Vinnie Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Getting bigger than Willie Miller? He's deluded! Oompah Loompah that was wider than Miller maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mac Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Seemed like a bit of a fud, claiming he was getting bigger than Willie Miller at Aberdeen... I'm assuming he means waistband..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 He cam across as feeling sorry for himself.He was being groomed for the Rangers job unless he's lying but why would he?His obvious 'respect' for Masterton and Yorkston wouldn't hold him great stead by anyone who knew what happened at our club.It was well known Masterton and David Murray were big pals and I never liked the perceived cosiness with Rangers. I know of other Scottish clubs I would rather we had been closer with than them.Football has moved on since he managed us and even the other Scottish clubs he managed. Maybe he is seen as old fashioned and not professional enough, I don't know. Either way it wasn't a great advertisement on his part.He did manage good players when with us, he did give us a Scottish cup final but his time is tainted because of the way he left.I think he should try back in Holland and see if they've got anything for him. The fact he's trying here and not there might tell it's own story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamAntsParsStripe Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Good post mate and spot on. There was always something I just couldn't take to him and was hard to pnpoint but his cosiness to the old Rangers always annoyed me. Contrary to what many fans think, the football was quite brutal and boring for most of his time with us imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Riva Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Statistically, the Pars did very well under Calderwood, arguably punching well above our weight and second only to that magnificent purple decade in the 60s.But putting it all in perspective - we were cheating, spending money we didn't have, in exactly the same way as Rangers. Calderwood was able to bring players from the likes of Aberdeen, Hibs and even Rangers fringe players to EEP. The highest earner back then was Stevie Crawford at 6K a week. Even after he reluctantly agreed a 30% cut, he was still earning more than Tony Blair - who was only the Prime Minister, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 It was all rotten and it all collapsed.Scottish football with it's ongoing restructuring (as clubs now embrace their supporters to help them run their clubs like never before) tells me enough about how clubs want to move on and leave those big spending days behind.Again maybe club patrons and benefactors have the same outlook now and want to leave those not so distant days behind as well.New managers, new initiatives and all that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Found him likeable, but didnae the tan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutsch Par Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 This popped up on my Twitter feed, not read yet but I thought it might be of interest:http://videocelts.com/2016/02/blogs/latest-news/jimmy-calderwood-lifts-the-lid-on-david-murray-dunfermline-gavin-masterton-and-bank-of-scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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