I think the board should be offering a contract extension to Yogi. McNamara  has just been sacked, Dundee Utd could do a lot worse...

Mixu new Dundee United manager

 

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-mixu-paatelainen-named-new-6625082

Great news re Mixu about to be appointed the Arabs' new manager! Let's hope Yogi now signs a new & improved Caley contract!

Absolute scenes.

I remember the courier stating a similar article saying Paul Hartley had the ICT job...A few hours later it went to Yogi.

Hoping this is true regarding Mixu though. If so then the board need to do the right thing and tie Yogi down to a new deal. 

**Scratch the above. Just been confirmed by Sky. Paatelainen is off to United 

Edited October 13, 201510 yr by AJS

Brilliant. Can somebody now lock down the "IF Yogi leaves" thread.

The OP for this thread was spot-on, though. Time to be pro-active with Yogi and the out-of-contract players that we need to keep, assuming they want to stay. If they don't, then start scouting and identifying targets now, so that we're not in the position that we were  a month ago without a recognised striker and poor defensive cover. I know you can't mitigate for every eventuality, but it doesn't take a lot of foresight to see what the risks are and do your level best to prevent them from becoming reality. Stability is a strength.

By the way....would love to know the real truth behind all of this: who was actually interviewed? Was JH eventually given permission to speak to United? If so, did they decide on Mixu after or before speaking to Yogi?  Did they want Mixu all along or is he 3rd/4th choice? We'll never know....

By the way....would love to know the real truth behind all of this: who was actually interviewed? Was JH eventually given permission to speak to United? If so, did they decide on Mixu after or before speaking to Yogi?  Did they want Mixu all along or is he 3rd/4th choice? We'll never know....

According to a Dundee news reporter Yogi has been given permission to speak to them but he is 99.9% sure they are going to go with Mixu. 

I'm guessing Mixu must of interviewed well unless there is a last minute twist to the finale. 

Edited October 13, 201510 yr by ICTRoughi

So Thompson has gone for the cheap option? In retrospect, this should have been the obvious outcome all along!

Chris Harvey has just tweeted saying that Mixu has only talked to United. Hughes apparently has permission to speak with them as well. Perhaps the Record have jumped the gun a wee bit here. The plot thickens...

Perhaps it is not too surprising, then, that Paatelainen has sympathy for Hughes.

The Finn, who spent a season and a half in the dugout at Leith, said: "Yogi (Hughes) is a very positive, whole-hearted guy and somebody who is very likeable.

"It is unfair, I believe, to him because last season he did fantastically well. He guided the team to Europe.

" Yogi will do a good job and I'm hoping that he will turn things round at Tannadice."

The Dundee Evening Telegraph Chief Football Writer has just tweeted that he is almost certain its Mixu but he also says Hughes has been given permission to speak to Dundee United

 

1. Tom Duthie ‏@tomduth  16m16 minutes ago

   Utd talking to Mixu but deal not done yet.

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   Tom Duthie ‏@tomduth  2h2 hours ago

   Yogi gets permission to speak but 99.9% certain Utd have gone for Mixu

Wow. Still messy then. Apparently Jim Spence has also said that it isn't a done deal yet and that there are still 3 candidates....shambles.

Agreed - I hope this gets resolved, sooner, rather than later!
 

3/1 at Scotbet for this thread to last 12 pages.

3/1 at Scotbet for this thread to last 12 pages.

Definitely going to have £20 on that.....

Well, at least Yogi's not going to Motherwell as they are about to unveil McGee.......or are they?

The journos have been given the right runaround over these managerial posts. all guesswork and no fact.

Edited October 13, 201510 yr by PerfICT

Apparently Yogi took training as normal and was at the stadium at lunchtime. Hopefully a good sign given that there's no statement regarding him being allowed to speak to Dundee United. 

MIXU CONFIRMED AT TANNADICE!

Source?

Seems to have been a last minute hitch !  Media reports from every angle had me !

However looks like an announcement tomorrow lunchtime.

Looks like Mixu will be their next manager. 

 

Tom Duthie ‏@tomduth  18m18 minutes ago

If it aint Mixu I won't be sitting down for a week such it the ass kicking I'll get from my editor. Now 99.999999% certain.

 

Looks like Mixu will be their next manager. 

 

Tom Duthie ‏@tomduth  18m18 minutes ago

If it aint Mixu I won't be sitting down for a week such it the ass kicking I'll get from my editor. Now 99.999999% certain.

 

Lets hope he doesn't get his ass kicked then!

John Hughes was at the U20 game at Grant Street tonight - although it's anyone's guess whether that means anything or not.

John Hughes was at the U20 game at Grant Street tonight - although it's anyone's guess whether that means anything or not.

If he was heading to Dundee for talks, he wouldn't have been at the development game tonight IMO. It's going to be Mixu by the sounds of it. 

I don't know about Mixu but it all seems a bit of a

MIXUP