'Aberdeen hunt yet another manager after ill-fated Robinson reign'
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Having covered the 4-0 home hammering by Hibernian on Saturday, it was clear there was no way back for Stephen Robinson as Aberdeen head coach.
The Northern Irishman looked like he would rather be anywhere else as the goals rained in on his team and he was duly sacked on Monday, less than eight months after taking charge.
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Robinson's time at Pittodrie will not be remembered fondly by the club's supporters as he departs as the shortest serving full-time manager by games played.
He leaves the club second bottom of the Scottish Premiership, with the joint-worst attacking record in the division and with just three wins from 12 matches.
His appointment in March on a bumper three-and-a-half-year deal came after he had been under pressure at St Mirren. Despite winning the League Cup three months earlier, he had won just once in 13 Premiership outings.
Fans' eyebrows were raised at what was clearly a panicky appointment as Aberdeen dive-bombed towards a relegation play-off.
Robinson managed to keep the club in the top flight by scrambling a few wins towards the end of last season, but it has gone as many in the stands feared it would go this term.
Yes, there have been huge changes to the squad, but there were massive changes at Falkirk as well and John McGlynn has led them to third, on a fraction of Robinson's budget. After Aberdeen shipped four at home, Falkirk put five past Hearts at Tynecastle.
The man who started the Hibs rout at Pittodrie was Jamie McGrath, who was allowed to leave Aberdeen on a free transfer in 2025, with the Dons unwilling to match the length of contract Hibs were offering.
McGrath's goal was an absolute stunner, arrowing into the top corner from distance. It was also symbolic of the mismanagement at his former club.
The problems at Aberdeen are deep-rooted and can mainly be traced back to chairman Dave Cormack's decision to replace the consistent Derek McInnes with Atlanta United's B team manager Stephen Glass in 2021.
McInnes' time was coming to an end anyway, but the club was in a decent place at the time and that appointment left people scratching their heads. Glass was gone less than a year later.
On 3 March, Cormack gave an in-house interview and spoke of sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel's "global" search for Jimmy Thelin's replacement
"For me, it's embarrassing that we're having to go through my sixth permanent appointment," he said. "We will take our time to get the right manager in place."
On 12 March, Robinson was appointed in the wake of a sobering capitulation at Dunfermline as their Scottish Cup defence came to an end. The parallels are obvious as Cormack hunts for yet another manager after yet another collapse.
The club has done brilliant work in the community and home attendances have never been so regularly high. There is undoubted potential at Pittodrie, but they have to get it right on the pitch.
In that same March interview, Cormack was bullish as he looked ahead.
"Make no mistake, we will be competitive next year," he said.
The club were eighth then. Less than eight months later, they sit 11th, two points off the bottom and six behind Dundee United in sixth.
It will not have escaped the attention of the club's fanbase that United manager Jim Goodwin - sacked by Cormack in 2023 after his own Hibs humiliation - is orchestrating some of the most attractive football in the top flight.
Aberdeen supporters do not have unrealistic expectations - despite what you may read elsewhere - but they do expect to not lose at home to Falkirk and St Johnstone or be hammered 4-0 at home by anyone. They would also expect to win more than one away league game in almost a year.
The money spent appointing managers, backing them and then sacking them has become eye-watering.
As Cormack, Pfannenstiel and new chief executive Adrian Bevington begin their search for yet another new manager, you can understand the supporters wondering how long the next incumbent will last, especially given how the squad assembled by Robinson disintegrated against Hibs.
What do fans think?
Sandra: No hard feelings. Wish him well. Robinson got plenty wrong but shouldn't have been allowed to swap out a whole squad in his first gig at this level. The turnover of managers since our chairman came in is no coincidence, we are a shambles and I have no idea who could come in and sort this.
Mango: A club like Aberdeen should not be sitting 11th in the table but it has been coming for a few seasons. The board have allowed this to happen by letting our best players go and not reinvesting properly in established players. Robinson wanted these signings and his style of management was like a pressure cooker. He made rash tactical decisions and his game plan for most games did not work. I do heavily criticise the board. This next appointment will either make or break the club I've supported for over 25 years.
Niall: The enormity of the Aberdeen job was a step too far for Robinson. His opening remarks of building an attacking team with high press never materialised. Unfortunately, his successor will inherit another group of players low on quality, direction and confidence. Some of the blame must also lie with the recruitment team who have, once again, not delivered to an acceptable level. The next appointment needs to be much stronger to rebuild everything that is lacking just now but a huge task lies ahead given that the squad has already been rebuilt for this season following the Thelin debacle.
Greg: Was a panic appointment, but let's not forget what made the board panic was that they couldn't convince any of their preferred candidates to take the job. Got to wonder why a few top names took a look in the door and bolted.
Graeme: Gutted for Robinson. I think he should have been given more time. We need stability and we can't keep sacking managers. Aberdeen have been a bottom-six team since they got rid of McInnes. We seem to turn decent managers into poor managers, then we sack them, they go elsewhere and are given time to prove themselves and thrive at another club. We have to get the next appointment right, let's try to entice John McGlynn or Neil Lennon.