Dundee Utd

[blackpoolhibs]

Sack McKinnon.

[Billy Whizz]

Sack McKinnon.

Had a poor start to the season
McIntyre and Dodds in?

[Hermit Crab]

They have had some poor results but they are still only 5 points off the top of the table.

[Firestarter]

Shocking

[keep the faith]

Had a poor start to the season
McIntyre and Dodds in?

I have a sneaky feeling they will go for Stubbs. I would be gutted.

[Hermit Crab]

I have a sneaky feeling they will go for Stubbs. I would be gutted.


Why? We have a good manager who is going nowhere soon.

[.Sean.]

I have a sneaky feeling they will go for Stubbs. I would be gutted.
I could see that happening. I'll be gutte seeing him at another Scottish club.

[blackpoolhibs]

I have a sneaky feeling they will go for Stubbs. I would be gutted.

My mate played golf with stubbs last month, he said the only jobs he'd go for in Scotland was Hibs and the Aberdeen job if it came up.

He'd not be in the frame for the job at Parkhead.

[Firestarter]

Why? We have a good manager who is going nowhere soon.

Because having a legend of a manager in charge of some other team is hard to take especially if you are of the opinion he could be doing a better job here.

[Wilson]

They have had some poor results but they are still only 5 points off the top of the table.

They play Dumbarton and brechin in two of their next three games. Top of the table st mirren in between.

A couple of good results and things might have looked so much better. I'd have given him these games at least and taken stock then.

They have underestimated how tough the division is and reacted too early.

[keep the faith]

Why? We have a good manager who is going nowhere soon.

Because I loved Stubbs at our club and would hate to see him somewhere else.

[Billy Whizz]

Nothing on Dundee Utd twitter or website about this, only on DR site
Think they’d announce it their 1st

[brog]

Sack McKinnon.

I thought that was a suggestion until I saw the other comments! Crazy!

[Spike Mandela]

John Hughes?

[Billy Whizz]

John Hughes?

They wanted him when he was Caley Manager, good shout

[Winston Ingram]

Jim McIntyre will get it I reckon

[Heisenberg]

And to think some were wanting him at Hibs... the guys absolutely clueless.

[Northernhibee]

Please let it be Cathro.

[West lower]

Houston

[Billy Whizz]

And to think some were wanting him at Hibs... the guys absolutely clueless.

Think his players have to take some responsibility
A front pairing of Mcdonald and keatings is good at this level

[ancient hibee]

McKinnon has signed too many players who you would not rely on.

[Heisenberg]

Think his players have to take some responsibility
A front pairing of Mcdonald and keatings is good at this level

Keatings, while he has undeniable skill at Championship level, simply isn’t consistent enough. McDonald is finished. Their defence/midfield is painfully lacking in all areas. He’s signed some absolute diddies for them.

No doubting he did a job at Raith for the time he was there though. He’s been brutal for United.

[Betty Boop]

To be sacked in the morning, according to Sportsound.

[G B Young]

Seems very harsh - and hasty.

I guess it's well nigh imperative United get promoted this season from a financial point of view but they're not blessed as we were with the cash to build a squad strong enough to all but guarantee the title. St Mirren, Dunfermline and Livi all look quite strong and in fact when you look at almost all the clubs in that league bar perhaps Brechin there are no easy games.

McKinnon strikes me as a decent manager and this smacks of panic.

[SirDavidsNapper]

A lot of United fans I know have been wanting him out for months

[Billy Whizz]

Seems very harsh - and hasty.

I guess it's well nigh imperative United get promoted this season from a financial point of view but they're not blessed as we were with the cash to build a squad strong enough to all but guarantee the title. St Mirren, Dunfermline and Livi all look quite strong and in fact when you look at almost all the clubs in that league bar perhaps Brechin there are no easy games.

McKinnon strikes me as a decent manager and this smacks of panic.
Think the chairman is the problem, gone through a stack of managers

[Col2]

McIntyre and Dodds will be replacement.

[My_Wife_Camille]

Surprised at this. I felt that the signing of Fraser Fyvie was a clear signal of the boards intentions to make the play offs.

I can only assume the ginger Pirlo didn't let enough balls run out for corner kicks.

[Hermit Crab]

To be sacked in the morning, according to Sportsound.


Why wait? :confused:

[Billy Whizz]

Why wait? :confused:

Maybe not sorted out his package yet

[pacoluna]

Because having a legend of a manager in charge of some other team is hard to take especially if you are of the opinion he could be doing a better job here.

Grow up

[Sammy7nil]

Because having a legend of a manager in charge of some other team is hard to take especially if you are of the opinion he could be doing a better job here.

Stubbs had his chance he chose Rotherham !!!!!

As I have said before thanks for the cup and all the best but his time at Hibs has passed.

[Souter96Mac]

Maybe not sorted out his package yet

Oo er missus

[Jones28]

Stubbs had his chance he chose Rotherham !!!!!

As I have said before thanks for the cup and all the best but his time at Hibs has passed.

Stubbs jumped before he was pushed.

[Speedway]

Stubbs jumped before he was pushed.

Exactly. He’d already been found badly lacking in two league campaigns but he’s better than a multi championship multi cup winning manger.

Come on.

[CMurdoch]

McIntyre and Dodds will be replacement.

Should be but the talk is of John Hughes.
Frying pan to fire me thinks.

[Swedish hibee]

Stubbs had his chance he chose Rotherham !!!!!

As I have said before thanks for the cup and all the best but his time at Hibs has passed.

I personally think it was a good move for him at the time. Anything can happen in that league, Huddersfield have proved that! But they were just rank rotten..

[Winston Ingram]

Exactly. He’d already been found badly lacking in two league campaigns but he’s better than a multi championship multi cup winning manger.

Come on.

I'd be very surprised if DU went for Stubbs. He was fantastic at getting players up for big games but completely the opposite for diddy teams. Winning the Championship is about beating the diddy teams and considering the budget he had, his record is poor.

[Sammy7nil]

Exactly. He’d already been found badly lacking in two league campaigns but he’s better than a multi championship multi cup winning manger.

Come on.

I can't understand why a lot of fans want him back :confused:

[WeeRussell]

A lot of United fans I know have been wanting him out for months

Exactly. I can't think of many who would see this as either harsh or rash. And they're better placed as fans to judge how he has been as a manager for them.

I thought they looked good to win that league this season after a few very positive signings (including Fyvie, who was mentioned in a pathetic post previously in this thread), but things aren't working the way they are.

If nothing else, this thread has been a good way of letting some posters open up the slagging of two of our biggest Scottish Cup heroes again though :aok:

[andybev1]

I can't understand why a lot of fans want him back :confused:

The grass is always greener.

[JDHibs]

Utd backed MacKinnon both summers and hes brought in alot of players. Hasnt improved them on last season. With St Mirren/Dunfermline improving massively hes been found out! He only kept up with us last season due to us being dreadful for large parts of the season.

[Winston Ingram]

I can't understand why a lot of fans want him back :confused:

Me neither. He was 10 minutes away from being a total catastrophe.

[MWHIBBIES]

Me neither. He was 10 minutes away from being a total catastrophe.

No he wasnt. Stubbs was very good for Hibs before that cup win. He made excellent signings, many of whom are still here and playing a big part, along with making us good to watch after years of rubbish.

He made us very strong at home, something Lennon is failing at big time.

[flash]

No he wasnt. Stubbs was very good for Hibs before that cup win. He made excellent signings, many of whom are still here and playing a big part, along with making us good to watch after years of rubbish.

He made us very strong at home, something Lennon is failing at big time.

To be fair Lennon is trying to beat Aberdeen, Celtic etc instead of Dumbarton and Queen of the South.

[JimboHibs]

Couple of ridiculous comments being made.

[Winston Ingram]

No he wasnt. Stubbs was very good for Hibs before that cup win. He made excellent signings, many of whom are still here and playing a big part, along with making us good to watch after years of rubbish.

He made us very strong at home, something Lennon is failing at big time.

We finished 3rd in a 2 horse race in his last season. That is not 'very good' by any stretch of the imagination.

[WeveGotMcginn]

We finished 3rd in a 2 horse race in his last season. That is not 'very good' by any stretch of the imagination.

Reaching both finals of the cup competitions arguably made our season a lot tougher for players compared to Falkirk/rangers though IMO. Stubbs had us playing good football and totally rebuilt the squad - he was very good & I think he’d of got us promoted no bother last year


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[guthrie01]

We finished 3rd in a 2 horse race in his last season. That is not 'very good' by any stretch of the imagination.

Not to start another Stubbs vs Lennon debate but Stubbs had us finishing on 70 points in both his seasons, Lennon had 71 points.

If anything Stubbs had the better performance in the Championship against harder opposition as well as balancing a double cup final in his last season.

Makes me bitter when people try and label Stubbs as a failure when he was anything but, a fantastic manger who is welcome back whenever Lennon decides to leave

[Northernhibee]

To be fair Lennon is trying to beat Aberdeen, Celtic etc instead of Dumbarton and Queen of the South.

To be fair, Stubbs was competing to the very final stages in three competitions against a resurgent Sevco in his second season without enough squad depth and inherited a total shambles in season one. I've no doubt he'd have won the league had he stayed on, and dare I say more comfortably.

[The Pointer]

Right, before I get pelters, I couldn't make the semi on Saturday as I was in Dundee for a family thing, but was instead at Tannadice and Utd were hopeless.

When you look at the players they have - Macdonald, Flood, Fyvie, Stanton, Keats etc - they should be challenging for top spot, but their passing was all over the place and they lost most of the 50/50 challenges. I thought Keats in particular was woeful and not the guy who scored some crackers for us.

ICT were a bit like Aberdeen (without the clumsy challenges), direct, accurate and confident with a solid defence and their right wing/back was excellent till he ran out of steam in the second half.

Hope they appoint someone decent who gets them back up.

[WhileTheChief..]

Under a year ago folk were raving about McKinnon and how Utd were a huge threat to us!

He’s just another that hasn’t got it. Finally these so called managers are being found out.

[Wilson]

Under a year ago folk were raving about McKinnon and how Utd were a huge threat to us!

He’s just another that hasn’t got it. Finally these so called managers are being found out.

McKinnon isn't just an ex-player thrown into management. He did his time at Brechin and then Raith before Dundee Utd apointed him. It seemed a good appointment and perhaps he can feel aggrieved to be axed in fourth place with a couple of winnable games coming up.

Dundee Utd are not known for their patience and will pay for their quickfire approach to hiring and firing managers.

I agree with Jim Duffy. If they are getting through coaches that quick perhaps the problem lies elsewhere at the club.

[Billy Whizz]

Has he been sacked yet, nothing on official site

[hibbymark]

He’s definitely going . He was meeting the board this afternoon and it will either be announced tonight or tomorrow morning. Hughes will be in before the weekend.

[flash]

To be fair, Stubbs was competing to the very final stages in three competitions against a resurgent Sevco in his second season without enough squad depth and inherited a total shambles in season one. I've no doubt he'd have won the league had he stayed on, and dare I say more comfortably.

I ain't having a go at Stubbs I am sticking up for our current manager.
You should try it sometime.

[Pretty Boy]

I still believe Stubbs would have excelled as our manager in the Premiership. We needed something different to get the Championship job done though and we got that.

Stubbs has to earn his right to get a big job all over again and has a reputation to rebuild. If we are looking for a manager in the medium term then, depending how he gets on with that, he should be considered.

[Northernhibee]

I ain't having a go at Stubbs I am sticking up for our current manager.
You should try it sometime.

What on earth are you on about? :faf:

I prefer Stubbs to Lennon on a personal level. He also gave me the best day I'll ever have as a Hibs supporter. I also happen to think he'd also have gotten us promoted last season.

Doesn't mean I don't want Lennon to do well. The sycophancy towards NL on here is incredible sometimes.

[WhileTheChief..]

I don’t think there’s any sycophancy towards Lennon?

He does have a lot of supporters among us though, surely that’s got to be a good thing!

[Firestarter]

To be fair Lennon is trying to beat Aberdeen, Celtic etc instead of Dumbarton and Queen of the South.

Didn't Stubbs beat that unbeaten Aberdeen on a fantastic midweek match at home? Sorry, he beat a better Aberdeen side.

[Firestarter]

Grow up

Fantastic reply

[MWHIBBIES]

To be fair Lennon is trying to beat Aberdeen, Celtic etc instead of Dumbarton and Queen of the South.

Stubbs beat Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts x2, Rangers x3

Stubbs had a great record at home regardless of opposition.


31 wins
6 losses
10 draws

Was his home record in all comps.

16 wins
9 draws
6 losses
Is Lennons record

Now obviously Lennons record away from home is better and I'm happy with him as our manager but he hasn't really done better than Stubbs.

Edited slightly, had Lennons draws/losses the wrong way about.

[danhibees1875]

Stubbs beat Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts x2, Rangers x3

Stubbs had a great record at home regardless of opposition.


31 wins
6 losses
10 draws

Was his home record in all comps.

16 wins
6 draws
9 losses

Is Lennons record

Now obviously Lennons record away from home is better and I'm happy with him as our manager but he hasn't really done better than Stubbs.

Lennon just has to win his games in hand.

[Firestarter]

Stubbs beat Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts x2, Rangers x3

Stubbs had a great record at home regardless of opposition.


31 wins
6 losses
10 draws

Was his home record in all comps.

16 wins
6 draws
9 losses

Is Lennons record

Now obviously Lennons record away from home is better and I'm happy with him as our manager but he hasn't really done better than Stubbs.

I'm with you.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

A thread on Dundee United has descended in to who's the better manager of hibs 😂😂

The sacking of MacKinnon is harsh imo

I'd take Stubbs back if/when Lennon leaves

[Billy Whizz]

That’s his sacking been confirmed
Shocking that this game out on Sunday, but only announced today

[Hibernia&Alba]

That’s his sacking been confirmed
Shocking that this game out on Sunday, but only announced today

Absolutely. It's been handled very unprofessionally.

[Johnny Clash]

What on earth are you on about? :faf:

I prefer Stubbs to Lennon on a personal level. He also gave me the best day I'll ever have as a Hibs supporter. I also happen to think he'd also have gotten us promoted last season.

Doesn't mean I don't want Lennon to do well. The sycophancy towards NL on here is incredible sometimes.

If you know them both personally then I suppose you have an advantage over many of us. I don’t know either of them but with what I see in media and read in papers it would appear NL has more passion about Hibs and gets our vibe. I still rate Stubbsy but I believe we ended up better off after Stubbsy chose to exit Hibs.

[jacomo]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41739517

Didn't realise he was a Dundee Utd fan.

Currently in 4th place, 5 points off the top. Seems a ridiculous decision to me - so many points still to play for.

[pacoluna]

A thread on Dundee United has descended in to who's the better manager of hibs ����

The sacking of MacKinnon is harsh imo

I'd take Stubbs back if/when Lennon leaves

yup until he jumps ship at the first chance again perhaps burton or Accrington Stanley this time around.

[IWasThere2016]

The sacking of MacKinnon is harsh imo

I think the sacking is panic-laden. Dumbarton/St Mirren/Brechin .. 3 wins and they are back in it.