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Tyrone Smith of STV saying it's a two and a half year deal with Coaching included. Also stated that Curtis Allen has left the building.

MFR reporting that Ryan Esson has signed a new deal which includes coaching - Good move!

1-2 now, Celtic get a goal back from Denny Johnstone.

Once the January transfer window is over and they have bought themselves up the table.

I'm not entirely sure Yogi would want that. I still think he will bring his own man in.

HT: 1-1 FT: 2-2 1st ICT: Warren 1st Aberdeen: Vernon First Goal: 18 mins

Chaps….what’s the latest on Jamie Vincent, I believe he was out ‘til Christmas, can we expect a return early in the NewYear? : In a recent interview on the club's official YouTube channel, Yogi confirmed that James Vincent had been told that he could step up his training and move closer to full fitness. I for one am looking forward to the return of James Vincent however it's going to give Yogi a selection headache because although I thought Vincent is better in the CAM role than Nick Ross, he has been playing well. If you take Nick out of there and put him back on the wing then have the headache of Nick Ross vs Marley Watkins and I personally want both players on the pitch I notice that David Raven has been sitting on the bench since his return from injury, is Tremarco playing that well, or was Raven playing poorly before his injury: I think the reason for Raven's absence from the squad is basically that Graeme Shinnie and Carl Tremarco have been very good defensively there's no reason to put Raven back in - as the saying goes "Why fix something that isn't broken" I have also been watching Raven play in the U20 squad and he is still playing his usual game but tends to get caught out at times but the main thing for Raven to do is to maintain his fitness as he could be drafted into the squad at anytime and I personally feel happy to have a good back up in David Raven. Marley Watkins… I thought Vincent was the ‘find of the season’, but he got injured too soon, however Watkins has come in, in a different role and looks like he is providing a constant threat, the BBC report from the Hearts match yesterday said ‘he supplied most of the forward momentum in their engine room.’ He certainly impressed me when I came up, and from comments on this site seems quite highly rated…could he be a potential POTY? : I attended the game and I thought that Marley Watkins was the stand out for the team. As mentioned above it's going to give Yogi a selection headache when James Vincent comes back into the team but I have been very impressed since Watkins has come into the team. Dean Brill has come in, and not given Esson a sniff of the goalkeeping jersey, in terms of goalies over the last few seasons how do you guys rate him?: I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Dean Brill so far is better than Antonio Reguero was last season. During pre season I was very dubious on Dean's performances but then friendlies are only games that focus on match fitness but Brill has been a very consistent goalkeeper since Reguero has left but what makes Brill stand out is that I feel he organises the defence better than Reguero did. With Brill in goals I feel like we are in safe hands. Regarding Ryan Esson, no offence intended but I would like to see him as a coach for the club and we develop Nick Draper and Cameron MacKay into the back up to Dean. Aaron Doran… I see his name mentioned a fair bit in match reports, for good strikes on goal, and he has weighed in with a couple recently, when I have watched him he kind of frustrates me, as I think he could be a really good player, is he having a good spell at the mo? : When I think of Aaron Doran, I don't really expect goals from him. The style of play that he has is that he creates the attacking moves and that is something he has done very well since Jonny Hayes left. I feel that Doran hasn't put a foot wrong in the last two seasons and he's done really well for the team. Of course it's nice when Doran scores goals but it's not the end of the world if he doesn't... (Unless he misses a game changing opportunity) Billy McKay….scored two yesterday and already has a decent tally for the season, does anyone think he might be a transfer target for someone come January (and not just Butcher), and would the board let him go if decent money were offered?: I have seen people saying that various clubs scouts (Including Celtic) attended the game yesterday to watch Billy. I think that it's inevitable that offers will be made for Billy but it's down to club at the end of the day and if the offer is best for the club then we trust the board. Hypothetically if Billy was to go then it would be Yogi's choice to get a replacement and that would be something I would watch with interest. Toby Adgestein, I am starting to think he might be a goner with his contract up next month and then we would be left with Curtis Allen - No thanks. I wonder if the Arsenal link is still there after Philip Roberts and maybe we might be able to get a replacement there if needed. Remember Yogi picked out a young Anthony Stokes from Arsenal youths for Falkirk and then look what happened!

I was one of those opposed to him getting the job here. In saying that, But I'm glad he's got a job back in Scottish football, just glad it's not with us! When I heard Kenny on Sportsound before Yogi got appointed, the only word I could say about him was - Bitter. He stated that managers of the SPL (Premiership) get jobs based on playing for Celtic or Rangers - what absolute tosh! I firmly believe Yogi got the job based on his vision and direction of the club that Yogi can take us. I think Kenny used the fact that Yogi played for Celtic as a crutch to his argument.

Kenny Shiels is the new manager of Morton.

Ryan Esson would be most realistic. What's Craig Gordon up to these days?

Just back from watching the U20 game today. Firstly I have to say how impressive the Aberdeen U20 team was. They played a very good passing game and just battered our U20 team. For me a stand out for their team was Cammy Smith, what a terrific player he is turning out to be for them. Second half the ICT U20 team started very brightly and there was a terrific fighting spirit in the team and the two goals came Ryan Christie. Every U20 game that I have attended, I have always left thinking what a terrific performance the lad has had. I seen that Yogi was at the game today so hopefully he will be as impressed as I was today with Ryan. A note to make about the second half is that Yogi actually spent the second half in the ICT dugout so part of me is wondering whether he took the half time team talk and then things improved greatly! Another fact to point out from what I can actually see is that in the second half from what I saw is that we changed from the usual 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 which actually worked until the dying minutes of the game where we burnt out and Aberdeen managed to get a late fourth. Ryan Esson was back in goals again today and in my opinion I would have rather have Nick Draper or Cameron MacKay. No great disrespect to Ryan but Dean Brill is going to be number 1 for a long time so maybe he should go into a coaching role at the club.

Nobody is suggesting that the current tactic is not working, if anything I feel that it best suits our style of play. The only difference is, is that Yogi may have his own ideas and may want to implement that into the team but nothing suggests that to be the case.....yet!

Therefore, I don't think he will be keen to change things around too much hence why he keeps saying: "Business as usual"

John Collins might be in with a shout. I really hope it's not Brian Rice!

In my opinion, IF Yogi was to tinker with the tactics too much it may go wrong however under Butcher I always felt that we lacked a 'Plan B' and fear that other teams would find us out and know how to deal with it. Will be interesting to see what he does!

I had it confirmed today that he had offered to relocate immediately to the highlands !! He offered to relocate to the highlands yet there was contract issues according to your source... Somethings not right there!

I was one of Paul's biggest supporters during the recruitment stage of getting our new man but it wasn't meant to be. In hindsight we look to have found a gem in Yogi! Yogi Hughes' Blue Red Army!

HT: 1-1 FT: 2-3 1st ICT: McKay 1st Hearts: Walker First Goal: 23 mins

Watching the STV news looked like Duncan Shearer was doing training with Yogi today so wouldn't totally rule it out!

I don't know if I would like Foran as assistant manager (Just yet anyways) The man said it himself on the YouTube channel that he is concentrating on his football and that's what I hope he does. As he has said previously, it's come too early for him. Duncan Shearer would be a good option but as has been said he doesn't like being in the limelight. Being an assistant would take most of it away but I think he would be more comfortable continuing in his role with the U20s. The key factor that Yogi has to take when deciding an assistant manager it needs to be firstly someone that Yogi himself gets along with but also someone who the fans would appreciate having along side him. I don't know what John Robertson and Yogi are like but that pairing would be a good match despite one being a Jambo and the other a Hibee. When I listened to Yogi and the question got asked on who his assistant manager would be, I was impressed with the answer that he gave back that he would take his time and consider the right guy (who may already be at the club)

If he tried the bully tactic then Richie would have sorted him out! but really spoke well on sportsound. Was disappointed last night and now after hearing the man out I am very optimistic he will be a similar figure of Terry Butcher.

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/scottish-football/9056756/hughes-named-inverness-boss

We can finally get back to starting to talk about football again. With Yogi as the new manager what do you think the team will be? 4-4-2 Brill Raven Meekings Warren Shinnie Doran Foran Draper Ross Mckay Adgestein

Not that it really matters now, I see Henrik Larsson got a new job today as manager of Falkenbergs FF who are in the top division of Sweden.