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The Football Show · 12 November 2026
"This job was too big for him." Why did Stephen Robinson fail at Aberdeen? The Journos on wages and recruitment, a sporting director who "appears to be bombproof", Jens Berthel Askou's Motherwell and a style he stuck to, "It was a Motherwell thing", The Last Dance, Shankly and Ancelotti, a defeat at Tannadice ("that's not a Stephen Robinson side"), how teams worked Jimmy Thelin out, and four managerial appointments with no strategy: "That's just picking a manager."
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Wages, recruitment and a sporting director who "appears to be bombproof"
0:40 Stephen Robinson sacked "The club was too big for him"?
1:51 Askou at Motherwell: a style, and sticking to it
5:18 The Last Dance, Shankly and Ancelotti: a team with a DNA
7:18 "This job was too big for him"
8:07 Tannadice: "that's not a Stephen Robinson side"
10:46 Who picks the manager? Adrian Bevington's role
13:41 Motherwell's foreign coaches, and a strategy
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Stephen Robinson and Aberdeen: "This job was too big for him"
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