lubo_blaha Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 31/12/2023 at 15:01, Kempes said: You could always invite Scott McKenna, aka Scotland’s luggage carrier, back to the club. He’s done well to get 33 caps from carrying the luggage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 11/08/2023 at 17:29, VincentGuerin said: Like almost anything to do with any football club, it'll go down well when things are perceived to be positive. At the moment, Aberdeen are looking forward to group stage fitba and there's residual optimism from that. Most people in that kind of situation will view a relatively new guy like Burrows communicating regularly as a positive. If Aberdeen are in the bottom six in two months, this kind of thing will produce utter vitriol online and even more measured voices will be saying he should wind his neck in a bit. It's always all about how the team is doing. That's what fitba fans react to. 1 hour ago, DrewDon said: The people who tag Cormack and Burrows on Twitter are, almost without exception, attention-seeking morons. Some will be young folk who grow out of it, so they kind of get a pass; it's the grown adults you see doing it, usually with barely coherent English, who are the most embarrassing of the lot. Some tragic folk on there and some very self-important accounts, unfortunately. Saying that, Cormack does engage with some puerile stuff, even when things are going better. Why even bother responding to that? Who honestly cares what some random fan thinks and says on Twitter, whether it's true or not? Fitba people have always got a social media hiding coming their way eventually. Cormack and Burrows both put themselves out there, and while that's admirable in a way, I think it's unwise, as when things take a dip it puts the club under even more public pressure, and they have no option of opting out of engaging, having engaged when the going is good. I think it's best for the actual decision makers at all our clubs to keep a relatively low public profile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/takuya-ogiwara-aberdeen-fc-transfer-31779190.amp @RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 21 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/takuya-ogiwara-aberdeen-fc-transfer-31779190.amp @RandomGuy. Scott burns has rubbished this. Says interest was before we signed mcgarry but now over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 21 minutes ago, DukDukGoose said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/takuya-ogiwara-aberdeen-fc-transfer-31779190.amp @RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 18 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Scott burns has rubbished this. Says interest was before we signed mcgarry but now over. 17 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 12 hours ago, Thenorthernlight said: 1) New DoF 2) New manager 3) New centre mid. 4) New winger. 5) A back 4 formation Thing is, the "Director of Football" role in this set-up is very much in name only. If we were to appoint a 'proper' DoF to lead the search for a new manager, that would be very time-consuming - and also mean that Cormack would have to abdicate a degree of control that he has, up until this point, been seemingly unwilling to countenance. I think we would likely benefit from some structural changes in the longer term, but the immediate priority has to be sacking the manager, appointing a competent replacement as quickly as possible, and being as competitive as we can in the Scottish Cup and a largely poor league from now until May. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I thought it was interesting when I read an article about the hearts AGM. They had asked about naismiths appointment and it came out that they’d had discussions with our board about the difficulty in sourcing a manager and the level of quality they could attract. Suggested to me we’ll be reluctant to get back into that mess anytime soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I thought it was interesting when I read an article about the hearts AGM. They had asked about naismiths appointment and it came out that they’d had discussions with our board about the difficulty in sourcing a manager and the level of quality they could attract. Suggested to me we’ll be reluctant to get back into that mess anytime soon. Aye because it’s going so swimmingly staying as is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flammable sheep Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 We all know that "Football Monitoring Board" is some absolute bullshit, so we should, as a support, stop dignifying it by using the phrase. When we hit spells like this I always see folk coming out with the dramatic takes "the club needs shaken up from top to bottom / club is rotten to the core" etc. Same was said in the McGhee era and then we hired a competent manager in McInnes all that talk disappeared. Sometimes it just takes the right person in the job. I don't believe it's too hard to get a replacement, whatever was said at the Hearts AGM. We can all see the problems in the team and tactics, I don't believe it's a big task to get this squad playing some decent football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 would imagine Dadia will follow him shortly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Once a don, always a don xx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Gutted. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GregStewart Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 02/01/2024 at 10:01, Flammable sheep said: We all know that "Football Monitoring Board" is some absolute bullshit, so we should, as a support, stop dignifying it by using the phrase. When we hit spells like this I always see folk coming out with the dramatic takes "the club needs shaken up from top to bottom / club is rotten to the core" etc. Same was said in the McGhee era and then we hired a competent manager in McInnes all that talk disappeared. Sometimes it just takes the right person in the job. I don't believe it's too hard to get a replacement, whatever was said at the Hearts AGM. We can all see the problems in the team and tactics, I don't believe it's a big task to get this squad playing some decent football. Spot on. And proven correct yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 48 minutes ago, Rodhull said: Still surprised you even signed him, as even just a few minutes of video confirmed hes dogshit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 01/01/2024 at 23:14, Dons_1988 said: I thought it was interesting when I read an article about the hearts AGM. They had asked about naismiths appointment and it came out that they’d had discussions with our board about the difficulty in sourcing a manager and the level of quality they could attract. Suggested to me we’ll be reluctant to get back into that mess anytime soon. I never heard about this. Our board spoke to your board about the difficulty in hiring a manager? am I getting that right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 40 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Still surprised you even signed him, as even just a few minutes of video confirmed hes dogshit. Yeah, as much as you try to be hopeful when a signing comes in there was little there to be positive about. I suppose the fact we signed 3 other cb's after bringing him in says a lot about how he looked early doors 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 42 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Still surprised you even signed him, as even just a few minutes of video confirmed hes dogshit. He was probably just signed to faciliatate the Clarkson signing...if that was the case, then I don't mind giving a donkey a home for six months 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 3 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: I never heard about this. Our board spoke to your board about the difficulty in hiring a manager? am I getting that right? https://www.heartsstandard.co.uk/news/23989147.hearts-agm-instant-reaction-club-board-questioned/ McKinlay also the club spoke about the difficulties of appointing a manager and revealed other candidates were sounded out. "There does feel there is sometimes a misplaced sense of who we can legitimately attract," he said. "We were also acutely aware of this through private discussions we had with Aberdeen as they had gone through the same process. I can confirm that we directly or indirectly sounded out a number of other possible candidates." This is the quote I was thinking of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 6 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: I never heard about this. Our board spoke to your board about the difficulty in hiring a manager? am I getting that right? It's part of a new joint venture by the clubs to pool resoures and become a stronger force. The new entity will be called Aberdeen not of Midlothian Edited January 3 by Bogbrush1903 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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