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You think if the Norwegian lad had said yes, we wouldn't have employed him? That guy looks like he's going to go to the very top of management. He'll know that, he's not stupid, and he simply doesn't need Aberdeen as a stepping stone, but given we wouldn't have had to go insanely outwith our wage structure was definitely worth asking. Whatever you think of Cormack, he's clearly got ambition - far more than you or I, I expect, given his business success. His ambitions for Aberdeen have been fairly clearly written out, he's very much put his cards on the table with the club's strategy. There seems to be too many Dons fans equating ambition with Dave Cormack spending all his money. I want us to be a club that can run itself on its own income, with Dave Cormack (or another) providing the balancing funding between seasons where we perform poorly or there is unexpected events like covid, plus getting the investment for large scale capital infrastructure. Is that unreasonable? Should we really be employing a manager that we can't fund from the football playing side (ticket/corporate sales etc)? Why should Cormack's ambition be to be AFC's sugar daddy? I don't think the chairman spending his own money is ambitious at all, I think it's the very opposite. Anyone can spend mummy and daddy's money and have a good chance of success, but it's not ambition. Goodwin will be about the middle of our budget, maybe higher, but I don't imagine there are a huge number of managers significantly better willing to come to Aberdeen for <£500k per year. Goodwin is perfectly capable of adapting his style of play if required I'm sure. There's a good reason for not playing possession football at St Mirren. He also cost us £250K, so clearly wasn't that easy to get. If he's happy with the club's strategy, then it's a good appointment.

Jamie McGrath, Conor McCarthy, Ethan Erhahon, Cammy MacPherson and Jake Doyle-Hayes and most recent sighing Alex Greive are all young players who have been brought in and developed under Goodwin. Jay Henderson has come through their youth system and into the first team. Would suggest St Mirren's youth system not being as productive as Aberdeen's is more down to investment from the club rather than anything to do with Goodwin.

Scott Brown - I'd be gutted if he left. Think there's still a good player there, a strong captain, and he'll be a huge loss. Also think it's fair too early for him to be thinking of becoming a manager. But, if it does happen, does Glass go there as assistant?

Aye, I was in Dons mad back when he was playing and it was fairly regular to suggest Goodwin because we needed someone hard in midfield. Draper was the one in a similar vein that got plenty mentions on here. Two limited footballers who could kick people. I remember Hayes playing in centre mid one time against St Mirren due to injuries and he absolutely roasted Goodwin the entire game, who couldn't catch him to kick him. Hopefully he'll have forgotten about it.

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I'm amazed he only said 7 - can't remember him ever saying anything positive about any Aberdeen player.

JMG.

He's the world's best centre half. Never speak ill of Andy. But seriously, he's strong, left footed and doesn't dick about, whilst also playing the ball into areas that we can chase down (rarely punts it out of the park). Today is the first time I've seen Bates complete a pass with his left (a bloody good one!). We need somebody on that side.

Fantastic play by Montgomery, giving the ball away and then deliberately not tracking the runner so that Lewis could nail van veen. Intelligent.

Absolutely no problem with us getting rid of Brown. For wages we are allegedly paying there’s no way we are getting value for money. I don’t think we would be much worse off points wise without him.

That’s my perspective too. I’d like to hope he can fulfil a role at the club (sorry jute).

He's five days older than me, which is unsettling. I already refuse to accept the entire playing squad are younger than me now.