived the day before he was sacked. 

[Thenorthernlight]

4 hours ago, Clown Job said:

Absolutely no chance openly going about saying he hates the city 

I wouldn’t look too much into his family not moving to the city (if it’s true) 

They're probably just settled where they are and don’t want the upheaval that comes with moving.

McInnes was manager for 8 years & never moved his family. 
It’s no big deal.

f**k me, it’s 2 & a half hours away from the Central Belt, hardly a sojourn into the abyss. 

If we were doing better it wouldn’t even be a discussion . 

[Thenorthernlight]

5 hours ago, Molotov said:

I’m just genuinely interested in who you think could turn the fortunes around. Sorry. I’m not having a go. 

I just don’t see any candidates up and coming in our domestic leagues to make progress with arguably Scotlands third biggest club.

The easy option would be Robinson from St Mirren. A bigger “risk” would be Martindale. I think he has done an incredible job with Livingston.

Aside from them who else could you realistically go after?

 

Parochial thinking.

To hell with going with another domestic manager who has the ingrained mindset & subliminal messaging of Scottish football in their psyche.

A good football club will have a finger on the pulse of similar sized European Leagues.

The trick is knowing who the next Kjetil Knutsen is before he becomes well known. 
That’s far from easy & a gamble, but that’s what the aim should be. 
Even more so when there are no up & coming domestic managers who are obvious candidates.

 

[HalfCutNinja]

6 hours ago, Moorie said:

What’s a manager that left almost 30 years ago got to do with now?

Nope. You had success and you didn't recognise it cause you're fucking delusional. Now look where you are. Hell mend you.

[Dons_1988]

1 minute ago, HalfCutNinja said:

Nope. You had success and you didn't recognise it cause you're fucking delusional. Now look where you are. Hell mend you.

I know I’m going to regret engaging with you here. 

But I certainly didn’t participate in hounding out mcinnes, and your statement is complete nonsense. 

[GAD]

I guess it's a pattern that we used to see quite a lot with St Mirren, Goodwin would go on long winless runs where there would be obvious problems with the system and the positions he was putting players in, and everyone would be screaming at him to change things. Then all of a sudden he would and go on a 6/7 game unbeaten run. I guess there is every chance that could happen again.

What used to really cost St Mirren under Goodwin was his insistence on having a tiny squad where there was never enough cover for key areas, so you'd go into Feb/Mar with a knackered squad, half of whom are playing out of position to cover injuries/suspensions. I'm guessing that shouldn't be as much of an issue at Aberdeen.

[Thenorthernlight]

6 minutes ago, HalfCutNinja said:

Nope. You had success and you didn't recognise it cause you're fucking delusional. Now look where you are. Hell mend you.

The first two syllables of your username….

Very apt. 
 

[Thenorthernlight]

Just now, GAD said:

I guess it's a pattern that we used to see quite a lot with St Mirren, Goodwin would go on long winless runs where there would be obvious problems with the system and the positions he was putting players in, and everyone would be screaming at him to change things. Then all of a sudden he would and go on a 6/7 game unbeaten run. I guess there is every chance that could happen again.

What used to really cost St Mirren under Goodwin was his insistence on having a tiny squad where there was never enough cover for key areas, so you'd go into Feb/Mar with a knackered squad, half of whom are playing out of position to cover injuries/suspensions. I'm guessing that shouldn't be as much of an issue at Aberdeen.

Au contraire. 

We are desperately short in defence (by 2), which in turn, leaves us at least one light in midfield.

We have about a squillion players that can play wide in midfield though. 

[Bogbrush1903]

34 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said:

 

But I certainly didn’t participate in hounding out mcinnes

I did and let's not rewrite history that McInnes shouldn't have gone when he did, his time was up and rut started with him.

The fact that Cormack has made a mess of finding a suitable successor doesn't mean McInnes shouldn't have left when he did.

Cormack has been too quick to hire and not done the necessary background work to identify someone.

The haste at which Goodwin (and Glass) were appointed was a joke of a proper prawcess.

But nor did we need to hound out McInnes because Cormack wanted his own yes man...

Edited December 29, 2022 by Bogbrush1903

[Molotov]

1 hour ago, Thenorthernlight said:

Parochial thinking.

To hell with going with another domestic manager who has the ingrained mindset & subliminal messaging of Scottish football in their psyche.

 

Absolutely 100%. The SFA Largs Mafia mindset has held our game back too long imho.

Plus some of these foreign coaches are complete loonballs. We need more of them in our game.  

[Thenorthernlight]

38 minutes ago, Bogbrush1903 said:

I did and let's not rewrite history that McInnes shouldn't have gone when he did, his time was up and rut started with him.

The fact that Cormack has made a mess of finding a suitable successor doesn't mean McInnes shouldn't have left when he did.

Cormack has been too quick to hire and not done the necessary background work to identify someone.

The haste at which Goodwin (and Glass) were appointed was a joke of a proper prawcess.

But nor did we need to hound out McInnes because Cormack wanted his own yes man...

^^^^ This.

Opposition fans poking their nose in, knowing f**k all, not having witnessed the abhorrent football McInnes was churning out, week in, week out.

Was it NINE games without a goal?

The last 2 year contract given to him by that idiot Milne was unnecessary.

He was a good manager overall, but was there about 18-24 months too long. 

[naegoodinthedark]

1 hour ago, HalfCutNinja said:

Now look where you are

4th?

[HalfCutNinja]

1 minute ago, Thenorthernlight said:

^^^^ This.

Opposition fans poking their nose in, knowing f**k all, not having witnessed the abhorrent football McInnes was churning out, week in, week out.

Was it NINE games without a goal?

The last 2 year contract given to him by that idiot Milne was unnecessary.

He was a good manager overall, but was there about 18-24 months too long. 

It was also seven years without missing out on European football. How's that working out?