Cormack Thread

[sooth_stander]

2 minutes ago, starryfish said:

Slagged off McInnes lack of promoting the youth as well, though the way Cormack spoke you’d think we had half a dozen academy players breaking through instead of two.

Yeah, that is true. Who are the other youngsters on the conveyor belt?

Plus, McKenzie is 22

[aberdeen1970]

Just now, Yorston Vasey said:

Thought that was weird the way he went on at that, yet the likes of Dean Campbell and Ethan Ross are marginalised or bombed out completely.

Aye its smoke and mirrors. 

It's not really that young a squad.  Half of them are over 30

[Ernie McCracken]

10 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Only heard the 1st half of the interview so haven’t heard the DST chap yet or the rest of Cormack’s stuff but, a few barbed comments about one trophy in 26 years from Cormack was clearly a dig at McInnes and Calderwood’s lack of success, despite both being seen by the Weegia as gods.

 

Shows how deluded he is.  He's backing a manager who's seen us punted out of the league cup by Raith Rovers and has us toiling at the bottom of the league, and he's throwing in barbs about previous managers not having won enough silverware!

Albeit those previous managers were certainly not footballing gods. 

[fine-n-dandy]

41 minutes ago, Yorston Vasey said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_scotland_mw

19:17 is when it starts.. he's raging right from the off!

 

18 minutes ago, AllyDon said:

That link is not sportsound

& it starts at 20:00

[DoonTheLine]

Haven’t listened to it but seen the “fighting talk” comments which have immediately got people back on his side.

My Eddie Hearn/Pied Piper comparisons continue with him. He literally couldn’t last a week after his tweet of shutting up before going all over the media. The only thing he could do is sound angry/fight as it placates the fan base and strokes his ego as he looks the hero (already seen folk saying they wish the team had the fight of Cormack ffs)

He plays a blinder with the talk I’ll give him that, and there’s plenty of gullible ones who will follow him blindly despite our club dropping like a stone on the pitch!

[WesthillWanderersFC]

22 minutes ago, ConsiCanBoogie1903 said:

My worry here is the "passion" he's just shown has clouded people's judgement. 
 

Yes, the boy McIntyre is a prick. Yes, Sportsound are only interested because it's going so wrong, and yes it was somewhat refreshing to see someone at AFC come out swinging. 
 

However, if you look at it from an objective standpoint, he sounded like a fucking lunatic. Quite rightly, was the appointment of Glass being questioned. Quite rightly, was the recent run being questioned. Quite rightly, were the credentials of the management and back room staff questioned. He came out more or less screaming at them. I honestly don't think they asked any unfair questions. 
 

Either DC is incredibly deluded (likely) or ridiculously calculated, and this was all a rouse to create some sort of siege mentality and get fans back onside. 
 

This can only be looked at as a good thing, if points are picked up soon. Should we continue losing, this will be remembered as the shambles I fear it was. 

Agree with all of that.

The pundits in the main were fair & didn’t ask anything outrageous.

Unfortunately it doesn’t sound like SG is getting sacked soon.

Dave Cormack has backed himself in to a corner here.
WTF does he do if, as is possible, we don’t win any of the 4 before the next break?

Spending our way out of trouble in January? Might almost be too late by then. Two thirds of the league season is done by 1/1. 

 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, DoonTheLine said:

Haven’t listened to it but seen the “fighting talk” comments which have immediately got people back on his side.

My Eddie Hearn/Pied Piper comparisons continue with him. He literally couldn’t last a week after his tweet of shutting up before going all over the media. The only thing he could do is sound angry/fight as it placates the fan base and strokes his ego as he looks the hero (already seen folk saying they wish the team had the fight of Cormack ffs)

He plays a blinder with the talk I’ll give him that, and there’s plenty of gullible ones who will follow him blindly despite our club dropping like a stone on the pitch!

Yep. Good summary.

[Ernie McCracken]

Anyway I didn't understand who DC was raging with. The press have given Glass an unbelievably easy ride so far. What is is DCs grievance? 

[fine-n-dandy]

So if the reason he didn’t want/like the other candidates for that he job was because they wanted around 80% control of recruitment, how much control (therefore blame) does Glass have of it then? All these new players down to Cormack more so than Glass?

 

No wonder he’s scared to sack him if he leaks the prawcess afterwards 

[S2RDS]

He is right, its only 9 game in. The issue isn't that it is only 9 games in, the issue is the way we have played in them and there is nothing there that i can see which makes me think we can turn it around. Unfortunately for Glass the next 6 games look daunting and if he cant take at least 9/12 points from them then he has to go. 

I want both DC and SG to succeed and i hope we are eating humble pie by end of the season, but I can't see how that will be the case. The fighting talk also sounds great, but it is indicative of a man under immense pressure and I get the impression he isn't a man that likes to lose. 

[Ke1t]

51 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Yeah, me too. Listening to a playback and he’s certainly passionate. Put our feelings about Glass to one side for a minute, at least DC is showing he cares passionately about the Reds 

Where can i hear the playback?

[ericblack4boss]

52 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Yeah, me too. Listening to a playback and he’s certainly passionate. Put our feelings about Glass to one side for a minute, at least DC is showing he cares passionately about the Reds 

He doesn't live the club as much as Hun DMC who loves it more than any fan.

I liked his digs at Hun DMC for ,. Lack of youth Development and the training regime

[WesthillWanderersFC]

9 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said:

So if the reason he didn’t want/like the other candidates for that he job was because they wanted around 80% control of recruitment, how much control (therefore blame) does Glass have of it then? All these new players down to Cormack more so than Glass?

 

No wonder he’s scared to sack him if he leaks the prawcess afterwards 

You’ve totally misheard the quote.

80% of the applicants wanted total control of recruitment. 
ie They didn’t want to work under a DoF. 

Criticise where it’s merited.
He didn’t divulge anything really. No names were mentioned & our new structure is hardly a state secret, is it? 

[Hagi's pubic hair]

45 minutes ago, Simosmashed my knee said:

As we thought he backed boy blunder, no change for a few weeks yet. The fundamental issue is SG had no experience in management and cannot set a team up. We are not a club to develop untried managers. 

We are now.

[Hagi's pubic hair]

Are there any links to the full interview?

[Hoofball]

5 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

 

80% of the applicants wanted total control of recruitment. 
ie They didn’t want to work under a DoF. 

I wonder how many of that 80% didn’t have a problem working with a DoF as long as the DoF wasn’t Gunn who has no experience in such a role

[WesthillWanderersFC]

44 minutes ago, 1983 said:

It’s a shame none of the pundits have watched enough of us to ask why we never look like scoring, no matter the shots and stats. John Collins himself admitted he’d only seen the highlights and stats - if he’d seen 90 minutes then I’m sure he’d get a sense of how deep the possession is and where our shots are coming from.

Having said that, great entertainment from Dave. If only the team had such gusto.

Unfortunately, Dave’s now entrenched himself and might struggle to make the right call. He’s made this personal, so he now has to overcome embarrassment, as well as the pain of firing someone.

That’s what concerns me.

He’s backed himself in to a corner, big time. 
Will make it far harder for him to sack Glass if this shambles carries on. 

[DoonTheLine]

6 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

You’ve totally misheard the quote.

80% of the applicants wanted total control of recruitment. 
ie They didn’t want to work under a DoF. 

Criticise where it’s merited.
He didn’t divulge anything really. No names were mentioned & our new structure is hardly a state secret, is it? 

80% of what total? How many applicants? Why was this specified without interviews? Did these applicants plaster this on their cvs? None would even negotiate the position or hear out the structure?

Of the remaining 20% (which could be 1 person, could be 20 depending on applicants) how many were interviewed?

As Glass clearly doesn’t have total control, how is the decisions made on transfers? Gunn has no footballing experience (plenty of business/office side), Cormack is the money man, and then Glass - who decides? 

Many have Glass as the fall guy with the old school thinking, and he even apparently said he has final say on transfers which it appears may not be true - or does Cormack just throw a list at him and say “I’m buying these players” and Glass meekly agrees?

There is a lot to this we don’t know but with Daves ego in overdrive I’d be very surprised if he’s not in the managers office constantly giving his “opinion” on footballing matters - he’s basically appearing like Romanov just a bit more savvy!

[Ernie McCracken]

14 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

You’ve totally misheard the quote.

80% of the applicants wanted total control of recruitment. 
ie They didn’t want to work under a DoF. 

Criticise where it’s merited.
He didn’t divulge anything really. No names were mentioned & our new structure is hardly a state secret, is it? 

So is Cormack unwittingly insinuating that 80% of the applicants were ruled out because of this issue, rather than being ruled out because Stephen Glass was deemed to be better than them? 

If not, then why mention it, because evem if they were willing to have no control over transfers, they wouldnt have got the job anyway as Cormack deemed Glass to be a better option. 

[Ke1t]

Here's the download link

Furious Anger

[DD1903]

Strap in folks...gonna be interesting...

[Don_Corleone]

2 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Here's the download link

Furious Anger

Yes lad, thanks! I missed it earlier, can't wait to listen now after reading through the last few pages here.

[Hagi's pubic hair]

4 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Here's the download link

Furious Anger

Thanks

[winchester83]

3 hours ago, milne_afc said:

Chief Gobshite taking to the airwaves this evening. 
BBC Radio Jockland for anyone who cares.

BBC Radio Glasgow

[WesthillWanderersFC]

There better be some reaction from the team or DC will look a right pap 

[ericblack4boss]

80 % the shortlist wouldn't work under a DOF ,so I'm sure he said at the time there was a shortlist of 5, so that means only one would ? 

Wonder which candidate thar was?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[King Street Loon]

29 minutes ago, Hagi's pubic hair said:

Are there any links to the full interview?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09z1j9r

[Hagi's pubic hair]

20 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Here's the download link

Furious Anger

This is fucking hilarious, the big giant head is talking and we should all listen!
ffs

[Medw1311]

27 minutes ago, DoonTheLine said:

As Glass clearly doesn’t have total control, how is the decisions made on transfers? Gunn has no footballing experience (plenty of business/office side), Cormack is the money man, and then Glass - who decides? 
 

There's Darren Mowbray as Head of Recruitment but who knows who makes the final decisions.

[Ernie McCracken]

Maybe the 80% of managers forsaw shite like Jenks, Gurr, JET, and Samuels turning up if they weren't allowed control of transfers.