Next Manager

[Willo flood]

1 minute ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

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You can take your sarcastic suggestions elsewhere Willo ya wee baldy nyaff

They know the League. What more could you possibly want!?

[perthshirered]

2 hours ago, Sheepo said:

It looks like it will be Leven for the biggest game of the season whether a manager is appointed or not

Call me old fashioned but I think the cup final might've been bigger. 

[muttonhumper]

18 minutes ago, RDS said:

Do 2 league titles with Shamrock outweigh 2 Manager of the Month awards with Brechin in League 2 though

Eliminating Partizan Belgrade in Europa League play off to qualify for the group stages seems half arite as well.

[thegodfuzzy]

53 minutes ago, Dandyesque said:

That would be a large part of how Ferguson built a siege mentality at the club.

Aye in one off game. Not as a club. O'Neil has fed off that for Northern Ireland,fair enough. I don't want that constantly fed in. 

I just don't want him. 

[1983]

It’s been a car crash.

Putting aside the ridiculous appointment of Warnock… from the moment he left, the club should have been honest. The PR is horrific and smacks of sycophantic appeasement, stupidity or plain single-minded arrogance from DC. Own it. “We’re sorry Neil has decided to leave - but we will stick with our plan to identify the correct target in the background and have the new staff in place ready to plan for the next campaign”. Instead, they’ve lied about our progress and put unnecessary pressure and spotlight on the appointment(s).

Even being in a position with no contingency in place for one of the most important roles in the business is  negligent. The management of the club is at an all time low. I would now expect Alan Burrows to insist on taking total charge of the day-to-day running of all departments, with him reporting to the chairman on performance every quarter. The chairman should no longer be leading process, strategy or appointments for the sake of the club.

The PR direct report should also consider what their role is. If it was their idea to respond with such a disingenuous statement then they have exceptionally poor judgement. 

What a mess we are. Such low quality at the higher levels, letting the rest of the excellent club staff down.

[Frank Grimes]

Excellent post @1983

[pocrawred]

Evening express has oneill as Aberdeen manager!! Ffs!

[RedArrow]

3 minutes ago, pocrawred said:

Evening express has oneill as Aberdeen manager!! Ffs!

Where?

[Yerdas Selzavon]

3 minutes ago, pocrawred said:

Evening express has oneill as Aberdeen manager!! Ffs!

Do they? Last update from about 3 hours ago was that he would "assess" an offer should it arrive.

[Hoofball]

43 minutes ago, CCB III said:

Just becoming another unnecessary sideshow. 
 

Due diligence, succession planning etc, would have these things tied up quickly. We're trying to find a needle in a haystack in the dark, seemingly. 
 

At this point they should just leave it with Leven until the end of the season, but they'll be so desperate to save face from Warnock that they'll appoint someone despite it becoming increasingly obvious we aren't going to get the optimum appointment at this exact moment.
 

It doesn't even anger me, it's just the boring, usual sideshow we've had with that gype in charge.  

The longer is goes on the more it screams panic signing and Neil Lennon being unveiled as “the best” candidate after a  meticulous interview process 

[sooth_stander]

21 minutes ago, 1983 said:

It’s been a car crash.

Putting aside the ridiculous appointment of Warnock… from the moment he left, the club should have been honest. The PR is horrific and smacks of sycophantic appeasement, stupidity or plain single-minded arrogance from DC. Own it. “We’re sorry Neil has decided to leave - but we will stick with our plan to identify the correct target in the background and have the new staff in place ready to plan for the next campaign”. Instead, they’ve lied about our progress and put unnecessary pressure and spotlight on the appointment(s).

Even being in a position with no contingency in place for one of the most important roles in the business is  negligent. The management of the club is at an all time low. I would now expect Alan Burrows to insist on taking total charge of the day-to-day running of all departments, with him reporting to the chairman on performance every quarter. The chairman should no longer be leading process, strategy or appointments for the sake of the club.

The PR direct report should also consider what their role is. If it was their idea to respond with such a disingenuous statement then they have exceptionally poor judgement. 

What a mess we are. Such low quality at the higher levels, letting the rest of the excellent club staff down.

That’s a brilliant post.

Only issue I would take is, and I have no idea how PR spin works in reality but Cormack/Burrows must have full sign off on all PR statements. Zoe Ogilvie will create and publish the content but surely, it gets run past the chairman/CEO before release?

All roads lead back to Cormack. 

[milne_afc]

Just now, sooth_stander said:

That’s a brilliant post.

Only issue I would take is, and I have no idea how PR spin works in reality but Cormack/Burrows must have full sign off on all PR statements. Zoe Ogilvie will create and publish the content but surely, it gets run past the chairman/CEO before release?

She should be so good at it they don’t have to worry about signing it of.

She’s not.

[1983]

1 minute ago, sooth_stander said:

That’s a brilliant post.

Only issue I would take is, and I have no idea how PR spin works in reality but Cormack/Burrows must have full sign off on all PR statements. Zoe Ogilvie will create and publish the content but surely, it gets run past the chairman/CEO before release?

They will absolutely have sign off. My concern is Zoe’s job is to advise. She’s either not advising or it’s been steam-rolled by DC, hence why I suggest they need to consider what their role is. 

[Happy Hibee]

2 hours ago, Tord31 said:

Fuck off with any O'Neill chat, for any position.

Ridiculously expensive and no track record

He done extremely impressively well in Ireland.  Especially in Europe.   Done great at Brechin too - got them in the Championship. 

 

O'Neil would be a terrific appointment for you boys. 

[Willo flood]

O’Neil would be a strange appointment. Going to cost a load of money for a relatively average manager.

However, he’s got a much better CV than any of our recent managers, including Del. Before he joined us of course 

[Ernie McCracken]

A point of concern RE the Sunday Post story.  Its says appointment within 72 hours, which would take us to Wednesday morning - the morning after the Scotland Northern Ireland game.

I was going to say surely they're not that stupid, but we all know they are.

[Ernie McCracken]

3 minutes ago, Willo flood said:

O’Neil would be a strange appointment. Going to cost a load of money for a relatively average manager.

However, he’s got a much better CV than any of our recent managers, including Del. Before he joined us of course 

I didn't realise he was as good as that.

[TheRedPrawcess]

2 hours ago, thegodfuzzy said:

Fuck sake. Turgid fitba return if its 

O'Neil. If yer paying someone out that large a contract then surely ye can fling money at someone that fits the attacking philosophy. Absolutely done with watching shite fitba. 

Don't understand that appointment if it comes to pass. More desperate than thought out. "Get someone experienced in....ANYONE"

Return? It's been that way for a wee while now has it not? The Duk/Miovski link up feels like the only short lived spell of exciting fitba for numerous seasons now.

[ahead on alphabet]

9 minutes ago, Willo flood said:

O’Neil would be a strange appointment. Going to cost a load of money for a relatively average manager.

However, he’s got a much better CV than any of our recent managers, including Del. Before he joined us of course 

 

5 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

I didn't realise he was as good as that.

Aye, get him in. We've not had one of them since McInnes.

 

Seriously, I'm not that keen though.

[Ernie McCracken]

1 minute ago, ahead on alphabet said:

 

Aye, get him in. We've not had one of them since McInnes.

To be fair to O'Neill its hard to tell as he's not been at a club/team with a bit of relative strength since Shamrock Rovers, 13 years ago.  

Does he still have the spark, and its just been hidden by the fact he's managing players that aren't very good relative to the teams he's playing against. Or has he peaked? 

[ERNIE]

That's nearly 2 months since Robson was sacked.I think Sevco take 1 or 2 weeks to replace their last 2 managers and most clubs are about the same.Seems strange to leave the club drifting for this amount of time..negligent even.

[Willo flood]

2 minutes ago, ERNIE said:

That's nearly 2 months since Robson was sacked.I think Sevco take 1 or 2 weeks to replace their last 2 managers and most clubs are about the same.Seems strange to leave the club drifting for this amount of time..negligent even.

Exactly, we’ve been in an ‘advanced stage’ for longer than most clubs appoint a manger from the day their old one leaves. 

[cruickc2]

If O’Neil is joining the club, I don't think it will be as Manager.

It could be as Technical Director or DoF. He says as much in the P&J article about football knowledge vital at boardroom level also that he has interests in other roles in the game.

“I don’t necessarily know whether my next role would necessarily have to be as a manager.”

[Ten Caat]

Club sommelier would be my guess

[ahead on alphabet]

21 minutes ago, ERNIE said:

That's nearly 2 months since Robson was sacked.I think Sevco take 1 or 2 weeks to replace their last 2 managers and most clubs are about the same.Seems strange to leave the club drifting for this amount of time..negligent even.

That's what the interim was brought in for. To bridge that gap, remember.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

11 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Club sommelier would be my guess

A bit like leaving the rat in charge of the cheese board is it not? 

[dave_min]

2 hours ago, Dandyesque said:

That would be a large part of how Ferguson built a siege mentality at the club.

And now he’s doing the same at Bologna.

[dave_min]

53 minutes ago, Happy Hibee said:

He done extremely impressively well in Ireland.  Especially in Europe.   Done great at Brechin too - got them in the Championship. 

 

O'Neil would be a terrific appointment for you boys. 

Get fucked.

[The Gee Man]

1 hour ago, Willo flood said:

O’Neil would be a strange appointment. Going to cost a load of money for a relatively average manager.

However, he’s got a much better CV than any of our recent managers, including Del. Before he joined us of course 

Unless he has a clause in his contract 

[ericblack4boss]

Remember  this is a Club that spent the whole summer  in 1992 chasing John Robertson,  only to instead sign Duncan Shearer.

And then in the late 90s spending what seemed like months pursuing Graham Kavanagh, only for that to deal to die too