Derek McInnes

[donsdaft]

Christ!

I've never considered the possibility of it not being a tombola.

Bloody hell, that's worse.

[afc1903mad]

Christ!

I've never considered the possibility of it not being a tombola.

Bloody hell, that's worse.

The Tombola thoughts is such an absurd meme.
If a Tombola was used, some of those players lauded for would play more and those that are criticised would play less if it simply was random luck.

[DollyLongstaffe]

Fergie would have no more chance of winning the league under present conditions than McInnes,

In his 8 seasons here Fergie won the league 3 times, Dundee Utd won it once, Celtic won it 4 times. Celtic won it more often than we did even though the gulf in financial spend was a fraction of what it is today. At the time our players were on not massively dissimilar money from theirs, whereas now even their fringe bench-warmers are paid a multiple of what our top players earn.

Fergie did a magnificent job but he did it in an era when we could attract and retain far better players than we've any hope of bringing here now.

[kigoretrout]

Fergie would have no more chance of winning the league under present conditions than McInnes,

In his 8 seasons here Fergie won the league 3 times, Dundee Utd won it once, Celtic won it 4 times. Celtic won it more often than we did even though the gulf in financial spend was a fraction of what it is today. At the time our players were on not massively dissimilar money from theirs, whereas now even their fringe bench-warmers are paid a multiple of what our top players earn.

Fergie did a magnificent job but he did it in an era when we could attract and retain far better players than we've any hope of bringing here now.

In a lot of cases we were paying more than Celtic and far more than Rangers pre- Souness.

We also had a team packed full of Scottish Internationals, more than the cheeks put together. The comparisons are pointless and meaningless.

[8outoftencaat]

Quiet week with internationals on...

Back on topic....McInnes.

I see that Reading sacked Jaap Stam yesterday and McInnes' name is nowhere to be seen when looking at replacements. It seems to me that, other than Sunderland, he never gets even vaguely tipped to get any of these championship jobs. The more time goes on the more deluded it is if he or anyone else thinks he will get even a championship job in guffland. Even Murty and Warburton are getting mentioned for this gig ahead of him

He would at least need to win the cup to get a sniff of something at that level otherwise he is looking at league one at best. He was only offered the Sunderland gig because of his hun connections with Martin Bain. He just doesn't seem to be rated by anyone else just now other than Milne. So we are stuck with him for the forseeable future.

Hope I am wrong but I can't see us getting past Motherwell while missing our suspended players. I only hope that McInnes recruits well over the summer, changes his footballing philosophy to one of positivity and ditches having "favourites" (O'Connor/Considine)...given that he has been this way for years now fits the chances of that happening?!

[rico94]

It has got to the point now where people are just posting exactly the same thing about McInnes that has been posted about a hundred times before. We all know his flaws and its getting boring being reminded about them again and again. At least wait until we get papped out of the cup by Motherwell before moaning about him again and I will happily join in.

Until then start moaning about the new stadium again for a while, its getting a bit stale on here.

[RedStarTorphins]

It has got to the point now where people are just posting exactly the same thing about McInnes that has been posted about a hundred times before. We all know his flaws and its getting boring being reminded about them again and again. At least wait until we get papped out of the cup by Motherwell before moaning about him again and I will happily join in.

Until then start moaning about the new stadium again for a while, its getting a bit stale on here.

It's international week.
Apart from "goalposter", as far as I can tell, no-one gives a flying f**k about Scotland, the SFA, or international football.
Folk are bored.
And it's reflected in the posts this last week.

As you say, I can only imagine the meltdown if we lose in the semi-final to Motherwell.

[afc1903mad]

It has got to the point now where people are just posting exactly the same thing about McInnes that has been posted about a hundred times before. We all know his flaws and its getting boring being reminded about them again and again. At least wait until we get papped out of the cup by Motherwell before moaning about him again and I will happily join in.

Absolutely.
None of the criticism is constructive at all.
Its just an opportunity to beat DM with a stick at every opportunity.
The broken record keeps being played.

[Basingstokered]

Absolutely.
None of the criticism is constructive at all.
Its just an opportunity to beat DM with a stick at every opportunity.
The broken record keeps being played.

Constructive criticism are you suggesting that Derek reads the forum

[afc1903mad]

Constructive criticism are you suggesting that Derek reads the forum

Can we not make constructive points as we debate amongst ourselves?