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Assume Brown is going at end of season.......could Owen Coyle be tempted, or maybe Brown might stay once we win the league

 

Why would we want a manager who's failed at a no-mark English outfit like Bolton?

 

Same as McGhee, let's get him because he got sacked by big teams in England.

 

Fuck that.

 

Get a Scottish manager who kens the club i.e. Derek Adams.

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Still don't really get the fuss over Derek Adams.

 

Caught in two minds about him. Think he could do well with us, but it wouldn't be pretty. He was taking pelters from absolutely everyone in Division 1 last season because of how negatively County were set out. Get the impression he has a touch of the Jimmy's about him - Bugger all football, but manages to nick sneaky wins. Isn't what we should be looking at now we've seen what our team is capable of, but I guess I'd be happy enough with him over the available alternatives.

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See Tup's response.

 

The main issue here is that too many folk either conciously or unconsciously seem to regard English fitba as the land of milk and honey at the top of the beanstalk and assume that even moderate success down there will equate to guaranteed success up here.

 

Chequebook managers who can't source good players on relatively minimal wages will flop in Scotland.

 

Coyle may not have done well at Bolton, but did he nae do a good job with a lesser budget at Burnley. Certainly got them promoted from the Championship over teams with much larger budgets.

 

He was reasonably successful at St Johnstone, only missing out on promotion to the big spending Gretna and some good cup runs. He did very well at Burnley. Struggled at Bolton.

 

All too easy to right someone off as they failed in their last appointment. Think he had the rug pulled out from under him soon after going to Bolton and certainly didn't have an open chequebook in EPL terms (or even Championship terms this year).

 

Certainly don't think we should be turning our noses up if he were interested when we next have a managerial vacancy.

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He's not got the right mentality to manage Aberdeen.

 

As to the slagging of Adams by Div1 managers, it was mainly Billy Reid & Steven Pressley, and look at them both now, floundering.

 

Sheer jealousy is what it amounted to.

 

Adams is tactically astute which is what we're looking for.

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See Tup's response.

 

The main issue here is that too many folk either conciously or unconsciously seem to regard English fitba as the land of milk and honey at the top of the beanstalk and assume that even moderate success down there will equate to guaranteed success up here.

 

Chequebook managers who can't source good players on relatively minimal wages will flop in Scotland.

 

Looks like you have been tup washed, did you forget his time at St Johnstone, Burnley ?

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Looks like you have been tup washed, did you forget his time at St Johnstone, Burnley ?

 

He did nothing at St Johnstone, and he got Burnley promoted.

 

As McGhee did with a couple of clubs.

 

I'm not forgetting it, I'm saying it's nothing to write home about.

 

We need a manager with a decent track record, from within Scotland.

 

Very simple.

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He did nothing at St Johnstone, and he got Burnley promoted.

 

As McGhee did with a couple of clubs.

 

I'm not forgetting it, I'm saying it's nothing to write home about.

 

We need a manager with a decent track record, from within Scotland.

 

Very simple.

Coyle had a bloody good record with St Johnstone though and he knows the Scottish game well too. Adams has done a great job with County but still too inexperienced imo

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Whatever the merits or otherwise of McLeish, Coyle etc one thing is for sure - we'll never have a better chance to put in place some proper succession planning than now, when we're stable, playing some good stuff and can take the time to source a manager who fits our philosophy rather than just taking someone who's available at the time with a dodgy track record who'll get us out of a hole.

 

Adams is an obvious choice, but that's not to say there aren't other options we should look at.

 

Very good point.

 

I wish I could trust our Board not to be just sitting about with their thumbs up their arses however :clangers2:

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Adams could be decent.

 

I think someone who is young with something to prove, knows the club and has the ability to create the siege mentality at home and the marauding mentality away is what we need.

 

Couple this with a couple of really promising local lads and some good pros and we might just get it right.

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