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Agreed. Some of the stick he's been getting elsewhere has been way OTT.Assess again at Xmas,and judge if he looks like he's learning,and expect a few more dodgy results/formations til then

Agreed. I think the board, like the fans, will be disappointed with some (a lot of) the performances and results. However, he's had enough good performances to show that maybe there is something there and they should hang fire. You can't argue he's useless when he's won at Ibrox, stuck four past Ross County and Motherwell, was close to results against Frankfurt and PAOK, and this time tomorrow night could be in a cup final. And add to that leading the club to third after the Goodwin shambles last season. And the board don't want to be accused of being trigger happy anyway, and as poor as it's been under Robson at times, it hasn't reached the critical levels it did under Glass and Goodwin yet. I think we're all just bemused at this long ball football when we've actually managed decent results when we've passed the ball. The Hat and Twitter? Aye. The Dons support can be a cesspit at times. There's a large percentage of Aberdeen fans who never wanted Robson and will refuse to accept he'll ever be the right man. Winning the league cup won't change that, because it didn't for McInnes who suffered the same (not from the majority, but a very vocal minority) and even at his peak was still receiving ridiculous criticism. Yes and no. To be fair, everyone in the Championship is playing the same number of games, and they all have similar sized squads, so therefore there's no real advantage. That's not the case with us - we're playing more games than everyone bar the two clubs with massive resources and bigger squads. However, don't complain the players are tired when you're essentially picking the same team every week bar two changes. And stop launching long balls that gift the ball to the opposition meaning we're always chasing and having to press to get it back, then claim the players look leggy.

I like it, never hurts to freshen things up. Will be disappointed if there isn't three new substitute threads introduced in the 80th minute though.

He's here until Christmas anyway... a cup semi is acceptable - albeit the bare minimum - and we're a game in hand away from 4th place. Against the backdrop of basically a whole new team and the distraction of Europe then he's doing alright, if not exactly setting the world on fire.

Semi-final on Saturday. Hopefully no-one is reckless enough to start a new thread for it and ruin our cup hopes.