Kris Boyd calls out Aberdeen FC as Jimmy Thelin record since saying yes sees dissenters seize on start date

Aberdeen's search for their next manager may have concluded, but the timing of Jimmy Thelin's protracted arrival hasn't gone down too well with punditry duo Kris Boyd and Michael Stewart.

The Swede has agreed to take up the reins at Pittodrie on June 3, two days after his final game in charge of top-flight club Elfsborg. With the new Allsvenskan season underway, Thelin has opted to remain with the Swedish club out of loyalty, instead of coming in to take charge of Aberdeen's final post-split fixtures in a season where they failed to make the top six in the Premiership for the second time in three years.

Thelin's decision has meant that first team coach Peter Leven has been tasked with guiding the Dons through the closing weeks of the campaign, and an unbeaten five run in the league has helped easy any worries that the club's 121-year stay in the top-flight was under serious threat. Thelin's Elfsborg meanwhile have lost their last three matches since it was announced he was to become Aberdeen's 25th permanent manager, leaving them sitting fourth from bottom ahead of the clash with Sirius on Monday evening.

Both Boyd and Stewart have questioned the club's decision not to bring in the 46-year-old until the summer and reckon that it has only piled more pressure on Thelin to hit the ground running when he does arrive in the Granite City. Speaking on Sky Sports on Sunday, a baffled Boyd said: "I don't know what what is going on. If you have appointed a manager, why would you not get him in right now? This needs one needs to work for Aberdeen Football Club. Why is he not in the building right now?

"You can say that he is having a look at them and watching games, but the reality is that if you are still in charge of another