Dons have tough job on hands

THERE might have been a touch of envy, or even annoyance, this week for fans of Celtic and Rangers at seeing two English clubs – Manchester City and Liverpool – compete in the Champions League while their teams are involved in the lesser European tournaments.

No matter the competition, though, fans like their clubs to do well and Ibrox supporters can be proud of their team’s showing in the Europa League.

To make a trip to Dortmund to face Borussia, currently second in the Bundesliga, was daunting enough. But to come away with a 4-2 victory was almost the stuff of dreams.

By contrast, Celtic were left disappointed at Parkhead against Bodo/Glimt in the Conference League.

Against a team still in pre-season mode who have sold four top stars, the Hoops players just did not meet expectations and will have to overturn a 3-1 deficit in Norway.

For most of the country, these two matches would have been the main talking point of the

Perhaps the Dons will want more experience from next manager

week. For Aberdeen fans, they were overshadowed by the sacking of boss Stephen Glass. Was it a justified move? Well, the Dons are eighth – a pretty poor position – and the loss to Motherwell in the Scottish Cup looks to have triggered the board’s change.

Who should the Dons go for? Well, perhaps the board have this time focused on an appointment with experience of managing in Scotland, as their move for St Mirren’s Jim Goodwin suggests.

The problem is that more than a few clubs have tried out managers of varying experience and few have been successful.

I do not envy the Aberdeen board in this process.

One final point. Could there be a changing of the guard in the other Scottish leagues?

At the Championship summit, part-time Arbroath are ruling the roost, Cove Rangers are five points clear in League One, while Kelty Hearts are nine clear in League Two. Who would have predicted that at the start of the season?