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‘Aberdeen hunt yet another manager after ill-fated Robinson reign’
Aberdeen have sacked head coach Stephen Robinson after less than eight months, following a 4-0 home defeat by Hibernian. The club are second bottom of the Scottish Premiership, and the latest managerial change renews questions about leadership and recruitment at Pittodrie.
Robinson leaves with three wins from 12 league matches and Aberdeen’s attack among the weakest in the division. The article traces the club’s instability to a succession of appointments since Derek McInnes left in 2021, and notes that chairman Dave Cormack has called this his sixth permanent managerial appointment. Aberdeen sit two points above the bottom and six behind sixth-placed Dundee United; the next appointment will follow significant spending on managers who were later dismissed.
In short
- Aberdeen have dismissed Stephen Robinson after a 4-0 home defeat.
- The club are second bottom, with three league wins from 12.
- The latest departure adds to a run of managerial changes.
Steelman: both sides, in good faith
The strongest fair case each way — we don't pick a winner.
The case for
Aberdeen’s decision to dismiss Robinson can be defended as an effort to arrest a serious decline: three wins in 12 league matches, a weak attack and a position close to the bottom of the table risk the club’s immediate competitive and financial prospects. After a heavy home defeat, the board may reasonably judge that a change offers the best chance of stabilising results and giving the squad a fresh direction.
The case against
Sacking Robinson may deepen the instability that has contributed to Aberdeen’s difficulties, especially after repeated managerial changes and substantial spending on appointments who did not last. With less than eight months in charge, he may not have had enough time to reshape the squad or establish a system; the board’s repeated choices on recruitment and leadership therefore deserve scrutiny alongside his results.