Mckinlay

[copa-mundial]

Can't find any faults in that interview at all. He's been as open and as transparent as he possibly could be given the circumstance. 

 

 

[Jocam2325]

Just now, copa-mundial said:

Can't find any faults in that interview at all. He's been as open and as transparent as he possibly could be given the circumstance. 

 

 

Give it time. Sure some of the experts will be on to refer to.his weight or his arrogance. 

I agree though, decent interview with answers provided. 

[Go for it 1308]

20 minutes ago, gordon simpson said:

aye our fans have very short memories 

The club has never been better run off the pitch.  But its been a shitfest shambles on  the pitch for far too long. We got lucky last season due to the fact that hibs and Aberdeen were shit and we had a 30 odd goal striker bailing us out. 

Don't have a go at the fans ffs!

[davemclaren]

Certainly a better interview than the one he gave after Robbie was sacked.   Obviously a lot going on behind the scenes even before we hit this slump.  Interesting times in many ways. 

[Diego10]

1 minute ago, Go for it 1308 said:

The club has never been better run off the pitch.  But its been a shitfest shambles on  the pitch for far too long. We got lucky last season due to the fact that hibs and Aberdeen were shit and we had a 30 odd goal striker bailing us out. 

Don't have a go at the fans ffs!

Shitfest shambles after 3 consecutive seasons in Europe for the first time ever. 

 

Give over man

[Jambo in Bathgate]

21 minutes ago, johnking123 said:

I know a lot of people don't 100% like him. But Mckinlay came across well.

Is that not usual for the people in power at any football club. Nevertheless it was a good honest interview within the boundaries of what he could say. 

[Wish]

I've been critical about the boards footballing decisions in the past, but I feel the McKinlay knows he can't f this one up, especially with all the Bloom stuff going on.

[gregzy2k7]

So the way that interview comes across it's like McKinley has confirmed without saying it outright  that Blooms analytics team will be involved in the process of hiring the new manager.

 

If that's the case then happy days.

[hughesie27]

6 minutes ago, Diego10 said:

Shitfest shambles after 3 consecutive seasons in Europe for the first time ever. 

 

Give over man

And consistently reaching semis/Finals more often than not compared to the last 20 years. Unfortunately always falling at the OF hurdle.

Edited September 25, 2024 by hughesie27

[south morocco]

8 minutes ago, Jambo in Bathgate said:

Is that not usual for the people in power at any football club. Nevertheless it was a good honest interview within the boundaries of what he could say. 

Correct. 

[DG_HMFC]

4 minutes ago, gregzy2k7 said:

So the way that interview comes across it's like McKinley has confirmed without saying it outright  that Blooms analytics team will be involved in the process of hiring the new manager.

 

If that's the case then happy days.

 

100%

[John Findlay]

7 minutes ago, davemclaren said:

Certainly a better interview than the one he gave after Robbie was sacked.   Obviously a lot going on behind the scenes even before we hit this slump.  Interesting times in many ways. 

I think he has grown(not literally) more into his role since the sacking of Robbie Neilson. Interesting times ahead.

We know we can't compete with the ugly sisters just on stadium capacity alone, never mind support size and club merchandising. So we as a club are thinking outside the box with regard to generating extra income. James Anderson, the hotel being two ways so far. Now the possible Tony Bloom investment. We are not selling our souls to get this investment.

[Chimp]

22 minutes ago, gordiegords said:

Don’t see the problem with the guy tbh 🤷🏽‍♂️ 

 

Neither do I. Don't understand why he gets so much hate. Always speaks very well and comes across as genuine in any interview I've seen.

[Hearts1975]

1 hour ago, Dazo said:

Of course there is nothing wrong with it. Won’t stop people making things up or twisting his words to have a pop though. 
 

On the snippet it is clear we gave him every chance to turn it around. I know many won’t appreciate it but I’m certain this will carry a lot of good will and positive reputation for the club among the footballing community. We will be seen as a club who back our employees and give them a fair chance. You never know when this type of reputation can help get a deal over the line or swing something in our favour. 

Yup. 100%. You just need to read Naismith's statement to see that. 

I don't get some of the seethe for McKinley at times.

Personally, think he is doing a good job, overall. 

 

 

[Vlad Magic]

3 minutes ago, Chimp said:

 

Neither do I. Don't understand why he gets so much hate. Always speaks very well and comes across as genuine in any interview I've seen.

Look at who starts the hate and who then piles in on it. We should ask Bloom to run some analysis on posting patterns on here. Would make interesting reading.

[mikey51]

Good interview, we are really lucky to have this guy. As evidenced by the supposed sevco interest. I thought he was as open and honest as he could be. 

[FerryJambo81]

You don't get jobs such as his without being able to talk. He's a businessman as opposed to 'football man', by default means some people won't take to him. Still a country that loves a 'class' based judgement across society

 

Don't doubt the guy is switched on and success for Hearts is success for him.

 

Well constructed information piece.

 

Let's see what the coming days / weeks bring.

[thehibsareintheirbeds]

Really good statement and lots of our biggest gripes and moans addressed.  Encouraged by how he speaks about bloom, his potential role, and how advanced and integrated it all seems. 

[Biffa Bacon]

47 minutes ago, Stendelnator said:

You can tell this deal with Bloom is absolutely enormous given how terrified McKinlay was to even talk about it 

He is exhibiting professionalism. There is no deal signed yet, so he does not want to jeopardise anything.

Also there is a possibility that it may not come off at all, what would be the reaction if he was spouting off about Bloom and nothing was completed?

[The Tackle]

Comes across as a good guy who genuinely has the clubs best interests at heart. Hopefully the next appointment is an overwhelming success and the noise directed at the board can quieten down a bit.

[chester copperpot]

I thought his interview was excellent.

 

We should never be a feeder club no matter who we tie in with 

[jbee647]

28 minutes ago, Go for it 1308 said:

The club has never been better run off the pitch.  But its been a shitfest shambles on  the pitch for far too long. We got lucky last season due to the fact that hibs and Aberdeen were shit and we had a 30 odd goal striker bailing us out. 

Don't have a go at the fans ffs!

So are we all agreed Aberdeen are actually shit and are only doing well this season because Hearts are awful 

[gorgieshuffle]

Reasonable update beyond his comment regarding 2nd half tbf.  
Clearly not in a position to disclose further information on Bloom deal. 
Pleased that he’s confirmed a different direction to our previous Head Coach recruitment. 
Improved messaging than post Neilson sacking. Or at least it seems the board is more alligned with what that looks like this time around. 
I noticed he has a podcast interview with sky sports out also. 

[rocketman19]

Just listened to interview on sky aswell and gotta say another very good interview with loads of stuff covered 

[jamboinglasgow]

Thought it was a good interview. Clearing up a few misconceptions (especially around the contract renewal being just taking the 1 year option on the contract that was already available.)

 

As others say, he was being very careful about Bloom deal not to mention any names or details (apart from confirming that that an analytics company is assisting head coach recruitment.) I do think a deal is very close, but it can also be the time things can fall apart so understandable (apart from commercial agreement reasons) that he doesn't want to say too much. I think his talk about no partnership or link up with another club is to get ahead of the game as he knows some may interrupt the deal when unveiled as that.

 

I do like that he clarifies now that Fox is not in the frame for the job, as it removes pressure from Fox and fear from the fans. 

 

[MoncurMacdonaldMercer]

Defended everything the board had done blamed naisy for the contract extensions and told the players they had let everyone down 

 

 

[1953]

Quite happy with that interview. Lots been going on behind the scenes for a while I should think. Hopefully it all comes to fruition very soon.

[Marvin]

Watched the interview earlier and happy with what he has to say. 

[RustyRightPeg]

Good interview. Hopefully clears a few things up for people, myself included. 

[boag1874]

24 minutes ago, Chimp said:

 

Neither do I. Don't understand why he gets so much hate. Always speaks very well and comes across as genuine in any interview I've seen.

Because he's an easy target as basically the public face of the board since Budge stepped back from the frontline, also likely in part because nobody really knows what his full remit is.

 

IMO he seems a highly competent CEO & to me whenever he does these interviews he tries his best to be as transparent as he can be. 

Edited September 25, 2024 by boag1874

[indianajones]

Fair play to him. A good interview that addresses and explains criticisms. 

[David McCaig]

4 minutes ago, jbee647 said:

So are we all agreed Aberdeen are actually shit and are only doing well this season because Hearts are awful 

I think Aberdeen are bang ordinary and currently benefitting from the most fortuitous opening set of fixtures I've ever seen, Spartans at home in the QF of a Cup competition says its all.

 

I am fully confident that Aberdeen will derail spectacularly from November onwards.

 

Yes Hearts have been awful but we have played 2 home games and 4 away including 2 OF fixtures, Aberdeen have played 3 home games and 2 away with zero OF fixtures.  We'll enjoy runs when we win 5 or 6 on the bounce this season as well.

 

If our bad start leads to us recruiting a genuinely talented Head Coach with both a clear vision of how he wants us to play and the skills to implement that, we will come out of this blip far stronger than ever before.

[jtkb]

19 minutes ago, Vlad Magic said:

Look at who starts the hate and who then piles in on it. We should ask Bloom to run some analysis on posting patterns on here. Would make interesting reading.

Let the Lizard loose and weed out the Hobos and Haters 😂😂😂

[Star Lizard]

Thoroughly covers every question to the point of not breaking confidentiality . Cant ask for much more than that really 

 

I agree about the players being written off way too early , and I maintain we have a really good squad for this level . Now we just need someone in who shows up well in the key criteria for improving players and nurturing raw talent such as Taylor and Vargas 

 

I like the fact that we have been compiling our own lists anyway , regardless of those that we will imminently have access to through the analytics company tie up . Feeding those names in to the same system and algorithms as those used by Brighton and USG when choosing managers will hopefully see us with a wide pool in which to cast our net and it would be fascinating to see the list being whittled down to a shortlist using this scoring method 

 

It is the part after the compilation of a list and subsequent shortlist where the margin for error gets a bit more unstable I think . The raw data scoring is objective and qualitative . No real likelihood for mistakes . The part about personality , likelihood to fit in to our culture and set up has a far wider potential for error . Humans are emotional creatures and can go from success to failure pretty quickly if put in to a non conducive environment 

 

Once the position is filled however , the new man will have the benefit of recruiting his players using the same methods which identified him for the role as their head coach , so I would expect things to snowball pretty quickly if successful

 

All in all a positive interview and it left me feeling cautiously optimistic that we will turn things around promptly

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2024 by Star Lizard

[Horatio Caine]

Happy with that interview.  Confident that we will very shortly be back on track.

[Haken]

1 hour ago, Midloth_Iain said:

E.E.N. 25/09

 

Tynecastle club comment for the first time about the investment proposal

 

Hearts today confirmed talks with Tony Bloom’s analytics firms and explained how those will influence their search for a new manager after sacking Steven Naismith. Chief executive Andrew McKinlay discussed the proposed investment deal with Bloom, which is worth up to £10m and would give Hearts access to top-level recruitment technology developed by Starlizard and Jamestown Analytics.

The Edinburgh club sacked Naismith on Sunday along with his assistants Frankie McAvoy and Gordon Forrest following a run of eight successive defeats. Liam Fox has been named interim manager whilst a new permanent incumbent is sought using the same recruitment technology as Brighton and Hove Albion, where Bloom is chairman.

 

Speaking to Hearts TV, McKinlay gave an indication on the timeline and how Bloom’s companies will be involved: “The timeline is a difficult one because I’d love to be able to bring in a manager tomorrow or as soon as possible. I’ll be very upfront and say that as a club, and as long as I’m here, I would never speak to anyone else about the manager’s job until such time that there is no manager in place. You see many examples of other clubs who appear as if their process is 24-hours and suddenly a new manager appears. That’s not the way we work. 

 

“Having said that, and I’ve said this previously, we do always have lists of people that we’re looking at, that we update and refresh on a two or three-monthly basis, and we’ve been doing that recently, as you’d expect us to. Where we are now is that we’ve had our own lists and we’re also working with an analytics company. I can’t really say too much about who that company is, there has been a lot of press reporting recently but for commercial confidentiality reasons I can’t go into too much detail, but we are working with an analytics company.

“Now, what does that mean? Does it just mean that they will tell us who we should have as the manager? No, it doesn’t mean that. What it means is that they will be part of the process and they will have some views on some individuals and we will also feed them any individuals we think might be right and any applications we might have, and we’ve had a significant amount in the last 48 hours. In fact, we’ve had a significant amount in the weeks previous to that, such is the nature of football. They’ll all be fed into that analytics and that will give us an idea of a ranking of managers.

“But that ranking is just based on analytics, you then have to take that and look at those individuals; are they within our ability to get them, are they in current roles or not, there are various factors – will they fit into our culture, what style of football will they play, you can go on and on, and the analytics won’t give you all those answers. You have to do a lot of your own work and that’s the same as when it comes to recruiting players through analytics as well. The analytics will be a very important part of the process.”

I've just watched the interview and AM was very clear in NOT confirming any deal with any company.  We all know who the talks are with, but EEN's statement is just a blatant lie. 

[pettigrewsstylist]

2 hours ago, EH11 2NL said:

He's said as much as he can without just saying "we won't give Fox the job because we know there will be civil war". Thought the interview was fine, and good to know he has read the room and we don't want anymore apprentice managers, finally the penny has dropped. 

Im reading that also, at this point, but.. ill wait and see what narrative develops if we suddenly start winning games ......

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

Good interview, you dont have to like him, way too intelligent though for most Kickbackers.

[Hømme]

3 minutes ago, pettigrewsstylist said:

Im reading that also, at this point, but.. ill wait and see what narrative develops if we suddenly start winning games ......

 

Winning games is a good thing though.

 

We all loved last season when Rookie SN won us loads of matches.

[Star Lizard]

5 minutes ago, Lord Beni of Gorgie said:

Good interview, you dont have to like him, way too intelligent though for most Kickbackers.

Indeed 

[jamboinglasgow]

19 minutes ago, David McCaig said:

I think Aberdeen are bang ordinary and currently benefitting from the most fortuitous opening set of fixtures I've ever seen, Spartans at home in the QF of a Cup competition says its all.

 

I am fully confident that Aberdeen will derail spectacularly from November onwards.

 

Yes Hearts have been awful but we have played 2 home games and 4 away including 2 OF fixtures, Aberdeen have played 3 home games and 2 away with zero OF fixtures.  We'll enjoy runs when we win 5 or 6 on the bounce this season as well.

 

If our bad start leads to us recruiting a genuinely talented Head Coach with both a clear vision of how he wants us to play and the skills to implement that, we will come out of this blip far stronger than ever before.

 

Completely agree

 

I do think its something that is missed about Aberdeen at how things are working well for them at the moment with fixtures (they even got to play us twice after European games.) But their next 7 leagues games are Dundee (A), Hearts (H), Celtic (A), Dundee United (H), Rangers (H), Dundee (H) with a league cup semi v Celtic thrown in there as well. 

 

Dont get me wrong, I would rather be them with 15 points than us with 1 point and they have done well, but its often a mistake to take the early form as a given for the rest of the season. Remember us in 18/19 season where we were at the top of league till October then fell apart and scraped top 6. 

[db211833]

37 minutes ago, jbee647 said:

So are we all agreed Aberdeen are actually shit and are only doing well this season because Hearts are awful 

I know, complete drivel. And to bring hibs into the argument. Hibs have no history of consistently challenging for 3rd so why their form comes into it I have no idea.

[Sierra Delta]

Good interview and as others have said seems he has been as transparent as he can be about various things, which makes the deal with StarLizard sounds relatively close. 

 

Noticed he said that the appointment of a new Sporting Director included discussions on being comfortable with data analytics etc given the ongoing discussions with Tony Bloom, probably a case of 2 + 2 = 5 but I wonder if that played a part in Joe Savage deciding to move on originally. 

[Turkishcap]

Not officially signed off but they are helping us.

Good guys.

[David McCaig]

8 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said:

 

Completely agree

 

I do think its something that is missed about Aberdeen at how things are working well for them at the moment with fixtures (they even got to play us twice after European games.) But their next 7 leagues games are Dundee (A), Hearts (H), Celtic (A), Dundee United (H), Rangers (H), Dundee (H) with a league cup semi v Celtic thrown in there as well. 

 

Dont get me wrong, I would rather be them with 15 points than us with 1 point and they have done well, but its often a mistake to take the early form as a given for the rest of the season. Remember us in 18/19 season where we were at the top of league till October then fell apart and scraped top 6. 

 

The other big challenge for Aberdeen will be how they deal with the deflation from exceeding expectations to crashing back to earth, conversely Hearts should be peaking around xmas time when the fixture list offers the chance to pick up 15 points in a fortnight.

 

We obviously have little margin for error, but the success or otherwise of our season is still very much in our own hands.

[jamboinglasgow]

27 minutes ago, Star Lizard said:

Thoroughly covers every question to the point of not breaking confidentiality . Cant ask for much more than that really 

 

I agree about the players being written off way too early , and I maintain we have a really good squad for this level . Now we just need someone in who shows up well in the key criteria for improving players and nurturing raw talent such as Taylor and Vargas 

 

I like the fact that we have been compiling our own lists anyway , regardless of those that we will imminently have access to through the analytics company tie up . Feeding those names in to the same system and algorithms as those used by Brighton and USG when choosing managers will hopefully see us with a wide pool in which to cast our net and it would be fascinating to see the list being whittled down to a shortlist using this scoring method 

 

It is the part after the compilation of a list and subsequent shortlist where the margin for error gets a bit more unstable I think . The raw data scoring is objective and qualitative . No real likelihood for mistakes . The part about personality , likelihood to fit in to our culture and set up has a far wider potential for error . Humans are emotional creatures and can go from success to failure pretty quickly if put in to a non conducive environment 

 

Once the position is filled however , the new man will have the benefit of recruiting his players using the same methods which identified him for the role as their head coach , so I would expect things to snowball pretty quickly if successful

 

All in all a positive interview and it left me feeling cautiously optimistic that we will turn things around promptly

 

 

 

 

Listened to an interview last night from a football podcast I listen to where the Brighton CEO was interviewed. One bit they were talking about was player recruitment and while the analytics is done, they also ensure there is a psychiatric assessment of the player. I suspect Jamestown Analytics will also assess that as well with any potential head coach.

[EH11 2NL]

1 hour ago, Go for it 1308 said:

The club has never been better run off the pitch.  But its been a shitfest shambles on  the pitch for far too long. We got lucky last season due to the fact that hibs and Aberdeen were shit and we had a 30 odd goal striker bailing us out. 

Don't have a go at the fans ffs!

3rd, 4th, 3rd, most consistent we've been in decades. Not out fault if we blew teams away (hibs by 20 odd points).

[Chillidigits]

Really hope I'm wrong here but even bringing in a very good manager it's a big ask to get an immediate tune out of a misfiring team you inherit. Everyone will have to excercise a bucket load of patience for remainder of this season I fear.

[David McCaig]

10 minutes ago, Sierra Delta said:

Good interview and as others have said seems he has been as transparent as he can be about various things, which makes the deal with StarLizard sounds relatively close. 

 

Noticed he said that the appointment of a new Sporting Director included discussions on being comfortable with data analytics etc given the ongoing discussions with Tony Bloom, probably a case of 2 + 2 = 5 but I wonder if that played a part in Joe Savage deciding to move on originally. 

Prior to the emergence of a possible deal with Starlizard, I was very critical of Graeme Jones Sports Science rather Recruitment background.  However with the direction we now appear to be going in, he sounds like a very sound choice.

[Chuck Berry]

1 hour ago, Chimp said:

 

Neither do I. Don't understand why he gets so much hate. Always speaks very well and comes across as genuine in any interview I've seen.

 

I do always detect a little arrogance in what he says when it comes to fan ownership, as if he doesn't particularly like it, but maybe that's just me.   Todays interview rounds were fine, limited to what he can say re Bloom and clear Naismith's future was being discussed for the preceeding couple of weeks.