BS34Red Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Congrats for leading his Aberdeen side to the League Cup final. Very impressed with the job he is doing up there. Sadly never worked out here but a very decent guy so wish him all the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I think I wanted it to work for him more than any manager in recent times, really decent guy and tried his best. Perhaps it was just the wrong time for him here as I think he's got the potential to be a good manager. Really pleased to see him doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Lemon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Right manager, wrong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Right manager, wrong time. Agreed. No manager on Earth could have got those tossers to put in a shift - at least, without a whip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Agreed. No manager on Earth could have got those tossers to put in a shift - at least, without a whip... He bought a lot of those tossers don't forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 A good guy but far too loyal to players who were serially letting him down, sadly he realised far too late. Managers/coaches need to be far more objective when it comes to loyalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITW Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 We haven't exactly improved much without him have we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hortonred Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 We haven't exactly improved much without him have we. At least the players have some idea of the tactics and what they should be doing which under Del was a bit of a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 It would be interesting to see how he'd of done if we had bought him in, for arguments sake, upon getting relegated to L1. (Obviously this is totally theoretical due to the part he played in actuality in our relegation). I think though that he may have worked better in that scenario, provided he was financially backed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngish Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Think he got a lot of unfair stick here. He brought in a lot of great players (Baldock, Davies and Heaton being the main examples), albeit with a few duffers too, and overall I think improved the club. Let's not forget he was asked to half the wage bill in his first season and half it again for the following summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK0wnag3 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 I said over and over that if we were to be relegated, he was the gaffer that I wanted to do it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AshtonGreat Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Agreed. No manager on Earth could have got those tossers to put in a shift - at least, without a whip... Hmm I disagree with that. As is currently being proved quite transparently at Manchester United, it's all about the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aizoon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 He bought a lot of those tossers don't forget True, but once that kind of culture is established, new players just fall into it. The only answer is the kind of radical surgery performed by O'Driscoll. Look at how long it took to eradicate DW's drinking culture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 But in hindsight we went for SOD and still got relegated and ended up sacking him too. We may as well of just stuck with Del. Only if he was prepared to clear the decks and start again. It had to be done, whoever did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hmm I disagree with that. As is currently being proved quite transparently at Manchester United, it's all about the manager. Don't agree. Look at the Man U side Moyes has inherited. It's been a cracking hospital ball by SAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Only if he was prepared to clear the decks and start again. It had to be done, whoever did it. Too loyal for too long to wasters like Fontaine was his undoing. Also tolerating alcoholics incapable of playing more than 60min games didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Only if he was prepared to clear the decks and start again. It had to be done, whoever did it. Del said he had decided to drop the experienced players who had let him down, and go with the youth from then on in his last post match interview. Within an hour he'd been sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Should never of sacked him imo If your asked to slash the wages like he had too You should then be given time to build your own team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 One of our sales guys in Scotland is a St Johnstone fan. Bizarrely hates both Celtic and Rangers - didn't know that was the done thing in Scotland. Anyway I chatted to him back in Dec about Del Boy. He said he started well there but a lot of fans around the ground complained about the style of football he brought to them. I recall this being a complaint of ours too. We did seem pretty route 1 under him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Red Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Del said he had decided to drop the experienced players who had let him down, and go with the youth from then on in his last post match interview. Within an hour he'd been sacked. He said a lot of things that season. He was getting desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 One of our sales guys in Scotland is a St Johnstone fan. Bizarrely hates both Celtic and Rangers - didn't know that was the done thing in Scotland. Anyway I chatted to him back in Dec about Del Boy. He said he started well there but a lot of fans around the ground complained about the style of football he brought to them. I recall this being a complaint of ours too. We did seem pretty route 1 under him? For probably the first time since the glory days under Ferguson Aberdeen find themselves in a cup final and every chance of finishing second in the SPL and heading to Europe next season. If indeed Del is doing a route one-er to achieve that i think the fans should jolly well put up and shut up.. there is no pleasing some folk. He would have been no worse and probably infinitely better than what followed him at City by the pure definition that stability breeds better results. Would we have gone down under him?.. quite possibly but we did anyway and it cost a darn lot more in the process. Sadly there are few teams in the land who have the patience to stick with a manager through the lean times anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 He said a lot of things that season. He was getting desperate. But he was right, wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 No manager, it seems is destined to succeed at our club. There are structural problems at AG which are beyond the ability of any manager to resolve and must be sorted out at board level. It's blindingly obvious as a whole string of managers have failed dismally in recent years and some of them (e.g. tiny penis and del) have gone on to do well elsewhere proving that they have the ability. Even Copout has proved himself in the past but saw very quickly that something was very seriously wrong at AG. It is for the self same reason that Cotts will also (unfortunately) fail - not his fault, he just doesn't stand a chance with this set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 For probably the first time since the glory days under Ferguson Aberdeen find themselves in a cup final and every chance of finishing second in the SPL and heading to Europe next season. If indeed Del is doing a route one-er to achieve that i think the fans should jolly well put up and shut up.. there is no pleasing some folk. He would have been no worse and probably infinitely better than what followed him at City by the pure definition that stability breeds better results. Would we have gone down under him?.. quite possibly but we did anyway and it cost a darn lot more in the process. Sadly there are few teams in the land who have the patience to stick with a manager through the lean times anymore.Aberdeen have under achieved for many many years now, many managers have tried and failed. To bring success back to them is a massive achievement. Seems a little weird that we sacked him and went backwards where as he has gone forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Classic example of the Club's 'random stab in the dark' policy. Agree that the guy was inoffensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Classic example of the Club's 'random stab in the dark' policy. Agree that the guy was inoffensive. Errr... Highly rated, linked with the Burnley job in the Prem way before us, hardly a stab in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Errr... Highly rated, linked with the Burnley job in the Prem way before us, hardly a stab in the dark.Yeah, any old name in general football circulation who can talk a good game is worth blindly chucking our faith and money into. Once, after about a year, the fella's approach isn't bringing the desired results jack him in an try again. Forget philosophy, principle an insight; let's just keep rolling dice. Or do you see a logical continuation between Del, SOD and Cotterill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corleone Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Liked him. Didn't like how he completely bamboozled some of the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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