Mr Mcghee the seat is all yours.

 

Whilst im not going to get into the "Who was best manager since fergie" debate i do have the following to say.

 

Today is a happy day for stoney, some of you think i didnt have much time for Calderwood, truth is in the past 2 and a bit years you would be correct, but today is a little bit of a sad day too.

 

In Jimmys first year with us he inherited some great young players, backed up with signing experianced players (seve, barry nic and lovell) to bring them on, the perfect mix. Its fair to say after the season before i was fairly excited by the season that was to follow and i wasnt dissapointed. First season in the job is always getting the team to the way you like it and building up a good team  we even had an outside chance of Europe- Passed with flying colours couldnt be happier with him.

 

2nd Season - wasnt the greatest but we were still playing decent football, never left a game early we were unlucky that hearts and hibs were flying that season and had money to spend. Plus we had an excellent team, a natural leader (in anderson) an international standard midfield (seve at the time was playing his best stuff, nicolson after taking a year to settle in was playing well, and we all knew what jamie smith could do on his day)

 

3rd Season - Started off the season like a house on fire, we were flying in the league playing some of the best football i had seen us play, couldnt be happier with calderwood he was doing a fantastic job - we looked a nap to finish 2nd that season, i remember it quite well that we had rangers at pittodrie to go 6 points clear of them, it was like something changed over night and we were scared to get beat in that game, for some reason we changed the whole way we played in that season to accomodate rangers, i have no idea why to this day but we ended up getting beat of a very shite rangers team and i started to think that calderwood didnt have a clue what he was doing.

 

A few weeks later we were playing worse and worse and we got humped badly from hibs (first game i have ever left early at the time) kept hearing calderwood talk more and more about other teams instead of having faith in his own players, we had a great team at that time and i felt that if we had a better manager we could have finished 2nd that season.

 

4th Season was the beggining of the end if you take the euro trips out of that season it was awful we took a massive step backwards in my opinion i cant remember wanting to stay till the end of many games, the last straw for me was the QOTS game think he should have walked after that game, quite dissapointed its taken him so long to jack it in, would have still had some respect for him if he walked last season, altho there isnt a massive differance in the home attendances the away support is well down on what it was and also the supporters are a lot less vocal.

 

Whilst i give Calderwood the credit he deserves for making us hard to beat and very solid i feel in his past two years that we became a team scared to get beat and hence never really had a great run of consistant wins. Too many stupid draws against lesser teams, if he left us at the start of the 07/08 season i honestly think we would have had some success in the cups by now, we put hearts and united in their place and they have crept back on us - i think this season was a wasted season.

 

Im not sure about mcghee he's done a good job with motherwell on a third of our budget and also has worked well with the young players they have, which is what we are going to have to relay on, i dont think the next manager is going to get the backing that calderwood has, and i think a reverse effect of this season on any new manager, i think the JIG will make it very difficult for us to have the chance to rebuild. Whoever comes in he's going to need the same two years that calderwood had to get the show on the road.

 

I dont believe our fans have the patience for this.

 

Good luck Mark - You are going to need.

 

COYR

 

 

This is why in one of the threads on here today I said I was warming to the idea of McInnes.

 

He's done well with St Johnstone. A bit of an unknown quantity. Young in management terms, I'm assuming ambitious. A knowledge of English lower leagues from playing days. A knowledge of Scottish lower league from this season. Knows what Scottish fotball is about.

 

Sounds perfect, but you and me both know that there is a section of the Dons support who will never back him as a Dons manager for the same reasons they never backed JC.

Sounds perfect, but you and me both know that there is a section of the Dons support who will never back him as a Dons manager for the same reasons they never backed JC.

 

Bad tan?

Sounds perfect, but you and me both know that there is a section of the Dons support who will never back him as a Dons manager for the same reasons they never backed JC.

 

he he! just edited my original post to say the same thing, great minds eh!

Bad tan?

 

McInnes is most definitely another fanny the tan.

the hodgson reference was just a tongue in cheek comment referring to your need for an ex-don, or someone with experience within Scottish football! I agree McInnes does sound good, I also understand why you feel Calderwood shouldn't have been sacked. I also think we shouldn't be too hasty in dismissing anyone. I'll be happier when a decision has been made either way, I just don't want it to be done TOO hastily. And then we can all get right behind him and see Aberdeen do well, and get Pittodrie (or wherever we end up playing) bouncing!! No matter who he used to play for!!

This is why in one of the threads on here today I said I was warming to the idea of McInnes.

 

He's done well with St Johnstone. A bit of an unknown quantity. Young in management terms, I'm assuming ambitious. A knowledge of English lower leagues from playing days. A knowledge of Scottish lower league from this season. Knows what Scottish fotball is about.

 

Only problem would be him being an "ex hun ex jute ned" tm afchat .

 

He's got more going for him than people give him credit for. Even Owen Coyle couldn't get St Johnstone out of Division 1. Good cup record for a wee team, some nice football and with a simple 442 (every time I've seen them anyway). Must be persuasive too, demonstrated by getting that obnoxious twat Jody Morris to ditch the Coca-Cola for the footballing mecca of Perth.

He's got more going for him than people give him credit for. Even Owen Coyle couldn't get St Johnstone out of Division 1. Good cup record for a wee team, some nice football and with a simple 442 (every time I've seen them anyway). Must be persuasive too, demonstrated by getting that obnoxious twat Jody Morris to ditch the Coca-Cola for the footballing mecca of Perth.

 

Indeed, not a bad candidate but will the powerful AFC hat lobbyists accept another orange cunt in charge? The power brokers over there really must be kept onside with this decision.

Maybe we should start our own Donstalk campaign.

 

Delboy McInnes your time is upon us...

 

Rumour kicking around now Mcghee and Jess, wouldna mind that but surely someone or something better we can get.

Maybe we should start our own Donstalk campaign.

 

Delboy McInnes your time is upon us...

 

 

DMcIMG

 

good to get in there early

I would back that, but would he bring Kevin Rubkjaskcbz,cb,smzxndxaskbcbschbb bshzcs,alnn with him?

Rumour kicking around now Mcghee and Jess, wouldna mind that but surely someone or something better we can get.

 

That would work with Jess just playing off McGhee.  

That would work with Jess just playing off McGhee.  

That would work with Jess just playing off McGhee.  

Jess has got potential afterall, stroke of genius, I must say.

Loving it on the hat where they are claiming even if McGhee waits to find out if he gets the tic job before he accepts ours it still shows he's committed. Thankfully some of them are smart enough to have put them in their place.

Loving it on the hat where they are claiming even if McGhee waits to find out if he gets the tic job before he accepts ours it still shows he's committed. Thankfully some of them are smart enough to have put them in their place.

 

McGhee is very much committed. To himself.

 

Not necessarily a big criticism but should someone come looking for him at a later date, should he get the job, he would most likely bolt. He has Form.

There is only demand for the things that are good in life.

Just out of interest and not starting my own rumour but...

 

Did McInnes and Jess play together in Englandshire, I have a feeling I am confused and merely saw them in cosecutive games, but as co-managers could the doom-mongers and naysayers have much to moan about?

Don't think they did, McInnes was at West Brom and Millwall down south from what i remember so wouldn't have been with Jess at either of them

Just out of interest and not starting my own rumour but...

 

Did McInnes and Jess play together in Englandshire, I have a feeling I am confused and merely saw them in cosecutive games, but as co-managers could the doom-mongers and naysayers have much to moan about?

 

Hmmmm....

 

Would having an Aberdeen legend beside him be good enough to forgive a Hun being in charge...

Don't think they did, McInnes was at West Brom and Millwall down south from what i remember so wouldn't have been with Jess at either of them

 

More I think about it the more I think it was Millwall one week and Northampton the week after. Think Maurice Ross was playing for Millwall at that time too.

Hmmmm....

 

Would having an Aberdeen legend beside him be good enough to forgive a Hun being in charge...

 

Well, Miller is already there and he was abrupt once to a bit of a tit.

Is Derek McInnes not just Paterson 7 years ago (minus the getting promoted to the SPL bit)?

Two Aberdeen legends of varying status will be unveiled as new manager and asst either late on Thursday or early Friday.

 

Source?

Ferguson's not an Aberdeen legend yet tho!!....shush!! i dont want to hear it!