http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2010/12/01/aberdeen-manager-mark-mcghee-leaves-after-18-months-in-charge-aat-pittodrie-86908-22755362/

Player 1

While we haven't covered ourselves in glory it wasn't a nice feeling to come into work with a boss who gave the impression he didn't want to be here. We are delighted he has gone and the club can now make a fresh start

Player 2

There has been no enthusiasm from the management team for some time. It seemed as if they were just going through the motions.

The only time I met McGhee, and I sat at a table with him for a good 4 hours, I was left with the impression he was a cunt.

The only time I met McGhee, and I sat at a table with him for a good 4 hours, I was left with the impression he was a cunt.

 

Should hear what he says about you 

Cunt or no cunt.  Still one of the greatest forwards we've ever had at the club.  I'm just going to pretend the last 18 months didn't happen.

In these sorts of situations you've got to see the funny side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Scottish.

i'm going fir made up. If its one thing MM cant be blamed for is lack of passion.

 

I hate those rags and NEVER take anything in them at face value.

Mind u. My bet would be diamond giving this statement, if its true.

 

Nah he would not say those things to the media. He would just post it on Facebook.

I don't care which players it was that came out with the comments, if they are true it's shocking just how bad things have been behind the scenes.  And if the management team didnt give a fuck or want to be there then it certainly explains the apathy from the players, even if it doesnt excuse it.

 

I imagine the only reason the players havent been named is because the club have told them not to talk.

In these sorts of situations you've got to see the funny side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Scottish.

 

his phone is on re-dial to 08457 90 90 90 but apparently they burst out laughing when he mentioned Dingus

Cunts.

 

Man up and put your name to it, or, how about you behave professionally and keep it to yourself?

 

No, thought not. Good advert for the club and the sanctity the player/players apply to the dressing room.

 

Exactly what most of us are thinking

Should hear what he says about you 

 

But that's by the wayside. 

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2036427

This section sums it all up for me

 

The core of Jimmy Calderwood’s squad never took to McGhee.

 

Those players were unconvinced from the start and disillusioned at the end.

 

It may be players who get managers the sack but they are also the ones who get clubs relegated.

 

The new manager will have to somehow unite this fractured, apathetic bunch before it is too late.

 

 

 

The core of Calderwood's squad isn't here anymore.

 

But that's what could be described as a fact, something of an irrelevance to you.

Langfield, Maguire, Diamond, Aluko all jimmys boys. And there is no doubt none of them have turned in a performance for Mcghee.

 

Thats a lot of players not pulling their weight. I only deal in facts, stats and anything else i use to base my opinions on. Somthing that is actually lost on the majority. 

Those players were unconvinced from the start and disillusioned at the end.

 

Same as many of the fans.

Thats a lot of players not pulling their weight. I only deal in facts, stats and anything else i use to base my opinions on.

 

How can you provide statistics and facts for saying someone is not putting in the effort?

Well we are second bottom of the league and shipping goals left right and center. If you need further proof have a look over the highlights for the last few games, its fairly apparant who gives a fuck and who doesnt 

This section sums it all up for me

 

The core of Jimmy Calderwood’s squad never took to McGhee.

 

Those players were unconvinced from the start and disillusioned at the end.

 

It may be players who get managers the sack but they are also the ones who get clubs relegated.

 

The new manager will have to somehow unite this fractured, apathetic bunch before it is too late.

 

But if he was as a good a manager as you seem to think, he should have been able to convince those players, and get them playing for him.

Well we are second bottom of the league and shipping goals left right and center. If you need further proof have a look over the highlights for the last few games, its fairly apparant who gives a fuck and who doesnt 

 

I think this is a difficult one. On the one hand, yes you can lay the blame at the players doors for not giving a fuck, robbing a weekly wage from AFC, spunking it in Tiger Tiger on a Saturday night and not performing to their expected/desired ability. On the other hand, you can blame our former manager for our current inadequacies, for not motivating the team, not weeding out these players and taking the appropriate action against them, not cuddling them like big bairns or for just not having a good enough team in place. In my own personal opinion, it is somewhere a combination of both. Our manager has now gone but I still believe that this squad IS better than what it is showing. I also believe that what can be construed as a lack of effort is actually a lack of clue of how to play and organisation which stems from the management team. I wouldn't be stunned at all if this sacking has given the players the kick up the arse they desperately needed but also I believe that 'Jimmy's boys' are not in fact his boys, they are professional footballers who have lost their way, much like the entire squad (who in your opinion, may/may not be 'Jimmy's boys'), under McGhee's tenure.

But if he was as a good a manager as you seem to think, he should have been able to convince those players, and get them playing for him.

 

Think you need to check your research brutha.........I have never once said or have indicated that Mcghee is a good manager 

 

I think this is a difficult one. On the one hand, yes you can lay the blame at the players doors for not giving a fuck, robbing a weekly wage from AFC, spunking it in Tiger Tiger on a Saturday night and not performing to their expected/desired ability. On the other hand, you can blame our former manager for our current inadequacies, for not motivating the team, not weeding out these players and taking the appropriate action against them, not cuddling them like big bairns or for just not having a good enough team in place. In my own personal opinion, it is somewhere a combination of both. Our manager has now gone but I still believe that this squad IS better than what it is showing. I also believe that what can be construed as a lack of effort is actually a lack of clue of how to play and organisation which stems from the management team. I wouldn't be stunned at all if this sacking has given the players the kick up the arse they desperately needed but also I believe that 'Jimmy's boys' are not in fact his boys, they are professional footballers who have lost their way, much like the entire squad (who in your opinion, may/may not be 'Jimmy's boys'), under McGhee's tenure.

 

My only wish is they start behaving and acting like professional footballers.

 

They are paid to do a job and they are simply not doing it, Mcghee to blame? Of course but not for everything and that shouldnt be forgotten -

 

We are going to have to hope the same players who got us into our current slump finally pull their socks up and earn their wages.

 

We have players still at the club - who dont want to be here - the new manager must get rid of these players. I dont envy his task - whoever the poor cunt may be

 

 

The new manager has to do what everyone else does, mould a team out of the available resources. McGhee wasn't capable from day one. Let's hope the new man is.

Dude - i hope so - i really fear for us with some of the names being mentioned - i hope they get it right this time

They need something to capture the imagination, if that's a novice leftfield (Clarke) or someone exotic (as much as a 65 year old can be) like gorgeous George to make us a real unit. Stark, Macpherson, Williamson, Hughes etc need not apply.