Aberdeen sack Derek McInnes

[afc1903mad]

1 hour ago, shooftahmooftah said:

More time to do what, take the dons into the 1st division championship league, as at this present time and form is where they are heading under glass and company. 

It won’t surprise you, but I respectfully disagree.

We are not on course at this stage to be relegated.

[Don_Corleone]

1 hour ago, shooftahmooftah said:

More time to do what, take the dons into the 1st division championship league, as at this present time and form is where they are heading under glass and company. 

If he can't get the team to put in a good performance and get a good result against a team who are bottom of the league without a win, after having had 2 weeks to work with the players in training, and a pretty much fully fit squad mainly made up of guys he himself has brought in, then he is just as hopeless as i think he is. He couldn't really ask for a more favourable scenario (unless it was a home game I guess). We've not lost away at Dundee for ages though. Basically if he can't get win this game it's hard to see how he's ever going to win any other match this season!

[aberdeen1970]

14 hours ago, afc1903mad said:

Since Alex Neil was relieved of his duties at Preston, the following teams have replaced their manager 

How are Preston doing now? 

Better or worse than when Neil was in charge? 

Last I looked they were just above the relegation zone in the Championship. 

[Hoofball]

7 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

How are Preston doing now? 

Better or worse than when Neil was in charge? 

Last I looked they were just above the relegation zone in the Championship. 

Eighteenth on eleven points with a goal difference of minus three and only three points above relegation zone

Won two, drawn five and lost four 

[aberdeen1970]

19 minutes ago, Hoofball said:

Eighteenth on eleven point with a goal difference of minus three

Won two, drawn five and lost four 

So they've won 2 games out of 11. 

Maybe they aren't getting promoted because their budget is far less than most of the competition in that division then rather than because they had/have an incapable manager. 

 

Edit: 19th highest wage bill in the Championship apparently. 

1: £94.2m - Stoke City
2: £92.2m - West Brom
3: £90.7m - Swansea City
4: £62.6m - Huddersfield
5: £54.3m - Fulham
6: £48.7m - Middlesbrough
7: £46.4m - Cardiff City
8: £40.4m - Derby
9: £38.5m - Birmingham
10: £35.3m - Reading
11: £31.3m - Leeds
12: £31.1m - Hull
13: £30.6m - QPR
14: £29.3m - Sheff Wed
15: £27.7m - Nottm Forest
16: £27.2m - Bristol City
17: £17.1m - Brentford
18: £16.7m - Blackburn
19: £15.0m - Preston
20: £13.3m - Millwall
21: £11.7m - Wigan
22: £10.6m - Barnsley
23: £10.2m - Charlton
24: £6.2m - Luton

[Alex Ferguson]

On 10/15/2021 at 11:16 AM, BitWait said:

If the fans had any say , Glass would never have been appointed in the first place , most could see it was not the best choice. He is McCormack s man.

We can simply not make a mistake in the next appointment - Cormack's reputation is on the line as is our position as a major club.  I'd go for stable hands in John Hughes for the rest of this season but is it beyond us to expect a big name in the dug out?  

 We need to look past the John Hughes level, past the Alex Neil levels past the Paul Lambert level, past the Garry Monk level, and go for an AVB.

AVB loves Scotland, from his coaching badge here, very grounded - a man of principle, he learnt from Sir Bobby Robson.  He has nothing to prove to anyone and would transform Aberdeen.

Alternatively, Frank De Boer could be tempted, and Frank Lampard needs to step back down a level to rebuild his career.

Lets aim high, and stop with this Alex Neil rubbish 

[DelMonte]

6 minutes ago, Alex Ferguson said:

We can simply not make a mistake in the next appointment - Cormack's reputation is on the line as is our position as a major club.  I'd go for stable hands in John Hughes for the rest of this season but is it beyond us to expect a big name in the dug out?  

 We need to look past the John Hughes level, past the Alex Neil levels past the Paul Lambert level, past the Garry Monk level, and go for an AVB.

AVB loves Scotland, from his coaching badge here, very grounded - a man of principle, he learnt from Sir Bobby Robson.  He has nothing to prove to anyone and would transform Aberdeen.

Alternatively, Frank De Boer could be tempted, and Frank Lampard needs to step back down a level to rebuild his career.

Lets aim high, and stop with this Alex Neil rubbish 

Omfg ???

[1903Fitba]

6 minutes ago, Alex Ferguson said:

We can simply not make a mistake in the next appointment - Cormack's reputation is on the line as is our position as a major club.  I'd go for stable hands in John Hughes for the rest of this season but is it beyond us to expect a big name in the dug out?  

 We need to look past the John Hughes level, past the Alex Neil levels past the Paul Lambert level, past the Garry Monk level, and go for an AVB.

AVB loves Scotland, from his coaching badge here, very grounded - a man of principle, he learnt from Sir Bobby Robson.  He has nothing to prove to anyone and would transform Aberdeen.

Alternatively, Frank De Boer could be tempted, and Frank Lampard needs to step back down a level to rebuild his career.

Lets aim high, and stop with this Alex Neil rubbish 

What in the absolute fuck did I just read?
 

Jesus Christ 

[Zander1903]

10 minutes ago, 1903Fitba said:

What in the absolute fuck did I just read?
 

Jesus Christ 

someone must have a new account

[afc1903mad]

38 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

How are Preston doing now? 

Better or worse than when Neil was in charge? 

Last I looked they were just above the relegation zone in the Championship. 

Immediately much better. His placing sat Preston were (in order), 7th, 14th, 9th, 16th.

When he left Preston he had them in 16th with 8 games to go. His assistant Frankie McAvoy (assistant at Hamilton, Norwich and Preston) then won 5 out of the 8 to raise them to 13th gaining 17 points out of 24 (so only one loss)

This season, they started poorly, losing their opening 3 games, before going on a 7 match unbeaten run, although mainly draws (2 wins, 5 draws) before losing to QPR.

They’re in a pack though where their only 2 wins short of 7th place.

Is Frankie the man for them? Who knows and who cares. You’re just deflecting from how Preston regressed over the 4 years Alex Neil was there

 

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, afc1903mad said:

Immediately much better. His placing sat Preston were (in order), 7th, 14th, 9th, 16th.

When he left Preston he had them in 16th with 8 games to go. His assistant Frankie McAvoy (assistant at Hamilton, Norwich and Preston) then won 5 out of the 8 to raise them to 13th gaining 17 points out of 24 (so only one loss)

This season, they started poorly, losing their opening 3 games, before going on a 7 match unbeaten run, although mainly draws (2 wins, 5 draws) before losing to QPR.

They’re in a pack though where their only 2 wins short of 7th place.

Is Frankie the man for them? Who knows and who cares. You’re just deflecting from how Preston regressed over the 4 years Alex Neil was there

 

You're boring me now. 

But he clearly punched above his weight for almost his entire time at Preston 

[afc1903mad]

21 minutes ago, Alex Ferguson said:

We can simply not make a mistake in the next appointment - Cormack's reputation is on the line as is our position as a major club.  I'd go for stable hands in John Hughes for the rest of this season but is it beyond us to expect a big name in the dug out?  

 We need to look past the John Hughes level, past the Alex Neil levels past the Paul Lambert level, past the Garry Monk level, and go for an AVB.

AVB loves Scotland, from his coaching badge here, very grounded - a man of principle, he learnt from Sir Bobby Robson.  He has nothing to prove to anyone and would transform Aberdeen.

Alternatively, Frank De Boer could be tempted, and Frank Lampard needs to step back down a level to rebuild his career.

Lets aim high, and stop with this Alex Neil rubbish 

I watched the Fergie “Never Give In” documentary.

You should give it a try

[afc1903mad]

1 minute ago, aberdeen1970 said:

You're boring me now. 

But he clearly punched above his weight for almost his entire time at Preston 

Debateable, but by the above you firmly believe that he would have us punching above our weight.

Get him in then if it will guarantee 1st or 2nd.

I hugely doubt it though

[aberdeen1970]

Just now, afc1903mad said:

Debateable, but by the above you firmly believe that he would have us punching above our weight.

Get him in then if it will guarantee 1st or 2nd.

I hugely doubt it though

I'd say he's punched above his weight for most of his managerial career. 

I'm nae fussed if he comes or not. I just want a proper manager in charge. 

[afc1903mad]

2 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

I'd say he's punched above his weight for most of his managerial career. 

I'm nae fussed if he comes or not. I just want a proper manager in charge. 

Billy Davies had a better record at Preston than Alex Neil did, finishing 5th and 4th in the Championship

[Hoofball]

2 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

So they've won 2 games out of 11. 

Maybe they aren't getting promoted because their budget is far less than most of the competition in that division then rather than because they had/have an incapable manager. 

 

Edit: 19th highest wage bill in the Championship apparently. 

 

Lower budget and I think they’ve been selling off their best players and not replacing them, which won’t help either

[aberdeen1970]

1 hour ago, afc1903mad said:

Billy Davies had a better record at Preston than Alex Neil did, finishing 5th and 4th in the Championship

About 20 years ago in a different financial climate. 

Give it a rest min. 

[super_al]

The reality is that we have made far too many changes in staff and players. Unless we could have gotten a better replacement he should not have been been removed.

[aberdeen1970]

1 minute ago, super_al said:

The reality is that we have made far too many changes in staff and players. Unless we could have gotten a better replacement he should not have been been removed.

He was leaving in the summer anyway by his own admission. 

So Glass would have been here in any case. 

[Millertime]

47 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

He was leaving in the summer anyway by his own admission. 

So Glass would have been here in any case. 

Yeah because Cormack didn't like him

[super_al]

Can we ask him to come back?

[Torry Tosser]

16 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said:

You're boring me now. 

But he clearly punched above his weight for almost his entire time at Preston 

And at one stage 2 season ago had nearly the whole side oot injured for ages,and still managed to finish mid table.

Sir Alex also said Neil gets extra out of average players,like he had at Preston.

[aberdeen1970]

2 hours ago, Torry Tosser said:

And at one stage 2 season ago had nearly the whole side oot injured for ages,and still managed to finish mid table.

Sir Alex also said Neil gets extra out of average players,like he had at Preston.

Totally agree min. 

[redone]

19 hours ago, 1903Fitba said:

What in the absolute fuck did I just read?
 

Jesus Christ 

A father and son management team ? ..... Would Willie give up the punditry though ?

More chance of happening than AVB. 

[Betty Swallicks]

103 people listed in the odds for Newcastle manager job.

There are quite a few I've never heard of plus Fergie (80 this year) at 250/1 and a bird LOL (Emma Hayes) at 200/1.

No mention of Deek. 

[Betty Swallicks]

2 minutes ago, Dad said:

Any sec now the Portsmouth job will be available - that's the one for Del ?

"Ace" has spoken. 

 

[Torry Tosser]

39 minutes ago, Betty Swallicks said:

"Ace" has spoken. 

 

Aye the Cowley's have been found out,alright getting Lincoln promoted with giants and hoofball,but soon found out at Huddersfield and now Portsmouth.

[Torry Tosser]

Deek could end up at Inter Miami,after Beckham sacks his chum Neville.... He's on the verge.

[Torry Tosser]

3 minutes ago, Dad said:

Yon 4 nil at the weekend...that's plenty

Aye home last night 0-4 to Ipswich,who are shite as well.

[dazzy_deff]

13 minutes ago, Torry Tosser said:

Aye the Cowley's have been found out,alright getting Lincoln promoted with giants and hoofball,but soon found out at Huddersfield and now Portsmouth.

Dont tell @minijc that.