Tekel Towers » DUFC Manager's Best+Worst signings

Tek · 06/9/2014 12:29 am

Who in your opinion was each Utd Manager's (in your lifetime),best and worst signing ?

Jim McLean -
Best - Iain Ferguson
Worst - Walter Rojas

Ivan Golac -
Best - Craig Brewster
Worst - Henrik Jorgenson

Billy Kirkwood -
Best - Gary McSwegan
Worst - Sandy Robertson

Tommy McLean -
Best - Kjell Olofsson
Worst - Julian Alsford

Paul Sturrock -
Best - Billy Dodds
Worst - Alex Mathie

Alex Smith -
Best - Charlie Miller
Worst - Warren Cummings

Ian McCall -
Best - Barry Robson
Worst - Nick Colgan

Gordon Chisolm -
Best - David Fernandez
Worst - Derek Stillie

Craig Brewster -
Best - Noel Hunt
Worst - David Proctor

Craig Levein -
Best - Jon Daly
Worst - Roy O'Donovon

Peter Houston -
Best - Gary Mackay-Steven
Worst - Pavel Mihadjuks

Jackie McNamara -
Best - Andy Robertson
Worst - Kudus Oyenuga

David_Blunkett · 06/9/2014 1:28 am

Hard to argue with any of them but I have one to consider for Luggy.

Scott McCulloch

Roughly

We paid 400k for Owen Coyle, We swapped Owen Coyle and 80k for Jamie Dolan, we then swapped Jamie Dolan and 300k for Mculloch.

St Obswell · 06/9/2014 1:34 am

What about Ally Gallagher's signings Tek? The ink on his quill didnae see a contract to scroll on!

St Obswell · 06/9/2014 1:40 am

David_Blunket wrote:
Hard to argue with any of them but I have one to consider for Luggy.

Scott McCulloch

Roughly

We paid 400k for Owen Coyle, We swapped Owen Coyle and 80k for Jamie Dolan, we then swapped Jamie Dolan and 300k for Mculloch.

Don't ever f***ing mention Jamie Dolan again or the mod will ram your white stick up your cyber pass
Edit to say. Not so private joke/dig at the mod mr Blunket. Just to let you in on it, Jamie Dolan was a player he rated very highly and even likened him to Dunga who played for Brazil! (wink)

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RogerTheAlien · 06/9/2014 2:38 am

Luggy and Alex smith were my early days.

Ian McCall- Best Barry Robson, worst Nick Colgan.

Gordon chisolm- best David Fernandez, worst Lee Miller

Craig Brewster- Best Hunty, worst Proctor

Craig Levein- Best..... Fuck knows signed some crackers. Worst Shala

Houstie- best GMS, worst Mihadjuks

Jackie mac- best Andy, worst probably Kudus.

lifesanocean · 06/9/2014 8:43 am

I'd agree with most of the TEK's picks apart from...
Wee Jim's best was surely Eamonn Bannon: a Scottish record fee worth every penny.
Alex Smith's worst was Kevin McGowne, shocking and cost us a fortune.
I know it's not a popular thing to say but Steven Pressley was Kirkwood's best signing. Under wee Tommy he was outstanding.
Levein's best possibly Gomis.

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RogerTheAlien · 06/9/2014 11:59 am

Changing mine.

Brewster's best signing was Craig Kissing Silver Conway.

Tek · 06/9/2014 2:41 pm

Changing Wee Jim's best signing to Paul Hegarty (how the feck did i forget about him in the first place ?)

Signed as a young up-and-coming striker fae Hamilton Accies and moulded into the captain of Dundee Utd+Scotland at CENTRE HALF.

That is what ye call an inspired signing.

stobievulture · 06/9/2014 7:15 pm

player, captain, lifted the lot, assistant,coach,manager....the most influencal person in utds history?

and the number 5 in stobies no5

huntedbyafreak · 06/9/2014 7:43 pm

stobievulture wrote:
player, captain, lifted the lot, assistant,coach,manager....the most influencal person in utds history?

and the number 5 in stobies no5

A hero

lifesanocean · 06/9/2014 8:20 pm

Man of iron. Legend.

Tek · 06/9/2014 9:03 pm

I've got a hand-written letter fae him (Heggy) somewhere up in the loft.

Always remember he signed off with

'Yours In Sport'.

Absolute Gent and the ultimate Utd legend imo.

Rocky Raccoon · 09/9/2014 10:29 am

McLean

Bannon
Rojas / the Log

Golac

Petric
Myers

Kirkwood

Pressley
Caldwell

McLean jnr

Pederson / Olafsson
not many bad signings TBH

Sturrock

Dodds
Mathie

Smith

Lilley
loads of south Americans (really McLean snr signings)

Jobbie

Robson
Loads

Jism

Miller (for a month)
Miller (rest of contract)

Brewster

Hunt
Too many

Levein

Gomis
?

Shagger Houston

GMS
Mihaduks

McNamara

Robertson
TBD...........

Tek · 09/9/2014 8:46 pm

Rocky Raccoon wrote:
McLean

Bannon
Rojas / the Log

Golac

Petric
Myers

Kirkwood

Pressley
Caldwell

McLean jnr

Pederson / Olafsson
not many bad signings TBH

Sturrock

Dodds
Mathie

Smith

Lilley
loads of south Americans (really McLean snr signings)

Jobbie

Robson
Loads

Jism

Miller (for a month)
Miller (rest of contract)

Brewster

Hunt
Too many

Levein

Gomis
?

Shagger Houston

GMS
Mihaduks

McNamara

Robertson
TBD...........

Must dispute your claim Tommy McLean didnae have too many bad signings and Brewster had 'too many'.For me it's the other way about tbh.

Tommy signed some corkers in his first 6 months no doubt (Sieb,Lars,Erik,Kjell) but his signings thereafter were dreadful (Stewart McKimmie,David Sinclair,Jonas Wirmola,Mikael Anderson,Goran Marklund,Jean Jacque Misse Misse,Magnus Skoldmark,Emanuel Omoyimni,Marc McNally,Ian Jenkins,Julian Alsford ffs...brutal brutal signings).As good as we were for the best part of a year under him we very quickly nosedived and his signings got progressively worse as time went on.

Brewster signed (Conway,Hunt,Kalvenes,Wilkie,also tried to get Dods before Levein did).Bad signings fae him ?Proctor was awful.But i cannae mind too many other bad yins.Maybe i've phased them out my mind though lol.

Tek · 10/9/2014 12:59 am

St Obswell wrote:
Not so private joke/dig at the mod mr Blunket. Just to let you in on it, Jamie Dolan was a player he rated very highly

So did i.And that surprised me tbh because his abilities bypassed me at Motherwell (i was only a teenager at the time),and when we swapped him for Coyley plus cash i though WTF is wee Tommy daein here then

His debut against Dunfermline away,i soon kent whit wee Tommy wis daein.Jamie was immense.Won every single tackle and was spraying the ball about on a plate for Kjell,Robbie,Andy,Sweggy.

Pity we never had the lad in his prime.A very intelligent player.

Rocky Raccoon · 10/9/2014 3:36 pm

The Tommy McLean years was that long ago I forgot about McKimmie, now I doubt I'll ever sleep easy again :'(

baldyeagle · 10/9/2014 10:06 pm

Jim McLean -
Best - Heggy
Worst - Gerry Ronald

Ivan Golac -
Best - Craig Brewster
Worst - Ristic

Billy Kirkwood -
Best - Pressley
Worst - Benneker

Tommy McLean -
Best - Eric Pederson
Worst - Julian Alsford

Paul Sturrock -
Best - Siggi Jonsson
Worst - Alex Mathie

Alex Smith -
Best - Charlie Miller
Worst - The Costa Ricans

Ian McCall -
Best - Barry Robson
Worst - Chris Innes

Gordon Chisolm -
Best - David Fernandez
Worst - Peter Canero

Craig Brewster -
Best - Craig Conway
Worst - Grant Smith

Craig Levein -
Best - Andy Webster
Worst - Jim O'Brien

Peter Houston -
Best - GMS
Worst - Rudi Skacel

Jackie McNamara -
Best - Andy Robertson
Worst - Kudos

Much easier to pick best than worst¬

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lifesanocean · 10/9/2014 11:10 pm

Tommy McLean signed Siggi Jonsson, not Luggy. Billy Dodds surely Luggys best signing. Brewster was a Golac signing in name only, basically wee Jim had it all agreed prior to Golac getting the job, much like Brian Graham had agreed to sign prior to Houston being punted.