waldorf34 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 15 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Does that statement not seem a bit late? They could’ve said that a couple of days ago. I thought the interviews were concluded yesterday so it’s stating the obvious a bit now is it not. Approached but did they give permission ,is there ,was there an interview??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 7 minutes ago, waldorf34 said: Approached but did they give permission ,is there ,was there an interview??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mainstand Sweary Mob Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I just want this done now. He wants to explore the vacancy. I get they have a bigger fan base and have bigger budget, but if he doesn't get the control he likes, he might not go. If we have ambition we are the same as Aberdeen, but without the budget. Surely every club, other than the OF are the same? In an Ideal world you want to finish highest at 3rd, Want to progress/win cups, want European football? So the control and budget are then the selling points, no? Currently we are are 6th. They are 8th. League cup we both got knocked out 2nd round I think. Scottish cup we are into the 6th round and Aberdeen are out. We look totally in a better position, all is just money, which is a shame, but understandable. I just hate how Aberdeen are up their own arse with their famous Aberdeen bull shit. Sorry ranting. I know managers come and go, but we have finally got good vibe, good momentum, potential to finish top 6 and those pricks come in and unsettle it all. I just want it sorted quickly. Sent from my IN2023 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds10 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Sensible move for Goodwin and probably for the club. All it would take is fo us to lose two or three games, slip down the league a few places and Goodwin would be worth nothing. This way the club get 250K. None of the players can leave before summer. And Goodwin can easily be replaced with someone just as effective. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper07 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 It's rotten timing for us but a good time to take the reigns at the Dons. Even a mediocre manager should be able to improve on their league position and offload their overpaid mediocre players for better. It's all about us though... have we got a good plan on place to utilise the compensation money and install a new management team that can get us 4th place... high goal but is very possible if we keep clicking and don't end up with loads of draws, or defeats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Callum Gilhooley Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I’ll throw this into the mix, apologies if it’s been mentioned before . Perhaps Fitzys departure might have had a bearing on Goody’s thinking. ? 🤷♂️ I know Fitz thinks the world of Goody and from what I could see the feeling was mutual . Could the dons move simply have come at a time where Goody was pondering what the future might hold at Buddies ? I really don’t know if this is the case and if it has had some influence on Jim’s thinking , was just wondering , perhaps ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally02 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Aye ok, you can have permission to talk to him , but not until next Wednesday night at 10pm! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenziebud Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 11 minutes ago, Mainstand Sweary Mob said: I just want this done now. He wants to explore the vacancy. I get they have a bigger fan base and have bigger budget, but if he doesn't get the control he likes, he might not go. If we have ambition we are the same as Aberdeen, but without the budget. Surely every club, other than the OF are the same? In an Ideal world you want to finish highest at 3rd, Want to progress/win cups, want European football? So the control and budget are then the selling points, no? Currently we are are 6th. They are 8th. League cup we both got knocked out 2nd round I think. Scottish cup we are into the 6th round and Aberdeen are out. We look totally in a better position, all is just money, which is a shame, but understandable. I just hate how Aberdeen are up their own arse with their famous Aberdeen bull shit. Sorry ranting. I know managers come and go, but we have finally got good vibe, good momentum, potential to finish top 6 and those pricks come in and unsettle it all. I just want it sorted quickly. Sent from my IN2023 using Tapatalk Aberdeen are a way bigger club than St Mirren and Jim Goodwin will take this job if offered it. He will have a way bigger budget, stability of squad and can only go upwards. Great stepping stone for him if he reaches the potential that is being attributed to him. Wonder if he would have been in the running 7 games back ?? Was interested to see how we would perform over next 3 games before really getting exited about any prospects we have. Personally if we can attract Jack Ross or Malky Mackay type to SMFC then I'm not overly fussed. Plenty of decent managers out of work at the moment who would be good appointments and every bit as capable as JG in my opinion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 4 minutes ago, Callum Gilhooley said: I’ll throw this into the mix, apologies if it’s been mentioned before . Perhaps Fitzys departure might have had a bearing on Goody’s thinking. ? 🤷♂️ I know Fitz thinks the world of Goody and from what I could see the feeling was mutual . Could the dons move simply have come at a time where Goody was pondering what the future might hold at Buddies ? I really don’t know if this is the case and if it has had some influence on Jim’s thinking , was just wondering , perhaps ? Welcome back, that's funny. Goodwin wouldn't be pondering anything if Aberdeen hadn't sacked Glass. Bringing Tony into this is beyond the realms of reality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) Looks like I was wrong about this. I'm pretty certain the deal's been done before both clubs announced this. I am still surprised the dons want to pay a quarter of a million quid when they have a few candidates who are at least of similar quality. If the deal isn't done then they are still benefitting from our team being in turmoil over the next few days after which they could appoint someone else. ETAA: Is it sensible to let JG pick the team and tactics for tomorrow given he might benefit from us losing? Edited February 18 by stlucifer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper07 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 8 minutes ago, stlucifer said: Looks like I was wrong about this. I'm pretty certain the deal's been done before both clubs announced this. I am still surprised the dons want to pay a quarter of a million quid when they have a few candidates who are at least of similar quality. If the deal isn't done then they are still benefitting from our team being in turmoil over the next few days after which they could appoint someone else. ETAA: Is it sensible to let JG pick the team and tactics for tomorrow given he might benefit from us losing? McManus picking the team. If JG is gone he will have NO influence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: McManus picking the team. If JG is gone he will have NO influence If he hasn't been offered the job he will still be with us. That's the scenario I was alluding to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsBud Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 16 minutes ago, stlucifer said: ETAA: Is it sensible to let JG pick the team and tactics for tomorrow given he might benefit from us losing? You don't get to be successful in life by being petty about things like that. If Jim is still the manager he'll be doing everything he can do to win the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original 59er Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Personally, I am slightly surprised with the Aberdeen interest. As others have stated 7 games ago, would he have been in the mix........ I really doubt it. Yes, it's all about timing and in that respect another Saints manager (JG) has had a semi-reasonable run of results (not dissimilar to Ross at the time when he went to Sunderland) and is hyped up as being the next best thing since sliced bread. As I said in a previous post, he will go if offered the post, if for no other reason his stock right now is pretty high in Scottish terms, but Aberdeen are taking another financial gamble and their patience may not be that long if it takes two to three years to sort out their basic problems. As for the knicker wetters out there, there are quite a number of good people who would be interested in the Paisley job right now. Yes it's disruptive, but we certainly shouldn't be pessimistic, nor fatalistic that we still can make the top 6. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper07 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 11 minutes ago, stlucifer said: If he hasn't been offered the job he will still be with us. That's the scenario I was alluding to. Yeah I get that but rumour is McManus is now in charge of the 1st team... JG is gone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 10 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: Yeah I get that but rumour is McManus is now in charge of the 1st team... JG is gone First inkling that I should take the hype seriously…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 47 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Welcome back, that's funny. Goodwin wouldn't be pondering anything if Aberdeen hadn't sacked Glass. Bringing Tony into this is beyond the realms of reality. Welcome back ? I hadn’t been away . 🙄 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 11 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: Yeah I get that but rumour is McManus is now in charge of the 1st team... JG is gone I think we are at least a day behind what's happening. Looks to be gone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 44 minutes ago, stlucifer said: I'm pretty certain the deal's been done before both clubs announced this. If the deal isn't done then they are still benefitting from our team being in turmoil over the next few days after which they could appoint someone else. If the deal had been done, then there would be no turmoil and we may have had new manager in place, if he was up for it(JR) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 12 minutes ago, Callum Gilhooley said: Welcome back ? I hadn’t been away . 🙄 Being funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, alanb said: Losing managers like this is always disappointing but much more preferable than having to sack them instead. Very true. A sign that we have benefited from having them at the club so a win win 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 53 minutes ago, stlucifer said: ETAA: Is it sensible to let JG pick the team and tactics for tomorrow given he might benefit from us losing? Think Aberdeen would rather see Livingston losing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Will keep my own counsel on the the Goodwin Gate debacle till it's finalised.... In the meantime if he leaves there's 2 obvious candidates for me Jack Ross and Derek Mcinnes I expect one to take charge immediately it's a no brainer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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