Archie Knox reckons Barry Robson is succeeding at Aberdeen because he has adopted a no-nonsense policy like Alex Fergsuon.
Knox coached Dons boss Robson during his early years in the game when he was a kid on the books at Rangers. The youngster was “full of fun” back in the day but soon developed a highly serious approach which led him to Scotland caps and Champions League appearances with Celtic and has now taken him into top-flight management.
Knox, who was assistant to Ferguson at Pittodrie during the club’s greatest-ever triumphs in the early 1980s, has seen the progression and is delighted that a straight-to-the-point attitude towards work and graft are paying dividends. The veteran, who gave Robson his Oleg nickname as he had ginger hair like ex-Ibrox ace Kuznetsov, said: “Barry’s done really well. When he was at Rangers, if you were looking at boys who’d become managers, you probably wouldn’t put him in that category.
