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Hi first time on this chat be gentle. I personally don't think any managers in scotland appeal at the moment ( apart from steve clarke but don't think he would come to us and don't fancy waiting til summer either) so hoping this guy horneland takes the job and hopefully we eventually start playing some exciting football and maybe even start to win games. But whoever gets the job we all need to get behind them and give them a chance SF

What are our expectations though? We are 123 years old and have won 4 titles, 8 Scottish Cups, 5 League cups and two European Cups, with the majority won over a 6 year period from 1980. You need a bit more about you to support a team that doesn't win much trophies, but it's what makes days like last May all the more special. Bigot fans will never feel what we did last May. Take comfort from us just being us. Whether we are shit or decent, it's still our team. The manager thing will sort itself out, let them paid to sort it, sort it and don't over think it. I could have listed our Tennants Sixes wins, Drybrough Cups, Aberdeenshire shields and master trophies. We're far better than that though.

Doom n gloom on here today and from at least two who can't blame our miserable weather. We're seventh in the league and still in the cup. We've been in far, far worse positions than this in Februaries gone by.

That seems about right. But I'd argue that the expectation of a continuous "well run" club is in itself a little unfair. There's not a club in the world that is perennially well run. It's perfectly normal and acceptable to be up and down considering the number of factors that affect a club, and the turnover of staff. We don't continuously spend enough to guarantee we'll finish above the rest, and certainly not Hearts and Hibs. We probably spend enough to ensure that we don't get relegated, which is why we never have been. A European place should be achievable every year. A European place is not guaranteed (as it is for the Huns and Tims), and a slight failure in the transfer market (say 40% success as opposed to 60%) would be enough to see us miss out. The margins aren't great and will never be. Edit: to add, there is no correlation between being well run and the time it takes to appoint a manager, either.

Total Scottish Cup & League Cup semi final appearances AFC 39+27=66 Hibs 39+23=62 Hearts 36+21=57 Arabs 21+19=40 Source: stevesfootballstats.uk

A well run Aberdeen should be the club best positioned to scoop up anything not won by the smellies A well run Aberdeen should be able to give both smellies a game when we play them, especially at home Finishing in a European place should be achievable every year

We're not a joke of a club by any realistic assessment. Fans are frustrated at the length of time it's taking to get the right coach - even though we were told at the outset it could take up to six months - and because we got pumped in our last game the feelings are magnified. It'll be fine.

I had a cracking weekend in Milan, the figure skating was incredible to see live and the ice hockey atmosphere was brilliant. Add to that tremendous food & wine

There is not one footballing success metric by which Aberdeen FC are not the 3rd club in Scotland. Its why the diets and spoon burners constantly obsess about attendances, its all they have to try and pretend they’re bigger clubs, laughable really. As for the pikeys, they just dream of being us…

Local lass Kirsty Muir is competing in the Women's Freeski Slopestyle today at 11:30 am Scotland time.

I must admit, I am now at the stage of not really giving a flying fuk who our next manager is. If it is Horneland then good luck to him (he is going to need it) If it is nae Horneland then I guess eventually it will be somebody else and whoever that somebody else is then good luck to them as well (as they will also fukin need it). A mate of mine said to me the other day that we are turning into a complete joke of a club. I disagreed with him by saying we are not turning into a joke we have been a huge joke of a club for fkn years. This is just another example of how totally fuked up we really are.

There’s only really one man Starmer can turn to for his new director of communications.

And for the record, I have no problem with Starmer being told to quit, he just has weakened his own hand or he is looking for apportioning the blame early when labour fck up the Holyrood election

Met office have issued a yellow warning for heavy and persistent rain for Tayside for next 39 hours so going to take a wild guess game might be in doubt.

I think she is amazing imagine being that good and missing out by a fraction cause the standard is so high.

Delighted for you

How much did Jens Berthel Askou know about Scottish football before he pitched up at Motherwell?

I can see why people wouldn't be that enthused by Horneland. I think his record is decent, although mainly at one club. I do like his tactics though and think he has the potential to improve on what Thelin did, so I'm on board with it if it's him. But you've just pitched Scott Brown ahead of him, simply because he has more knowledge of Scottish football. Two of the managers occupying the top four in the Premiership at the moment are foreign. The "knows Scottish football" thing is an easy thing that gets thrown about - it's a whole management team these days, and we play each other 4-6 times a season so they get to know the opposition very quickly.

Aye, but we won most of ours.

Has anybody asked what she thinks about the manager situation yet?

That's not much different to following the Dons.

His CV is very underwhelming. Must be about the equivalent of if Callum Davidson were to get the Rosenborg job. Pretty obvious Horneland would be nowhere near the top of the list if Lutz had not been around and it makes a mockery of the whole recruitment process. Said it before on here but Lutz may as well manage the team himself. He's now on the bench at matches, he has already told us how we are going to play, we are signing the players only he has seen play and now about to appoint a manager because he has been trailing him for ages. Really hope this falls through and we revert to someone who has experience of managing in Scotland.

I don’t think we’re any worse of a joke club than any other joke club in Scottish football but I agree that I’m past caring who the new manager is.

Care to elaborate? Stewart Milne offered him a hoose to stay in then realised he doesn’t have any to offer… I am at the stage where if it is not this guy will be someone else and whoever it is good luck to them

Hopefully Dundee United won't survive the next week either.

To each their own but I honestly couldn't give a toss. Not getting your no1 target happens all the time in football but given the recency of this guys departure from St Ettiene and how quickly the club seem to have moved would suggest he became the no1 target the moment he became available.

The new managers contract has a clause in it that states, nae cup, nae cock. Chapped aff in the centre circle, at our next home game, following our exit. It's how they have taken so long to get someone. Leven only found out his contract had the same clause in it last Saturday morning.

Ooh I cannot wait for the wine and now got tickets for the figure skating too so absolutely buzzing

Beginning to think this is literally what’s going on.

This is Cooper who will be 2 in April.

Harley was a regular up the hills with us,Ben Cruachan in this case.Getting on a bit now

Luna (dug) & Rufus. Safe to say the dug is less keen on the bed sharing but Rufus (or doofus as I call him) is a wee dick and bullies her.

Hi, my name is Buzz

I'm going to the ice hockey BBC have got full coverage