It isn’t typically {that a} membership raids a rival sitting beneath them in the identical league for his or her supervisor.
Nonetheless, Stephen Robinson goes from making an attempt to slender the hole between Tenth-placed St Mirren and Aberdeen to trying to extend it. From one facet with one win in 13 league video games to a different with an equivalent dismal file.
The Dons sit only one place, albeit 5 factors, above the Paisley facet, however it’s the latter’s relative success in comparison with their respective sources that has attracted chairman Dave Cormack and his board.
Previous to this season, St Mirren had completed within the high six in all three of Robinson’s years in cost.
Aberdeen completed fifth, one place above final season – and received the Scottish Cup – however St Mirren have this season belied their league place by lifting the League Cup and, on Sunday, reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.
The Dons, beneath caretaker supervisor Peter Leven, had fallen to an ignaminious 3-0 defeat away to Dunfermline Athletic by the point St Mirren surmounted a tough tie at dwelling to a different second-tier facet, Partick Thistle.
Robinson will miss out on the possibility of a uncommon cup double – and a rematch with Celtic – at Hampden however now has the possibility he has relished for a while to handle at one of many nation’s greatest golf equipment by way of sources.
His first process comes in opposition to one other facet punching above their weight as Falkirk, who’ve all however secured a top-six end, arrive at Pittodrie beneath John McGlynn – the person many pundits thought should be within the working to be heading there as supervisor as a substitute.
Given St Mirren’s league struggles this time period, some thought Robinson’s star had light and recommend the Dons board, who had regarded prone to wait till the summer time to make an appointment, have panicked about the potential of being dragged into relegation hassle.
Nonetheless, they’ll argue that they may not afford one other six-month look forward to a supervisor, as that they had with predecessor Jimmy Thelin, and that they’ve had almost three months of shut scrutiny throughout which to decide on the appropriate man.
Nonetheless, Robinson faces a troublesome first check in opposition to a facet which have overwhelmed Aberdeen 1-0 dwelling and away already this season.
