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It won;t happen yet, not until every excuse has been exhausted. edit- which is a failure of the pally nature of all local relationships between media, sponsors and anyone else who needs to stay in regular contact with the club. I guess its up to the SPFL Chairman of the Year and others with a financial stake/take from the club to shun people they don't see eye to eye with, couldnt blame them for it really, you cant critisise them from within.

lol @ "But we're not playing against Real Madrid and Malaga, no disrespect to the rest of the teams." I'm sure anyone aware of world football over the past 2 years would've said "Real Madrid or Atletico". What an absolute farce, you could pick holes in almost all of that, not even Barcelona, Spain or Peps new side play the 'Barcelona' way.

I'd go with the former, they didnt seem particularly bothered that he didnt have a clue who his assistant or other staff would be.

Bit different here.lol

lol I apologise for being factually incorrect but I don't see how that would change my thoughts about him being ranked lower than Pele and the 2 managers who took us to the SPL. It also doesn't change my opinion that the squad we had then should've been doing better. Christie's appointment was a bit of a shambles, for a lot of the same reasons Hughes has been. I was on the right side of history on that one, putting a guy with barely any full time experience as a player or coach in charge of a highly talented and determined SPL side who had never experienced anything other than forward momentum since being created in 1994 was a mistake. I think I'm right in saying our SPL home attendances were on average about 1,000-1,200 higher during that spell than they are now, which I put firmly down to the ambition the club had been showing in looking to establish themselves as a regular SPL side. We were all excited about what was possible in the coming seasons before a man out of his depth stopped us in our tracks/ Much like the ambition and positivity shown before Hughes came in at the back end of last year, tying up players on longer deals was as much of a statement in todays football climate as signing a guy like Nicolae was back then, we had the opportunity when Hughes was appointed to really make a step forward in the long term towards establishing ourselves as a club who should never be fighting relegation. All it would've taken, much like when Christie landed the job, was putting in somebody with good experience. Even if it would've required significantly more investment it would be worth the gamble, why not go all out and use the compensation money we received for Brewster/Butcher and poach some other mobs manager? Why plump for the cheap option when everything else is falling into place to make a sustained effort to change for the long term?

El Crapico on Friday is a must win in my eyes.

You'd replace Hughes with David Weir?

No way you can rank Christie above Robbo, it was Robertson who raised us a level or two fitness wise and brought in the likes of Bingham who we would never have gone for before. Christie inherited by far our best squad we've ever had with Cowie, Rankin, Black, Hastings, Tokely, Munro and Bayne in their prime aswell as having veterans like Wilson to call upon (Dodds aswell?). The time we were at our best sadly coincided with a lot of other teams being at their strongest in Hibs, Hearts, Celtic and Rangers, in this current league he wouldve had us up in 2nd or 3rd no problem at all. I'd rank the two managers who got us out of the 1st division ahead of the rest. Pele next for the players he signed and making us an absolute pleasure to follow.

Having loads of central midfielders on the books isn't a bad idea, it means you can send them out to get booked every week knowing there's replacements in reserve, either midway through a match or when the suspensions roll in.

The SPFL Chairman of the Year will not man up and admit his mistake but he will back Hughes in whatever way he can. The likes of CaleyD and other fans who are involved with the club will continue the mass circle-jerk so that everyone upstairs thinks we en-masse are delighted with the appointment. I said this on the day he arrived, Hughes deserves NO respect and we as fans are not obligated by anyone to give him time to bed in his losing strategy.

Don't talk p1sh. We were clear in 2nd place with games in hand when he arrived.

IMO even if we do better between now and the end of the season, the downturn since Hughes arrived should not be swept under the carpet, unless you believe saying 'at least we were not THAT bad' is considered good enough? Besides, all comparisons with last season are only fair if you think we did as well as we could've possibly done and that Terry Butcher was still the right man for the job post Barnsley ****-up. Do you think last years run-in is the level we should be aiming for or do you think we are capable of more?

Brewster did well with us first time round so was given a bit more time than he should've by both club and fans. There were a lot of non-football issues surrounding Brewster towards the end of his time here that I doubt will be a factor with Yogi lol

4th might be enough for the UEFA.

What the problem with the happyclappers about John Hughes on here is : 1. They think he has a track record of turning around corrosive, terminally bad form. 2. They're right good honest laddies who roll their sleaves up and dust themselves off for the last dance back at the well to go again. 3. The think defenders taking 3 touches to make an 11 yard pass sideways is slick, imaginative football. 4. TOGETHERNESS!!

He sounds awfully proud of the passing about before that United goal lol

You know what they say, too much water kills the plant and you have to go back to the well Billy just needs dressed up and he'll be ready to go again.

My choice at the time Butcher left was by a distance Craig Levein but I don't think he was a realistic candidate (even less so now). Regardless of what anybody here wants, Hughes will rightfully get until the end of the season. As I've said already my main worry is how we're performing in the run up to the January transfer window, if he carries on producing losing teams as he has his whole managerial career then we could face a bit of an exodus with pre-contracts. I've no idea how stubborn or proud a man the SPFL Chairman of the Year is but if he doesn't admit to his mistake before the next festive period, it could turn out to be even more disastrous than when Brewster was let go in terms of what squad we close out the season with. This is all hypothetical of course, we could win our next 7 or so games, storm into Europe and then sign Aguerro in the summer.

extend his contract, 2016 is closing in fast.

"Too much water kills the plant and we keep telling the boys to go back to the well and they've done absolutely fantastic. "I just felt tonight there was a little bit of fatigue, but we'll dress them up and get them ready to go again." Hamilton really did us a favour in turning the big man down when he applied there. Absolutely fantastic he says. #togetherness

We must be up there for teams with the most 'home' grounds. Tannadice, Victoria Park, Pittodrie, Telford Street and the Tullochs.. any more? I bet theres some bankrupt club like Clyde who have had about 15 lol

Aberdeen,Brechin City and Stirling Albion?

got to love the old errea tops. i got that one on the left 14 years ago and still wear it today with no wear and tear

holy sh1t did we need that. onwards and upwards. Top 6 secured, not that it was in doubt. Would 4th be enough for Europe if Aberdeen and Dundee United get to the final? Rangers cant get in to Europe I think was mentioned in that interview with Yogi but I may have read it elsewhere.