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I'd hold out for Hearts / Aberdeen if I was him.

I think Brown went to Fleetwood knowing the owner was going to get done for fraud, so I think he (and many like him) can handle a bit of disfunction. This is an attractive gig.

No Scott Brown contact (and he kinda calls Arbroath dicks) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67683734

It's not hard QP... We thank RV for his efforts. Results not improved so x,y,z. We’ve still got a commitment to CAS status and youth dev. We aim to take our time / move quickly (delete as needed). (Add name) will take charge until (xxx). Thanks for your continued support.

Brown would be good for the club profile and that but jury still out as a manger, I think? Fleetwood possibly a bit of a basket case club, though. Overall, I'd probably prefer him in midfield than in the dugout - but could maybe work with the right DoF in place. Potentially doing things arse over tit (for a change) by appointing manager before DoF but manager is the most pressing thing at the moment. Going to be a mix of paper-talk (hiya Scott Burns ), agents punting some names and Charlie Mulgrew trying to get himself linked with every job going... We should have a short list already. Will be interesting to see if they announce today if someone is in charge in the interim for the weekend - or if we're going to push for a quick appointment #anyonebutmalky

Wonder how much the CAS / Elite status stuff has to do with the improbably young squad. There’s some mention about appearance numbers being a success measure - maybe we’re trying to game that (instead of trying win games of football). Despite the manager kill-count, we’re still a pretty attractive proposition and I WOULD FUCKING HOPE we’ll have learned some lessons from the past 2 years about the balance of youth dev / first team commitments. More info to come this week but for the love of god, can it not be ChatGPT / LinkedIn word-diarrhoea. Something along the lines of the RV interviews but with Dempster is the least we should expect. On Veldman, I really feel for the dude. Hung out to dry, can’t see how it was ever going to work with that squad.

Agree. And feel you could make the same argument for all of the centre halves. It would be so much better for Tizzard/Bannon/Reid (edit: and fox too) if they had an experienced defender next to them.

Well, y’know, fair play - the game is all about opinions. But in my opinion, respectfully, this is moon-howling nonsense.

Why please?

Who is, though? The squad’s a shambles.

He’s away.

Zero evidence it’s going to change.

Feel like I’ve been saying it for months but maybe today us when we turn the corner. You’d expect Arbroath to get a boost with the new manager. Lose today and we’re really in the shit. Actually pretty nervous for the first time this season. Think Caley will come out flying today. If we can play forward a bit quicker instead of the deathly slow build up we might get some joy.

That's interesting stuff. Add this in to the long-term planning, 4D chess lottery...

Good interview. Just seems like a really nice guy.

Good to know that the academy is still the future - will be really interested to see what route we go down. Will it be a more traditional face or back into the world of wacky continentals? The role is massively more attractive than it was 2 years ago. I'm hoping there will be a high calibre in the mix. Must be viewed as an opportunity to reset a wee bit. If the new face is a bit less militant we might event get a centre half who's over 25 for Christmas..

Glad to see this confirmed. Pretty raging it's not come from the club.

In a return to familiar themes... when was the last time we heard anything from committee/dempster/hunter? I'm not looking for full disclosure or a vote of confidence, but ANY sort of updates from the club would be appreciated.

I think we've been trundling along hoping that things were going to click and we would turn a corner. There's no evidence that things are going to improve so they'll need to change. Bit of a perfect storm just now. We managed to spunk ourselves out of the Scottish Cup being distracted selling Simon Murray - so fk knows how we're going to manage this sensibly with Beuker going to Ajax. New DoF has to be the priority, though? Bagging Veldman will only get us so far.

I believe that the youth dev stuff is Haughey's vision and a few names were brought to him and dismissed before they landed Beuker. So that would suggest we stay on a similar path? No point in doing all the Elite status stuff and then flushing it to start overpaying for ex-prem jobbers. Obviously it would be nice to hear this from the man himself but we've never had that pleasure/courtesy. I'd be pretty stunned if we didn't have a transition plan in place. The rumour has been out there for long enough. New guy will have his own ideas / want to put his own stamp on things but would be daft to rip up the structure and processes that are already in place.

This statement is shaping up to be an absolute belter.. who's got the QP bullshit bingo cards at the ready?

Ajax or Rangers?

Might be miles off... bit is Warnock touting himself for the Morton job a we bit here? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67484554

Got back to me within an hour (pretty impressive). Looks like I'm missing a Poland point, not massively sure how I prove I was there, mind.

Fairly sure I'm missing a point - would bump be from 11 to 12, so defo going to follow it up. Anyone had similar issues in the past?