Flammable sheep

He seems to be! The timing with O'Neill wouldn't really make sense to me. Why put out the video today if we were so close to getting a manager over the line? Why would we even need to wait for the NI friendly to be done before making an approach? I also just don't see us spending so big on a manager like him. Especially after the consultation and the stated aim to hire a technical director too

Part time as technical director and we hire a different (better) first team manager?

I can understand O'Neill being a decent (unexciting) candidate, if compensation was low to non-existent. But I don't get why we'd break the bank for him, if his salary with NI is really so high.

Probably absolute shite but Uwe Rösler is the latest name in running for manager on Twitter

Talking about using the midfield more, having technical players, not having a long ball striker. Having a better chance to win by playing football (as opposed to hoofball, I assume)

So 75yo retiree took on a job that was much harder and much less fun than he expected, far from his home, and decided "f**k this". Not that surprising in hindsight, but I also sympathise with the board who obviously expected to get a bit more from him. Left us a little unprepared but we'll be OK with Leven in the meantime. Dons twitter overreaction to the statement is predictable, there's nothing the club can do right now that won't have people raging. Interesting that it's a German company doing the review - hopefully the restructure will be a step towards the German model. Think it's good that a Technical Director will be brought in and hopefully the first team manager candidates fit the profile that will work together with that role. Obviously they don't want to fire Gunn but I imagine his role will be (and probably has been) more admin-y than a real DoF. Now go and get a good, forward-thinking coach please

I assume there's a little more detail than just a conclusion.

Nary a pant left unpished on twitter today. I think it's ok we didn't bring anyone in, we've a large enough squad and we do have quality there. Better to focus on getting a capable manager in than saddling them with last minute loans or an overpriced buy that might be unwanted by the new boss in a couple of months. January is generally a crap time to get anyone in. I'm just delighted we kept Miovski, Duk and Barron tbh. I'd have liked a winger but we should still have enough to be flexible - Duk belongs on the left, McGrath/Morris/Duncan can cover the right wing. How long is Gartenmann out for? Ruby is out 6-8 weeks but we have 3 other CBs + Milne + Devlin/MacKenzie in a pinch. Looks like we're back in the "club is rotten from top to bottom, need to rip everything up and start again" discourse spiral. We were there before McInnes too, but as was shown then a decent manager and some good form in the league fairly quiets all the Milne/Cormack/Gunn/insert name here oot chatter. Remember how rosy everything looked in the summer - 3rd place, a new CEO, record shirt and ticket sales, making bank on developing and selling players each year. I imagine the next two games are only going to add to folk's pessimism but I don't think things are necessarily as rotten as all that. We've a decent squad to work with and changing manager was the most important thing to take care of.

Good, was concerned they would drag it on until after the cup tie. Must hire someone experienced this time. And please don't let Duk or Barron leave yet... let a proper coach play them

I hope you're right. It would be almost cruel to keep him in for the OF games, we look a mess and as @Dons_1988 says we look like spiralling. We could all do (Robson included) without a 5/6/more-0 on our record

Hard to tell with Robson's rollercoaster Dons... usually when I'm most pessimistic we go and put 4 past a team, or beat Frankfurt, or win at Ibrox. This could be anything from a lacklustre defeat in front of a toxic home crowd, to a classy win that buys Barry another few weeks. If Tony Doc has done any homework at all, we're in for a tough game. Prediction: draw, BR limps on

I was buzzing after the first half because that was the best we've been in the league for a long time, so that should tell you something. We were actually passing the ball, what a treat.

More of a Polvara type? Was mentioned as being "good in both boxes" whatever that means. Edit to add: Tall. It probably just means he's tall.

https://twitter.com/AberdeenFC/status/1751545952442200395?t=LJ0WUlMHCrJGl1kB4Wwe4A&s=19 Another central midfielder. Maybe so Robson can go back to freezing out Barron on the bench? Not sure how this signing helps us but hopefully he's decent anyway

I can see us getting zero points from the next four games