Best Dons Managers

[beaudandy]

Recent comments and observations on Jimmy Calderwood got me thinking where he stands in the league table of Dons managers. I go back to the Tommy Pearson days so since then I would rate our managers as follows.

1. Alex Ferguson

2. Eddie Turnbull

3.Derek McInnes

4.Alex Smith

5.Jimmy Calderwood

 

Close run thing between Smith and Calderwood but Smith won trophies. Also Derek seriously pushing Turnbull for second.

[Guest milne_afc]

Billy McNeil shold be in there and the Scott/Smith co-management team is definitely top 3 imho.

 

Who was the last non-of team to win the cup double?

[OddJob]

No Ally McLeod?

 

And Milne it would have been us 89/90 season.

[Guest milne_afc]

No Ally McLeod?

 

And Milne it would have been us 89/90 season.

Soz min, I meant before that. Has it even been done?

[OddJob]

Soz min, I meant before that. Has it even been done?

Oh right I see. Actually not sure then, probably going back a fair while then

[Guest milne_afc]

Obviously we did it in 85/86 and I never forgot about that.

[Crossbow]

Top spot obviously Sir Alex

Next harder - probably Turnbull

then I'd put McNeill

then McInnes

fifth'd be McLeod and then

Smith

 

the rest

 

then Alex Miller

then bottom - McGoo

[Dal Riata Don]

Played some good football under Willie Miller and Ian Porterfield as well.

 

I'd hae them afore the likes of JC and, honestly speaking DM [at this stage].

[RAZOR]

The King

 

Everyone else.

[Crossbow]

Played some good football under Willie Miller and Ian Porterfield as well.

 

I'd hae them afore the likes of JC and, honestly speaking DM [at this stage].

 

Have to look at how the squad developed under the managers - McNeill moved what McLeod had started to the next level and Fergie moved it on further - Turnbull took our club forward greatly with what he did and given where we were McInnes has done well - Miller and Porterfield had good squads to begin with as I recall - not sure they pushed them further.

[Shinniesta]

Not sure I'd have McInnes above Smith not yet anyway. Smith won two trophies and was less than 90 minutes away from winning the league in a tougher era.

[Crossbow]

Not sure I'd have McInnes above Smith not yet anyway. Smith won two trophies and was less than 90 minutes away from winning the league in a tougher era.

Might need to add in Jocky Scott to that assessment as Smith's team deteriorated once Scott not in the frame - era may have been tougher but players and pulling power also considerably better. Would I take Smith over McInnes today - don't think so though having assembled the squad he now has it is certainly up to him to do something positive with it this year.

[shut up meg]

Dave Halliday was the manager when we won the league in 1955 and Scottish Cup in 1947.

I would say that the above would make him top 5

[aberdeen1970]

Recent comments and observations on Jimmy Calderwood got me thinking where he stands in the league table of Dons managers. I go back to the Tommy Pearson days so since then I would rate our managers as follows.

1. Alex Ferguson

2. Eddie Turnbull

3.Derek McInnes

4.Alex Smith

5.Jimmy Calderwood

 

Close run thing between Smith and Calderwood but Smith won trophies. Also Derek seriously pushing Turnbull for second.

Smith light years ahead of Calderwood. I'd even argue that McNeill made a greater contribution than Calderwood even though it was only for one season. Willie Miller's 92-93 season probably tops anything Calderwood did.

 

Ally Mcleods league cup also can't be discounted.

[WA_Don]

In my life time (89-present day, only remember 94 onwards)

 

1. Dmc (clear by a country mile)

2. Ebbe

3. Tango man

4. Gwt

5. Aitken (only for the lc win)

[Crashnyploshnit]

Turnbull was a forward thinking manager that really changed the way we trained and played and won the Scottish cup as well as coming second in the league. He has to be for me second after Fergie. Halliday won the league in the 50's so he must also be included at no. 3. I would say McInnes just makes no. 5 at present with MacLeod at no. 4.

[OddJob]

Turnbull was a forward thinking manager that really changed the way we trained and played and won the Scottish cup as well as coming second in the league. He has to be for me second after Fergie. Halliday won the league in the 50's so he must also be included at no. 3. I would say McInnes just makes no. 5 at present with MacLeod at no. 4.

The King speaking about Turnbull & Macleod on the Stand Free DVD shows everything you need to know about the respect the players had for them.

[BWG]

Best:

 

1. Sir Alex Ferguson

2. Eddie Turnbull

3. Jocky Scott/Alex Smith

4. Derek McInnes

5. Ally MacLeod

 

Honourable mentions: McNeil, W. Miller, Halliday,

 

Worst:

 

1. McGhee

2. A. Miller

3. Aitken

4. Paterson

5. GWT

 

Dishonourable mentions: Almost every cunt since Willie Miller up to Deek.

[RAZOR]

The King speaking about Turnbull & Macleod on the Stand Free DVD shows everything you need to know about the respect the players had for them.

I'm confused? That DVD was released in 2002 but The King didn't arrive until 2004.

[Zeus]

 

Going to have to dig out that DVD.

[OddJob]

I'm confused? That DVD was released in 2002 but The King didn't arrive until 2004.

I knew it wouldn't be long before you made that comment ha ha

 

The King = Joe Harper

 

Just to clarify

[Daz the Don]

Best:

1. Sir Alex Ferguson

2. Eddie Turnbull

3. Jocky Scott/Alex Smith

4. Derek McInnes

5. Ally MacLeod

Honourable mentions: McNeil, W. Miller, Halliday,

Worst:

1. McGhee

2. A. Miller

3. Aitken

4. Paterson

5. GWT

Dishonourable mentions: Almost every cunt since Willie Miller up to Deek.

Pretty much this, but would swap Aitken for Hegarty.

 

Aitken was pretty awful but he did oversee a League Cup Semi win v Rangers and the subsequent final to land a trophy.

[OddJob]

Pretty much this, but would swap Aitken for Hegarty.

Aitken was pretty awful but he did oversee a League Cup Semi win v Rangers and the subsequent final to land a trophy.

Tbh harsh on Hegarty as he had to pick up the pieces of Millers tenure and the players were shite and didn't give a fuck anyway so he had no chance really

[cruzcampo3]

The king getting no respect for the time he was here was a different era in Scottish football. He saved us from the drunk highlander who was destroying our club.

[Daz the Don]

Tbh harsh on Hegarty as he had to pick up the pieces of Millers tenure and the players were shite and didn't give a fuck anyway so he had no chance really

Maybe, I can only remember us being truly awful in that period so any manager associated with it "deserves" a mention.

[ebbe]

1. Skovdahl

2. Ferguson

3. McInnes

[ebbe]

The fat bronzed Hun imbosile strolls in at 53.

[RAZOR]

This is what calderwood was the king of

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry4iwzS4Na0

He was certainly King of getting us firstly TO th group stages but then THROUGH the elusive group stages. All whilst winning 1 game.

[muttonhumper]

Recent comments and observations on Jimmy Calderwood got me thinking where he stands in the league table of Dons managers. I go back to the Tommy Pearson days so since then I would rate our managers as follows.

1. Alex Ferguson

2. Eddie Turnbull

3.Derek McInnes

4.Alex Smith

5.Jimmy Calderwood

 

Close run thing between Smith and Calderwood but Smith won trophies. Also Derek seriously pushing Turnbull for second.

 

 

Marvellous revisionism.

Just because he's announced he may be deed soon does not a better manager make.

[Shinniesta]

To be fair to Calderwood that European run in 2008 was impressive when you look at the calibre of teams we knocked out regardless of only winning one game. Dnipro were clear favourites to beat us and from memory had seven Ukrainian internationalists in their side. To finish above the Moscow side and FC Copenhagen in the group stage was good going we were clearly perceived as being the weakest side in the group (Copenhagen had played in the CL stages the season before beating Celtic 3-1 at home). To beat them 4-0 was a tremendous result as was the 2-2 draw at home to Bayern Munich especially when you look at the quality of players they had on show that night.

 

It's probably the most impressive European run of a non old firm Scottish club side that I can remember for many a year. Yes it was hardly earth shattering stuff but it's still the best European run we have had in recent times.

 

But regardless no way would should Calderwood be mentioned as one of our top 5 managers.