Derek McInnes

[Pacman1903]

Jesus ****, I'd erased that from my memory. Spew AND brain haemorrhage that one.

I still wear it now and again

Top shirt

[RedStarTorphins]

I think he will get a new deal,Milnes plan has always been to have McInnes as the manager at the new stadium.

Milne seems to be under the impression that once we move to Kingsford everything will ok.

“We intend to provide a centre of excellence which, when combined with other sports facilities, will make the north-east a sporting powerhouse.

“It will attract today’s top-notch players and develop tomorrow’s football stars as well as being a catalyst for encouraging people to take up sport and inspiring a new generation of fans.”

I’m not sure what makes him think we will attract top notch players because we have a training ground and new stadium, top notch players tend to go where they get paid the most money.

He's deluded.

Aye, because players will come to Aberdeen for £3k per week, when they can move to England for double or treble that, and in all likelihood if it's the Championship, to a training facility that's at least the equal of ours.
It's utter delusion from someone who has no clue about his clubs fan base (the comments about a strong "Rangers" are the prime example).

That's why all the talk of McInnes should he stay or should he go is pointless.
1) Not an earthly Milne will sack him
2) Even if/when he ever does, the chances of him attracting a manager that would change things are remote.

McInnes will likely be here until the Shuttle bus Arena is built.
Then Milne might step down
IF Cormack then takes over, then, and only then, is there a chance that DM will be gone.

[Redbull666]

Can we all agree that whether you like the hun dunce or not, that this should be the last opportunity he gets to rebuild the squad. Is that not fair enough?

It should be yes, this summer and the January transfer window. Basically a season. If our home form continues into next season then we're surely going to lose more fans through the gates, even happy clappers if you want to call them that must have a limit.

I'm in agreement with some that McInnes has consistently kept us competitive within budget constraints, but this season has been poor. You could say that after getting to a final and a semi only to lose to Celtic both times with such a weak squad (a combination of poor judgement and bad luck injury wise) shows he has done ok but the victories over Rangers were desperate. Hanging on both games, parking the bus, needing a little luck...any of the wee teams could do that. The cup final performance against Celtic when we lost 2-1 was probably him at his best, where we maybe deserved more. Thing is we had Hayes, not even his signing, that's the type of positive, productive player we need and we've never replaced him or McLean and that has to change.

[rico94]

He's deluded.

Aye, because players will come to Aberdeen for £3k per week, when they can move to England for double or treble that, and in all likelihood if it's the Championship, to a training facility that's at least the equal of ours.
It's utter delusion from someone who has no clue about his clubs fan base (the comments about a strong "Rangers" are the prime example).

That's why all the talk of McInnes should he stay or should he go is pointless.
1) Not an earthly Milne will sack him
2) Even if/when he ever does, the chances of him attracting a manager that would change things are remote.

McInnes will likely be here until the Shuttle bus Arena is built.
Then Milne might step down
IF Cormack then takes over, then, and only then, is there a chance that DM will be gone.

Couldn’t agree with you more rst.

I don’t think Cormack would put up with results like yesterday as much as Milne does.

[Jussi]

That statement at the start of the season, that we wouldn't(without DNA) be able to afford Wilson seems almost grotesque now.
Still, if Wilson moved to Killie ,I'm sure they would get him playing like a superstar. Likewise if Stewart returns there .
Says it all really.

[Redbull666]

Couldn’t agree with you more rst.

I don’t think Cormack would put up with results like yesterday as much as Milne does.

If we'd had our best team out and hadn't gone down to ten, then nine men and still failed to get a shot on target maybe, but I don't think any chairman, with the exception of someone like Romanov, would sack their manager on the back of yesterday's result. He'd probably sympathise to be honest.

The Motherwell semi, well that's a different matter. He maybe wouldn't put up with a failure to get into Europe, but only maybe. I don't know what's in Cormack's mind. He, like most of the pundits don't seem to share the view that McInnes is a thick hun c**t who has failed abjectly time and time again. Be interesting to be a fly on the wall in his office just to see what he really thinks.

It's just speculation, but I think he'd look at our cup performances and think we got close...not a sacking offence. If he does happen to share the view that we are massively underachieving or on a downward trajectory with no chance of it being turned round, him having hold of the reins may well be the only chance of McInnes leaving the club...

[The_Moog]

Can we all agree that whether you like the hun dunce or not, that this should be the last opportunity he gets to rebuild the squad. Is that not fair enough?

It should certainly be his last opportunity. The trouble is you know if & when he signs 8-10 odd new players we'll get all the usual pish about players needing time to settle etc if things start to go wrong.

Milne will lap that up too despite the fact with the way we operate now we pretty much need to overhaul the squad every year so its a ready made annual excuse for failure from here on in.

Overall DM has done a decent job. He has got us back to where we should be league wise. Cups have been a bit hit & miss. We should definitely have won more since the huns died given what happened to all our main rivals bar timothy. Big opportunity missed that will almost certainly never come again.

I think he's hit the glass ceiling with us. If you're happy with where we are & no more than that then fine. Personally I'd like to take a punt on trying to get to the next level - which for me means genuinely having a chance to win a cup, feel we have a chance of the group stages in Europe & battle Sevco for second as regardless of the dosh they chuck about they are still a basket case.

For that we need a Steve Clarke type who has proven he can get more out of a group of players and a team than the sum of their parts should achieve. Having a manager doing that is the only way we are going to progress from where we are now as there's no extra money going in so we need to identify a Steve Clarke, Michael O'Neill type manager who's achieved this type of success and give him a go.

It might go tits up, but I'm willing to give it a go as this season has been boring beyond belief, painful viewing & frankly I don't trust DM to sign players who will change that next season or beyond.

[rico94]

If we'd had our best team out and hadn't gone down to ten, then nine men and still failed to get a shot on target maybe, but I don't think any chairman, with the exception of someone like Romanov, would sack their manager on the back of yesterday's result. He'd probably sympathise to be honest.

The Motherwell semi, well that's a different matter. He maybe wouldn't put up with a failure to get into Europe, but only maybe. I don't know what's in Cormack's mind. He, like most of the pundits don't seem to share the view that McInnes is a thick hun c**t who has failed abjectly time and time again. Be interesting to be a fly on the wall in his office just to see what he really thinks.

It's just speculation, but I think he'd look at our cup performances and think we got close...not a sacking offence. If he does happen to share the view that we are massively underachieving or on a downward trajectory with no chance of it being turned round, him having hold of the reins may well be the only chance of McInnes leaving the club...

I think a lots being made of the first sending off,yes it had an effect on the game but we weren’t that great before Ball got sent off.

I wouldn’t expect a manager to get sacked after yesterday’s result, but yesterday’s result/performance has happened on many occasions before,particularly in the cups.

That’s what I think Cormack wouldn’t put up with, where as Milne does with the “oh well there’s always next year “ attitude.

[afc1903mad]

I don't believe he has the tactical nous to get us into the top 4 this year with the lengthy injury list we have

With Hibs 6 points behind us, it will be interesting to see if they can make up the numbers to overtake us on the last day of the season.
We certainly are missing a number of our first team players and really are lacking width with GMS and McGinn now injurred.
I think this weekends game against Kilmarnock is crucial, lose and it will be extremely hard to get third, win and there's every possibility.
Clark is Mcinnes's bitch remember and his only win against us was as a result of "The Craig Thompson Show" when he sent Devlin off in the 4th minute.
Personally, I think it will end up a 0-0 draw.

If we were to lose to Killie, I'd be tempted to play more youth players for the remainder.
Play Virtannen at right back, play Ethan Ross from the start, go with Campbell and Ferguson in the middle for the remainder.
It may be naivety in some ways, but if there is little to play for, give the youngsters this chance.

[Feck_the_Huns]

If we were to lose to Killie, I'd be tempted to play more youth players for the remainder.
Play Virtannen at right back, play Ethan Ross from the start, go with Campbell and Ferguson in the middle for the remainder.
It may be naivety in some ways, but if there is little to play for, give the youngsters this chance.

And, in playing the youth, DM would alleviate some of the pressure he is currently experiencing, which would only increase should we lose the upcoming games, with Ball, Stewart, and all the ususal suspects in position.

And you never know, it might even work out allright. Ross is definetly worth his chance.