Derek McInnes

[Kilgore trout]

Aye Aberdeen under Tango man. A man with a Rangers memorabilia took in his fecking hoose !
Half the team overpaid mostly crocks. The other half utter dross because he blew his budget on 4 or 5 players every year. A team capable of raising their game against the old firm every now and again but struggling to finish top six and getting papped out of the cup in the early stages every year not to mention Queens Park and Queen of the fecking South.

Aye those were the f ucking days !

Fecking auto correct. Jimmy had and still has a Rangers room.

[Kilgore trout]

You jest but the 2007 / 2008 season is the best season I had following The Dons.

There were undoubtedly several highs but boy did he take the shine off them with his lows.

My first season going to most of the games was 79/80 so I've been more fortunate than most of the guys here. But just like the Murphys....

[donsdaft]

We have to disagree there.

Calderwood was the most despicable c'unt ever to manage Aberdeen

[redscot]

When you see/read/hear your Chairman and Manager being cowardly towards certain teams before you even play them then you can understand the players going out with a defeatist attitude.

[Pacman1903]

When you see/read/hear your Chairman and Manager being cowardly towards certain teams before you even play them then you can understand the players going out with a defeatist attitude.

And the fans getting angry

[redscot]

And the fans getting angry

Top Reds say you cant be angry and just have to suck it up...

[Jupiter]

Because football is a low scoring game, the best team doesn't always win. Someone should point this out to McNumpty, then he maybe wouldn't be so timid in games against the cheeks.

[ZakkTheMakk]

How about not looking at other teams records and what is possible based on that? Here's a radical suggestion instead....

Do you believe that Aberdeen, if all the factors that I listed previously were in place, would be able to achieve a record of 28-4-2 against the non-uglies?

Base your thoughts on that and if you still don't think we could get close to that record then maybe best you go follow a team with limited ambitions, United or similar.

[Kilgore trout]

No Derek will have actual medals he won there as a player not a f ucking room a fantacist can boy would have.I

I take it you are fishing . Having met both socially and spoken at length to Bernie Winters whilst he was manager of Aberdeen I certainly have a reasonably factually based assessment of their respective intellects. But hey no I didn't ask them to take an iq test so I'm probably wrong.

I meant fantasist fan boy. The first post was probably more accurate

[Kilgore trout]

Is it not too much to ask for both?? Why such a negative mindset?

As has been mentioned on here numerous times, we're not expecting to go out and win the league, or for that matter to win both cups but why is it such a crime to expect the players to step onto that field and display the passion and hunger/desire etc we know they are capable of? The final against Celtic and 2nd half against Der Hun being prime examples.

We step onto the pitch against those two believing they are miles better than us, expecting a defeat and hoping for a sneaky 1-0 or a draw. Yes they may have better players and a better team but you know what..... Let them show that they are, don't hand them the victory on a platter before a ball has been kicked. If they win then hands up, they win but to be so meek and show no gumption and then bump our gums that we did ok in the games outwith the gruesome twosome is not what I signed up for when I became an Aberdeen fan.

It has been shown before that both Celtic and Sevco don't like the "in your face" approach, look at when they have dropped points or been beaten in Europe and history will show that to beat them you can't give them a minutes peace. I was watching the Liverpool V Salzburg game yesterday and one thing that really struck me was the mindset of the Salzburg players. They were playing arguably the greatest team on the planet right now but did they lie down, try and contain and play for a sneaky victory?? Not a chance!! They went out all guns blazing even though they were playing the "better players", the "better team" and nearly pulled off an unexpected victory. Yes they got beat but they got beat playing the right way, their fans I'm sure applauded them off the pitch and rest assured there was no comments afterwards from the manager about "shutting people up".

Another thing that struck me about that game was the mindset of the Liverpool players, they actually seemed to relish the challenge rather than be subdued by it. That is something that personally I don't believe Celtic and Sevco have as you get right in their faces, restrict their passing and time on the ball and they will make mistakes which if things go well can be capitalised on.

As stated im not defending his tactics in all his games against the 2 cheeks.
The last 2 were a sore watch. I have referenced the lack of midfield for reason/excuse. Has everyone forgotten the results we had against Rangers last season. It would appear reading the posts .

And this ones specially for Mason. If he could dae baith in every game he would be managing someone else.