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I'd be happy with Robson, but for me it'd require a complete change in strategy, either publicly or tacitly. It was clear, to me, that the style adopted by both Glass and Goodwin was being pushed as part of the strategy from above, and likely agreed upon at interview/selection time. I don't think Robson is doing anything particularly thoughtful or difficult, just applying basic principles that McInnes was good at, as is Neilson at Hearts. I haven't seen Gorter play a single short goal kick yet as an example. There is no attempt to play [mythical] attractive and exciting football, but simply to setup in a way that reduces the chance of losing goals whilst relying on players who are better than their equivalents in other teams to score goals. Good enough for me. The strategy, however, doesn't allow for this and will require a manager who can go a step further and bring in a high intensity, passing style that plays "attractive" football whilst getting results. I'm not convinced that is possible within our budget, as players like Shinnie, Ramadani, MacDonald, McRorie, Mackenzie and others aren't capable of playing that way. Not to mention the dregs who aren't even getting a game at the moment - most signed by our new recruitment team - suggesting that even if we get a capable manager, we don't have the other elements (which I believe come with money rather than some elusive data capturing exercise). If the intention is to bring in a manager to implement this strategy then it is imperative that it begins before the end of the season, so notions that Robson should be here until end of season (something I originally thought might be okay) are unworkable if we're serious about this strategy. Unless there's some sort of pre contract type agreement, which would be unusual, where the new guy has input from afar before joining in the summer. There could be a compromise approach of course, where any manager is allowed to play a conservative, results approach, and slowly move to the new style over time as personnel allows. A pragmatic approach, and one that should have been implemented when McInnes was here. Were never going to have a squad that allows for continuous attractive football against every team. One or two players missing and pragmatic no-lose football has to take priority. The same should apply to when we just have a summer of poor recruitment. No manager is getting Ross McRorie, for example, to play free flowing beautiful fitba. Nor Shinnie or Ramadani. Trying to dictate that rather than playing to the strengths of the players themselves is a little perverse, but that's effectively what our chairman has been insisting on through his managers over the last few years. Hopefully, with the new CEO, we get to a place where the manager is allowed to do what he does, but there is regular reviewing and challenging to ensure that we don't get in a rut of crap football like we did under McInnes - that the aim is always to play entertaining football, but a few months of pragmatism is completely acceptable because of squad limitations.

We should set up some kind of board to monitor this

@policescotland There's your coin thrower right there.

You have clearly not met me as I am too much of a tight bastard to throw money and too much of a fat bastard to waste a pie on a cunt like Goodwin.

The appointment of Agnew alone made me think there was a good chance Robson was at least in the running for having the gig till the end of the season. I knew the name but when I looked into him my first thought was "you could easily be getting a permanent gig down south inside a month if you wanted to with that CV" Robson is on the record as saying he was a coach he got on really well and kept in touch with but I just don't see Agnew taking the job if there wasn't at least the chance of it being permanent. So yeah, I think Robson is absolutely a contender for the job. I'm going nail my colours to the mast here. I think he should be given it till the end of the season, he's had a month with the players and not only are we are seeing improvement but we have resurrected a realistic goal of 3rd place as things stand. To use a metaphor; with budding shoots appearing from the earth this is a terrible time to be rasing the ground for a new crop.

So, five games played under Robson, should he be a contender for the job permanently? Three wins & two defeats. The United one was the biggest test of his credentials as he had to find a way to turn a poor performance - initially - into a winning one. It'd be great of course if a sexy, exciting name emerges next week. Some Italian or Spanish coach with an excellent CV and a promise of thrilling attacking football, with Robson maybe as his assistant. But if that's not happening, why shouldn't Robson get the chance now ahead of your Danny Cowleys, Neil Lennons or Stephen Robinsons? What are they coming in to do that Robson isn't capable of? You can see the improvement in terms of having a structure about the team, showing more faith in younger players in the team selection, being able to change it in-game, better use of subs. Alongside Agnew the team looks better coached. Even in a short space of time it's evident they've been working on things, and they look fitter too. Now maybe Robson/Agnew just look good because Goodwin/Sharp were so poor. But I keep hearing (mainly from Sportsound to be fair) that the new manager has to be experienced. He doesn't if he's surrounded by experience, and in Agnew then Robson has that. He clearly has a sharp mind, knows how to get things ticking. The players are playing for him. We're getting results - albeit a small sample. Until a better name emerges, I'm content with giving Robson longer, and certainly he should be on that shortlist.

You dont get to see the Dons goals but Gorter's celebrations are worth a watch Skip to 11:59, 17:38, and 18:04

Outplayed for large parts of that game but I'll take that all day long. Defo looked to cope with utd better when we went to a back 3.