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The only negative I can take from this

It seems they might have gone backwards after Craigan joined the party. We'll probably have him back on the radio now.

I did make it clear at the time. It’s not my fault you’re so determined to read something into two words that I literally didn’t say, particularly when I’d already explained my position in the same thread, on the same day. There’s a certain irony in accusing me of being snidey while persistently twisting my words and attributing things to me that simply aren’t there. If that’s too wordy for you, I suggest you read it again.

That would be funny as they wanted mcinnes out as they didn't like his style......then ended up with Kettlewell 🤣

I was going to say same but both you and oneills40yarder beat me to it

Should have just said that at the time instead of trying to be snidey. Im sure you'll be back with a wordy response soon.

Wouldn’t surprise me if he ended up at Killie in the not too distant future.

Robinson gone https://www.afc.co.uk/en/news/stephen-robinson-departs

Was going to say exactly the same thing, but you beat me to it.

Okay

Unless you see both McGlynn and AJ at close quarters you are in not position to say what either is and you are passing off speculation as fact.

So your basically saying there is no difference other than the personal characteristics of the person who holds the position? What you are describing is a Leader. Jens had stature. McGlynn has age and experience. Alfred has neither of those things, so he needs to be able to show that his tactics and philosophy work to gain the trust of the players. That takes time. Time you dont seem to be willing to give him.

He could have been, but fell short thanks to his poor cup performances.

I need to correct you JBA was a Legend 🤣🤣🤣

Then you’d honestly be wrong. He did well overall with us but stayed on a season too long and he did even better at St.Mirren. Aberdeen is a thankless task because their support won’t tolerate anything less than challenging for trophies every single year. Since McInnes left there they have had six permanent managers who haven’t got them anywhere near the levels of consistency they had under him.

Being a manager and being a coach are two different things. A manager or head coach if you prefer that title (still a manager) is a figurehead, a leader who manages, motivates and directs his players. Regardless of what their actual remit is on paper, managers come to the fore. JBA was a manager John McGlynn is a manager Alfred Johansson is a coach

100% correct.

McGlynn is suited to Falkirk, he’s at home there and can do no wrong. Good luck to him as I think he’s improved as a manager and he’s one of the few who have adapted. I think he’d be a nutcase to leave where he is wanted to go to Aberdeen, their fans would rip him to shreds. as for AJ, for a few weeks, starting probably at the game at Ibrox, we really looked disjointed and all over the place, his selections seemed iffy to say the least (especially v Celtic) and a number of his substitutions in games have left me a bit bemused. But you’d need to be a blinkered idiot not to recognise we’ve played quite well in the past few games and have just missed that bit of clinical finishing (same as last year) I think things are turning around a bit and players are coming back from injury making the squad stronger. He’s got my full backing and I think most of the fans (who go to the games) agree.

Nonsense The main difference between a football manager and a football coach lies in their scope of responsibility. Managers handle both team tactics and administration, like transfers and contracts . While coaches focus on training players and developing tactics. Seeing as Falkirk have a CEO who deals with transfers and contracts the same as we do, McGlynn will do exactly the same role as AJ does for us. Jesus fuck the lengths some of you are going to defend an ingrained opinion is really quite sad. By all means dislike AJ if you want, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but for Christs sake spare us the mental acrobatics to justify your ingrained mindset. Fuck me we had the utter shite a few weeks back "has he lost the dressing room" after 7 games. I've said for sometime that I'm not convinced by AJ but I am open to the fact that he can change my opinion and those trying to infer there has been no improvement over the last 3/4 games are just being bloody minded to defend their over the top rhetoric. Like any manager AJ may turnout to be a dud , he may not but lets keep it to facts. How the fuck you know enough about what McGlynn does at Falkirk and what AJ does at Motherwell is a puzzler, cos to any even minded thinking its just pure speculation to reinforce an ingrained mindset.

STV rumour is he's got his jotters

When Robinson left us, he openly admitted he had no idea how to turn things around. When he left St Mirren he had no idea how to turn around their slide. He has no idea how turn around Aberdeen's slide. The game and the players have moved on. He has not.

I honestly think you're at it

I’m never happy to see anyone lose their job but I can always modify that rule for a huge ego’d. narky wee twat who spat the dummy out on so many occasions at every club he’s been at and had to be pulled away (by Craigan) at our last game v Aberdeen as he was hurling abuse at the main stand… ok he got a bit that night… but it shows his mental state that he’s unable to control his anger (Wetherspoons Edinburgh being another example of anger issues) he did well at st Mirren albeit watching that team was eye bleeding and he did ok for us for a period (and got a bit lucky when he HAD to play young players…. When he didn’t want to) until it all past its shelf life but I really do not see him getting another bigger gig up here….. he might get a league 2 or 3 gig down south but he failed down there at that level too. hes not someone I’d be sad to see drift out the game

Stephen Robinson was great for Motherwell at the time and I will always be grateful to him for the 2 Cup Finals and making us feel relevant again in Scottish Football. But the game in this country is moving on. His football/tactics are limited and no longer align with the club philosophy/identity. I think its a shame its not working out for him at Aberdeen, but not a surprise. We would be mental to consider having him back if it ever got to the stage Alfreds job is under threat (which it isnt).