Originally Posted by
Don_Corleone
McInnes has no plan B. He works out one way of playing which might work well to begin with, and if he has the right players, but it will eventually get found out by opposition managers. If he loses one or two key players he will persist with it using players out of position etc, which will turn into a shambles. In our case his first 3/4 years were good, we had some exciting players in their prime who were able to execute the style and system - ie Hayes, McGinn, Rooney, Shinnie, Jack, McLean etc. There would be other occassions where we'd be on a winning run and inexplicably he'd make changes to the system and personnel trying to be clever, which would innevitably end in disaster. I'd say he's limited tactically - he thinks he's smarter than he actually is - we did well for a few years because he had some really good players more than anything else.
He also signs players without thinking about where they're actually going to fit into the team - we ended up with about 100 defensive midfielders at one point. He always has to have a huge lump of wood up front as well.
To be fair, he WAS a good manager to begin with - he just outstayed his welcome, and the last 2-3 years were unbelievably boring and stale. Wish him well wherever he ends up though.