Brendan Rodgers St Mirren Jim Goodwin Stephen Robinson Steven Naismith pandemic Department man and Brendan Rodgers St Mirren Jim Goodwin Stephen Robinson Steven Naismith

Buddie Banter: Stephen Robinson has achieved more in the Premiership than Jim Goodwin and can steer St Mirren to top six

Reading now: 446
dailyrecord.co.uk

Nothing lasts forever.And in terms of football managers, often tenures end before they even reach the year mark.Jim Goodwin was by far the longest serving Premiership manager at the start of last week, approaching his 1,000th day in the Paisley hot seat.In that respect, it perhaps wasn’t that much of a surprise to see the former St Mirren boss move on to pastures new.The fact that Aberdeen have entrusted him to lead their rebuild after their failed Stephen Glass experiment says a massive amount about the fine work he did at the SMISA Stadium.In the midst of a global pandemic, and with one of the smallest budgets in the top flight, Goodwin continued to get the Buddies punching well above their weight and improving year-on-year.The fact the Paisley club nearly made the top six and two national cup finals last season was not lost on the Dons board, who can see the potential Goodwin has to grow and develop with bigger financial backing behind him.It hurt a lot of Saints fans to see him don an Aberdeen tracksuit last weekend, particularly so soon after departing, but hopefully as the dust continues to settle the affable Irishman will be given the credit he deserves for the impressive job he did at St Mirren.After toying with the idea of a more inexperienced coach to replace him, with Scott Brown and Steven Naismith both considered, the board moved swiftly to bring in a man with arguably better top flight credentials than Goodwin has to this day.Stephen Robinson did a stellar job initially at Premiership rivals Motherwell, doing what Goodwin couldn’t quite manage by leading the Fir Park side to two national cup finals in the same season.Unfortunately there they faced Brendan Rodgers’ unstoppable Celtic side, who unsurprisingly

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA