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The Engine Room: a pivotal weekend in the Scottish Premiership relegation battle

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Gordon Strachan is an Aberdeen legend. Over the course of almost 300 Dons appearances, he won two league titles and three Scottish Cups, as well as playing in their famous 1983 European Cup Winners’ Cup Final victory.He hasn’t, however, held a single management position since leaving the Scotland role in 2017.

That hasn’t stopped him being linked with the Aberdeen job, which has been available since Jim Goodwin’s departure in January.Could Strachan bring more good times to Pittodrie?When a goalkeeper makes a costly error, it will often be described as ‘unfortunate’.

You know it’s a bad one when it’s called ‘grotesque’, which is how the BBC referred to Mark Birighitti’s mistake against St Johnstone.After receiving a backpass, Dundee United’s keeper took a touch and quickly realised he didn’t actually have time to take a touch.

Saints striker Stevie May flew in and bundled the ball into the net, in a moment which summed-up bottom-placed United’s season.Not since Conor Sammon was pictured gloomily holding a pizza box as a Man of the Match award has someone with a fishy name made such an impression in Scottish football.The 20-year-old centre-back joined Hibs on loan from Manchester United in September, and scored as Lee Johnson’s side extended their unbeaten league run to six matches with a 2-0 win against Kilmarnock.“He’s got everything” said Johnson, adding: “If you could build a centre-half you’d build a Will Fish”.It’s been a largely frustrating season at Easter Road, but a win against Kilmarnock took the resurgent Hibees up to fourth.Their city rivals have been streets ahead for much of the campaign, but a 2-0 defeat for Hearts against Motherwell saw the gap between the two Edinburgh clubs narrow.“It was our worst

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