McInnes feigned offence in interviews about how well Anderson was doing at Accies and how pleased he was on the basis that other players had gone out on loan and come back to challenge for first team places. That would make sense if Anderson were returning with another year on his contract but to send him out on loan with a handful of games left in the season and nothing to bind him to Aberdeen is not likely to enthuse him to sign a new contract if another one is available, with potential signing-on fee, elsewhere. Everyone can disagree about tactics on the field but this is unquestionably ****e management of a player, whoever is responsible.