Your Top 10 List Of Milne Fuck Ups

[dj_bollocks]

How about a Top 10 List of Stewart Milne Fuck Ups ?

 

Maybe it's the Winters / Dodds deal that you think was the greatest gaffe ?

A new stadium when we can't even beat a part time team ?

Maybe it was Calderwood's 3 year contract extension ?

Or re hiring Oor Wullie ?

The Manager Merry Go Round ?

 

Or maybe you have a few of your own ?

 

The list starts here ?

[super_al]

Giving 3 million (sorry loaning) to Cove Rangers so they can strengthen there application to get into the football league (in return for land to build training facilities on).

 

Aberdeen FC does not need another team in the city to compete with.

[fatshaft]

How about a Top 10 List of Stewart Milne Fuck Ups ?

 

Maybe it's the Winters / Dodds deal that you think was the greatest gaffe ?

A new stadium when we can't even beat a part time team ?

Maybe it was Calderwood's 3 year contract extension ?

Or re hiring Oor Wullie ?

The Manager Merry Go Round ?

 

Or maybe you have a few of your own ?

 

The list starts here ?

 

Employing Calderwood was where things really started to go off the scale. A bumbling mumbling unintelligible eejit who liked the sound of his own mumbling voice far too much.

 

Winters/Dodds was one of the worst transfer deals in history anywhere, though arguably Tommy Wright for

[vanderark14]

keeping willie miller in employment.

 

his arrogance and wage are a problem at AFC.

[barassie_afc]

His hair

His teeth

Renewing Calderwoods contract

Hiring lexo miller

Hiring jaikie

Hiring Mcghee

Hiring Brown

Promoting Fraser to CEO

Building a new stadium

Breathing

[Ke1t]

01. Employing an entirely untested Willie Miller as manager, and allowing him to tear the team apart

 

02. Employing an entirely untested Roy Aitken as manager and allowing him to spend millions we couldn't afford

 

03. Failing to bring in a single cent of independent investment

 

04. Pissing away the share issue money

 

05. Allowing the debt to continue to spiral unaddressed

 

06. Failing to build any kind of training facilities

 

07. Giving Calderwood a 3 year contract a year before sacking him

 

08. Spending circa 1 million on managerial firings and hirings while starving the playing side of money

 

09. Spending circa 600k on a feasibility study for a new stadium while the club has zero money with which to build a new stadium in the first place

 

10. Employing a drunk as manager

 

11. Employing Alex Miller as Aberdeen Manager and allowing him to spend as much time with the Scotland set up as he did at Aberdeen

 

12. Refusing to invest in the playing staff following the Euro run, and in fact allowing that team to be weakened.

 

13. Alienating the already dwindling Aberdeen fan base by repeatedly suggesting the fans are the root cause of the club's decline

 

14. Failing to employ competent staff at every level

 

15. Employing an obvious meat shield in Willie Miller so that he doesn't have to lower himself to talking to the fans personally

 

16. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 8-1 to Sigma

 

17. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 9-0 to Celtic

 

18. Not sacking Brown immediately upon losing in the cup to part time East Fife

 

19. Allowing the best youth set up in Scotland to decline to such a state that AFC only produces players fit for Peterhead

 

20. Allowing a manager of Aberdeen Football Club to leave the stadium in the boot of a fucking car. Proving, as if it needed further evidence, that this is a club with zero common sense and even less self-respect

 

 

Okay, that was 20, not 10, but I trimmed it down as much as possible.

[dj_bollocks]

01. Employing an entirely untested Willie Miller as manager, and allowing him to tear the team apart

 

02. Employing an entirely untested Roy Aitken as manager and allowing him to spend millions we couldn't afford

 

03. Failing to bring in a single cent of independent investment

 

04. Pissing away the share issue money

 

05. Allowing the debt to continue to spiral unaddressed

 

06. Failing to build any kind of training facilities

 

07. Giving Calderwood a 3 year contract a year before sacking him

 

08. Spending circa 1 million on managerial firings and hirings while starving the playing side of money

 

09. Spending circa 600k on a feasibility study for a new stadium while the club has zero money with which to build a new stadium in the first place

 

10. Employing a drunk as manager

 

11. Employing Alex Miller as Aberdeen Manager and allowing him to spend as much time with the Scotland set up as he did at Aberdeen

 

12. Refusing to invest in the playing staff following the Euro run, and in fact allowing that team to be weakened.

 

13. Alienating the already dwindling Aberdeen fan base by repeatedly suggesting the fans are the root cause of the club's decline

 

14. Failing to employ competent staff at every level

 

15. Employing an obvious meat shield in Willie Miller so that he doesn't have to lower himself to talking to the fans personally

 

16. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 8-1 to Sigma

 

17. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 9-0 to Celtic

 

18. Not sacking Brown immediately upon losing in the cup to part time East Fife

 

19. Allowing the best youth set up in Scotland to decline to such a state that AFC only produces players fit for Peterhead

 

20. Allowing a manager of Aberdeen Football Club to leave the stadium in the boot of a fucking car. Proving, as if it needed further evidence, that this is a club with zero common sense and even less self-respect

 

 

Okay, that was 20, not 10, but I trimmed it down as much as possible.

 

I think you've pretty much covered it Kelt !

[granite sheep]

The biggest Milne Fuck Up in my opinion was when Milne's dad fucked his mum.

[OddJob]

01. Employing an entirely untested Willie Miller as manager, and allowing him to tear the team apart

 

02. Employing an entirely untested Roy Aitken as manager and allowing him to spend millions we couldn't afford

 

03. Failing to bring in a single cent of independent investment

 

04. Pissing away the share issue money

 

05. Allowing the debt to continue to spiral unaddressed

 

06. Failing to build any kind of training facilities

 

07. Giving Calderwood a 3 year contract a year before sacking him

 

08. Spending circa 1 million on managerial firings and hirings while starving the playing side of money

 

09. Spending circa 600k on a feasibility study for a new stadium while the club has zero money with which to build a new stadium in the first place

 

10. Employing a drunk as manager

 

11. Employing Alex Miller as Aberdeen Manager and allowing him to spend as much time with the Scotland set up as he did at Aberdeen

 

12. Refusing to invest in the playing staff following the Euro run, and in fact allowing that team to be weakened.

 

13. Alienating the already dwindling Aberdeen fan base by repeatedly suggesting the fans are the root cause of the club's decline

 

14. Failing to employ competent staff at every level

 

15. Employing an obvious meat shield in Willie Miller so that he doesn't have to lower himself to talking to the fans personally

 

16. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 8-1 to Sigma

 

17. Not sacking McGhee immediately upon losing 9-0 to Celtic

 

18. Not sacking Brown immediately upon losing in the cup to part time East Fife

 

19. Allowing the best youth set up in Scotland to decline to such a state that AFC only produces players fit for Peterhead

 

20. Allowing a manager of Aberdeen Football Club to leave the stadium in the boot of a fucking car. Proving, as if it needed further evidence, that this is a club with zero common sense and even less self-respect

 

 

Okay, that was 20, not 10, but I trimmed it down as much as possible.

Kelt you talk so much sense usually but i think even you've thrown that emboldened one in for a laugh surely? You wanted McGhee sacked after his FIRST GAME?

 

I mean don't get me wrong i was absolutely disgusted at that aggregate result just like everyone but those games involved JC players and he bearly knew his team by that point (although granted his "Celtic" comments to the team didn't help either). But otherwise i can't really disagree with any of the rest you've mentioned.

[E-P-K]

Kelt you talk so much sense usually but i think even you've thrown that emboldened one in for a laugh surely? You wanted McGhee sacked after his FIRST GAME?

 

I mean don't get me wrong i was absolutely disgusted at that aggregate result just like everyone but those games involved JC players and he bearly knew his team by that point (although granted his "Celtic" comments to the team didn't help either). But otherwise i can't really disagree with any of the rest you've mentioned.

 

Massimo Moratti sacked his current manager after 5 competitive games this season, fortune favours the brave apparently.

[OddJob]

Massimo Moratti sacked his current manager after 5 competitive games this season, fortune favours the brave apparently.

Aye i seen that earlier on but even that is a massive overreaction, but seeing as though it's Inter it's probably acceptable.

[tightbreeks]

milne is reminding me of hitler towards the end of the war. he should get his toupe back and a wee tache, voila stewart hitler.

[Ke1t]

Kelt you talk so much sense usually but i think even you've thrown that emboldened one in for a laugh surely? You wanted McGhee sacked after his FIRST GAME?

 

I don't tolerate incompetence... McGhee did nothing to prepare the team before the Sigma game. If I employed someone and his first act was to cost the company hundreds of thousands of pounds he'd be out on his arse before he left work on day one. And he'd see zero compensation. Still, employment laws are surely different in the US... people are generally 'At Will' employees in the States.

 

 

I mean don't get me wrong i was absolutely disgusted at that aggregate result just like everyone but those games involved JC players and he bearly knew his team by that point (although granted his "Celtic" comments to the team didn't help either). But otherwise i can't really disagree with any of the rest you've mentioned.

 

I know I've forgotten a whole bunch of Milne's glorious fuck ups. Have to say I'm surprised this thread doesn't have more entries.

[SAFandthedons1983]

never subjecting managerial decisions to scrutiny until 1 year of epic failure.

[BobbyBiscuit]

01. Employing an entirely untested Willie Miller as manager, and allowing him to tear the team apart

 

02. Employing an entirely untested Roy Aitken as manager and allowing him to spend millions we couldn't afford

 

 

 

Nit picking I know (and I totally agree with the rest of your post) but that wasn't Milne. That was mostly Ian Donald. Another gutless individual.

[Jazzer_Bett]

Fairly comprehensive Kelt, if upsetting to read

[granite sheep]

Nit picking I know (and I totally agree with the rest of your post) but that wasn't Milne. That was mostly Ian Donald. Another gutless individual.

Fuck me, his old man must be spinning in his coffin so fast, he must have drilled his way to china by now

[Ke1t]

Nit picking I know (and I totally agree with the rest of your post) but that wasn't Milne. That was mostly Ian Donald. Another gutless individual.

 

Aye.. Donald's sons fair inherited his business acumen but not really.

[V for Vendetta]

Kelt you talk so much sense usually but i think even you've thrown that emboldened one in for a laugh surely? You wanted McGhee sacked after his FIRST GAME?

 

I mean don't get me wrong i was absolutely disgusted at that aggregate result just like everyone but those games involved JC players and he bearly knew his team by that point (although granted his "Celtic" comments to the team didn't help either). But otherwise i can't really disagree with any of the rest you've mentioned.

 

Actually, no if you think about it McGhee should have been sacked for this. Totally unacceptable.

 

At the time I didn't think that way, I thought McGhee needed time to sort out problems from the previous useless cunt but in fact he wasn't sorting them he was busy making them worse. There are a fcking thousand managers in the UK could have done better in that first game.

[V for Vendetta]

Lack of visibility is a biggie for me too.

 

How often do you see him publically fighting our corner in the press like the boy from Dundee United does or Frankie Howard at Motherwell did? Rather than be run like a family club, we're being run like we're a faceless corporation or even a Middle Eastern dictatorship when you know the head honcho is up to something but exactly what is clouded in secrecy.

 

He's obviously a very busy man and he's not the best public speaker, but a patronising statement every time we get knocked out of the cup to limit the damage doesn't really cut it.

 

100% agree

 

A chairman needs to be a leader. To be a leader you need to state your aims, speak to the stakeholders etc etc

 

No one knows what the fck is going on if the Chairman does not communicate to all levels. And let me see whats going on at Afc... ah fuck, no one knows.