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So I asked chatGPT for you. Turns out computers don't know everything.

Yep, pure speculation, based on his reasons for leaving Swindon. It probably makes just as much sense that the club instigated the short term deal because they hadn't had the chance to give him the once over. Or both parties agreed that without a manager, they wouldn't be keen to make it a longer deal. Either of the above, it concerns me greatly that we don't have any decent defenders at the club for next season and I'd hope that if we see another few good games from MacDonald then we look to sign him on a longer deal regardless of whether we've got a manager in place or not. The new manager is on a hiding to nothing already, one less centre back to think about would be a god send.

An intriguing comment. What difference could it possibly make to have a manager with "no links to the old firm". What even does that mean and what is the qualifying criteria? Is that someone who has managed the old firm, played for them or just has a blue or green scarf in the cupboard at home? Ferguson, Aitken and McInnes had all been old firm players and managed to win us silverware. Jimmy Calderwood and Alex McLeish were self confessed Rangers fans but both did not bad for us. Barry Robson has been with both sides of the OF, but I see you are proposing him as assistant manager . Johnny Hayes played for Celtic, Ross McCrorie for Rangers, should we sell them? Graeme Shinnie's brother was with Rangers at one point, does that qualify? Presumably he should be nowhere near the captaincy of Aberdeen for that reason. The old firm are not even our present day rivals. We have aspirations to be the third best team in Scotland, our rivals for that position are Hibs and Hearts.

Robson saying post-match he doesn't know if he'll be in charge for the Celtic game, will need to speak to the board. I would like Robson to be assistant manager with Agnew also staying on the coaching staff. But fear it's still too big a job just yet for him full-time, would be another Stephen Glass situation where you can see some good things but maybe that lack of experience at times just comes to the fore. In hindsight Glass maybe should have been assistant to someone else & been groomed for the role - he could have been getting it at the end of this season if he had that sort of plan in place. An experienced and exciting foreign* coach coming in to work with Robson/Agnew would be my preferred choice. *foreign as in not currently related to Scottish football. Let's get someone in with no links to the old firm, no baggage from previous times in Scotland, and someone with a good track record we can all be excited about.

Not as much as you are probably expecting It was only 25/1 but worthwhile as enabled me to turn a free stake into cash

For me, Hickey is way better than Patterson. You could see it in the opening Ukraine game, I actually think it was a bit of a blessing that Patterson went off as we could definitely have lost a goal down that side. I've said it previously, Patterson reminds me of Hutton. Not a great footballer, but athletic and gives everything. Hickey can play football and is very aware of where he is on the pitch, hence a better defender. He'll play at a high level for a long time. Patterson not to be sniffed at of course and a fantastic backup to have. Hickey will move seamlessly to left back once Robertson retires and Ramsay moves into right back. Ramsay has the potential to be better than both if he fulfills it.